Our CCO, Ashvin Vaidyanathan, and our Chief Strategist, Ruben Rabago, were honored to be invited to do an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit last week. As the authors of The Customer Success Professional’s Handbook, Ashvin and Ruben are two of the world’s foremost experts on the emerging customer success movement, its role in modern
Let’s start by acknowledging that Customer Success teams always have the coolest people in the company. They are kind, optimistic, helpful, and they take really good care of customers. Want to have a beer with someone after work? Definitely invite someone from CS. Success leaders usually manage more revenue than anyone else at the company.
Last Friday, as the COVID-19 anxiety was just starting to take over the national conversation in the US, a teammate asked me a simple question: “Have you ever been through something like this?” My glib retort was, “No—actually this is my first worldwide pandemic. I was pretty young during the 1918 Spanish flu!” But even
Are you delivering a product experience your users want or are you just going through the motions? In a world full of products offering the same results as yours, one of the best ways to stand out is through your product experience. What makes companies like Slack and Amazon so successful is their dedication to
The Hare, mad at the Tortoise for beating her in a (now world-famous) foot race, said to the Tortoise, “Let’s have a rematch.” The Tortoise thought to herself, “Slow and steady wins the race!” and agreed. “Where’s the finish line?” she asked. The Hare replied, “I’ll race you home,” and took off sprinting as fast
Originally published on inSided.com on February 21, 2020. Are you struggling to know what Customer Success tools and tactics you should be using as your company grows? Look no further. Here we highlight three of the most prominent challenges Customer Success teams are facing in B2B SaaS today and offer up our take on what
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,