Using Customer Voice to Drive Retention with JoAnne Baldwin

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Customer Champions

Jeff Reekers

8 episodes

1 week ago

Most B2B companies overlook their biggest growth opportunity: investing in the customers they already have. Yet, customer marketing leaders struggle to secure budget, prove ROI, and drive growth. In a world obsessed with more (more leads, more deals, more revenue), how do you make customer advocacy a non-negotiable growth strategy? This show is for marketers who want to turn customer advocacy into a strategic growth engine. Each episode features customer marketing pioneers, revenue leaders, and industry experts sharing actionable strategies to engage, retain, and expand your client base. And not just through content, but through meaningful connection. Because customers become champions when you make them feel valued first.

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Management

Business

Using Customer Voice to Drive Retention with JoAnne Baldwin

Customer Champions

43 minutes

4 months ago

Using Customer Voice to Drive Retention with JoAnne Baldwin

Customer trust is built through life cycle marketing.

JoAnne Baldwin, Senior Manager of Customer Lifecycle Marketing at Bitly, shares her journey in customer marketing and how she’s transformed onboarding programs into revenue-driving engines. She discusses the importance of building cross-functional relationships, creating programs that feel human, and the power of truly understanding the customer. JoAnne also explains how we can use empathy and data to drive retention, align teams, and enhance customer experience.

What you’ll learn:

How to foster cross-functional collaboration between marketing, sales, and customer success
Practical tips for using empathy and data to enhance customer experience and communication
The importance of listening to the customer voice and how it can shape successful marketing initiatives

Episode Outline:

(00:00) Introducing JoAnne Baldwin
(01:20) Joanne's personal passions
(02:33) Defining customer marketing
(04:24) Onboarding success at PitchBook
(07:15) Building trust with customers
(11:36) Onboarding program at Bitly
(15:44) Incorporating AI in marketing
(23:54) Building internal trust and collaboration
(41:17) Data is not clean