CSM As A Revenue Engine

Common misconception: positioning your #CSM team as a revenue engine means your CSMs need to be #commercial What it actually means is your CSMs just need to be truly focussed on #customersuccess. Which customer is more likely to expand or to advocate for your company?...

Segmentation For Customer Success

Almost every discussion of segmenting customers for customer success includes the ‘position’ of the author. “ARR is absolutely the wrong way to do it.” “To be truly customer centric we must segment by need.” “Industry vertical expertise is a must have.” Every one of...

The Why Of Scaling Customer Success

The fundamental scaling challenge facing a customer success function is relatively simple to state. “How do we provide the most effective guidance and support to all of the appropriate stakeholders across our customer base using the most cost efficient engagement...

Outcomes From A Customer Success Focus

Customer success is best seen as a company responsibility rather than as something owned by a function even if much of the day to day direct execution rests with the CSM team. It’s hard therefore to fully define customer success outcomes unless you’ve been through a...