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Evaluating Solutions: The 5 Types of Assumptions that Underlie Our Ideas

Product Talk

For example, if we are planning to share articles via SMS, we’ll need to pay carrier fees to deliver those messages. We’ll need to enumerate our assumptions around why we think the benefit of acquiring new readers will offset the costs of sending the messages. Does the necessary technology exist?

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Tips for creating a great customer support experience during the holidays

Intercom, Inc.

The holidays are fast approaching, and for ecommerce businesses, that often results in significantly higher support volume for your team – which is set to further accelerate this holiday season due to the impact of COVID-19. The Conversational Support Funnel can help you stay on top of your support, without increasing your overhead.

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Customer care in a crisis: How support teams are navigating shifts in volume, wait times, and CSAT

Intercom, Inc.

” To find out, we surveyed 400 support managers, directors, and executives across both B2B and B2C and affected industries like media, healthcare, and technology. According to our research, 54% of B2B support teams are seeing increased volume, along with 45% of B2C support teams.

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Beyond launch day: How to plan successful B2B product rollouts

Mixpanel

For one, in an ideal scenario, any new feature release requires a healthy amount of testing and, unlike B2C companies which build for general consumers and might have millions of users, most B2Bs are lucky to have a few thousand people regularly using their products. For example: What is the feature? Who is it designed for? How does it work?

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How to Upskill as a Product Manager and Make Progress [Jason Knight]

Userpilot

TL;DR Product managers often don’t get the due recognition for their work and their role is often marginalized by frustrated leadership or other teams. Instead of staying in the zone of most competence, divide your attention across all aspects of the product, like the business, tech, and UX. Let’s dive in!

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Why customer engagement is the key to business growth in 2022 and beyond

Intercom, Inc.

While this shift was already underway, the rate of digital transformation is now happening much faster than previously predicted due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether B2C or B2B, all businesses must now deliver digital experiences that are easy to use, delightful, and personal.

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Our Product Design Journey: How We Discovered Air Quality Data Wasn’t Enough

The Product Coalition

As data scientists and environmental engineers with our own air quality technology and APIs, we realized we were equipped to answer this demand?—?and and so our B2C product design journey began. we quickly realized that the psychology behind our B2B messaging wouldn’t translate for consumer audiences.