The critical role played by customer success (CS) teams is well known, as is the importance of the customer success software powering these teams. But, could thinking about customer success software as a category be leading us down the wrong path? If I was to tell you in 2009 that in just a few years
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
Allison Pickens is VP of Customer Success & Business Operations at Gainsight “My CSMs are overworked.” “They spend a ton of time on repetitive activities, but we’re not sure how to automate those.” “We want to email segments of our customers, but we can’t get access to the email automation system because Marketing manages it.”