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How to Win in the On Premises
Industry with Customer Success
Dan Ahrens
Sr. Customer Success Manager
Tom Wix
Director, Customer Success Operations
Dan Ahrens
Sr. Customer Success Manager
Foundations of Success
“Customer Success is when your customers
achieve their Desired Outcome through their
interactions with your company.”
Lincoln Murphy (Customer Success Evangelist)
©2015 Gainsight. All Rights Reserved.
TRANSACTION ECONOMY FUNNEL
The Old World
PROACTIVE
CUSTOMER
ACQUISITION
REACTIVE
CUSTOMER
SERVICE
SALES
SUPPORT
$
©2015 Gainsight. All Rights Reserved.
PROACTIVE
CUSTOMER
SUCCESS
SUPPORT
ADOPT RENEWEXPAND
$ $ $
SALES
⬆ 5-10% points expansion
⬆ 5-10% points retention
⬆ 3X customer outreaches
$PROACTIVE
CUSTOMER
ACQUISITION
RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY HOURGLASS
The New World
©2015 Gainsight. All Rights Reserved.
CUSTOMER SUCCESS IN PRACTICE
The Challenge
STRATEGYSEGMENT
High
Touch
Mid Touch
Tech Touch
ENTERPRISE
MID-
MARKET
SMB
PROACTIVE
JUST-IN-TIME
AUTOMATED
Tom Wix
Director, Customer Success Operations
Leading the On Premises Industry
with Customer Success
The challenges Alfresco faced were clear…
Inconsistent performance
Reactive
Pure renewals
No real understanding of customer
health
Challenges
Alfresco had clearly defined goals
Health score baseline and improvement
Leverage technology and managing
success plans and scale
Establish proactive tasks for
consistency and efficiency
Goals
We approached our implementation with a focus on balancing
simplicity and effectiveness
Roles
• Accountable Owner
• Operational Lead
• User Leads
• Steering Committee
Plan
• Health Score Structure
• Calls-to-Action Definition
• Systems Prep
• Initial Scoring and
Adjustments
• Data Cleanup
Adoption
• Start small, grow
steadily
• Adopt top-down and
inside-out
• Maintain simplicity
Approach
We designed our health score to be an even mix of subjective
and objective criteria
Version
Currency, 15%
Support
Usage, 10%
Sev 1 Issue, 10%
Finance
Status, 5%
Solution in
Production,
10%
Customer
Relationship, 40%
Partner
Effectiveness,
10%
HealthScoring
Calls-to-Action (CTAs) are proactively triggered playbooks that
help drive best practice approaches
Events
• Quarterly Reviews
• Onboarding
• Renewal Process
Risks
• Collections Challenge
• Delay in Go-Live
• Key Contact Change
• Missing Win Report
• Renewal Marked “At-Risk”
• Severity One Case
Created
Opportunities
• Upsell
• Consulting
• Training
Gainsight monitors our customers continuously and when specific criteria are met, a CTA is
triggered and a playbook is initiated. A playbook is a group of tasks with timelines, guidelines,
etc. to help CSMs and Sales align to best practice and to help leadership drive accountability.
CTAs
We’ve learning a lot in utilizing Gainsight
• Data cleanliness is critical
• Keeping things simple and smart
• Create champions from the beginning
• Operations
KeyLearnings
We’re continuing to expand on the Gainsight footprint
• Refine Health Measures
• Expand Tool Usage
• Continuous Proactive Actions
• Success Plans
FuturePlans
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How to Win in On Premise with Customer Success

  • 1. How to Win in the On Premises Industry with Customer Success
  • 2. Dan Ahrens Sr. Customer Success Manager Tom Wix Director, Customer Success Operations
  • 3. Dan Ahrens Sr. Customer Success Manager Foundations of Success
  • 4. “Customer Success is when your customers achieve their Desired Outcome through their interactions with your company.” Lincoln Murphy (Customer Success Evangelist)
  • 5. ©2015 Gainsight. All Rights Reserved. TRANSACTION ECONOMY FUNNEL The Old World PROACTIVE CUSTOMER ACQUISITION REACTIVE CUSTOMER SERVICE SALES SUPPORT $
  • 6. ©2015 Gainsight. All Rights Reserved. PROACTIVE CUSTOMER SUCCESS SUPPORT ADOPT RENEWEXPAND $ $ $ SALES ⬆ 5-10% points expansion ⬆ 5-10% points retention ⬆ 3X customer outreaches $PROACTIVE CUSTOMER ACQUISITION RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY HOURGLASS The New World
  • 7. ©2015 Gainsight. All Rights Reserved. CUSTOMER SUCCESS IN PRACTICE The Challenge STRATEGYSEGMENT High Touch Mid Touch Tech Touch ENTERPRISE MID- MARKET SMB PROACTIVE JUST-IN-TIME AUTOMATED
  • 8. Tom Wix Director, Customer Success Operations Leading the On Premises Industry with Customer Success
  • 9.
  • 10. The challenges Alfresco faced were clear… Inconsistent performance Reactive Pure renewals No real understanding of customer health Challenges
  • 11. Alfresco had clearly defined goals Health score baseline and improvement Leverage technology and managing success plans and scale Establish proactive tasks for consistency and efficiency Goals
  • 12. We approached our implementation with a focus on balancing simplicity and effectiveness Roles • Accountable Owner • Operational Lead • User Leads • Steering Committee Plan • Health Score Structure • Calls-to-Action Definition • Systems Prep • Initial Scoring and Adjustments • Data Cleanup Adoption • Start small, grow steadily • Adopt top-down and inside-out • Maintain simplicity Approach
  • 13. We designed our health score to be an even mix of subjective and objective criteria Version Currency, 15% Support Usage, 10% Sev 1 Issue, 10% Finance Status, 5% Solution in Production, 10% Customer Relationship, 40% Partner Effectiveness, 10% HealthScoring
  • 14. Calls-to-Action (CTAs) are proactively triggered playbooks that help drive best practice approaches Events • Quarterly Reviews • Onboarding • Renewal Process Risks • Collections Challenge • Delay in Go-Live • Key Contact Change • Missing Win Report • Renewal Marked “At-Risk” • Severity One Case Created Opportunities • Upsell • Consulting • Training Gainsight monitors our customers continuously and when specific criteria are met, a CTA is triggered and a playbook is initiated. A playbook is a group of tasks with timelines, guidelines, etc. to help CSMs and Sales align to best practice and to help leadership drive accountability. CTAs
  • 15. We’ve learning a lot in utilizing Gainsight • Data cleanliness is critical • Keeping things simple and smart • Create champions from the beginning • Operations KeyLearnings
  • 16. We’re continuing to expand on the Gainsight footprint • Refine Health Measures • Expand Tool Usage • Continuous Proactive Actions • Success Plans FuturePlans
  • 17. Thank You for Watching!