Customer success teams help customers get value from products and build lasting relationships. There is high demand for customer success roles, with over 300,000 positions available. When hiring for a customer success team, look for people with backgrounds in support, services, account management, marketing or lifecycle management who have experience relevant to the company's products. It is also important to hire a diverse group with strong customer relations skills, growth potential, passion for customers, and interpersonal prowess as well as domain expertise matching the customers they will support.
More and more, Customer Experience is heralded as a necessary investment for all businesses. It falls right into the category of Customer Success, because if a customer isn't having a good experience with your product, they're likely to churn. Here's how to keep up with your CX efforts using the CS Triangle of Product, People, and Content.
How to Ace the Customer Success Manager InterviewShreesha Ramdas
Demand for Customer Success Managers is rapidly increasing, thanks to the emergence of SaaS and the subscription-based economy. Customer Success Managers are essential for retaining customers and harnessing recurring revenue, upsells, and referrals. At the same time, for candidates, the Customer Success career offers plenty of avenues for career growth.
In these webinar slides, Paul Reeves, the VP of Customer Success at TokBox, will provide useful tips on how to ace the interview for a Customer Success role. Paul has many years of experience as a Customer Success executive, and during this time, he has interviewed numerous candidates. He will share the insights he has gained from doing these interviews so you can be successful as a candidate.
From these slides, you’ll glean important aspects of Customer Success interviews, such as:
– Understanding the needs of your customer (Potential Employer)
– Building a relationship while educating and onboarding about your amazing product or service (You!)
– Working collaboratively with all stakeholders to realize value (Hire you!)
Check out the full webinar here: https://strikedeck.com/nextgen-csm-signup-how-to-ace-your-customer-success-interview/
This short slide deck explains Customer Success simply and concisely, so that you can communicate the benefits of a CS department to your executives, or explain to your clients why they should implement CS automation.
Putting Our Customers First presented by Unbounce at Totango TourTotango
"Putting Our Customers First" presented by Ryan Engley, Director of Customer Success at Unbounce as part of Totango Tour Vancouver on November 5, 2014.
Customer Success University launches June 30, 2014 with the first course: Customer Success Management 101.
This self-paced course, made up of 12 lessons developed by top Customer Success experts, provides you with the critical foundation for a career as a Customer Success Manager.
CSM101 is step one of three on the way to becoming a Certified Customer Success Manager.
The most successful Enterprise SaaS companies know that growing revenue only through new customer acquisition is the less efficient way to scale. Rather, they understand that growing revenue within your existing customer base - through up-sells, cross-sells, and expanded use - is the most profitable way to scale.
In fact, Enterprise SaaS companies that grow revenue - and company valuation - by expanding revenue within their existing customer base also know the key to making this work is to focus on - and operationalize - Customer Success.
Customer Success Management is all about pro-actively making sure your customers get value from their relationship with you. You need to do this to reduce your risk of churn and maximize your profits.
But how will you do it? How do you make sure your CSM efforts are successful? And how do you do it in a way that is cost effective?
More and more, Customer Experience is heralded as a necessary investment for all businesses. It falls right into the category of Customer Success, because if a customer isn't having a good experience with your product, they're likely to churn. Here's how to keep up with your CX efforts using the CS Triangle of Product, People, and Content.
How to Ace the Customer Success Manager InterviewShreesha Ramdas
Demand for Customer Success Managers is rapidly increasing, thanks to the emergence of SaaS and the subscription-based economy. Customer Success Managers are essential for retaining customers and harnessing recurring revenue, upsells, and referrals. At the same time, for candidates, the Customer Success career offers plenty of avenues for career growth.
In these webinar slides, Paul Reeves, the VP of Customer Success at TokBox, will provide useful tips on how to ace the interview for a Customer Success role. Paul has many years of experience as a Customer Success executive, and during this time, he has interviewed numerous candidates. He will share the insights he has gained from doing these interviews so you can be successful as a candidate.
From these slides, you’ll glean important aspects of Customer Success interviews, such as:
– Understanding the needs of your customer (Potential Employer)
– Building a relationship while educating and onboarding about your amazing product or service (You!)
– Working collaboratively with all stakeholders to realize value (Hire you!)
Check out the full webinar here: https://strikedeck.com/nextgen-csm-signup-how-to-ace-your-customer-success-interview/
This short slide deck explains Customer Success simply and concisely, so that you can communicate the benefits of a CS department to your executives, or explain to your clients why they should implement CS automation.
Putting Our Customers First presented by Unbounce at Totango TourTotango
"Putting Our Customers First" presented by Ryan Engley, Director of Customer Success at Unbounce as part of Totango Tour Vancouver on November 5, 2014.
Customer Success University launches June 30, 2014 with the first course: Customer Success Management 101.
This self-paced course, made up of 12 lessons developed by top Customer Success experts, provides you with the critical foundation for a career as a Customer Success Manager.
CSM101 is step one of three on the way to becoming a Certified Customer Success Manager.
The most successful Enterprise SaaS companies know that growing revenue only through new customer acquisition is the less efficient way to scale. Rather, they understand that growing revenue within your existing customer base - through up-sells, cross-sells, and expanded use - is the most profitable way to scale.
In fact, Enterprise SaaS companies that grow revenue - and company valuation - by expanding revenue within their existing customer base also know the key to making this work is to focus on - and operationalize - Customer Success.
Customer Success Management is all about pro-actively making sure your customers get value from their relationship with you. You need to do this to reduce your risk of churn and maximize your profits.
But how will you do it? How do you make sure your CSM efforts are successful? And how do you do it in a way that is cost effective?
Summary (MP4 version - https://youtu.be/Gc5QRec7rdE)
Questions to ask customers to define success
• What is your desired outcome?
• What is your measure of project success?
• What is your boss' measure of project success?
• Were you delighted by the experience?
SaaS Onboarding Types
1. High-touch onboarding
• "Concierge" onboarding
• Regular phone calls
• Customer success person
• Personalized email
2. Low-touch onboarding
• Automated email series
• Tour videos and webinars
• Social media group
• Knowledge-base
Elements of SaaS Onboarding
• Sign up form
• Welcome email
• Educational emails
• First login
• Product tutorial
• Data import
• Documentation
• Notification
• Check up call
• Swag
Best Practices
1. Align with sales
2. Optimize for time
3. Do your research
4. Create value quickly
5. Reinforce goals
Presentation by Kristen Hayer, CEO at The Success League.
A deep dive into setting the right metrics and goals to help your Customer Success team succeed. Presented at the Customer Success Silicon Valley Meetup on August 6.
Services Strategies for Saas Software CompaniesAndrew Marks
This deck is relevant not only to cloud based software companies but also those with an on-prem model. Specifically focused on services strategies and customer success in general, the content dives into some of the considerations and strategies around designing and building a services organization and driving the cross organizational cooperation necessary for a company to be successful focusing on not just customer acquisition but customer retention.
Justifying the Investment for Customer Success TechnologyTotango
Traditionally, CRM systems were designed around sales and service. In the new realities of recurring revenue business models, in which customer value spans beyond a one-time sale, enterprises are now faced with challenges of retention, upsell and optimizing the entire revenue cycle.
In this webinar, Guest Speaker Kate Leggett, VP, Principal Analyst from Forrester Research and Guy Nirpaz, Totango Co-Founder & CEO and the author of “Farm Don’t Hunt - The Definitive Guide to Customer Success” discuss:
- A reality in which CRM systems need to span beyond sales and service in the subscription economy
- The emergence of Customer Success Technology that allows companies to focus on customers
- Ways to optimize the entire revenue cycle Customer Success, as a model and methodology, represents an opportunity for enterprises to break down the silos of customer data and business processes.
Learn how this will lead to operational improvements around customer centricity and growing recurring revenue.
During the SaaS.City Customer Success bootcamp on Monday the 18th of September 2017, attendees at SaaStock 2017 found out how to manage customer risk, map customer health scores, justify the expense of Customer Success, and so much more.
The Customer Success Bootcamp mentors include Dan Steinman, GM of Gainsight EMEA; David Apple, VP of Customer Success at Typeform; and Cristina Georgoulaki, Head of Customer Success at Typeform. This event was exclusively for SaaStock conference ticket holders.
Customer Retention Strategies for old Clients Tentacle Cloud
The customer facility and marketing are usually looked upon as two different subdivisions. Each division can be made easier and the businesses can achieve their goals faster.
4-Step process to creating your own social media strategy for selling, including a look at specific ways to use popular social media sites to increase leads and sales.
Grant Cardone Sales Training University. The #1 sales training platform on the internet today. Real-time solutions for sales meetings, training, troubleshooting, hiring, customer service and motivation.
Hire resources strategically for project excellence. Boost your team's capabilities with skilled professionals. Elevate success through strategic augmentation
Endeavor Management announces the launch of our Sales Excellence Practice. Partner with us to develop high performance sales professionals and customer focused environments.
Summary (MP4 version - https://youtu.be/Gc5QRec7rdE)
Questions to ask customers to define success
• What is your desired outcome?
• What is your measure of project success?
• What is your boss' measure of project success?
• Were you delighted by the experience?
SaaS Onboarding Types
1. High-touch onboarding
• "Concierge" onboarding
• Regular phone calls
• Customer success person
• Personalized email
2. Low-touch onboarding
• Automated email series
• Tour videos and webinars
• Social media group
• Knowledge-base
Elements of SaaS Onboarding
• Sign up form
• Welcome email
• Educational emails
• First login
• Product tutorial
• Data import
• Documentation
• Notification
• Check up call
• Swag
Best Practices
1. Align with sales
2. Optimize for time
3. Do your research
4. Create value quickly
5. Reinforce goals
Presentation by Kristen Hayer, CEO at The Success League.
A deep dive into setting the right metrics and goals to help your Customer Success team succeed. Presented at the Customer Success Silicon Valley Meetup on August 6.
Services Strategies for Saas Software CompaniesAndrew Marks
This deck is relevant not only to cloud based software companies but also those with an on-prem model. Specifically focused on services strategies and customer success in general, the content dives into some of the considerations and strategies around designing and building a services organization and driving the cross organizational cooperation necessary for a company to be successful focusing on not just customer acquisition but customer retention.
Justifying the Investment for Customer Success TechnologyTotango
Traditionally, CRM systems were designed around sales and service. In the new realities of recurring revenue business models, in which customer value spans beyond a one-time sale, enterprises are now faced with challenges of retention, upsell and optimizing the entire revenue cycle.
In this webinar, Guest Speaker Kate Leggett, VP, Principal Analyst from Forrester Research and Guy Nirpaz, Totango Co-Founder & CEO and the author of “Farm Don’t Hunt - The Definitive Guide to Customer Success” discuss:
- A reality in which CRM systems need to span beyond sales and service in the subscription economy
- The emergence of Customer Success Technology that allows companies to focus on customers
- Ways to optimize the entire revenue cycle Customer Success, as a model and methodology, represents an opportunity for enterprises to break down the silos of customer data and business processes.
Learn how this will lead to operational improvements around customer centricity and growing recurring revenue.
During the SaaS.City Customer Success bootcamp on Monday the 18th of September 2017, attendees at SaaStock 2017 found out how to manage customer risk, map customer health scores, justify the expense of Customer Success, and so much more.
The Customer Success Bootcamp mentors include Dan Steinman, GM of Gainsight EMEA; David Apple, VP of Customer Success at Typeform; and Cristina Georgoulaki, Head of Customer Success at Typeform. This event was exclusively for SaaStock conference ticket holders.
Customer Retention Strategies for old Clients Tentacle Cloud
The customer facility and marketing are usually looked upon as two different subdivisions. Each division can be made easier and the businesses can achieve their goals faster.
4-Step process to creating your own social media strategy for selling, including a look at specific ways to use popular social media sites to increase leads and sales.
Grant Cardone Sales Training University. The #1 sales training platform on the internet today. Real-time solutions for sales meetings, training, troubleshooting, hiring, customer service and motivation.
Hire resources strategically for project excellence. Boost your team's capabilities with skilled professionals. Elevate success through strategic augmentation
Endeavor Management announces the launch of our Sales Excellence Practice. Partner with us to develop high performance sales professionals and customer focused environments.
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How to Hire for Customer Success
1.
2. Customer Success
enables customers to gain
value from your product
Helps cultivate
lasting customer
relationships
Explosive growth of
customer success
teams in both small &
large companies
Positions in Customer
success upwards of
300,000
Need to hire the right
people in customer
success team
4. People with a
background in support,
service, account
management,
marketing or life cycle
management
This is a natural pivot, and will
not require as much training to
get up to speed
5. HIRE
A DIVERSE group of employees
People with a passion for
customer relations, growth
potential, interest in
learning
6. MATCH
Customer to a CSM with knowledge /skills that mesh
Domain expertise just as
important as emotional
intelligence
Domain Expertise
Interpersonal
Prowess
Work History
7. Especially relevant for
technical products or
requiring technical knowhow
to deploy
Facilitates reuse of
redundant resources in other
departments
Hire people who are
positive & proactive
8. Consider all the key elements
required to put together a
successful CS organization
Focus on hiring people with
the right experience &
the right temperament
Hire people with
good inter-personal
skills & industry
knowledge