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The Top 10 Mistakes People Make When Hiring a VP of Sales with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Hiring a VP of Sales isn’t new, but the conversations have evolved as the world has. Jason has written about the cheat codes for hiring VPs of Sales since 2012 and realized it was worth a deeper dive. Jason has written about the cheat codes for hiring VPs of Sales since 2012 and realized it was worth a deeper dive.

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Strategic customer success: minimizing post-sale chaos with Tim Conder.

ChurnZero

Designing a successful post-sale strategy requires choices, says CXology’s Tim Conder. Here’s the webinar in full. In addition to your five customer needs, you also have key questions that help you develop a deep understanding of what your customer is trying to do, in a deeper way than your sales team has already discovered.

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What skills do customer success professionals need in 2024?

ChurnZero

Skillset 1: Sales acumen In 2024, driving revenue is a primary responsibility of CS. This means that sales acumen is no longer just a bonus for CS professionals—it’s a new baseline for many companies. Customer success manager roles The CSM role is becoming more strategic, with increased responsibility for driving revenue.

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Do SaaS Affiliate Programs Work? [+7 Related Stories from SaaS people]

Incredo

In its turn, SaaS company is responsible for optimizing conversions and successful onboarding so the visitor becomes a paying customer. Process is simple but would we write about it if everything was that easy? If sounds like this topic can help you generate more SaaS sales with less risk, we are starting!

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Work-Bench and Initialized Capital — May 8, 2020

SaaStr

Where does Jessica find managers and founders do pipe reviews wrong? What does Jessica believe is the right way for sales reps to engage with new customers during this time? How should sales teams and CS respond to requests for discounts? What is the right tone to adopt that achieves both empathy and a business objective?

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3 Tips to Onboard Your CSM and Speed Up Their Time to Value

ChurnZero

Your new Customer Success Manager only gets to experience their first day on the job once. The difference between an effective and ineffective employee onboarding experience determines the long-term success of a new Customer Success Manager (CSM). So how do you properly onboard a new CSM and minimize their time-to-value?

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Market Gaps: 10 Ways to Spot Untapped Customer Needs

User Pilot

They could also result from inadequate user onboarding leading to low feature discovery and adoption, ineffective marketing strategy , and poor user experience. How do you recruit your interviewees? The report offers insights into trends in user onboarding. What could lead to market gaps? Spotting market gaps: interview invite.