Members-only CS strategy Integrating product storytelling into your customer success strategy The art of storytelling is an ancient practice that has evolved over thousands of years and is by no means slowing down. From the intergenerational legacy of its oral tradition, to physically turning a novel’s printed pages, it’s a craft that continually provokes intimacy....
Members-only CS strategy 8 enablement hacks for scaling customer success at your company Building out a world-class customer success team can be tricky. How do you know the number of people you need? At what point should you tackle customer success enablement? What key components should you focus on?...
Members-only Revenue generation 10 upselling best practices every CSM needs to know When I first started as a Customer Success Manager (CSM), one of the most challenging parts was identifying up-sell opportunities to grow current clients. There’s no doubt that there are so many different upselling techniques....
Members-only Customer experience Leveraging technology to balance scale and personalization Thank you for choosing to read my article on leveraging technology to balance scale and personalization. My name's Mary Poppen, I'm the Chief Customer Officer at Glint, now part of the LinkedIn family....
Members-only CS strategy The complete guide to customer support, customer success and product development “Just input the API key into the POST API field, delete all of the HTML lines above it, and hit refresh,” the support agent said. “Excuse me, W H A T?” I hollered into the phone. Doesn’t that sound like every customer service call EVER?...
Members-only Customer feedback How to leverage customer feedback to build great products My name's Daniel Shimoni, and this article is a step-by-step guide for leveraging customer feedback in order to create great products. Obviously, this is a pretty loaded subject, but don’t worry! I’m going to break it down into a few easy-to-digest talking points....
Members-only Articles A lesson in understanding customer engagement – and how to increase it A customer roadmap can be volatile. From customer onboarding and the implementation stage to customer retention or a potential conflict stage, there are multiple avenues the customer could take in their journey. As a customer success professional, the one you want to focus on is value....
Members-only Onboarding How to onboard new customers Onboarding new customers are one of the activities a Customer Success Manager (CSM) has to do with varying degrees of regularity....
Members-only Leadership How to lead a customer success team through a management transition While starting a new role is exciting and poses a fresh bank of possibilities, it’s not always an enviable position when you step into someone else’s shoes. This is especially true when you’ve got to build new relationships with your predecessor’s team....
Members-only Customer retention What are customer needs? 5 steps to meet them There are three certainties in life: Death, taxes, and product marketers being reminded to address their customer needs. Sure, you can be easily forgiven if you’re sick of hearing this time and time again....
Members-only Revenue generation Building a company culture that drives revenue growth September 2021 was marked by another of the Sales Enablement Collective's insight-driven Chief Revenue Officer Summits. The group had a fascinating, hour-long conversation on how positive company culture is at the heart of continuous, repeatable revenue growth in an organization....
Members-only Articles Bridging relationship gaps with customers by leveraging customer success principles I'm Daniel Goldfeld. I'm based out of Tel Aviv, where Perimeter 81 is headquartered. I've been the Global Vice President of Customer Success at Perimeter 81 for the last two years or so....
Members-only Articles 5 reasons why the future is SaaS It’s no secret that we’re in the middle of a SaaS revolution. Okay, so you might think we’re a little biased, but according to Gartner, the industry is set to be worth $171.19B by the end of 2022. 📈...
Members-only Customer engagement 6 reasons why clients don’t want to speak to their CSM Working with a client on a call is the main way for customer success managers (CSMs) to uncover value from their product or service and, as a result, maintain a high level of gross and net retention....
Members-only Articles Is it time to switch from feature to outcome-driven product roadmaps? The product roadmap acts as a guide and strategic plan of action, which clearly communicates how your short-term product efforts match up with your long-term organizational goals....