Why Marketers Should Care About Customer Success

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Event: How to be Customer Obsessed in B2B Presentation by Anthony Kennada, VP Marketing of Gainsight Presented at 1871 Chicago, August 6, 2014

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Why Marketers

Should Care About

Customer Success

Anthony Kennada

August

2014

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Anthony KennadaVice President of MarketingGainsight

@akennada

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Transactional Economy Subscription Economy

Vendor Success

Customer Success

Vendor Success

Customer Success

The New Chasm

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Vendor

Can I get a reference?

Want to buy more?

Ready to renew?

Who are you

again?

Transactional Economy Subscription Economy

Success

Retention

Advocacy

Expansion

Onboarding

Customer

The New Customer Lifecycle

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Customer Success is…

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Rethinking the B2B Funnel

M A R K E T I N G

S A L E S

R E T E N T I O N

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MARKETING

SALES

SUCCESS

The B2B Hourglass

Higher Growth Rate

Higher Multiple

Higher CAC Frontier

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Valuations go up…

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Retention Goes to > 100%

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BTW, WE’RE MARKETERS…

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75% of the buying process is complete

before a B2B prospect contacts a company

60% of tech B2B customers search for peer testimonials on products

84% of B2B decision makers start their buying process with a referral from a trusted peer.

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Why Should Marketers Care About Customer Success?

• Growth multiplier on pipeline generation• Increased sales conversions

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The Next Frontier: Marketing – Customer Success Alignment

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Why Should Marketers Care About Customer Success?

• Growth multiplier on pipeline generation• Increased sales conversions• Turn customers into advocates

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Turning Customers into Advocates

Build a Foundation for

Value

Business Reviews

Nurture Growth

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Ensure Adoption

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Engagement Analytics

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Validate Value

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Success Snapshots

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Grow LTV

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White-space Analysis

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Turning Customers into Advocates

Build a Foundation for

Value

Business Reviews

Nurture Growth

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Matrix Data Architecture

Reduce Churn

“Headwind”

Increase Up-Sell “Tailwind”

Scale Team Efficiently

Source: Measuring the ROI of Customer Success Management Solutions - Mainstay Company

What?

5% points 3% points 25%Why?*

How?

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Gainsight Customer360

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Gainsight Predictive Playbooks

Gainsight Drives Growth

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