What is Blended Learning? Types, Examples, and Everything Else

It may be tempting to take your entire customer, employee or partner education program online. But wait. As we get back to in-person everything (fingers crossed), completely abandoning in-person training may not be in your best interest. Instead, opt for a blended learning strategy to give people the best of both worlds. What’s Blended Learning? Blended learning is an educational strategy that

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Your Complete Guide to Customer Expansion in 2023

The shifting sands of the B2B world are causing costly customer acquisition engines to slow down. Revenue declines are following suit. For B2B companies dealing with shrinking budgets and slower sales cycles, it’s understandably a scary time — but it doesn’t have to be. Instead of exclusively focusing on customer acquisition strategies, enter the goldmine that is your

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SCORM LMS 101: The What, Why and How of SCORM in eLearning

Imagine you’re tasked with creating an online learning program or you’re looking for an LMS vendor for your company’s customer training program and you hear the term “SCORM” or “SCORM LMS” and wonder, “What does that mean?” You’re not alone. Anyone who uses online learning to train their customers, workforces (gig or real estate) has likely encountered these terms. That

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The Impact of Generative AI on Customer Success Software

Generative AI is an unstoppable force, rapidly transforming the world around us as we know it. If you’re still reeling from its ability to process unstructured data, like text, did you know the technology can reason? That’s right, we now have computer systems that can reason. Let that sink in a moment.  Every industry is

Join Us at Pulse Encore: Elevating Customer Success to New Heights

Ready for liftoff? Gainsight is thrilled to announce Pulse Encore—an exclusive gathering of minds, ready to share, connect, and level up the world of Customer Success. This can’t-miss event for all Customer Success, Product, Community, and Customer Education enthusiasts features not one, but two exclusive gatherings in New York City on September 28th and in

Meeting With an LMS Vendor? Ask Them These Five Questions

A quick Google search will return a seemingly endless list of LMS vendors and make to make it even more confusing, many of them offer different features and have different value props (i.e., one is more positioned for customer education while the other is primed for employee training). Needless to say, picking a learning management system (LMS) can seem

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Peer-to-Peer Power: How Sonos Leveraged Gainsight’s Customer Communities to Drive Community Success for 500K Members

In the digital age, customer experience is the bedrock of a successful business, and companies are continuously seeking innovative ways to engage and support their customers. One such trailblazer in the realm of customer-centricity is Sonos, the world’s leading sound experience company.  Sonos has taken customer support and engagement to new heights by leveraging Gainsight’s

A Simple 5-step LMS Implementation Project Plan

You’ve decided to replace your old learning management system (LMS), upgrade your existing one, or launch one for the first time. In any case, the issue now becomes: How do we implement it? Sounds complicated, right? It could be, but it’s incredibly easy with this LMS implementation project plan. Select a Learning Framework (Methodologies) Choosing a learning framework

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How to Measure Online Training Effectiveness and Get Leadership Buy-in

“Is our online training having a positive ROI?” If you’ve been on an L&D team for any period of time, someone’s asked you this question (probably your boss). To answer them, you need to measure training effectiveness, and more importantly, show the Leadership team that online training is helping the company grow. The Growing Role of Online Training 

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Your Checklist to Build a Cohesive User Journey

Checklist to Build a Cohesive User Journey

Whether you call it product-led, customer-led, or digital-led, cohesive user journeys in your product are key to successful product and overall customer experiences. Cohesive journeys allow your users to receive communications that align across the board (from initial purchase, to onboarding, to CSM outreach, to in-app guidance) and promote a single message, purpose, and value