Gain Grow Retain

Brittany Soinski, Manager, Onboarding at Loom, joins to discuss scaling customer success. Topics include creating an onboarding team, developing strong templates, setting goals, and utilizing Human Centered Design. They also cover the challenges of implementing new communication tools, the importance of live training, measuring customer onboarding and progress, maximizing product value, and promoting community engagement.

Jake McKee, founder of Jake McKee Consulting, shares critical points for businesses looking to bring a community program into their model. Topics discussed include aligning business goals with community priorities, using the OGSDT framework for planning, supporting internal stakeholders, and tracking community and company metrics.

Dan Ennis, Manager of Scaled Customer Success at Monday.com, shares successful methods for scaling customer success. Topics include shifting from 1:1 to 1:many, using data to identify priorities, developing asynchronous content, and the importance of focusing on effectiveness in customer engagement.

This week Jay Nathan is joined by Nisha Baxi, Head of Community and Digital CS at Gong to discuss the 5 questions that are often asked by companies who haven't implemented community. Why Community (What is the ROI/Value) Who should own and run customer communities? How do you staff a community? How do you get people to share content in a new community? Should your community be open? Nisha shares how Gong has become a community that their customers rely on for information, support, and connections. If your company is considering a community, or if you are looking to expand community into Customer Success, be sure to add this podcast to your queue! Connect with Nisha -- Gain Grow Retain exists to connect people, knowledge, and ideas to advance the state of customer success. We're on a mission to connect B2B SaaS customer success leaders so that we can learn from one another. Check out more at GainGrowRetain.com! Or follow our GGR LinkedIn page. GGR was co-founded by Jeff Breunsbach and Jay Nathan - be sure to follow for customer success content.

The podcast discusses the keys to scaled success in customer success teams, including prioritization and execution, driving attention with great content, consistency, and content relevancy to customers.

This week, Jeff Breunsbach takes a look at some important components of customer education: Product Learn what part of your product aligns with the customer needs Our customers don't need to utilize every part of our product or be aware of every new feature Focus on the features and aspects they need and help them become experts in those areas Specialized education is better than a 1 size fits all versio Business Use educational pieces that help your users have a better understanding of their own business goals This helps make sure they are maximizing your product for their needs Market Understanding market trends can help your customers understand how your product fits into their goals Keep an eye on other products that have overlap and make sure those intersection points are well understood -- Gain Grow Retain exists to connect people, knowledge, and ideas to advance the state of customer success. We're on a mission to connect B2B SaaS customer success leaders so that we can learn from one another. Check out more at GainGrowRetain.com! Or follow our GGR LinkedIn page. GGR was co-founded by Jeff Breunsbach and Jay Nathan - be sure to follow for customer success content.

This week Jeff takes a look at the impact of equating a Named CSM with quality service. With the current economy, having a named CSM is a luxury many companies are no longer investing. CS teams are now in a position to pivot, but an understanding of that impact must be understood in order to successfully transition. -- Gain Grow Retain exists to connect people, knowledge, and ideas to advance the state of customer success. We're on a mission to connect B2B SaaS customer success leaders so that we can learn from one another. Check out more at GainGrowRetain.com! Or follow our GGR LinkedIn page. GGR was co-founded by Jeff Breunsbach and Jay Nathan - be sure to follow for customer success content.

This week Jeff takes a moment to talk through the waves of the Customer Success Team journey. There are typically 3 waves of focus within the team as specialization becomes necessary. First 2 waves are mainly focused on 1:1 programs while the 3rd is all about scaling. However, in this state of moving away from 1:1 towards a more scaled focus, we need to add roles from the 3rd wave much sooner int the process. Learn more about setting your 2024 team and plans up for the best possible outcome. -- Gain Grow Retain exists to connect people, knowledge, and ideas to advance the state of customer success. We're on a mission to connect B2B SaaS customer success leaders so that we can learn from one another. Check out more at GainGrowRetain.com! Or follow our GGR LinkedIn page. GGR was co-founded by Jeff Breunsbach and Jay Nathan - be sure to follow for customer success content.

This week, Nicole Saunders, Director of Community at Zendesk talks with Jeff about how community can help bring value to the customer experience by bringing CS in as a strong content provider. Helps move from a transactional to a relational and learning experience Helps align the community around scaled ideas to create synergy and utilize tools and offerings collaboratively across the company to become more retention focused Helps focus on certain KPIs and metrics that other teams have so you can use the data to tell the story of the customer and the community well Connect with Nicole -- Gain Grow Retain exists to connect people, knowledge, and ideas to advance the state of customer success. We're on a mission to connect B2B SaaS customer success leaders so that we can learn from one another. Check out more at GainGrowRetain.com! Or follow our GGR LinkedIn page. GGR was co-founded by Jeff Breunsbach and Jay Nathan - be sure to follow for customer success content.

Tessa Thorburn, Head of Customer Success at Loom, shares insights on scaling CS. Topics include role specialization, use case webinars, listening to customers at scale, re-onboarding, technology, and communication through change.