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Got CXM? Why customer experience management isn’t just a nice-to-have for strategic account management

Strategic Account Management Association

In strategic account management, companies have to address the never-ending question of how to differentiate themselves and gain market share. I’m talking about customer experience management (CXM), which I would argue may be the single most important investment a company can make in today’s cut-throat business climate.

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The Top 20%: Lessons on Scaling in the B2B SaaS Market

Force Management

Using interviews with B2B SaaS leaders who beat those odds by scaling from startup to over $100MM in ARR, McKinsey's recent playbook examines how these companies set up their organizations, common challenges they overcame and the actions leaders can use to emulate these pathways to success.

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The Future of SAM – Revisited

Strategic Account Management Association

Regardless of the organization we work at, we could be outspent, out resourced or out marketed but we do have the opportunity to outthink our competition. Kaj Storbacka is a professor at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki and Founder of Market Shaping Lab. Offer broader interactions with customers. Become market makers.

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Retention is the New Growth – Why Customer Success Is Critical Today

SBI Growth

Going into 2020, Market Leaders were already counting on the majority of their revenue coming from their existing customer base. Most companies build their 2020 Revenue plans on an assumption of GDP growth, and this assumption has shifted.

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Customer Experience vs. Customer Success: Explained

Help Scout

Many want to draw strict boundaries around customer experience and customer success, but I find it much more satisfying to live inside the spectrum rather than at the edges. I see customer experience and customer success as flavors inside the same ice cream parlor of treating the customer well.

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Revenue Multiplier, Not Cost Center: Why Sales Leaders Should Invest in Customer Success

SBI Growth

As a sales leader, you have most certainly heard the words “Customer Success,” especially if you are a sales leader for a subscription-based technology company. Some companies tout customer success as the critical driver of their growth. Many others, however,

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How Good Talent Can Realize Returns from Customer Success

SBI Growth

Knowing who to hire and what sort of traits to foster across an organization’s talent can go a long way in creating value for customers and seeing the business returns of customer success.