The situation: Waverly Digital just closed at $72K ACV. Sarah is the closing AE. The CS manager is Marcus. Running the prompt immediately after the deal is marked closed-won.
Slack post — #cs-handoffs
🎉 New customer: Waverly Digital — $72K ACV — Closed May 27 · @marcus.cs @sarah.ae
WHO’S IN THE ACCOUNT
S.R., VP of Sales — s.r@[waverly].com ✓ · mobile available · Primary contact, economic buyer, signed the contract D.K., Head of Sales Operations — d.k@[waverly].com ✓ · mobile available · Technical evaluator, day-to-day implementation owner Unknown attendee from the May 14 demo — email unverified, identity unconfirmed · @sarah.ae — who was this?
WHAT THE CUSTOMER SAID THE PROBLEM WAS
“New SDRs are taking 6+ weeks to ramp because the team is building lists manually. We need the data layer to already exist when a new hire starts.” — S.R., discovery call, May 7
WHAT WAS PROMISED ☐ Native HubSpot integration — confirmed on May 21 call, connector documentation to be shared at onboarding ☐ SDR onboarding case study from a similar-stage SaaS company — promised May 18, not yet sent · @sarah.ae ☐ Intro to solutions engineer for technical setup — agreed May 14, not yet scheduled · @sarah.ae
OPEN CONCERNS ⚠ ZoomInfo was evaluated during the process — D.K. raised data coverage concerns. Not fully addressed before close. Worth addressing directly in the first CS call: “What were the coverage gaps you saw with ZoomInfo — let’s make sure we’ve mapped those.”
EXPANSION SIGNALS Waverly sales headcount up 34% in last 60 days — 8 open AE and SDR roles currently posted. Current contract covers the existing team. Expansion conversation is natural at 90 days.
COMPETITOR MENTIONED ZoomInfo — evaluated in parallel. Customer chose Lusha on data quality and ease of use. D.K. was the comparison driver.
SUGGESTED FIRST ACTION FOR CS Email S.R. and D.K. within 48 hours to schedule the kickoff call. Lead with the HubSpot integration setup — it was the question that held the deal up longest. Don’t start with a generic welcome email.
Thread data based on live Gmail connector field format. Contacts verified against live Lusha data, May 26, 2026. Names masked to initials.