In this week's episode, let's take a look at Customer Success Newsletters.

CS Insider
https://csinsider.substack.com/

The Success League
https://www.thesuccessleague.io/csblog

The Customer Success Newsletter by Alex Bakula Davis
https://newsletter.alexbakuladavis.com/

Turn the Churn by Shelley Davis
https://turnthechurn.com/

inSided
https://www.insided.com/blog

Customer Uplift by Jon Triggs
https://customeruplift.com/

Success Happy Hour newsletter by Chris Hicken from 'nuffsaid.
https://nuffsaid.com/blog/newsletter
Issue #49: 15 Customer Success Leaders Share Their Best Career Advice
https://nuffsaid.com/blog/newsletter/customer-success-leaders-career-advice

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There's nothing like a bit of inspiration in our day-to-day activities.

From presentation decks, to LinkedIn posts, infographics and so much more.
Canva has got you covered!

And if you would like to test out Canva, feel free to use my referral link here
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Every month, I’ll be featuring a guest to share with us their experiences and provide us with insights from their industry.

In this episode, I had the opportunity to talk to Shaw Li.

Shaw has 10+ years of product management experience earned working at pre-seed, venture funded, and Fortune 500 companies. He recently led product at Haven Life, an Insurtech startup in NYC.
He writes a weekly newsletter, The Elements of Product Management for mid-career Product Managers with templates and practical advice.
You can reach him there for product advisor or mentoring.

The Elements of Product Management
https://shawli.substack.com/people/7077810-shaw-li

Blog post:
Understand what "customer success" does so you can build a better working relationship as a PM
https://shawli.substack.com/p/understand-what-customer-success

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Slack is not only a messaging platform to communicate with your colleagues or customers.
It's also a great networking resource.

In today's episode, I am highlighting four Customer Success Communities plus a special mention outside of Slack.

Customer Success Leadership Network
Slack: https://bit.ly/2SGWsb5
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cs-leadership-network/

ThriveNetwork
Slack: https://bit.ly/3heUx7E
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thrivenetwork/

Women of Customer Success
https://www.womenofcustomersuccess.com/join
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-of-customer-success/

Women in Customer Success (by Marija Skobe-Pilley)
Slack: https://bit.ly/3bipZOF
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/womenincspodcast/

Customer Success Chat by Gainsight
https://bit.ly/3o69IBq
Pulse Everywhere 2021 - June 9-11, 2021
https://gainsightpulse.com/everywhere/

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As part of your busy week,  do you also have to block out time to do "admin work"?
Meeting notes are crucial, and we know how relevant they are, so we can keep that CRM or Google Doc up to date.
We don't need to struggle any more. Or at least not as much as before.

Today, I want to highlight an extremely valuable tool called Hugo.

Hugo's blog:
Stop saving meeting notes in folders  (How to keep meetings organized)
https://www.hugo.team/blog/calendar-centric-meeting-notes

And if you would like to try out Hugo, feel free to use my referral code.
https://bit.ly/3u2pgZb

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How exciting!
Today, we'll talk about starting your journey in Customer Success.
Everyone's journey is different. You can find inspiration from many sources.
And I'll point out a few on this week's episode.

The Five Elements of The 5-Second Rule - Mel Robbins
https://melrobbins.com/five-elements-5-second-rule/

Dear Insider
Dear Insider is CS Insider’s new advice column, where Customer Success experts like Kristi Faltorusso from CS Real Simple respond to your anonymous questions about issues and challenges at work and beyond
https://bit.ly/3dVrbJI

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Every month we'll feature a special guest and I had the opportunity to talk to Christopher Holm-Hansen, Co-Founder and CPO at Butter.
Butter.us is a startup based in Denmark but operating fully remote.
Chris and the team at Butter have been building an “all-in-one” platform for planning and running virtual workshops.
With his background in Design Engineering, he's been designing digital products with the user at the core in both agencies, startups and corporates across the Nordics.
His goal is to build experiences that evoke emotions and joy when people interact with them.

During our chat we cover:
- His journey and learnings in the startup scene
- Necessary skills for any co-founder
- Customers feedback at the forefront of product development
- Product-led growth v. Customer-led growth

More on Butter
https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/08/butter/

Connect with Chris
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cholmhansen/

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 Getting our message across in a crowded customer inbox seems like a hard task at times, but there are a few resources we can leverage.

And believe it or not, one of them are emojis.
Marketers have been embracing  them for a while now and there might be something to it.

Resources
Book:
Ann Handley - Everybody writes
http://bit.ly/3f0W6oI 

Writing Customer-Friendly Copy
https://bit.ly/3rDuicU

The Real Scoop on Email Emoji in Subject Lines
https://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/email-marketing/the-real-scoop-on-email-emoji-in-subject-lines/

Using Emoji and Symbols in Your Email Subject Lines
https://www.campaignmonitor.com/resources/guides/using-emojis-and-symbols-in-email-marketing/

World Emoji Day - July 17

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In today's episode, we'll talk about CS communities and their upcoming events.
The way we network has changed (a lot!!) since last year, but there's a silver lining to it.
Events going virtual have allowed us to join in from anywhere and everywhere.

More episodes around communities to follow, so stay tuned!

Resources:

**CS Insider http://bit.ly/csinsiders
CS Insider LinkedIn page
https://www.linkedin.com/company/csinsider/
Twitter: @CSInsiderReport

**CS Insider Mixer
April 8th, 2021
https://lu.ma/4gc2vwtd

** Customer Conference
The Largest Global Customer Success Conference
https://www.thecustomerconference.co/
June 15-16, 2021
#thecustomerconference

** Customer Success Network 
https://customersuccess.network/
YouTube channel 
http://bit.ly/3f1uzng

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Nowadays, CS Teams communicate in a digital space.
We want to engage with your customers in more creative ways and video seems to be working for Sales & Marketing, so today we’ll take a quick look at Loom.

https://www.loom.com/

How to Leverage Video Messages in Customer Success
https://www.loom.com/blog/use-cases-customer-success

InSided blog http://bit.ly/390uVqc
7 predictions to include in your Customer Success strategy for 2021 by Jo Johansson


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