by Ian Robson | Jan 15, 2020 | Customer Success, Organisation |
We often plan to make improvements by adding to what we already do. Less common and an often just as, if not more effective an approach, is taking away. Every time we add something internally in customer success, a playbook, a process, a customer journey step, a CTA,...
by Ian Robson | Jan 9, 2020 | General, Persuasion |
George Bernard Shaw once said: “The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” Or put another way, seeing something from your customer’s point of view is not the same as seeing it from your point of view. At the start of any...
by Ian Robson | Jan 8, 2020 | Customer Success, Foundations |
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?...
by Ian Robson | Dec 19, 2019 | 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...
by Ian Robson | Dec 10, 2019 | Customer Success |
I’ve seen this a bit recently. This idea that there are good and bad customers. That there are customers we should divorce because that would be better for everybody. Let’s unpack this idea a little. We live in the real world so companies are going to sell to...
by Ian Robson | Oct 29, 2019 | General, Miscellaneous |
A little nod to my developer friends who will all recognise themselves in this post and to all the CSMs who wish this could be different. Why Developer ETAs Are So...
by Ian Robson | Oct 22, 2019 | Customer Success |
In customer success everything starts and ends with value. Value is tied to outcomes, outcomes require understanding, understanding requires adoption, adoption requires presence and presence requires awareness. This is your true customer (user) journey. Getting to...
by Ian Robson | Oct 18, 2019 | Customer Success |
Your next customer success superstar might be hanging out in the marketing department. Customer success management is the continuation of a thoughtful, personalised marketing journey. Customer success is all about extending a fantastic buying experience beyond the...
by Ian Robson | Jul 2, 2019 | Outcomes |
Blog Customer success professionals all know that delivering business outcomes for customers is critical. I’d wager at least 90% of the CSMs who read that sentence would agree. If we dig below the surface what does it actually mean to say that outcomes are critical...
by Ian Robson | May 23, 2019 | Hiring |
Can You Do The Fandango? Hiring Great CSMs A while back I read a bunch of job ads as part of some research for an article I was writing. Below are just some of the requirements I’m sure I recall seeing mixed in with the more typical requirements: Astronaut Tour de...
