What does your business celebrate? Most businesses find time to celebrate their own successes – as they should. Whether it’s a bell that rings every time a purchase order comes in or a party following a great quarter, people find ways to acknowledge and rejoice in successes. Celebrations keep us going through the long haul. But […]
value nurturing
The Magic Moment for Value Nurturing
The moment when someone signs up as a customer, your relationship with that person shifts. If you come from a traditional marketing and sales environment with a linear funnel, you might ring a gong to mark the deal and hand the customer off to another part of the business. But if your business depends on long-term customer relationships, recognize the […]
When Marketing Adds Value: The Case for Content
Creative marketing organizations go beyond simply communicating the value they provide. They add value outside the product or service, through content, community, partnerships, and data.” These words seemed almost revolutionary when I wrote them in the book Subscription Marketing. But look around and you can find numerous examples of businesses demonstrating that, when done with […]
The Science of Value Nurturing and Happy Customers
Do you measure Net Promoter Score or customer loyalty? Are you tracking customer retention and engagement? Each of these metrics attempts to answer the same fundamental question: how happy people are being customers. For all of the effort we spend measuring and monitoring these metrics, it’s worth considering the deeper question of human motivation. What makes people happy about spending money? […]
Nurturing SaaS Customers through Video
When it comes to helping customers realize success with Software-as-a-Service, video plays an important role. You can send out field engineers and trainers to high-value accounts. But in terms of value nurturing at scale, there’s nothing quite like video. SaaS solutions are often complex, and require people to learn new behaviors if they are to […]
Marketing and the Free Trial
The free trial is a way to bridge the trust gap. Sales and marketing actions can help or hurt that outcome. The free trial is an essential go-to-market strategy, particularly for subscription-based services and SaaS solutions. But between the trial sign-up and the conversion to a paying customer, the business needs to earn the customer’s trust. Businesses vary widely […]