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Customer Success Talks: Real Challenges, Experts' Advice

Bayron Toruño
Customer Success
Customer Success Management
Customer Experience
Personal Branding
Change Management
Retention
Customer Satisfaction
Customer Retention
Customer Engagement
Leadership
Communication Skills
Cialdini's Principles Of Persuasion
Scarcity
AI In Customer Success
Community Building
Consistency
Authority
Customer Loyalty
Storytelling
Networking

Customer success skills, career advice and real CSM conversations. Customer Success Talks is for CSMs in their first years and anyone breaking into customer success. We cover what the job actually demands: onboarding, adoption, churn, and expansion, plus the skills nobody trains you on, like communication, negotiation and reading human behavior. No theory for its own sake. Conversations with peopl... more

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Artwork for Customer Success Talks: Real Challenges, Experts' Advice

Latest Episodes

Every customer success manager knows the trap: reactive firefighting instead of proactive growth. Executive coach & former CCO Emilia D'Anzica reveals why most CSMs stay stuck, how to use AI to get ahead, and why your check-in meetings are costing yo... more

Are CSMs making AI harder than it needs to be? Yes, and it's costing us time, revenue, and customer relationships.In this episode, I sit down with Lukas Alexander, VP of Customer Success, to break down exactly where CS teams go wrong with AI and the ... more

Are your feature requests and customer feedback piling up in the backlog, with no movement, no ETA, and frustrated customers asking you for answers you don't have?

You're not alone. One of the most common pain points for Customer Success Managers is... more

How should Customer Success Managers actually use data?

In this episode, Denny Burda, Chief Customer Officer at River Consultancy Group, to break down a simple framework for turning customer data into insights, conversations, and actions that drive... more

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Recent Guests

Lukas Alexander
Vice President of Customer Success at ChurnZero
ChurnZero
Episode: VP of CS Reveals the The Biggest AI Mistake CSMs Make (And What to Do Instead)
Margo Barysheva
Head of Customer Success and Support at a cybersecurity startup, first CSM hire
Episode: The CS Secret to Getting Feature Requests Prioritized Now
Denny Burda
Chief Customer Officer at River Consultancy Group; former global head of Customer Success
River Consultancy Group
Episode: Your Customer Data Isn't Actionable Yet: Here's Why
Jan Young
Award-winning customer success leader with over 20 years in tech, former VP of Client Services
Episode: How the shifting global market, AI, and new pricing models are reshaping Customer Success right now
Ralphie White
Award-winning CS leader with 16+ years building post-sales teams across AI, developer platforms, and digital identity
Episode: How the shifting global market, AI, and new pricing models are reshaping Customer Success right now
Andrea Bumstead
Founder and CEO of CS Impact
CS Impact
Episode: Why Most QBRs Fail And the 15-Minute QBR That Fixes Them
David Allen
Author of Getting Things Done; founder of GTD methodology
Getting Things Done (GTD)
Episode: Getting Things Done with David Allen: Master Productivity
Leslie Venetz
Top 1% B2B sales expert, speaker, founder of the Sales-Led GTM Agency
Sales-Led GTM Agency
Episode: The Productivity Shift Every Customer Success Manager Needs to Make
Maranda Dyskonski
Chief Customer Officer with 25+ years of experience scaling operations and teams across startups; led CS at multiple companies and known for exits including unicorns
Episode: The Hidden Reason Clients Aren't Getting Results - Maranda Dziekonski

Hosts

Bayron Toruno
Host of Customer Success Talks — appears as primary host across episodes; central figure in interviews and conversations.
Bhumika Arora
Guest on the show in several episodes; noted for leadership and GTM expertise; sometimes appears as a primary guest.
Marija
Co-host on the show; contributes to interviews and discussions.

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 35 ratings
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    Sooo informativ 👍🏻

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Balanced mix of strategy and practical tactics; useful for listeners aiming to lead teams.
Informative and actionable tips you can apply right away.
Great real-world examples from leaders in CS.

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#64
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#77
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#101
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#146
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VP of CS Reveals the The Biggest AI Mistake CSMs Make (And What to Do Instead)
Q: What is your advice for someone who wants to explore AI but lacks advanced tools?
Focus on relationships first; without tools, a CS can still drive value by direct outreach, using AI to automate one task at a time only after the human connection is established, and build a case for AI adoption gradually with leadership backing.
VP of CS Reveals the The Biggest AI Mistake CSMs Make (And What to Do Instead)
Q: How does AI integrate with revenue conversations and expansion opportunities at your team?
Signal-based AI identifies revenue risk and upsell opportunities across emails, meetings, and usage data, allowing CSMs to surface moments that justify renewals and expansions while keeping the human relationship central.
VP of CS Reveals the The Biggest AI Mistake CSMs Make (And What to Do Instead)
Q: Where have you seen people overcomplicating AI in customer success, and what is the simplest path forward?
The guest emphasizes starting with one admin task, like meeting prep or AI-generated summaries, and gradually expanding; avoid rewiring the entire workflow on day one to maintain relationship quality and effective adoption.
The CS Secret to Getting Feature Requests Prioritized Now
Q: What practices help ensure customers feel involved rather than ignored when their requests are not immediately prioritized?
Share progress updates, invite customers to participate in beta tests, and if possible, provide previews or quotes showing how their feedback influenced upcoming features, so they feel part of the product's future.
The CS Secret to Getting Feature Requests Prioritized Now
Q: How should a CS team approach backlog management and setting timelines with product?
CS should negotiate realistic timeframes with product, use defined SLAs for backlog items, and bring potential escalations to management when needed, while maintaining transparency with customers about prioritization and ETA.

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What is This Podcast about and what kind of topics does it cover?

This show concentrates on real-world customer success challenges and practical frameworks for CS leaders, managers, and transitioning professionals. Episodes frequently explore how AI, metrics, and cross-functional collaboration reshape CS strategy, with hands-on approaches to QBRs, revenue attribution, boundary setting, and leadership without formal titles. Guests range from seasoned CS executives to GTM and product-aligned experts, offering actionable playbooks, templates, and stories from both startups and enterprise environments. A standout trait is its focus on tangible impact—renewals, expansions, and organizational influence—delivered through candid conversations and repeatable methodologies that listeners can apply immediately. The ... more

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