LTV Talks with Karan Karan Tibdewal
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Welcome to LTV Talks with Karan, the podcast where I explore the world of m-CRM, Growth via engagement, and Subscriptions. Join me, Karan Tibdewal, a Growth & Retention consultant who has worked with world-leading apps like Blinkist, Soundcloud, Headspace, etc., as I interview experts to learn from their experiences. From discussing how to use AI & machine learning to optimize your push notification strategy to sharing insights on how to think like a subscription conversion consultant, we dive deep into their experiences, strategies and tactics that can help apps increase their customer LTV.
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#23: Allison Bryant - Senior Lifecycle Manager at 10 percent Happier: Scaling up from a 1-person CRM team - experiences with prioritisation, setting expectations and proving impact.
Summary
In this episode, I interview Allison Bryant, a senior lifecycle marketer at 10 percent Happier.
Allison shares her experience of starting a team from scratch and building marketing infrastructure for the company's growth. She emphasizes the importance of understanding the customer journey and collaborating with other teams. Allison also discusses the role of CRM as a force multiplier and the need for prioritization in driving impactful initiatives.
In this conversation, Allison discusses various strategies and tactics for increasing engagement and preventing churn in a meditation app. She shares insights on the power of re-engagement campaigns, the effectiveness of rerunning challenges, and the importance of repetition in messaging. Allison also explores the use of AI and LLMs for copywriting and highlights the proactive approach to churn prevention. She emphasizes the strategic role of lifecycle marketing in driving LTV growth and offers advice for founders and teams looking to optimize their CRM efforts.
Takeaways
Starting a team from scratch requires understanding the customer journey and collaborating with other teams.
CRM is a force multiplier that can significantly impact growth and retention.
Prioritization is crucial in maximizing the impact of CRM initiatives.
User insights are key in driving impactful initiatives and optimizing the customer journey. Reengagement campaigns can be highly effective in increasing engagement and preventing churn.
Rerunning challenges and courses can provide valuable re-engagement opportunities for users.
Repetition is key in messaging, as people often need to hear things multiple times in different ways to break through.
AI and LLMs can be powerful tools for copywriting and personalization in CRM efforts.
Proactive churn prevention strategies, such as re-engagement campaigns before renewal, can significantly impact retention.
Lifecycle marketing plays a strategic role in increasing LTV and should be seen as a partner in growth.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Background
02:13 Transition to CRM Role04:56Starting the CRM Role at 10% Happier
07:34 Mapping the Customer Journey09:14Collaboration with Other Teams
13:03 CRM as a Force Multiplier
19:04 Importance of Prioritization
24:40 Evolution of Priorities and Skills
30:55 Using User Insights for Impactful Initiatives
33:59 Discovering the Power of Reengagement
36:10 Rerunning Challenges for Engagement and Revenue
40:12 The Importance of Repetition in Messaging
43:53 Using AI and LLMs for Copywriting
52:15 Proactive Churn Prevention
59:02 Preventing Churn with Reengagement Campaigns
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#22: Janet Mao (Senior Product Manager) - A Product Manager's confessions, challenges, learnings & observations collaborating with a CRM team to drive business objectives.
Episode Summary
Janet Mao, an experienced product professional (previously at Blinkist), discusses the collaboration between product and CRM teams. She shares her career trajectory and highlights the importance of CRM in product development. Janet explains the challenges faced when working together and provides advice for CRM professionals on collaborating with product teams. In this conversation, Janet and Karan discuss the collaboration between CRM and product teams. They share examples of how merging features and using CRM as a testing ground can lead to increased engagement and adoption. They also explore the idea of a shared CRM resource for product teams and the benefits it brings. The conversation touches on the trend of removing lines between product and CRM and Airbnb's approach to product marketing and product management. The key takeaway is the importance of focusing on goals rather than functions and the value of collaboration in achieving those goals.
Takeaways:
Collaboration between product and CRM teams is crucial for successful product development.
Understanding the goals and strengths of each team is essential for effective collaboration.
Education sessions and knowledge sharing help bridge the gap between product and CRM teams.
Including CRM in the early stages of product development leads to better user engagement and retention.
Clear communication and alignment on goals are key to successful collaboration. Merging features and using CRM as a testing ground can lead to increased engagement and adoption.
A shared CRM resource for product teams can help bridge the gap between CRM and product and ensure alignment with the overall CRM strategy.
The trend of removing lines between product and CRM is gaining traction, with companies like Airbnb combining product marketing and product management.
Focusing on goals rather than functions is crucial for effective collaboration between CRM and product teams.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Background
01:32 Janet's Career Trajectory
06:19 Collaboration between Product and CRM
11:25 Building the Social Community at Blinkist
16:33 The Importance of CRM in Product Development
22:33 Including CRM in Non-Social Products
28:57 Hurdles in Working Together
33:16 Advice for CRM Professionals Working with Product Teams
40:57 Merging Spaces into the Library Feature
42:20 CRM as a Testing Ground for Product
44:09 Shared CRM Resource for Product Teams
47:56 The Trend of Removing Lines Between Product and CRM
48:36 Airbnb's Approach to Product Marketing and Product Management
53:10 Focusing on Goals Rather Than Functions
55:12 The Importance of Collaboration and Working Together -
#21: Annalize van Deijl (Head of CRM at Mr. D Foods) How do you get into CRM, why is it so hard to develop and hire CRM talent? The role of data, tech, ops, user psychology, strategic CRM thinking
In this episode, I had a chance to talk with Annalize van Deijl (Head of CRM at Mr. D Foods) about a topic that's always been fascinating - how does someone get into and excel in CRM. In the hour, we spoke about Annalize's journey from being a cabin crew at Emirates to being a Head of CRM, and how CRM as a field has evolved over time. Often folks start out in CRM, with a data, tech or ops background, Annalize talks about what she looks in new hires and much more!
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#20: Monetisation for subscription apps, using ML & Al for innovation & monetisation, building a subscription package with Lana Dubinsky (Product Advisor)
In this episode, I spoke with Lana Dubinsky. Lana comes with tons of monetisation experience with her prior roles as Senior Director of Product at IMVU. More recently, she also found Women & AI. She works independently as a product advisor to a lot of gaming companies.
Lana discusses how she had been already using machine learning (ML) to foster monetisation & innovation at companies before gen AI became a rage. It was an interesting conversation, that I hope you can also get some value out of! Enjoy! -
#19: Recipe for CRM transformation projects, how to train and build a CRM team, driving business growth through lifecycle marketing, and more with Emmanuelle Arrault (VP of CRM at Deezer)
In this week's episode, I speak with Emmanuelle Arrault, VP of CRM at Deezer. She was previously Head of Customer Engagement with Betclic and Director of CRM Strategy at Sephora.
We talk about the role of data in CRM over the years, CRM team structures over the years and the playbook to build and train a CRM team for business growth.
You can reach out to Emma through her LinkedIn profile here.
I host 1-hour sessions to help CRM teams get trained on important lifecycle marketing aspects. You can check it out here. -
#18: [Conference Talk]: Crafting Reward Programs via Advanced CRM - How we Increased Subscriber Engagement by 300% at App Promotion Summit (San Francisco)
In this episode, I am sharing a recent talk I gave at the App Promotion Summit demonstrating my projects with Blacklane & Blinkist.
You can check out the entire talk, also from other speakers here.