{"id":335,"date":"2024-10-01T15:46:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T15:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zoltrunakiver.com\/?p=335"},"modified":"2025-07-21T14:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:23:16","slug":"gtm-115-lessons-from-cs-to-cro-and-how-customer-stories-are-your-most-powerful-growth-lever-with-allison-metcalfe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zoltrunakiver.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/01\/gtm-115-lessons-from-cs-to-cro-and-how-customer-stories-are-your-most-powerful-growth-lever-with-allison-metcalfe\/","title":{"rendered":"GTM 115: Lessons from CS to CRO and How Customer Stories are Your Most Powerful Growth Lever with Allison Metcalfe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p>A transformational leader who specializes in data driven GTM,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/allisonmetcalfe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Allison Metcalfe<\/a>\u00a0has had a non-traditional path to the C Suite \u2013 starting in Account Management, and being a leader in the evolution of Customer Success, Allison has held a variety of leadership roles across sales and operations in some of Silicon Valley\u2019s most successful companies including Jigsaw (acquired by Salesforce), Demandbase, Quotient (NYSE: QUOT) and Liveramp (NYSE: RAMP), which went from $30M to $500M in revenue and IPO under her tenure.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-discussed-in-this-episode\">Discussed in this Episode:<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Allison\u2019s non-traditional journey from customer success to CRO.<\/li>\n<li>The importance of building a strong post-sales function early on.<\/li>\n<li>Balancing product-led growth with an enterprise sales motion.<\/li>\n<li>The qualities that make an effective modern CRO.<\/li>\n<li>Leveraging customer stories as a powerful growth lever.<\/li>\n<li>Lessons learned from LiveRamp\u2019s explosive growth and acquisition by Acxiom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-highlights\">Highlights:<\/h3>\n<p>(2:13) Choosing companies based on people and gut instinct.<br \/>(7:40) The transition from purely product-led growth to supporting an enterprise sales motion.<br \/>(11:52) The risk of neglecting your core customers during growth.<br \/>(16:31) Operationalizing the transition from self-service to enterprise.<br \/>(23:55) Lessons learned from LiveRamp\u2019s acquisition by Acxiom.<br \/>(28:14) Overcoming the desire to be liked as a leader.<br \/>(35:25) Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s \u201cSasha Fierce\u201d persona as a leadership tool.<br \/>(39:16) The role and skills required of a modern CRO.<br \/>(45:18) The importance of separating new logo sales from account management.<br \/>(48:29) The power of word-of-mouth and focusing on customer outcomes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guest Speaker Links (Allison Metcalfe):<br \/><\/strong>LinkedIn:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/allisonmetcalfe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/allisonmetcalfe\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Host Speaker Links (Scott Barker):<br \/><\/strong>LinkedIn:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ssbarker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.linkedin.com\/in\/ssbarker\/<\/a><br \/>Newsletter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thegtmnewsletter.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thegtmnewsletter.substack.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/explore.hginsights.com\/account-scoring-guide?utm_source=gtmfund&amp;utm_campaign=account-scoring-guide&amp;utm_medium=organic_social&amp;utm_term=ug%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>HG Insights<\/strong><\/a><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>Feeling that AI FOMO? 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