Net Revenue Retention: The New King of CS Metrics
Even though Customer Success as an industry is hitting its stride and more CS leaders are earning a seat at the table, too many businesses still struggle to understand CS’s direct impact on their bottom line. Customer Success charters are expanding to cover more revenue-related activities, but CS leaders can do more to validate their […]
read moreThe Dos and Don’ts of Killer Customer Surveys
Voice of the customer (VoC) initiatives have often been owned by Marketing in the past, but Customer Success is taking on more and more ownership in this space. Customer Success teams can (and should!) contribute to creating killer customer surveys no matter who owns the survey methodology in your organization. By following this list of […]
read more5 Questions to Ask When Making the Choice – Customer Journey Map or Touchpoint Map?
They may sound the same, but customer journey maps are different from touchpoint maps (also known as service blueprints). They are both ways of looking at the customer journey, but one concentrates on the front-end, customer experience and the other focuses on the back-end processes that drive those experiences. Customer Success leaders must understand the […]
read moreThe Future’s So Bright, We Gotta Wear Shades: Customer Success in 2022
What a year, what a year. After 2020, we all needed a bit of a reset in 2021. Who knew Customer Success would make such an impact and grow so much these past 12 months? As we cross the finish line into another new year, CS is poised to skyrocket even further as the industry […]
read moreA Customer Success Guide for Teachers
I was a teacher for nine years. It’s what I had always wanted to be growing up and I never even considered anything else. I attended a university with a top education program and immersed myself in the path to becoming a teacher. After graduation, I got my first job teaching second grade and settled […]
read moreA Day in the Life of a CSM
A day in the life of a CSM will look a little different depending on so many factors – the size of the company, the product or services they provide, the individual CSM’s book of business, how CS is structured within the business, their CS organization’s maturity level…I could go on and on. The job […]
read moreWhy Success & Support Need Each Other (But Aren’t the Same)
Customer Success, Support…Support, Success…what is the difference? Both Success and Support share the same ultimate goal – to create the best customer experience (CX) possible – but they go about it in very different ways. Support is reactive whereas Success is proactive. You need both of these groups to kick things into high gear as […]
read moreProduct Engagement Score: A More Accurate Predictor of Churn than NPS?
There’s a new kid on the block of customer metrics, and it might be one of the most accurate individual predictors of churn we can find. What is this incredible metric, you ask? It’s Product Engagement Score (PES), and if you’ve never heard of it, you might be missing out! While NPS is a tried-and-true […]
read more4 Key Takeaways from BIG RYG Virtual 2021
Energized, inspired, exhausted (in a good way)! Churn Zero’s BIG RYG: Virtual made me feel all those things and much more! My favorite part of attending Customer Success conferences is knowing that I will walk away with a plethora of best practices and tangible solutions that can be implemented with my team immediately. That’s because […]
read moreHow to Calculate a Customer Health Score
What if you could reliably predict a customer’s future behavior? (No, not a crystal ball.) A customer health score can help Customer Success teams do just that. It’s a way of evaluating a customer’s likelihood of churning, renewing, or expanding — helping CSMs identify and mitigate potential customer issues before they arise. But in order […]
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