The Key Difference Between Customer Success and Customer Service

Customer Success and Customer Service are both trends that have gained traction over the past few months. Despite their growing popularity, very few people understand what they truly mean, and even fewer understand what they mean to each other.

Customer Success

Broken down, Customer Success can fit into a lot of different categories. Is it a state of mind? A business model? A philosophy? How about all of the above. Customer success is subjective and the use case is entirely dependent on the business. In an article for Sixteen Ventures , Lincoln Murphy describes it as:

“proactive, holistic, and organization-level approach that leverages technology and real-enough-time visibility into customer health (not just usage data, but any contextual inputs) to ensure your customers – including those who directly use (users, administrators, etc.) and those who benefit from the use of your product – continually and increasingly receive value from your product over the course of their lifetime as a customer.”

SaaS companies have adopted the Customer Success mentality to strengthen relationships with the customer. How it works is simple to say, but hard to do: Make your product and interactions overwhelmingly positive for the customer, and you’ll see it reflected in your revenue. From creating a smooth onboarding program to strengthening your communication, work with your customers to make their experience with your brand a positive one. If your ultimate goal is customer retention, what better way to get there than pleasing your customer?

Customer Service

Customer Service, however, reflects […]

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