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CSM Practice - The Customer Success Podcast

The Role of Portfolio Customer Success Managers

Jan 24, 2025
25:49

How do top portfolio CSMs manage hundreds of accounts without losing the personal touch? Let's dive in to the role!

Vitor Meira and Irit Eizips discuss the strategies behind managing hundreds of accounts using scalable techniques like dynamic segmentation, pooled models, and data-driven prioritization. Vitor shares how he maintains meaningful connections with customers through a blend of one-on-one interactions and webinars, ensuring that even a large portfolio gets the attention needed to reduce churn and drive customer success.

Click here to watch the interview on YouTube!

๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“๐’

- How portfolio CSMs manage large customer bases efficiently using dynamic segmentation and prioritization techniques.
- The balance between personalized customer interactions and scalable one-to-many strategies like webinars.
- Effective ways to engage and retain customers while reducing the cost to serve through hybrid CS models.

๐€๐๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐†๐”๐„๐’๐“

Vitor works as a Sr. Scaled CSM at Zendesk. He is a former industrial engineer, passionate about education, and Vitor has found in Customer Success the perfect blend of his expertise and passion.

๐Ÿ”— You may connect with Vitor via LinkedIn

๐”๐’๐„๐…๐”๐‹ ๐‹๐ˆ๐๐Š๐’

๐Ÿ“‘ Read: The Rise of the Portfolio CSM

๐ŸŽฅ Watch: 8-Step Engagement Plan

โฌ Download: 10 Skills of Highly Effective CSMs

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป Whenever youโ€™re ready...If you're an ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜Š๐˜š๐˜” ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, there are 3 powerful ways I can help you fast-track success while avoiding common pitfalls:

1๏ธโƒฃ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ง ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™†๐™‹๐™„ ๐˜พ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ
Track key KPIs to boost CSM performance. Grab my cheatsheet to focus on metrics that matterโ€”scale smarter & grow revenue. Click here to download.

2๏ธโƒฃ ๐™…๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ 11,000+ ๐˜ฝ2๐˜ฝ ๐™€๐™ญ๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‡๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ
I share strategic insights & practical tools to help you hit your quarterly goals faster while scaling your CS operations efficiently. Donโ€™t navigate this alone - tap into a thriving community of leaders who are optimizing their CS strategies & driving serious impact. Click here to join.

3๏ธโƒฃ ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ก๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™‡๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐˜พ๐™Ž๐™ˆ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ž๐™ข๐™š?
Building a CS practice for the first time doesnโ€™t have to feel like an uphill battle. With the right frameworks, you can achieve results faster than you think. I help experienced executives build a proactive, high-performing CS teamโ€”without the guesswork & costly missteps of figuring it out alone. Learn more.

๐Ÿ“Œ Visit our Website - CSM Practice

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