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The Three Types of Customer Success Teams

Tom Tunguz

Ideal for freemium low-ACV startups and some PLG-motions , CSAMs shoulder the responsibility of both technical support and account expansion. First, the account executive closes the sale, then transfers the relationship to the CSM for retention and expansion. The customer support team tackles the technical questions.

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From Startup to $500M CARR: How Braze Scaled a Growth and CS Team

SaaStr

This was around 2017, and CS became simpler and focused on post-sales, retention, and reduced churn. At the same time, they saw how scaling tech support was critical for the product, and the customers were asking for it. So they pulled the small team they had out and created its own technical support department with an outside leader.

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How to Build a CSM Team That Generates 130% Net Retention with Talkdesk (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Gillian oversees Talkdesk’s Customer Success and Technical Support teams, partnering closely with customers to achieve their CX vision. The theme of today’s talk is How to Build the CSM Team that Generates 130% plus Net Retention. In this session Gillian will walk you through how to build a high performing CSM Team.

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HubSpot’s ex-VP of Channel Sales: How to Build The World’s Best Channel Sales Program

SaaStr

Late Building partner programs tend to focus on reselling and retention. . Over time, we added Partner Tiers based not just on sales, but customer retention and performance certifications. In many cases, each partner is both new revenue when they purchase your product and potential new revenue when they sell your product.

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Strategies to take your customer support global

Intercom, Inc.

Global customer support lets companies more easily communicate with leads and customers in different countries, giving them a competitive edge over other businesses with limited support. Improved global customer retention. ” Drive customer success with global support.

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How to build a successful Embedded Payments strategy Part 4 | Episode 36

Payrix

Andy suggests that there is an immediate and discernible value-add for software companies to embed payments as a means for retention of SaaS revenue. Plus, software providers gain the addition of payments revenue and the ongoing retention of that additional revenue too. I’ve got a technical support issue.

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Build vs. Buy Product Analytics Solution: Which Option to Go For?

User Pilot

External training resources and technical support to help your team get started immediately. Additionally, vendors often provide robust customer support to ensure the solution runs smoothly and efficiently. Reducing short-term costs while accelerating your time to market. Track all your key metrics in one place with Userpilot.