This post was co-authored by Elliot Hullverson. As a member of our Customer Success Operations team, our Client Outcomes Managers (COMs) are my #1 customer and it’s important to me to drive consistent outcomes for them (the same way they drive outcomes for their customers). So, I really take it to heart when I can’t
Every week, I remind myself that a customer is not a company—they’re individuals. We tend to view customers as teams and organizations, personas and segments, but a customer’s actions come from their personal, human experiences. A customer is a person. Usually, the only practical way to send messages to customers is through a 1-to-many communication. A
Meet Hank—a 6-year old basset hound who loves to play fetch, howl for no reason, and get all the belly scratches. Hank is also a treasure trove of understanding about product analytics and feature usage. Don’t worry, this article is more than just cute pictures and GIFs of Hank (although I’d argue that might still qualify
So your free trial period is up… what happens next? Earlier this quarter we introduced the option to evaluate our Gainsight PX offering by starting a 15-day free trial. A huge driver for our free trial was feedback from our prospects and customers. They preferred to evaluate software by trying it themselves before buying it.
This article is Part 2 in a two-part series that will help your product team find the right metrics to improve and demonstrate business impact. Read Part 1 (Stop Using the Wrong Product Metrics: Valuable Metrics Framework) here. In my previous article, I discussed why product metrics sometimes don’t deliver business value, and I discussed
When I was a kid imagining the future of 2019, it looked a lot different than the present we live in today. I mean, I thought for sure we’d have fusion reactors, space elevators, replicants, basically everything from Minority Report. It’s been half a century since we landed on the moon and we still don’t
Chances are you’ve heard the saying, “‘Everyone wants change, just not for them.” If we’re being honest, we can all agree that the one constant in life is change—yet managing change can be difficult. Will the new thing be better than the old thing? What will I have to relearn or rethink with the new
This post was co-authored by Megha Mathur. Companies are constantly releasing new products and features. But making end users aware of these new options is a big challenge for marketing, sales, and customer success teams. For those of us in B2B SaaS, we often interact with solution admins, internal champions, or decision-makers, not our end users.
This article is Part 1 in a two-part series that will help your product team find the right metrics to demonstrate and improve business impact. Check out Part Two here, when you’re finished with this article. As a product manager, your job is to drive value for your customers and for the business. The thing is,
Originally published on inSided.com on July 12, 2019. The ability to customize a product is an important and sought-after request, especially in B2B software companies. As B2B SaaS offerings soar in popularity, so too does the desire for organizations to be able to put their own brand on their software and tailor its usage to