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According to anthropologist Robin Dunbar, our primate brains can only maintain stable relationships with around 150 people—beyond that, we begin to struggle. That definitely resonates with those of us that forget a person’s name as soon as we’re introduced. It seems logical that a similar challenge faces us when managing our customers.

Simply put, while measurable, customer satisfaction is subjective and experiential. Retention, however, is an objective, observable, and measurable phenomenon. You either retain a customer or you don’t. It’s clear. The satisfaction a customer feels, however, can change due to a real issue with the software or how that customer is being supported, but it can […]

At Davos World Economic Forum 2016, there was much talk of the 4th Industrial revolution. The man who literally wrote the book on it, Professor Klaus Schwab, defines this revolution as being “…characterized by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres.” As this revolution unfolds, we […]

I had one of my regular conversations with a Customer Success Manager (CSM) recently. For the uninitiated, CSMs are the new breed of customer account manager tasked with increasing renewal rates and contract sizes at SaaS businesses. She was responsible for 50+ accounts but had no Customer Success specific software to help her manage and […]