The Customer Success Roadshow and You: Why CS Leaders Need to Go on Tour
Customer Success leaders have a lot in common with rockstars. We’re all excellent storytellers. We are energetic about our work. We aim to deliver the absolute best experiences imaginable. We do well in front of crowds (i.e., customers). And we both go on tour. As a CS leader, you might not be as familiar with […]
read moreFeeling Stuck? Maybe You Need a Shift in Perspective
There’s a good chance that if you are a Customer Success leader, your workday began by logging in and reviewing your CS metrics dashboard. Checking to see how the teams’ effort yesterday affected today’s retention rates, the number of customers whose health score were improved, customers lagging on adoption and TFV realization, and customers whose […]
read moreThe Transition from Traditional to SaaS: 5 Tips to Get You Through the Growing Pains
As businesses embrace the everything-as-a-service transformation, some find it more difficult than others to make the shift to SaaS. The larger and more established your company is, the harder it is to navigate this monumental change. Think about everything that goes into the operation of a multi-billion-dollar enterprise. Now, mix in a move away from […]
read more5 Customer Success New Year’s Resolutions for 2023
It’s no secret that 2022 was a little bumpy for business, yet we saw many Customer Success leaders meeting industry challenges head-on. While it’s hard to predict what will happen in 2023, we all still try to plan ahead as much as possible. For many of us, that means taking stock of our near and […]
read moreWebinar 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 […]
read more5 Models for Monetizing Customer Success
For some, monetizing Customer Success may feel like a long way off. Others are but a hop, skip, and a jump away. If your organization is eyeing this lofty goal, there are some significant factors to take into account before you can start charging your customers for CS services. Because there is so much to […]
read moreThe Customer Success Maturity Model Part 3: “Transform” Capabilities (Optimizing CS)
In the third installment of our three-part series on the ESG Customer Success Maturity Model, I’ll share the characteristics it takes to Transform your CS organization into a proactive, predictive powerhouse (look at that alliteration!) of customer happiness and retention. If you haven’t read parts one and two on the Build and Operationalize phases of […]
read more7 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, […]
read moreTop 3 Dos and Don’ts of Monetizing Customer Success
Hot! Hot! Hot! These days, the hottest topic in Customer Success is the big “M” word – Monetization. But how do you go about monetizing Customer Success? Many companies are taking a learn as they go approach, testing the waters of charging customers for CS resources a little bit here, a little bit over there. […]
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