Originally published on inSided.com on February 12, 2020. Here at inSided, we talk a lot about online communities and the benefits they bring to SaaS companies looking to reduce churn, increase retention and boost customer engagement. But one thing that we’ve talked less about in the past—and that we believe is really important to cover—is
A lot happened to the Gainsight platform in 2019. Are you all caught up? Gainsight is in lockstep with the ever-evolving discipline of customer success. As the leading customer success platform, we’ve continued to focus on building out the tools that CS teams need to optimize and mature their strategy. So what have we been up
There is no shortage of feedback these days. But what is everyone doing with it? When you’re trying to deliver an exceptional product, it’s easy to get lost in the constant deluge of customer feedback. Your users are likely communicating with your company through multiple channels and it can seem like feedback gets lost in
Originally published on inSided.com on January 14, 2020. In this guest post from G2 they highlight why brand communities should be central to your business strategy and offer-up the 3 best ways to build a thriving brand community. If you work in marketing, or advertising, or any department in a SaaS organization for that matter,
The weather outside might be frightful, but looking back, 2019 was pretty delightful. We’ve released some amazing new Gainsight PX features, put on the best Pulse conference to date, and supported the customer-centric community with an ever-growing content library. With 2020 just around the corner, now is the perfect time to catch up on Gainsight’s top
On a recent webinar with one of our private equity partners, Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta shared an inspiring outlook on what’s to come in the year 2020 for customer success. The industry is constantly evolving and it’s important to stay ahead of the curve with new concepts and trends. This is a partial transcript of
It’s December. For us software people, that means it’s time for three things: Holiday fun Closing Q4 and… Microsoft Excel! Or Google Sheets. Or Pyspread (where my Python people at?). What I mean by that is it’s budgeting season! Who’s fired up? Anyone? Okay, go with me for a bit… Thousands of customer success leaders
As you may know, I meet a lot of customers. As such, I often find myself waiting in many tech company lobbies. I’ve done my fair share of Envoy lobby sign-ins (I think I’ve signed every NDA in the world!) and have even resorted to eating office mints for the nutritional value. When you sit
I’m a huge fan of science fiction. A little bit different, but in the same wheelhouse is speculative fiction—and I love that word: speculative. Coming up on the end of the year, we’re in a period of time where CEOs and CS leaders are looking back to look forward. We’re “speculating” about what 2020 is
We had a big board meeting this quarter where we not only covered the past quarter’s “state of the union” and metrics, but also plans for the next year. In the spirit of drinking my own champagne (I prefer champagne to Kool-Aid any day!), I wanted to leverage my instance of Gainsight to prepare the