Hi all, I've been interviewing A LOT lately and one big topic that keep coming up during those discussions has been 'how do you sell your customer advocacy program?' My response is pretty simple...it starts with listening to the customer. I've also employed a lot of techniques in this book: https://a.co/d/6FsCDBj. It may not be 100% relevant to all aspects of the role, but but helps to reframe some of the conversations you have with customers and puts you in a slightly different mindset when you're promoting the program with your sales/customer success orgs. Just something to think about and is generally a good read.
Do you think your answer is helping them choose you? Or do you need input to make it even more impactful?
It's understanding their drivers for considering participating in a program, how they are already promoting their own successes, what business needs are they hoping you can help with, and what are their personal motivations...once you get a deeper understanding of that (and they feel heard), it makes it more straight forward as to what levers to pull and what opportunities to focus on most. And I think it's a response that resonates most with the sales orgs when they get involved in the hiring process. Bigger though, I think it's a question that a lot of customer marketers are trying to answer in their own roles.
