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Do Small SaaS Startups Need Dedicated Customer Success Software?

Maybe, maybe not, but the fact that you are a Startup is not the reason to avoid it. Plus, you probably don’t plan on staying small … don’t make your decision purely on budget — while there are CS software vendors out there that require $50k+ annual up-front payments, a Startup can acquire an excellent solution for […]

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Guide to Calculating Customer Health Guide to Calculating Customer Health Scores

Calculating customer health scores is a necessary (and transformative) step in building a strong Customer Success program for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies. Below I review what health scoring in SaaS is all about and identify the variables you should consider when building your customer health scoring model.

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how to lose saas customers How to Lose Your First 10 SaaS Customers (to Churn)

There are a number of great resources available to early-stage startups who are trying to land their first 10 paying customers. Doing so is no small task. It can take hard work, hustle and sometimes a bit of luck.

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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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7 Steps to SaaS Growth The 7 Steps to SaaS Growth in an Economic Downturn

[TLDR … You can watch a webinar I gave covering the same ground as this post at the bottom of the page ] It’s a scary time for SaaS.  With continued pressure from investors to grow in the face of plummeting demand and no real understanding of when or how the economy is likely to […]

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How Frequently Akita App Syncs Your Data How Frequently Akita App Syncs Your Data?

In a previous post, we looked at How We Built More Than 100 Customer Success-Integrations between Akita and apps like Hubspot, Salesforce, Intercom and Zendesk. We outlined our 3-step process for keeping data in sync: Schedule, Retrieve, and Process. The Scheduler kicks everything off and is responsible for determining which data needs retrieving at any […]

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How We Built More Than 100 Integrations for Our Product

If there is one thing that sets Akita apart from its competitors in Customer Success software, it is our ability to ingest data from virtually any data source a customer may have. This includes: If the data is out there, Akita can usually import it and use it to transform your Customer Success department into […]

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How CSMs Should Segment Their Customer Base Why and How CSMs Should Segment Their Customer Base

We all know that it is important to segment your customer base in Customer Success… But why? Like all things in business, the ultimate answer is—to generate more revenue. But how?

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20 Reported Problems with Customer Success Software (and How Akita Resolves Them)

As part of Akita’s recent re-launch, we have been looking at the channels where potential customers (and the CS community in general) can educate themselves about our solution. G2 crowd is a key player in the review/social proof space and forms an important part of most companies evaluation process when shopping for B2B software. It’s […]

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