The Art of Top-of-Funnel Pipeline Generation with Sydney Sloan & Scott Wilder
Jul 5, 2023
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Sydney Sloan, CMO of Drata, and Scott Wilder, Head of Digital Success at Clari, discuss customer-centric approaches, co-creation with customers, unified customer experience, digital self-serve strategies, cross-functional alignment, and the role of communities. They highlight the importance of customer education, success metrics, and shared metrics for success. They also discuss the concept of Product-Led Growth versus Sales Lead and share positive buying experiences with Duolingo and Allstate.
Co-creating programs with customers and helping them master their craft accelerates their careers.
Providing a unified customer experience throughout the entire journey educates the market and leverages benchmark data and best practices.
Deep dives
Focus on Customer-led Growth
Clary is exploring a customer-led growth strategy, aligning their programs and product with the needs and goals of their customers. They co-develop programs with customers and provide resources to help customers understand and master their craft, ultimately helping them accelerate their careers. Clary aims to create a community and ecosystem where customers can learn from each other and showcase their expertise. By putting the customer at the center of their strategy, Clary is differentiating itself and focusing on providing a valuable experience.
Digital Success and Self-Serve Support
Clary is embracing the concept of digital success, which involves providing self-serve support to customers. They offer different platforms, including a community, knowledge base, and university, to help customers find answers and become more self-reliant. Clary recognizes the importance of enabling customers to find information on their own terms and is leveraging automation, AI, advocacy, and analytics to enhance the self-serve experience. By focusing on digital success and self-serve support, Clary aims to save customers time, empower them with knowledge, and enhance their overall experience.
The Value of Building a Community
Clary is also building a community to engage with customers and prospects. They recognize that a community is not only valuable for customers but also for warming up prospects and educating the industry. Within their community, Clary enables interactions between customers, encourages peer-to-peer engagement, and facilitates the sharing of knowledge and experiences. By leveraging partnerships and involving customers in the content creation process, Clary is able to differentiate itself and create ongoing value within their community. They understand the importance of building a strong ecosystem and fostering engagement to drive customer satisfaction.
Sales-led Approach with Product-led Elements
While Clary has a sales-led approach, they are also incorporating product-led elements into their strategy. They focus on co-developing programs with customers, showcasing how Clary solves revenue-related challenges, and demonstrating leadership in the industry. By providing an in-depth product experience and offering value beyond the product itself, Clary aims to differentiate itself and create a positive buying experience. They seek to balance the sales-led motion with a product-led approach to meet the needs of their diverse customer base.
In this episode of Customer Led Growth from Testbox, host Olivier welcomes two special guests, Sydney Sloan, CMO of Drata and Scott Wilder, Head of Digital Success at Clari, who share their insights and experiences in customer-centric approaches for founders and sales executives. Sydney discusses her journey and the importance of a unified customer experience. Scott shares his expertise in putting customers at the center of the buying process. Together, they explore topics such as co-creation with customers, digital self-serve strategies, cross-functional alignment, and the role of communities in driving revenue. Tune in to discover their secrets for success and learn how to implement customer-led growth strategies in your own business.
Episode Highlights:
Scott highlights the importance of co-developing programs with customers and helping them master their craft to accelerate their careers.
Sydney discusses the need for a unified customer experience throughout the entire journey, emphasizing the power of educating the market and leveraging benchmark data and best practices.
Scott shares the concept of digital success and how it saves customers time and provides them with the information they need to learn and excel.
Sydney explains the success metrics for their initiatives, including time to answer, engagement, and system consolidation.
The guests emphasize the significance of cross-functional collaboration and shared metrics to drive success.
They discuss the differentiation of customer experiences based on market segments and potential revenue, cautioning against solely using ARR as a segmentation factor.
Sydney highlights the role of communities in driving engagement, revenue, and customer satisfaction.
Join Olivier, Sydney, and Scott in this episode of Customer Led Growth to discover the power of customer-centric strategies. Gain insights into co-creation, digital self-serve, unified customer experiences, and the role of communities in driving revenue. Learn from their experiences and unleash the potential of customer-led growth in your own business.
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