Are You Ready for a CS Tool?
Technology can be an invaluable part of your customer engagement strategy. But. Yes, I said but. Without the proper foundational Customer Success elements in place, it becomes nearly impossible to utilize your chosen CS tool to its fullest potential. With the ever-growing number of CS tool providers and platforms, it’s easy to be dazzled by […]
read moreTop 5 Dos and Don’ts of Digital Customer Success
Implementing Digital Customer Success strategies is a new frontier for many CS organizations. Without automation, scaling Customer Success becomes extremely difficult, if not impossible. Very few (and I mean very few) companies excel in this area today, but it’s quickly becoming a must-have. So, as you begin to expand your digital capabilities and build out […]
read moreCS Technology Vendor Selection: Gathering Tool Requirements
Utilizing a Customer Success tool can be an invaluable part of your customer engagement strategy, but with the ever-growing number of providers and platforms, it’s difficult to know which solution is the right fit for your business. A tool won’t magically fix the challenges you face or fill in any gaps you may have in […]
read moreScaling with Digital Customer Success
One of the biggest challenges facing Customer Success leaders is how to effectively scale. This is nearly impossible without incorporating Digital Customer Success into your overall CS strategy. By thoughtfully layering digital on top of the one-to-one interactions that CSMs are already having with customers, you can reduce your cost to serve and remove tedious […]
read moreApplying MVP to CS: The Why
Since its 2009 introduction by Eric Ries in his NY Times bestseller, The Lean Startup, the concept of Minimum Viable Product (MVP) has been applied by numerous startups to engage in new product and service offering developments. Well-known companies such as Groupon, Zappos, Dropbox, and Uber have used MVPs to not only determine and modify […]
read moreCustomer Experience Starts with Personas
The term ‘buyer persona’ may be everyday nomenclature for marketers and sales professionals, but in some organizations, those on the post-sales side of the business may not realize that understanding and developing buyer personas is not just for marketing and selling, but can also make a dent in your goal of improving customer experience. Although […]
read moreRevenue Optimization and Customer Success
One of the biggest business lessons of the last decade has been that keeping your current customers is just as important as acquiring new customers. In the age of SaaS, this is an indisputable fact. But there’s more to the success of your business than just retaining customers. You also have to think long-term, ensuring […]
read moreCustomer Success Recommendations for Your 2020 Planning
Fall is in the air! The days are getting shorter, the air is getting cooler, and that can mean only one thing: it’s time to start planning your Customer Success strategy for 2020. To help you get started, we pulled together advice from the best of the best — our very own Sheik Ayube, Director […]
read moreWhat Can Customer Success Learn From Marketing?
If you’re trying to build out a Customer Success strategy in your business, you don’t have to start from scratch. There are a ton of resources you can take advantage of in order to set up a Customer Success department, but one of the most useful resources is right there in your own building: your […]
read moreNotes from the C-Suite: The Value of Customer Success
You’ll find a lot of self-proclaimed experts on the subject of Customer Success on the web, but many of them don’t have the credentials — or track record — to back it up. So we thought we’d go straight to the top and discuss the state of the CS industry with our CEO, Michael Harnum. […]
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