When it comes to our customer education strategies, most of us are in reaction mode. We know that we shouldn't be. But often...we react to customer requests. After all, that new enterprise customer is our biggest one yet, so we should do anything to make them happy. When that customer says "jump," we should say, "How high." Of course, this can get us into trouble because we make promises that are difficult to keep, work quality can suffer, and we could very easily neglect existing customers.
The only way to avoid getting caught up in reaction mode is to proactively develop a customer education strategy that is aligned with the most important goals of the business. Only when we focus our efforts on what is most important, do we move the business forward. And I am sorry to say this, but providing the best learning content might not be what is most important to a customer education function, to the business, or even to customers.
Tags: Customer Education • Customer Success • Enterprise Software • OpenStack • training