Customer Success Operations Category

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Rants of a Customer Success Analyst: AI Didn’t Fix the Problem. It Made It Faster.

Are AI Tools Actually Making Customer Success Teams More Productive? In fifth grade, I walked into band class, sat down behind an alto saxophone I wanted nothing to do with, and decided I’d had enough: the soggy sliver of wood pressing against my lip and pretending that was normal, dragging cork grease across the mouthpiece like some kind of woodwind lipstick, and […]

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Peter’s Perspective: Ted, the CFO,Grabs the Mic

I’ve never been a CFO, but I’ve known and worked with more than a few – some have been friends – and one is a current colleague, Ted. Ted’s a great guy. Humble, unassuming, smart, and intimidating in a friendly way. I think Ted and all the CFOs I’ve known might see themselves in this […]

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Webinar Q&A Recap: Is CS the Next Frontier of AI?

Speaker: Joel Passen, CRO and Co-Founder of Sturdy During this session, host Peter Armaly was joined by Joel Passen to discuss practical applications of AI in the Customer Success world, challenges teams seeking to use AI are facing, and what’s on the horizon. Our audience submitted some compelling questions and Joel’s thoughtful answers are outlined […]

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Webinar Q&A Recap: Dark Matter Data and AI-Driven Innovation: the Future is Here

Speaker: Lisa Palmer, Chief AI Strategist at AI Leaders During this session, host Peter Armaly was joined by Lisa Palmer, Chief AI Strategist at AI Leaders, to discuss how artificial intelligence will impact the way jobs are performed, how products are developed, and how service is delivered over the next few years. Lisa’s insightful answers […]

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Capacity Planning in Customer Success

As presenters at ChurnZero’s BIG RYG 2022, Jordan Olivero and I discussed segmentation, tiering, and capacity planning in our session: Financial Modeling for Customer Success: From the Top Down and Bottom Up. The question 100+ CS leaders showed up to answer was: “How do I cover my entire install base of customers in the most […]

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The Many Pieces and Parts of Customer Success Operations

It’s a commonly held concept that Customer Success Operations is Customer Success for the Customer Success team. I actually don’t personally love this analogy, but, like so many other aspects of CS, the definition of CS Ops is ever-evolving. In earlier stages of Customer Success Maturity, people tend to wear many hats, and operations can […]

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Is a Pooled CSM Model Right for You?

When people talk about scaling Customer Success, they usually mean adding digital capabilities into the mix. While you probably know by now that I’m a huge fan of Digital Customer Success, I think it’s important to acknowledge that this is not the only path to optimizing engagement as your customer base grows. If we think […]

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Coaching Tips for Helping CSMs Move Beyond the Tactical

Customer Success leaders often run into a recurring theme when meeting with Customer Success Managers (CSMs): CSMs seem to be weighed down in tactical conversations with their customers and leave every call feeling they are adding little or no value to the business partnership. They often report that customers only want to speak about lacking […]

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Webinar Q&A Recap: The Economy & Customer Success – The Impact & What to Do About It

Speakers: Chris Hicken, CEO of ’nuffsaid, You Mon Tsang, CEO of ChurnZero, and Alex Raymond, CEO of Kapta We had the pleasure of hosting a CEO panel on Customer Success Unlocked to discuss the economy and what we in Customer Success can and should be doing about its impacts to the business world. Our panel’s […]

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Why Segmentation and Tiering Are Not the Same

I’m just going to come right out and say it. It might break some hearts, but it’s important to get this out there. Customer segmentation and tiering are not the same thing! If you’re sitting there thinking, “of course, I know that. Don’t be silly!” Then, I’m relieved. But I still see far too many […]