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This episode features an interview with Chris Koehler, Chief Marketing Officer at Box where he’s responsible for the global marketing strategy. Chris has over 20 years of experience leading product, sales, and marketing teams for companies like Adobe, E*TRADE, and SunTrust Bank.
In this episode, Kailey and Chris discuss cost effective events, simplifying tools, and test and learn culture.
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Key Takeaways:
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“I think there's a massive opportunity, especially in an environment where it's going to be harder to get new customers, focus on existing customers and clearly understanding what are the specific actions, or products, or capabilities that they use that drive stickiness and retention. [...] We basically have programs across marketing, our CS, our sales organization, our product together to figure out how do we unify that.” – Chris Koehler
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Episode Timestamps:
*(02:41) - Chris’s career journey
*(10:02) - Industry trends in customer engagement in tech
*(17:48): How the current economic climate is changing Chris’s marketing tactics
*(22:17) - Challenges in the customer engagement journey
*(25:50) - How Chris defines “good data”
*(27:45) - How Box is using good data to build customer engagement
*(37:11): A time Chris was surprised by data
*(39:01) - Changes in the next 6-12 months in marketing
*(40:40) - An example of another company doing it right with customer engagement (hint: it’s Slack, Atlassian, Adobe)
*(41:38) - Chris’s recommendations for upleveling customer engagement
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Links:
Connect with Chris on LinkedIn
67 episodes
This episode features an interview with Chris Koehler, Chief Marketing Officer at Box where he’s responsible for the global marketing strategy. Chris has over 20 years of experience leading product, sales, and marketing teams for companies like Adobe, E*TRADE, and SunTrust Bank.
In this episode, Kailey and Chris discuss cost effective events, simplifying tools, and test and learn culture.
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Key Takeaways:
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“I think there's a massive opportunity, especially in an environment where it's going to be harder to get new customers, focus on existing customers and clearly understanding what are the specific actions, or products, or capabilities that they use that drive stickiness and retention. [...] We basically have programs across marketing, our CS, our sales organization, our product together to figure out how do we unify that.” – Chris Koehler
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Episode Timestamps:
*(02:41) - Chris’s career journey
*(10:02) - Industry trends in customer engagement in tech
*(17:48): How the current economic climate is changing Chris’s marketing tactics
*(22:17) - Challenges in the customer engagement journey
*(25:50) - How Chris defines “good data”
*(27:45) - How Box is using good data to build customer engagement
*(37:11): A time Chris was surprised by data
*(39:01) - Changes in the next 6-12 months in marketing
*(40:40) - An example of another company doing it right with customer engagement (hint: it’s Slack, Atlassian, Adobe)
*(41:38) - Chris’s recommendations for upleveling customer engagement
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Links:
Connect with Chris on LinkedIn
67 episodes
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