John Stone

August 8, 2022

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How Cisco Partners are Scaling Renewals

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I checked in with two Cisco Partner leaders in the Americas to learn how Cisco partners are scaling their recurring revenue business by leading with a digital renewals strategy. Here are a few highlights:

May 31, 2022

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How Cisco Partners Are Scaling Customer Success

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To get some perspective on where we are in scaling customer success, I recently sat down with two exceptional leaders in the Americas Partner and CX Organizations – Jennifer Craine and Matt Brady.

December 13, 2021

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Two Digital Solutions That Simplify and Improve Customer Experience

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Customers want to enjoy the value of our solutions without the complexities. So we need to make things easy for them by providing a simple digital end-to-end experience that eases their path to value and is tied to their business outcomes.

May 26, 2021

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Lifecycle Advantage: Changing the Game for Customer Success

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Cisco and partners can now work together to deliver customer success at scale. With Success Program Insights, Cisco provides partners the combination of customer data, rich insights and analytics, recommended actions and digital customer journeys they need to lead their customers through the lifecycle.

October 9, 2020

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Digital Journeys: A Key Move Partners Need to Make to Get Future Ready

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Lifecycle Advantage is a digital engagement powerhouse that makes partners future-ready right now. Lifecycle Advantage drives digital journeys, bridging together Cisco and our partners to jointly guide customers through important milestones across the entire lifecycle. It lets us engage customers together with the right message at the right time, whether that’s assisting adoption, simplifying renewals, or upselling to higher-value solutions.

February 28, 2018

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How Digital Engagement Drives Customer Success for a Cisco Partner

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As Senior Warranty Manager for Insight, a global technology provider, Cheryl Fischer has witnessed the changes brought on by the subscription economy first hand. John Stone recently sat down with her to discuss how her organization is using Lifecycle Advantage to digitize customer engagement and increase value across its global client base.

February 19, 2018

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Avoid CX Disasters with These Three Digitization Strategies

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While there’s no surefire way to completely avoid mistakes in digital engagement, you can minimize them in your business by keeping today’s connected and empowered buyer in mind. John Stone shares a few ideas to guide you as you design your strategies:

June 15, 2016

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A Fresh Perspective on Install Base Refresh

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Today we’re talking with John Stone, Cisco Senior Manager, Digital Experience & Analytics, about the importance of Customer Lifecycle Management (CLM). Beyond unlocking margin potential for partners, John says CLM is the key to creating customers for life. As one of Cisco’s top post-sale engagement experts, John has some valuable insight to offer about what […]