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How Quickly As a Startup Can You Implement a CS Platform?

As a startup you don’t have the luxury of behaving like an Enterprise business and spending months (or longer) on implementing software that is going to be key to your growth, you’re also likely looking for less complex and expensive tools with the agility to match your own. There are 2 elements to how long […]

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What I Think About When I Think About Customer Success What I Think About When I Think About Customer Success

I’ve been involved with Customer Success Software for a while now and sometimes I make the mistake of thinking everyone understands what Customer Success is all about  . So, to clarify, here is what I think about when I think about Customer Success… In SaaS, REVENUE COMPOUNDS, this is the 9th wonder of the world […]

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Beginning of Akita ‘A beginning is a very delicate time.’

This blog post represents the start of what will most certainly be an exciting journey. While clicking “Publish” only took a single click, the action marked the end of one phase of my life and the beginning of a new and exciting phase.

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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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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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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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