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customer success and the hospital pass Customer Success and the Hospital Pass

“Hospital pass” is a term used in several football codes to describe a pass that subjects the recipient to heavy contact, usually unavoidable, from an opposing player — the expression implying that the recipient of the pass could end up in hospital. (Wikipedia). To throw (someone) under the bus is an idiomatic phrase in American English meaning to sacrifice a friend […]

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How to calculate ROI (return on investment) How to Calculate the ROI of Customer Success Software

Tldr: skip to the bottom to access a spreadsheet that calculates the Return on Investment (ROI) of a Customer Success platform PLUS a quick explainer video on how to use the spreadsheet. Customer Success Platforms (CSPs) are designed to move the needle on Net Revenue Retention (NRR). Improving your rate of NRR directly impacts your […]

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Build a (no-code) NPS tool using Google Workspace Build a (no-code) NPS tool using Google Workspace!

tl;dr – You can put together an NPS survey tool with analytics using Google Forms and Google Workspace. Here’s the form. Here are the results. Many SaaS businesses measure their customers’ experiences by sending Net Promoter Score™ surveys. Even if you haven’t heard of an NPS™ survey before, you have likely seen one: “How likely […]

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Akita and TekPon Akita now available on Tekpon!

The SaaS community can now find Akita’s Customer Success platform through the Tekpon software review platform. The listing can be found HERE. If you are looking for Customer Success software and need to understand which platforms might suit your use case or fit your profile or budget, visiting Tekpon.com allows you to browse through the […]

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What Happened at SaaSiest 2023 What Happened at SaaSiest 2023 (What I’ll Do Different Next Year)

Does taking over 30 thousand steps in 2 days justify eating doughnuts for breakfast? I hope so … my feet are sore but I’m feeling optimistic after spending 2 days at SaaS Nordic’s Saasiest2023 conference in Malmo, southern Sweden. I attended to get a live sense of how SaaS companies are feeling about the technology […]

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Framework for delivering customer support in SaaS industry Framework for Delivering Customer Support in a SaaS Environment

We sometimes share content from partner companies. Below, Patryk Kępa from Elastic Email discusses their framework for delivering Customer Support in a SaaS environment. How do we at Elastic Email, successfully communicate with customers to help maintain long-term valuable relationships?

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Video Guide to Customer Health Scoring A Practical Guide to Customer Health Scoring

As part of a series of short [15-minute] demo/webinars to address some of the key topics in Customer Success. We delivered a session entitled to customer health scores.

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Achieving a 360 Degree Customer View Achieving a 360 Degree Customer View [video]

As part of a series of short [15-minute] demo / webinars to address some of the key topics in Customer Success. We delivered a session focused on … The 360 Customer View … In less than 15 minutes, we looked at

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Akita App 15-minute demo series Akita’s 15 Minute Demo Series

Join team Akita for a series of 15-minute, no-nonsense, speed demos Register Below. We will examine how Customer Success technology can help CSMs move from a complex world of siloed data and manual processes to a place where managing customers is simple.

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