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After the Close
The deal closing was never the hard part. This is what happens next.
Thoughtful insights and honest perspectives on Customer Success and leadership, focused on the work that happens after the deal is done.
This is where I talk about the stuff that doesn't make it into the deck. Real stories, hard-earned lessons, and the parts of Customer Success and leadership nobody puts on a slide.
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If you're a CSM, a CS leader, or an exec trying to figure out what happens after the signature, you're in the right place. Adoption, retention, team leadership, driving impact. Let's get into it.
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CS in the Age of Agents: Hype vs. Reality
79% Say They've Adopted AI Agents. Only 11% Actually Run Them. Everyone's feed is an AI agent success story right now. Flawless demos, hockey stick slides, CS leaders "already deploying agentic AI across the journey." Here's the problem: 79% of enterprises claim adoption. Only 11% actually run it in production. That's not a rounding error. That's most of the industry slapping "agentic" on a chatbot with a new coat of paint. I sat down with Tim Van Lew from Planhat for the fir
Kristi Faltorusso
Jul 311 min read
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Customer Success Secrets: Building an NRR Machine
The best vertical SaaS companies treat customer success as their primary growth engine. Last month I ran a workshop on how to build a CS org that drives NRR above 120%. Most CS teams are stuck optimizing the wrong layer. They focus on engagement tactics (more check-ins, better QBRs, prettier dashboards) when the real leverage is structural. The session covered: → Onboarding that creates lock-in → Health scoring that predicts expansion → Upsell playbooks that feel inevitable I
Kristi Faltorusso
Jul 161 min read
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How to Land a Job in Customer Success - ft. 3 Customer Success Experts!
How to Land a Job in Customer Success - ft. 3 Customer Success Experts! Discover how to get a job in customer success and secure coveted...
Kristi Faltorusso
Apr 11, 20251 min read
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Rocketlane: Propel 24 - Allowing Customer Results to Drive Your Strategy
Join Kristi Faltorusso, Chief Customer Officer at ClientSuccess, as she puts results back at the center of onboarding and implementation....
Kristi Faltorusso
Nov 1, 20241 min read
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The Data-Driven CCO: Transforming Customer Insights into Strategic Actions
In leading a Customer Success team, you'll find that there's such a thing as too much data. So how do you avoid "paralysis by analysis"?...
Kristi Faltorusso
Apr 30, 20241 min read
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CS Leadership Bootcamp - Q1 2024: Designing a Content Strategy to Help Customers Succeed
Join Kristi Faltorusso, Chief Customer Officer at ClientSuccess, for this 60 minute bootcamp on how to design a content strategy to...
Kristi Faltorusso
Mar 7, 20241 min read
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CS Leadership Bootcamp - Q1 2024: Moving from Full Stack CSMs and Introducing Specialty Roles
Join Kristi Faltorusso, Chief Customer Officer at ClientSuccess, for this 60 minute bootcamp on how to shift your CSMs from managing all...
Kristi Faltorusso
Feb 16, 20241 min read
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Jan 22, 20240 min read
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CSM Mastermind: The Love-Hate Relationship with Sales
In this CSM Mastermind, host Andrew Marks and three Customer Success professionals--Amanda O'Brien, Kristi Faltorusso, and Nicholas...
Kristi Faltorusso
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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Customer Success Leadership Roundtable: Capacity Planning and Forecasting
In this CS Leadership Roundtable, host Andrew Marks and three Customer Success professionals--Chad Gagnon, Kristi Faltorusso, and Olivia...
Kristi Faltorusso
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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Launching a Community Platform for Your Customers
Join Kristi Faltorusso, Chief Customer Officer at ClientSuccess, as she shares her journey, successes and pitfalls of launching a...
Kristi Faltorusso
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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Moving to a Pooled Customer Success Model
Join Kristi Faltorusso, Chief Customer Officer at ClientSuccess, as she shares how to move from a high engagement model to a pooled or...
Kristi Faltorusso
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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Deploying a Customer Success Management Platform the Right Way
Join Kristi Faltorusso, Chief Customer Officer at ClientSuccess, as she walks you through the best way to build, deploy and drive...
Kristi Faltorusso
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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Designing a Success Probability Score to Predict Customer Success
Join Kristi Faltorusso, Chief Customer Officer at ClientSuccess, as she walks you through how to design and deploy a Success Probability...
Kristi Faltorusso
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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Designing an Effective Product Feedback Loop to Drive Innovation for Customers
Join Kristi Faltorusso, Chief Customer Officer at ClientSuccess, as she talks through her approach to capturing and leveraging customer...
Kristi Faltorusso
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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CSM Mastermind: Understanding and Defining Customer Business Outcomes
During this live online event, we asked three Customer Success pros to discuss how to better understand and define customer business...
Kristi Faltorusso
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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Don't Just Sit At The Table; It's Time To Flip It - Kristi Faltorusso CCO
Kristi Faltorusso (Chief Customer Officer, ClientSuccess) talks about how CS leaders can regain power. Learn more about ClientSuccess and...
Kristi Faltorusso
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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