"Tenets" (or guiding principles) Four to Six of customer success are described and explained. These are "The CSM understands the customer's business", "The CSM is a researcher and an analyst" and "The CSM is a consultant and an adviser". The CSM understands the customer's business The CSM is a researcher and an analyst [...]
An overview of what customer segmentation and value propositions are, and a discussion on how they relate to each other and why they are important for businesses to understand and to get right. Overview of Customer Segmentation Overview of Value Propositions
An explanation for what is meant by the term "business capability" and a discussion about how the concept of business capabilities can be used to define and understand eveything that a business does. Overview of Business Capabilities Using Business Capabilities to Model a Business
A discussion on the importance of ensuring customers receive continuity of service between the different people, functions and departments that interact with them as they undergo their customer journey, in order to ensure the best possible level of CX (customer experience). Defining the Customer Experience Providing a Seamless Customer Experience [...]
An overview of the different sources of customer-related information that are generally available for customer success managemers to use when performing research about a customer. The Need for Customer Research Sources for Researching Customer Information
First of two parts of a discussion about what types of information or data a customer success manager should consider research and documenting when faced with a new customer engagement. This part covers information relating to customer, solution, outcomes and the customer's initiative. Information to Research: Customer Information to Research: Solution Information to [...]
Second of two parts of a discussion about what types of information or data a customer success manager should consider research and documenting when faced with a new customer engagement. This part covers information relating to stakeholders and capabilities. Information to Research: Stakeholders Information to Research: Capabilities
First of four parts of a discussion about how to use the Customer Research Checklist Tool as a template for performing preparatory research for a new customer engagement. This part provides an overview and discusses the Customer tab. The Customer Research Checklist Tool: Overview The Customer Research Checklist Tool: Customer Tab [...]
Second of four parts of a discussion about how to use the Customer Research Checklist Tool as a template for performing preparatory research for a new customer engagement. This part discusses the Solution tab. The Customer Research Checklist Tool: Solution Tab
Third of four parts of a discussion about how to use the Customer Research Checklist Tool as a template for performing preparatory research for a new customer engagement. This part discusses the Initiative and Stakeholders tabs. The Customer Research Checklist Tool: Initiative Tab The Customer Research Checklist Tool: Stakeholders Tab [...]