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Video Conferencing Tool for Technical TrainingHi everyone - I'm exploring a variety of video conferencing tools for our Virtual Training experience. Curious if you'd be willing to share who you use and what you love and/or dislike about the pla… -
Would anyone have best-practices and/or recommendations regarding measuring TAM workload and impact?Having recently taken ownership of a relatively new Technical Account Managers team and completed a strategic review of the service, there are two key requirements on which I'd appreciate any input. … -
Non-Inclusive LanguageDell, as well as many other technology companies, has accelerated its efforts to eradicate non-inclusive language in our content and our code. Is anyone else out there working on this that would lik…Answered Mary Cay Kosten 231 views 7 comments 1 point Most recent by CarlosAlves Diversity & Inclusion -
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What metrics (e.g. KPIs) does your customer success team get measured on?How do you track these metrics? Are these metrics tied to CSM compensation? -
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AUTOMATION - RECOMMENDATIONSWe are looking to implementation a full-service PSA platform to bring efficiencies to customer onboarding, project management, resource management, and real time data and analytics. Any recommendati… -
Could you please recommend any certification program for Customer Success Manager ?Hi everybody, My name is Didier, I'm a part of the Customer Success Manager Team at Wind River, we are seeking this kind of certification program to get industry recognition beyond our internal badge… -
Is the Handshake Between your Product Management and Customer Success Teams Effective?Join @LauraFay and @DarleneKelly at TSIA's free Webinar at July 19th, 2022 (11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET): https://www.tsia.com/webinars/the-state-of-the-product-management-customer-success-handshakeAnswered CarlosAlves 23 views 1 comment 1 point Most recent by LauraFay Product Management & Strategy -
How are you measuring Case Deflection?Hello TSIA Community! I am curious to know more about how you are measuring case deflection and/or self-service success. We currently are measuring 2 different measures: 1- % of customers who abando… -
Is anyone truly *publishing* micro learning content that rolls up to a course and/or learning path?Since 2007, I and many others have had a vision of being able to deliver prescriptive learning. That's the idea of developing micro learning objects that make up a course. Said another way, it's the … -
When hiring for weekend support which option do you use for the work week?We are in the process of expanding our weekend support and are looking at a couple of options to include in our job description for what the work week would look like. I am hoping that @EdlyVillanuev… -
Partner Training Discounts & IncentivesWhat type of training discounts and incentives do you offer to partners who implement your software? Do they just get a standard X% discount off all ILT training? For example, today we offer a 40% d…BeverlyvandeVelde 23 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by MariaManning-Chapman Service & Delivery
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Anyone out there calculating Product Pull Through for your Professional Services?Hi, We are working on calculating Product Pull Through that is created by our Professional Services Teams. Anyone else doing this? How are you defining and marking? Are you using all data with averag… -
Does selling outcomes (vs SKUs) give more pricing power?We’ve been talking about taking out the complexity of doing business with our respective companies and doing that by selling outcomes instead of individual products and services. This helps our custo…Answered ✓ JasonSeals 62 views 7 comments 1 point Most recent by DougCaviness Sales & Revenue Growth -
Training for High Performing TeamsHi TSIA Exchange! I have heard from a few members that since their team is very high performing they are prone to internal promotions and need to hire and get new employees up to speed frequently and… -
I'm looking for a unicorn... I mean... a Services Operations Manager, anyone interested?I'm hiring someone to help us transform our services operations. This is a dynamic role that demands creativity, vision, flexibility and a love for Professional Services. Learn more: http://app.jobvi…Answered MKorzun 50 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by JasonSeals Product Management & Strategy -
Need Input Trying to Understand the Customer Expectations When Buying and Renewing SaaS ProductsHi! Three questions to help understand the customer expectations when buying and renewing SaaS products. Through direct sales channels, do customers prefer to buy hosted or on-prem offerings? Do cus… -
Partner led CSAn attendee from Interact has the following question: When selling XaaS solutions through a tier 2 distribution model, what have you seen put in place with Partners to successfully drive adoption of … -
Limiting Support Offering if Architecture not to a certain standard?Hello all, Unusual one this one, but wondered if any of you had experienced/used an approach where if a customer does not have a solid architectural set up you restrict the level of support service … -
Who manages the service offer at your organization? -including Customer Success, Support, ConsultingWe are a $1b revenue company with 4500+ employees. As we are building our own practice of the service offer management (including Customer Success, Support, and Consulting) I wonder how other organiz… -
How are companies managing / enforcing licensing entitlement?Today we enforce licensing using Flexera with enablement activated from the cloud. It’s a bit complicated when you’re dealing with software that gets installed on industrial servers behind many firew… -
QA for call/chat/email quality reviewHello, I'm wondering if other organizations have QA teams who review your Support teams' interactions with clients. If you do have a team who reviews, scores, and provides feedback on support cases/t…Answered ✓ Erika TaylorBeck 28 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Erika TaylorBeck Service & Delivery -
Certification and the ChannelFor TSIA members: Do you require partners to obtain certification to qualify for your company’s channel partner program? And, if so, does the number of certified individuals and/or depth of certific…Answered Lawrence Kaye 21 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by AlexanderZiegler Service & Delivery -
Do you know a Managed Services benchmark to validate what is the average indirect costs?Average Indirect Costs in the Shared Managed Services contracts can be related to human or others costs that are needed to deliver the service agreements. -
How to avoid giving CS away for freeAttendee from Orlando wants to know how to prevent sales reps from giving away CS for free. Couple of quick tactics: Have clearly defined CS offers that do have defined prices. Clear discounting pol…
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Personal vs. Impersonal Customer ExperienceAn attendee asked the following question: Digital customer experience is inherently impersonal. How do we balance that with the goal to achieve trusted advisor status, to know our customer better th…ThomasLah 38 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by DougCaviness Crafting Compelling Digital Experiences
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What did you think about the Pathway Crafting Compelling Digital Experiences at TSA World: Interact?I hope you took away some actionable insights from the Pathway Crafting Compelling Digital Experiences at TSA World: Interact, May 16-18. Create the right experience, from the first touch, through sa…LauraFay 31 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Josh buckley Crafting Compelling Digital Experiences -
SubtitlingHave you seen solutions for real-time subtitling for meetings and conferences?