Tales of Groc: Customer Success Caveman – Chapter 6

Geologists from Stanford University recently made an astounding discovery. Drilling core samples in Palo Alto, a thousand feet below Sand Hill Road, they discovered the fossils of an ancient civilization. Their excitement grew as excavation revealed a Neanderthal community with complex tools, written language, and a primitive subscription economy. A paleo-forensic team pieced together the

The Guide to Etiquette in Customer Interactions

Allison Pickens is VP of Customer Success & Business Operations at Gainsight. Matt Lindeman is VP of Customer Success at Guidespark. When onboarding a new team member, it’s important to clarify your expectations for basic etiquette when working with customers. But this topic is often overlooked during new-hire training. I’m excited to co-write this blog

Tales of Groc: Customer Success Caveman – Chapter 5

Geologists from Stanford University recently made an astounding discovery. Drilling core samples in Palo Alto, a thousand feet below Sand Hill Road, they discovered the fossils of an ancient civilization. Their excitement grew as excavation revealed a Neanderthal community with complex tools, written language, and a primitive subscription economy. A paleo-forensic team pieced together the

Tales of Groc: Customer Success Caveman – Chapter 4

Geologists from Stanford University recently made an astounding discovery. Drilling core samples in Palo Alto, a thousand feet below Sand Hill Road, they discovered the fossils of an ancient civilization. Their excitement grew as excavation revealed a Neanderthal community with complex tools, written language, and a primitive subscription economy. A paleo-forensic team pieced together the

Tales of Groc: Customer Success Caveman – Chapter 3

Geologists from Stanford University recently made an astounding discovery. Drilling core samples in Palo Alto, a thousand feet below Sand Hill Road, they discovered the fossils of an ancient civilization. Their excitement grew as excavation revealed a Neanderthal community with complex tools, written language, and a primitive subscription economy. A paleo-forensic team pieced together the

Nick Mehta’s Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle for Customer Success

We’ve brought together an all-star lineup of customer experience thought leaders to provide insights at Opentalk 2016. Among them is Nick Mehta, Gainsight’s energetic, football-loving CEO. Talkdesk Senior Manager of Field Marketing, Leah Kahn, sat down with Nick to talk to him about everything… except customer experience and football. We thought we’d save the shoptalk

The Problem with ‘Activation’, ‘Engagement’, and Talking about Customer Success like a Robot

When was the last time you felt ‘activated’ by a product? This is going to sound silly at first, and like internal language couldn’t have a meaningful effect on the way we look at approaching customer success for SaaS companies, but I’m going to argue that it can. When you say that you need to