Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

At the helm of Udemy for Business’ customer acquisition machine is their VP of Marketing Yvonne Chen. When Yvonne joined in 2016, the business unit consisted of just 10 people across product, engineering, sales, and marketing. Turning a sales objection into a unique differentiator.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

“Researchers acknowledge and invest in the ‘ what’, but often forget to slow down and understand the ‘ why’ – the people behind the numbers and emerging trends”. To achieve this, researchers capture online movements, behavioral changes, and customer information (with customer consent, of course!).

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Totango

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Hiring team members with the right customer success manager skills is critical for the effectiveness of your CS team and strategy. Here we’ve identified the 13 most essential qualities to consider when hiring a CS manager. What Is a Customer Success Manager (CSM)? Relationship management.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 30, 2023

The first goal of sales at a startup isn’t to bring in revenue — it’s to get customer feedback. I’ve used our sales process to iterate our way to product market-fit and wanted to share what I’ve learned along the way. Use sales conversations as a tool to get product feedback. So how do you get there?

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SaaStr

JUNE 3, 2020

How do we win back the trust of our customers? My background as a SaaS entrepreneur, and then share the big trends we’re seeing in the world of SaaS, both what we’re seeing over the next few years and then also zeroing in on what has changed in the last few weeks in the middle of this COVID crisis.

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Totango

MARCH 19, 2021

The traditional customer journey infographic envisioned the customer’s experience from a sales and marketing standpoint, visualizing a funnel marking the steps from a lead acquisition through a sale, also known as the buyer’s journey. Keep in mind that onboarding can also begin in the presales process.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Sales compensation planning can be a tricky beast to tame — but know that you’re not alone. I asked 12 incredible sales leaders across the SaaS industry to share their biggest challenges with comp planning and how to overcome them. Related: New to sales compensation planning? Top 10 sales compensation challenges.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 7, 2015

In every sales process for every SaaS startup, there is one ultimate internal champion advocating the purchasing decision. So, which departments within customers spend most on SaaS? One way of looking at this question is to compare the successes of software companies targeting different departments. Salesforce Sales 92%.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

At Sales Hacker, our Community Leaders help build relationships with our members. Add them to your network and give them a warm welcome, because you’ll be seeing them all over Sales Hacker in the coming months! WHY SALES HACKER? Sales Hacker provides a network of sales professionals dedicated to helping others in similar roles.

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Tom Tunguz

JUNE 7, 2015

When a potential customer enters the consideration phase of the buyer journey, the marketing team transitions the lead to his sales account executive, who educates the customer from the consideration stage through purchase. In traditional go-to-market models, marketing teams fill the very top part of the funnel.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 22, 2020

If you think sales is a simple job, I have a few hundred professional connections who would like a word with you. There’s a range of key skills that separate the best from the rest, and success belongs to companies who can identify and hire reps who have those precious skills. By mastering your sales interview questions.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 18, 2020

With each passing year the Customer Success industry matures and meets new challenges along the way, and this year has been nothing short of challenging in many ways. . Q&A Recap: Speakers: Megan Macaluso , VP Customer Success & Operations, ESG. Jay Nathan , Chief Customer Officer, Higher Logic.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 27, 2021

As ChurnZero recently secured a Series B investment bringing our total funding that has been raised to date to $35 million, we thought we’d take a look back and see the role that Customer Success plays at each respective stage of funding for SaaS companies. Early-Stage Funding & Customer Success.

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ChurnZero

MAY 10, 2019

Top 10 Customer Success Takeaways from TSW 2019. This event brought together thousands of technology leaders from Customer Success, Services, Sales, Product and Marketing. What was particularly great to see was the amount of Customer Success content that was structured into the programming.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 19, 2022

In this article, I’ll outline the principles of compensation design , how to build sales compensation plans , and include resources to set OTEs and quotas that keep your reps happy and hungry for more. Why Sales Comp Planning is Key to Rep Retention. Who should be responsible for sales compensation planning?

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CustomerSuccessBox

JANUARY 10, 2022

Customer Success Manager job description: As a CSM (Customer Success Manager), your role is to maintain a good relationship and the satisfaction of your existing customers while developing the customer portfolio. Additional Resource – What is a Customer Success Manager.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

With the rise of AI, new sales technology and automation at the forefront of the sales echo chamber these days, we thought we’d take a moment to bring it back to BASICS – that’s why we’ve rounded up this complete glossary of sales terms and definitions to help you remember where it all started.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Byron Deeter and Elliott Robinson, partners at Bessemer Venture Partners, offer macro trends in the public and private cloud markets, strategic advice to cloud founders, and insights into why entrepreneurs should feel auspicious about the future. This is really founder-led sales. This episode is sponsored by Linode.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 19, 2021

And for your support team, using the right conversational support tool and framework allows them to maximize their resources, so they can focus on solving complex queries and building long-term customer relationships. Conversational support allows you to effortlessly capture important customer information up front.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 5, 2019

Churn management is a journey. We find a very interesting trend as SaaS adoption of the market is peaking, which is that the average life of the customer continues to keep increasing. Customers are very smart, they try before they buy, and big deals are few and far between.

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User Pilot

AUGUST 28, 2024

Interested in customer success director roles? In this guide, we’ll explore the ins and outs of customer success director roles through detailed job descriptions and handy templates. The specific requirements for this position will depend on the company size, industry, and the complexity of its customer base.

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Tom Tunguz

MAY 18, 2017

Ten years ago, sales teams captured basic data on customers and prospects. Today, sophisticated operations teams manage lead lists numbering in the millions, enrich those lists with data providers, and integrate marketing, product, and external data to amalgamate a rich profile of prospects. And HR/recruiting. How can it?

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User Pilot

AUGUST 28, 2024

Interested in customer success analyst roles? In this guide, we’ll explore the ins and outs of customer success analyst roles through detailed job descriptions and handy templates. Looking into tools for customer success analysts? You’re in the right place! Let’s dive in!

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User Pilot

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Using the product to solve real-world problems also helps them to better empathize with their customers and understand their needs and pain points. Start implementing a dogfooding program by recruiting users from across the organization, especially those not involved in the product development.

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ProfitWell

AUGUST 18, 2020

For the customer, this rapid growth has created two powerful trends: 1) An increased opportunity to switch to competitor for the same product at a reduced risk. 2) An increased power of consumers to demand better—product, service, prices, and customer experiences. Trend 1: The power to switch.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 25, 2024

How will customer success jobs, and the skills they require, evolve in 2024? With technology advancing and customer expectations rising, customer success has become an essential force driving business growth and customer loyalty within the SaaS industry.

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User Pilot

JULY 22, 2023

In this guide, we’re going to show you how a land and expand strategy can help you grow your revenue generation from existing clients by deploying a foot-in-the-door approach with your sales team! You need a clear target market, proper positioning, product-market fit, and the right sales process for a land and expand strategy to work.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 10, 2022

Work Cross-Functionally During SaaS Customer Onboarding. Customer onboarding doesn’t only have to stay within Customer Success. If you’ve gotten customer feedback , for example, and you want to look over it to identify pain points, recruit a cross-functional team to help you review the data.

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Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

Join the payments-led growth movement Sign up to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in payments, vertical SaaS, and technology from industry experts. Often abbreviated to CLV or LTV, this is the amount of revenue generated by a customer as long as they have an account with your SaaS company. Customer acquisition cost.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Designing a successful post-sale strategy requires choices, says CXology’s Tim Conder. Without making those choices upfront, you’ll find it hard to create a good customer experience and scale it, and you’ll easily fall into the chaotic trap of “doing what it takes”. A: First, it matters how you recruit.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 6, 2022

With Subscription-based models everywhere, the need for customer success strategy in the organization is rising too! Companies know subscription isn’t going to sustain longer without a customer success strategy in place. Now, do you see why there is a steep rise in demand for customer success managers in the firm?

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CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 9, 2022

A Customer Success dashboard keeps track of your company’s health in connection to your product and its users. Customers are the lifeblood of any company, therefore having a clear picture of its revenue activities is critical for expansion. 360 Customer Success Dashboard. Voice of Customer.

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User Pilot

MARCH 21, 2024

The Target Audience Customer Profile Template aids B2C companies in reaching individual buyers. The Buyer Persona Template focuses on the decision-maker’s pain points and goals, helping sales and marketing teams tailor pitches for closing deals. Send in-app messages with modals to recruit interview participants.

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User Pilot

MAY 20, 2024

Implement a customer success program to exceed customer expectations. How to improve customer retention: use gamification. Exceed customer expectations with a customer success program Satisfying basic customer needs isn’t enough to retain them. Want to see a good example of how to do it?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

359: The Secrets to Vertical Growth, What it Really Takes to Build a $1B SaaS Company with Matt Garratt, SVP, Managing Partner @ Salesforce Ventures, Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer @ nCino and David Schmaier, CEO & Founder @ Vlocity. They need fewer sales as a percentage of overall employees. Trisha Price: Yes.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2019

For us, that first fit was with growing sales teams. We were very, very focused on that fit – to be even more specific, on growing sales teams for high-tech products. That was essentially the Boomi sales team, so I could personally relate to them. Leveraging customer support to drive revenue. What is the pain?

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User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

You need a range of disciplines working together in a cross-functional team to make sure various product development processes go to plan, including product managers , developers, marketers , sales, designers , senior leaders , and more. Senior management. Monitor interest in certain topics over time with Google Trends.

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