Customer Success as a Revenue Driver

Customer Success as a Revenue Driver

Customer Success, like Customer Service, sits in the post-sale phase of the buyer journey, but the two teams engage customers in very different ways.   Some companies make the mistake of blurring the lines of responsibility between Customer Service and Customer...
Three Revenue Teams, One Revenue Organization

Three Revenue Teams, One Revenue Organization

While they are all revenue-oriented teams, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success each have their own personality and culture.  Sales is stereotypically “coin-operated,” focused on putting points on the board and earning more incentive comp.  Marketing is filled with...
Mutual Success Plans: Land and Expand Faster

Mutual Success Plans: Land and Expand Faster

In the current noisy, competitive market environment with very busy buyers, sales teams need to shift from a focus on individual sales transactions to a focus on continuously deepening and expanding value across a series of connected conversations.  The best tool to...
Content Marketing as Revenue Enablement

Content Marketing as Revenue Enablement

Content marketing, in all its many forms, plays a critical role these days in supporting purchasing decisions. However, despite increasing volumes of content being produced for use in sales, marketing and customer success, the great majority of content is missing the...
Anchor on Buyer-Defined Value

Anchor on Buyer-Defined Value

CEOs and revenue leaders often ask me “What is the most important thing I can do to drive sales revenue more consistently?”  My response is always the same:  “Train your sales team to start and end every sales conversation on buyer goals and payoffs.”  If you anchor...