7. Why Get Deliberate?
• Throwing a bunch of stuff at the wall and
seeing what sticks is for amateurs
• It wastes time, resources, energy,
money, etc.
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8. Question!
How many of you believe that,
given enough time, money, and
resources, anything is possible?
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9. Why Get Deliberate?
• Grow because of – not in-spite - of your
efforts
• No More Sloppy Progress!
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10. Sloppy Progress
• Accepting any growth as good growth
• Focusing on Vanity Metrics
• Seeds of Churn are Planted Early
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19. Customer Success is when
your customers achieve their
Desired Outcome through
their interactions with your
company.
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20. Customer Success Management
is the proactive orchestration
of the customer’s journey toward
their ever-evolving Desired
Outcome.
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21. Customer Success is Hot
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• Part of the SaaS Business Model now
• Driver of Customer Lifetime Value (LTV)
• Longer Lifetime
• Account Expansion
• Customer-driven Growth
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22. When to do Customer Success?
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• Before you Launch (or Now)
• Churn Kills
• Company Value
• Morale
• Total Addressable Market
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23. When to do Customer Success?
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• Only Acquire Customers with Success Potential
• Technical Fit
• Functional Fit
• Experience Fit
• Support Fit
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26. The Success Gap
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• Their Desired Outcome may only be
achieved outside of your product
• The best companies understand & bridge
this gap
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27. Protip: How to use Desired
Outcome in your Marketing
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28. “Enter the conversation
already taking place in
your customer’s mind.” –
Robert Collier
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29. “Enter the conversation
already taking place in
your customer’s mind.” –
Robert Collier, c1937
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33. Question!
How many of you know what
FOMO means?
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34. What is FOMO?
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• Fear of Missing Out
• “… we must sign that customer no matter what”
• “… ‘go wide’ … don’t narrow your focus”
• “… take that custom dev …”
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35. Question!
How many of you have
experience FOMO before?
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37. The Reality of FOMO
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• You ARE missing out by not focusing
• Real, Actionable Insights
• It’s better to not sign a customer who’s a
bad fit now and possibly sign them later
when they are a good fit
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39. Question!
How many of you have
developed an Ideal Customer
profile?
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40. What is an Ideal Customer?
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The customer type that – over a strictly-
defined time frame - you will dedicate
Sales and Marketing Resources to
acquire.
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44. Ideal Customer Profile Framework
Situation DETERMINES Success
How are you doing 30-days in? On your way to the 90-day goal?
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45. Ideal Customer Profile is Powerful
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• Deliberate Customer Acquisition!
• Generally you can only test tactics; this
allows you to test customers
• Kills FOMO because it’s temporary
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46. Is this just Persona Mapping?
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• No.
• Persona mapping comes AFTER you’ve
identified your Ideal Customer
• Personas are different depending on
customer type
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