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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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Customer retention metrics Important Customer Retention Metrics and How to Interpret Them

A laser focus on retention is at the heart of any sustainably successful SaaS business. The ability to keep existing customers coming back year after year while at the same time continuing to add new customers has a profound and compounding effect on your revenues. In order to achieve an elite level of retention, you […]

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Recent Improvements to Playbooks and Tasks Recent Improvements to Playbooks and Tasks

We recently deployed some exciting improvements to Customer Success Playbooks and Tasks in Akita that will help your team create scalable, repeatable processes and provide better value to your customers.

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reasons for customer churn Reasons for Customer Churn and Solutions for Some Scenarios

In SaaS, nurturing strong customer relationships is one of the customer retention strategies for business survival and growth. Still, it seems that no matter how hard you work, there will be some customers who simply decide to leave. Although customer churn is inevitable, certain reasons for it can help you predict it and eventually, reduce […]

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customer success goals Different Customer Success Goals: Which One to Choose?

Nurturing customer relationships, assisting and educating customers during onboarding, pushing upsells and expansion…the list goes on and on. Still, these are just some of the responsibilities of the customer success team. 

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customer success upsell strategies Customer Success Upsell Strategies and Best Practices

Each customer relationship has the potential to expand and strengthen. What direction it will take depends heavily on customer success strategies, especially ones related to upselling. 

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customer success budget Customer Success Budget: Best Practices for 2024

Investing in customer success to improve customer satisfaction and retention has become one of the main priorities in SaaS businesses. As customer demands in the ever-evolving SaaS environment grew by day, customer success teams needed to react proactively to create effective strategies to keep their customers satisfied. 

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average customer retention rate by industry Average Customer Retention Rate by Industry and Other Stats

Customer retention is one of the critical segments that determines whether a company stays in business or not. If you manage to understand the average customer retention rate by industry, you can benchmark your company’s performance easier and identify weak spots in your retention strategies.

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what is customer education Customer Education: Definition, How-To and Benefits

In a SaaS environment, onboarding new customers and educating existing customers about the new features can determine the course and your business growth.  If you manage to provide enough valuable resources about your product or service, there is a greater chance the customers will experience its value quicker, stay engaged, and stick to it longer. […]

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