Today's CSMs act as the one-stop go-between for a customer and the rest of a vendor organization. From product announcements to marketing requests, CSMs are typically the point of contact to relay this information to a customer. This same sense…
Modern CSMs wear many hats. From project manager to company voice box to issue mitigator, CSMs are veritable jacks of all trades. For some (but not all) SaaS organizations, CSMs are also responsible for leading and managing upsell conversations with…
As a customer success leader, you’ve put a lot of hard work into building the perfect meetings with customers. You know to focus on the most relevant items at hand, come out with clear action items, and always have an…
It’s no surprise the handoff from sales to customer success is one of the trickiest parts of the customer success journey. It doesn’t help, either, that this handoff happens early on in the customer success journey. An awkward transition from…
Juggling the day-to-day responsibilities of a customer success manager can be overwhelming at times. It can be hard to know where to focus between serving as the main point of contact between customers and the rest of your business and…
We’ve all experienced customers going dark. Maybe it’s right after implementation when they’re finally using your product but have yet to schedule an ongoing check-in meeting. Maybe it’s a year into using your technology when it’s time to discuss renewals.…
For CSMs, acting as the bridge between customers and a SaaS product organization sometimes requires a tricky balance. While your main goal is to always go above and beyond for customers, some things may be happening internally that may not…
While customer success is a necessary function in any SaaS organization, there can sometimes be a sense of confusion around the importance of customer success, especially at an executive level. For decades, companies were foundationally built around new customer sales…
As a CSM working in SaaS, you already know customers are worth their weight in gold to your business. It can be markedly more expensive to find new customers rather than keeping existing ones, not to mention taxing on internal…
Kristi Faltorusso Designing a Customer Health Score is likely one of the most impactful projects you can take on as a Customer Success Leader. Think about having the ability to foreshadow customer behavior based on certain risk signals and being…
Modern CSMs working in the SaaS industry wear a lot of hats – and we mean a lot. They’re project managers, act as a liaison between customers and other teams, escalate incidents and issues, keep customers moving forward in their…
Customer success managers are tasked with being great at a lot of things. Project management, sales, issue mitigation, etc. – the list could go on and on. This is why requiring CSMs to be excellent at leading strategic planning conversations…