An interesting debate has played out at two very different conferences this past month. At Marketo’s Marketing Nation Summit, one of the biggest and best events for B2B marketers, there was huge emphasis put on the need for “customer lifecycle marketing.”...
If advocacy isn’t part of your customer success strategy, you could be missing a big opportunity. I have long believed that advocate engagement is one of the most powerful measures of customer success. What better way is there to gauge your success than a customer...
Customer Success is a greatly misunderstood and underestimated part of a business’ overall customer experience. Without a customer success strategy in place, a business can’t hope to retain the customers marketing has attracted, or create a fanbase of customer...
I work at Zapproved, a pioneer in developing cloud-hosted software for corporate legal departments. I used to work as the 1:Many Customer Success Manager, and it was my job to create campaigns and programs meant to engage our customers (some of whom might have been...
Did you know that word of mouth marketing influences 92% of all B2B purchases? That’s why finding your happiest customers and turning them into advocates for your brand is a must if you want to generate social proof for your product or service. But turning customers...
There is a new kind of economy in the marketplace—the “subscription economy.” Subscription models, like those used by Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies, create a much lower barrier for entry for customers and allow for much higher adoption rates of new and...