How Customer Success Accelerates Sales Velocity

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Annie TsaiChief Customer OfficerDoubleDutch

annie@doubledutch.me@meannie

Customer Success AcceleratesSales Velocity

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Customer Success is Evolving in the Enterprise

REACTIVE PROACTIVE PREDICTIVE

1994 2001-2004 2014-2015Build v. BuyOn Premise

Service Licenses

EarlySaaS

MaturingSaaS

Ecosystems

2006Early

Pre-IntegratedEcosystems

2016Maturing

SaaSStacks

Connected & Accessible Data Across

Customer Journey

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Customer Success Creates an Insight Flywheel

ACQUISITION

ADOPTION

EXPANSION

RENEWAL

Customer Insights Influence Target Segmentation

Customer Success Drives Content Marketing Advocates Become Your Best References &

Referrals Accelerate Time-to-Value Understand Expansion Stakeholders Build Advocacy

Grow Advocacy Footprint Support Shift From Vendor to Business

Partner

Support Shift From Transactional to Persistent Value

Year Round Expansion Creates Automatic Renewals

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1) Accelerate Time-To-Value

Onboarding Time Matters More Than Ever in a Predictive Customer Success World

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1) Accelerate Time-To-Value

Onboarding Time Matters More Than Ever in a Predictive Customer Success World

• Introduce express programs to accelerate adoption

• Upfront alignment on key milestones

• Line up data to measure against client stated goals

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Onboarding Time Matters More Than Ever in a Predictive Customer Success World

• Introduce express programs to accelerate adoption

• Upfront alignment on key milestones

• Line up data to measure against client stated goals

1) Accelerate Time-To-Value

Partner ProgramsInternal Professional ServicesStart-up GTD

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Onboarding Time Matters More Than Ever in a Predictive Customer Success World

• Introduce express programs to accelerate adoption

• Upfront alignment on key milestones

• Line up data to measure against client stated goals

1) Accelerate Time-To-Value

Ecosystem ConnectionsData Visualization & Access to New InsightWorkflow Automation or ManagementKey User AdoptionMaterial Affect to Business Outcome

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Onboarding Time Matters More Than Ever in a Predictive Customer Success World

• Introduce express programs to accelerate adoption

• Upfront alignment on key milestones

• Line up data to measure against client stated goals

1) Accelerate Time-To-Value

Template Reports For Each Standard Business Outcome e.g. - {Engagement | Lead Gen | Influence | Feedback}

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1) Accelerate Time-To-Value

Research Buy Onboard Use

Onboarding Time Matters More Than Ever in a Predictive Customer Success World

• Introduce express programs to accelerate adoption

• Upfront alignment on key milestones

• Line up data to measure against client stated goals

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2) Early Expansion Stakeholder Mapping

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2) Early Expansion Stakeholder Mapping Map the Org

Relative to Onboarding

Kickoff

Learning

Backend

Technical

Vendor Alignme

nt

Internal Change

Enablement

Internal Process Alignme

nt

TTV Signoff

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2) Early Expansion Stakeholder Mapping Map the Org

Relative to Onboarding

• Include if/then project teams upfront

• Define green and red escalation paths

• Build growth targets as a part of onboarding

Immediate Project Team

If/Then Inclusions

EscalatorsExtended BudgetOwners

TechnicalCreative

ProjectOwners

Cross-FunctionalStakeholders

ExecutiveInfluencers

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2) Early Expansion Stakeholder Mapping

Extended BudgetOwners

TechnicalCreative

ProjectOwners

Cross-FunctionalStakeholders

ExecutiveInfluencers

Expansion References

Expansion Targets

Map the Org Relative to Onboarding

• Include if/then project teams upfront

• Define green and red escalation paths

• Build growth targets as a part of onboarding

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2) Early Expansion Stakeholder Mapping Map the Org

Relative to Onboarding

• Include if/then project teams upfront

• Define green and red escalation paths

• Build growth targets as a part of onboarding

Proof-of-Concept

ConversionLicense

Consumptionvs.

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3) Customer Success Drives Content Marketing

Case Studies, with White Papers shortly behind, are the highest performing content tools in marketing

DGR 2015 Report

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Case Studies, with White Papers shortly behind, are the highest performing content tools in marketing

DGR 2015 Report

Case Study CTA

• Include Case Study/Referencerequests automatically in your license consumption adoption plan

ReferenceCTA

3) Customer Success Drives Content Marketing

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4) Right Use Cases Breed Healthy PipelinesCustomer Success helps weed out use cases that are:• Poor overall fit• High long-term cost to

manage• No/Low expansion

opportunity• No/Low renewal

opportunity

And identifies champions and advocates to be the face of your brand.

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4) Right Use Cases Breed Healthy PipelinesCustomer Health Scores help determine focus. Based on a mix of: • Usage behavior• Support

engagement• NPS & QBR

feedback

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Product & Business Level Data

Elevates the Customer SuccessConversation

Enhances ProductRoadmap & Overall Mutual

Value

5) The Shift to Business Partner is @ Loyalty & Trust

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Product & Business Level Data

5) The Shift to Business Partner is @ Loyalty & Trust

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Product & Business Level Data

5) The Shift to Business Partner is @ Loyalty & Trust

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5) The Shift to Business Partner is @ Loyalty & Trust

Elevates the Customer SuccessConversation

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5) The Shift to Business Partner is @ Loyalty & Trust

Enhances ProductRoadmap & Overall Mutual

Value

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Customer Success Creates an Insight Flywheel

ACQUISITION

ADOPTION

EXPANSION

RENEWAL

Customer Insights Influence Target Segmentation

Customer Success Drives Content Marketing Advocates Become Your Best References &

Referrals Accelerate Time-to-Value Understand Expansion Stakeholders Build Advocacy

Grow Advocacy Footprint Support Shift From Vendor to Business

Partner

Support Shift From Transactional to Persistent Value

Year Round Expansion Creates Automatic Renewals

thank y u Annie Tsai @meannie

annie@doubledutch.me

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