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Gong’s Linda Lin on customer success strategies for moving upmarket

Intercom, Inc.

Few people have more experience with this move than Linda Lin , Director of Customer Success at the revenue intelligence platform Gong. Moving upmarket means larger customers and higher revenue, but it’s not without its challenges. For Linda, it all comes down to your approach to customer success.

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HubSpot’s Michael Redbord on staying in touch with your customers as you scale

Intercom, Inc.

But as the business becomes more successful – and there are resources to build a support team – additional layers begin to separate executives from their customers. It becomes harder for the folks running things to make time to be inside their customers’ minds. Speak the customer’s language.

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Q&A with Maria Pergolino, Anthony Kennada, Aaron Ross and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Anthony : I’ll add more too and this sounds like a sponsored answer, but customer success becomes even more important as we sort of think about where growth is coming from. Obviously, marketing and investments are expensive and we know the cost to keep a customer is obviously a lot less. We were wrong. Aaron : No.

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The 6 Best Ways for Building SaaS Customer Loyalty

Totango

You can consider your customer to be in the onboarding phase right up until they start to gain value from your products and services. But, it’s crucial that your customers have a fundamental understanding of your product before you send them on their way. Listen to your customer to learn why they’re unhappy.

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Product-Centric vs Customer-Centric: Which Approach Should Businesses Follow?

SmartKarrot

A product centric company places all of its focus on product and develops newer and advanced products irrespective of its demand in the market. These companies invest heavily on R&D to develop advanced products and the company expands by adding new product lines to their portfolio. Growth strategy.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Tidelift and Cloudflare

SaaStr

333: Bridget Gleason is the Head of Sales and Customer Success @ Tidelift, the company providing managed open source, backed by maintainers. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Bridget made her way into the world of SaaS and Sales and came to be Head of both Sales and Customer Success at Tidelift. * What works?

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Sales Hacker Recommends: 97 Best Sales Books for Peak Performance (2020 Update)

Sales Hacker

Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. Innovating for People. Here are the best books on selling (and related disciplines) that can help you hit your goals and develop your career. Selling to Big Companies. The Pirate’s Guide to Sales. B2B Is Really P2P.

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