Customer Success and Sales with different goals - how to align?
Hi all,
Probably a heavily discussed topic, yet we haven't found our right model for it yet and would love to hear how other businesses are handling this:
We've received feedback from our CS and Sales teams that seem to pursue different goals when engaging with customers together (e.g. joint calls). To give you some context: we've matched our CSMs and Sales staff into territories and formed specific account teams penetrating those.
CS responsibility:
What's your experience in aligning CS and Sales during joint customer engagements and providing a seamless experience for the customer?
Many thanks in advance, best
Philipp
Probably a heavily discussed topic, yet we haven't found our right model for it yet and would love to hear how other businesses are handling this:
We've received feedback from our CS and Sales teams that seem to pursue different goals when engaging with customers together (e.g. joint calls). To give you some context: we've matched our CSMs and Sales staff into territories and formed specific account teams penetrating those.
CS responsibility:
- Adoption within the territory
- Gross revenue retention within the territory
- New business within the territory
- Expansion within the territory
What's your experience in aligning CS and Sales during joint customer engagements and providing a seamless experience for the customer?
Many thanks in advance, best
Philipp