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The Startups’ Guide to Buying Customer Success Software
Who this article is for: SaaS Startups looking to purchase Customer Success (CS) software but limit their spend to under $300 per month. “Thanks for reaching out, unfortunately we don’t feel you’re a fit at this present time…” . Startups looking to invest in Customer Success software hear this all the time! The vendor’s SDR takes one […]
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 […]
How Frequently Our Customer Success Application 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 […]
I had one of my regular conversations with a Customer Success Manager (CSM) recently. For the uninitiated, CSMs are the new breed of customer account manager tasked with increasing renewal rates and contract sizes at SaaS businesses. She was responsible for 50+ accounts but had no Customer Success specific software to help her manage and […]