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Who Owns the Custome Relationship?
The great debate! This 2MT gives my definitive answer...and an easy way to get us out of the dangerous "client ownership" mindset.

Martin Kaufman
Jun 7, 20211 min read
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Hiring Great CSMs - 3 Characteristics
Three characteristics separate amazing CSMs from the rest of the pack. This 2-Minute Take discusses all three and how to identify them...

Martin Kaufman
Feb 25, 20211 min read
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How Customer Retention Leaders Navigated 2020 and CV-19
Customer Retention in the time of COVID-19. 2020 in review. Until a larger firm does a big study here are 3 insights from nine diverse...

Martin Kaufman
Dec 2, 20201 min read
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A Successful 2021 Requires Planning in 2020
You can get there from here...no matter where you are starting from. It’s that time of year again! When most of us plan for the upcoming...

Martin Kaufman
Dec 2, 20203 min read
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Award-Winning CX...Literally
A Look at What Sets CX Award Winners Apart Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner! We all like to think we run “world-class” or “award-winning”...

Martin Kaufman
Dec 2, 20203 min read
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Navigating a Graceful Customer Exit
“Our customers are disappearing and we’re not sure when they’ll be back. If ever.” I expected to have these conversations with friends...

Martin Kaufman
Dec 2, 20203 min read
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The Future! Stop Predicting...Start Preparing
If you're like most performance-oriented organizations you likely spend some time and resources trying to predict the future. Stop....

Martin Kaufman
Dec 2, 20202 min read
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Customer Success + Marketing: Collaborating for Customer Outcomes
It’s difficult to define the ideal relationship between Success and Marketing. This is because Success and Marketing don’t have one...

Martin Kaufman
Apr 13, 20205 min read
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Throwing Starfish - A CS Approach to COVID-19
My conversations with Customer Experience and Customer Success leaders these days all arrive at a sad truth--our customers' needs exceed...

Martin Kaufman
Apr 5, 20201 min read
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Productive Customer Success in Times of Turmoil
The week of March 16, 2020 I solicited feedback from various CS communities across LinkedIn, the DC CS scene, and my personal network to...

Martin Kaufman
Mar 24, 20202 min read
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Master Customer Retention by Understanding Your Product
Quick Hits Understanding your customers’ POV of your product complexity and its value to their operations informs your retention strategy...

Martin Kaufman
Feb 27, 20205 min read
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Customers Inform Your Retention Strategy (but you're probably doing it wrong!)
Customers should define your retention strategy but are you doing it right? Probably not.

Martin Kaufman
Feb 17, 20206 min read
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3 Areas that Inform Your Customer Retention Strategy
If you want to master Retention you need to understand your customers, your product, your teams, and how they all fit together.

Martin Kaufman
Jan 12, 20204 min read
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