Marley Wagner, Author at ESG

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In-App Engagement Software: Your Friendly Neighborhood CS Tool

Here’s a riddle for you. How many CSMs would it take to walk each and every one of your new customers through a detailed tutorial of your product, one-on-one? Now, how many would it take if you grow your customer base by 50%? 100%? While it may sound dramatic, it’s not a far-fetched scenario for […]

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CRMs vs. Customer Success Platforms: A Tech Tool Showdown

Hello ladies and gentlemen! Today’s tech tool face-off is brought to you by one of the biggest debates in Customer Success – the familiar face of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, versus purpose-made Customer Success tools. When the CS industry needed a more customized approach to track relationship data after purchase, these CS platforms […]

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ESG Closes 2020 with Record-Setting Performance

Customer Success becomes a “must-have” in a tumultuous economy, increasing the need for Customer Success as a Service® ESG, the market leader in Customer Success as a Service® is proud to announce record-breaking 2020 year-end results. The company’s unique approach, combines consultation, process development, people, and automation to improve the Customer Success capabilities and maturity […]

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ESG Partners with Customer Success Community Platform inSided

Customer Success as a Service® provider ESG announces a partnership with inSided, the only Customer Success Community platform for SaaS and subscription-based companies. Both ESG’s services and inSided’s platform share the same ultimate goal: meaningful customer engagement that leads to increased retention, growth, and advocacy. “We’re excited to partner with a Customer Success thought leader […]

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Community Platforms and Customer Success: The PB&J of Customer Engagement

As technology and tools for Customer Success evolve, pioneers in the industry are testing out new engagement strategies every day. Even though “digital transformation” has become the buzziest of buzz words, it’s still a big deal in the CS world. In the Inaugural Customer Success Leadership Study, we found that many CS teams are still […]

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Inaugural Customer Success Leadership Study Validates Growth of Industry

At ESG, we’ve gone all-in on the future of Customer Success. Our Customer Success as a Service® model means that it’s our job to understand all the industry’s challenges, and then develop and perfect the strategies and philosophies that empower CS organizations to face those challenges head-on. Part of our work is collecting data that […]

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7 New Year’s Resolutions for Customer Success

New Year’s Resolutions – either you love them or you hate them. But, if you’ve got a goal-setting mindset, they can be a useful tool. Whether you are one of those hit-the-gym, reorganize-your-life, use the New Year to envision a new you types, or simply the type to harness the calendar shift to plan ahead, […]

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TSIA Interact: Key Takeaways

TSIA’s conferences are always jam-packed with best-practices, real-life examples, success stories, and lessons learned from some of technology’s biggest names. This year’s virtual TSIA Interact was certainly no exception, with three days of sessions from TSIA researchers and industry-leading companies like Salesforce, Okta, Oracle, SAP, Cisco, Aruba, HPE, and Genesys, and even a session led […]

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BIG RYG: Key Takeaways

We were thrilled to sponsor the first annual BIG RYG Customer Success Conference, and have our own Vice President of Customer Success & Operations, Megan Macaluso, included in the list of impressive speakers! (If you missed her session on Operationalizing Iteration & Continuous Improvement for CS, you can watch it On-Demand here.) The day was […]

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The 4 ‘Marketing’ Metrics that Measure Customer Engagement

You may be asking yourself ‘if this article is about marketing and I’m in Customer Success, why am I using my precious time to read it?’ That would be a valid question. But the answer may not be what you think. It’s not about inter-departmental cooperation or collaboration, or even about learning from your peers. […]