Unchurned - The No. 1 podcast for Customer Success Influencing Customers and Organizational Dynamics ft. Jess Cohen (UpdateAI)
#updateai #customersuccess #saas #business Jess Cohen, Head of CS and Community at UpdateAI, joins the hosts Kristi Faltorusso, Jon Johnson & Josh Schachter. The conversation touches on topics ranging from the complexities of working in customer success and the importance of guiding clients without giving them answers, to using emojis in Slack communication, with moments of lighthearted banter and insightful exchanges throughout. Timestamps 0:00 - Preview 1:10 - Kristi's new podcast - She's So Suite 3:46 - Meet Jess Cohen 4:31 - Jess wanted to become an astronaut! 6:10 - Learning the purpose of life 7:09 - Jon learns about stars and space from TikTok 10:28 - Kristi's training for a marathon 11:15 - CSMs influence customer behavior 11:55 -Not all who wander are lost 16:15 - You'll love the CCO Club workshop in Boston 21:35 - Should you voice your opinions? 26:38 - Influencing customer behavior change 31:42 - Breaking into CS 32:10 - Jon can't decode Slack emojis 34:42 - Kristi hates Slack 35:50 - Slack as a productivity tool [Slack + CS = Magic] 40:22 - Front-facing adoptive engineer 42:30 - What does success look like as a CSM for Jess? 44:40 - Josh loves structure 46:15 - Wrapping up ___________________________ 👉 Follow the podcast Youtube: https://youtu.be/JprAz-o-dWk Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3dfWXmD Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3KD3Ehl 👉 Connect with the guest Jess Cohen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicalaurencohen/ 👉 Connect with hosts Jon Johnson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonwilliamjohnson/ Kristi Faltorusso: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristiserrano/ Josh Schachter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jschachter/ 👉 Sign up for UpdateAI - the only Zoom virtual assistant for customer-facing teams. 👉 Be the first to know when a new episode of Unchurned is dropped. Sign up for our newsletter at https://blog.update.ai/ 👉 Get the advice and insights you need to thrive in Customer Success. Subscribe to the CS Insider Newsletter
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👉 Past guests on The Unchurned Podcast include Nick Mehta (GainSight), Mike Molinet (Branch), Edward Chiu (Catalyst), Kristi Faltorusso (Client Success), and customer success leaders and CCOs from top companies like Cloudflare, Google, Totango, Zoura, Workday, Zendesk, Braze, BMC Software, Monday.com, and best-selling authors like Geoffrey Moore and Kelly Leonard.
________________ Keywords: How to keep your customers happy customer success manager customer support Customer Success Manager role customer success engineer ______________________ Unchurned is presented by UpdateAI About UpdateAI At UpdateAI our mission is to empower CS teams to build great customer relationships. We work with early & growth-stage B2B SaaS companies to help them scale CS outcomes. Everything we do is devoted to removing the overwhelm of back-to-back customer meetings so that CSMs can focus on the bigger picture: building relationships.