Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 10, 2020

I hope this post allows people and teams to safely talk about Product Judgment. If you ever had to face a Manager, Director or Exec as they make bad product decisions and you’re struggling to persuade them otherwise, this post will help you. If you think you have excellent Product Judgment, this post will definitely help you.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It’s understandable that most of us don’t make time for personal development. Who wants to spend time after a hard day of work learning and developing when they could be kicking back with a beer and watching The Crown? A few months ago, I introduced a concept I have developed called the PM, or Product, Quadrants.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Your product go-to-market strategy is the final ingredient for any successful product launch. It is a small but prominent element that drives every other component of your marketing strategy. This article covers all you need to know to create a solid GTM strategy for your SaaS startup or B2B business model.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 23, 2019

First, a quick definition. ProfitWell’s research of almost 500 software products show that the customers with a positive perception of their onboarding experience are far less likely to churn within the first 21 days of using a new product. So what makes an onboarding experience positive? while using it.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It was another bad start to what seemed like Groundhog Day. “I Unlike featured-based roadmaps, which focus on the delivery and output of capabilities, outcomes-oriented roadmaps prioritize desired outcomes or results — a key element of product strategy. Outcomes that initially float to the surface are often weak.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

(Needs Images) Interested in learning the difference between product development and product management? Product development and product management may seem to be similar concepts, but in reality, they’re quite different. What is Product Development? How Does Product Development Differ from Product Management?

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Welcome back to creating your strategy stack. In Part 2, we dive into establishing your organization's strategy and goals. If you missed Part 1, we covered the “why” behind creating a strategy stack, with a focus on the Mission, North Star, and Vision. Subscribe now What’s in a Strategy?

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 4, 2019

More recently, however, I’ve realized that the technology industry at large struggles with such clarity and consistency – in marketing terms, there is often a difficulty developing a clear value proposition that aligns with product and brand identity. 1 Poor definition of value proposition and feature focus.

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Business of Software Conference

JANUARY 16, 2020

April Dunford, Founder, Ambient Strategy. In this BoS Talk April shows you how important positioning is to your product and how you can be doing yourself a great injustice just by positioning incorrectly. Positioning. So positioning is not the same thing as messaging. There’s positioning. Transcript.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 21, 2023

Looking for the right answers can give you a deeper understanding of how well applicants understand the product management role and whether or not they’re the ideal fit for the position. Product managers often work in cross-functional teams and bridge the gap between multiple departments. What to look for in product managers?

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UX Studio

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Creating and maintaining a brand strategy can turn into a never-ending struggle, but it can also provide a great deal of fun. In this post we created a guide on the steps to take in developing your brand strategy. But first, let’s define brand strategy! But first, let’s define brand strategy!

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

But while breaking a habit isn’t easy, sometimes it’s definitely worth it. As we get more comfortable, we keep doing it to get the same positive outcome. And for product managers, it’s important to develop your own atomic roadmapping habits. . Coping mechanisms that we use for the product systems we operate in.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Creating Product Outcomes: What I’ve Learned From The Soccer Pitch “Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people.” — Steve Jobs Soccer is more than just a game for me. Much like product teams, soccer teams require teamwork, an adaptable strategy, and a shared goal — to win.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 2, 2024

In the past five years, Sean’s team has grown Duolingo’s daily active users from 5 million to nearly 30 million today (over 6x!), If you’re looking for ideas and strategies to drive your own product’s growth, this post is for you. Please forgive me, Data Platform and Data Science & Analytics teams!

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Sachin Rekhi

DECEMBER 6, 2021

We experience these effects everyday when we use products like Uber, where the more drivers who join, the shorter your wait times; Slack, where the more team members that join, the quicker it is to communicate with more of your colleagues; and Airbnb, where the more travelers that join, the better the listing reviews. The Cold Start Problem.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 16, 2020

A topic that’s come up several times recently in my product leader coaching sessions: how much to delegate to the (individual contributor) product managers on our teams – including different ways of building product skills and balancing personal empowerment against good results.

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2022

The marketing plan must include strategies for every phase of a product’s lifecycle to be successful. There are five stages of the product life cycle: development, introduction, growth , maturity, and decline. Product life cycle marketing (PLC marketing) aligns the marketing efforts of a product with its stage of development.

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Userpilot

APRIL 29, 2021

The Build Trap leads to spending more and more of your development resources on building and maintaining new features, rather than improving UX and feature adoption. This can make your product and team slower, make your UX more complicated, and overall – add little value for your customers. This can obviously backfire badly.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

It’s also essential to creating a team where great people want to work. In a perfect product development world, communications are seamless, specifications are clear, and product and engineering teams work together without friction. These are team goals that get shared across the company. Share Leadership and Credit.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 13, 2021

Although Linda started her career in sales, she has spent the past twelve years scaling post-sales teams and moving hyper-growth companies like Zendesk, Slack, and now Gong upmarket into the enterprise realm. So how do you create a strong, enterprise-ready team? For Linda, it all comes down to your approach to customer success.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 6, 2022

‘Feature factory’ is not exactly a positive term, especially if you’re aspiring to be a product-led SaaS product management team. John Cutler first used the term to describe such companies because their software development processes resemble factory assembly lines. What is a feature factory?

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

TL;DR The aim of the product design process is to create products that solve genuine customer problems, are functional, and offer a positive user experience. A product design team includes specialists in UX design, graphic design, industrial design, research, prototyping, and data analysis. Gradually develop more complex prototypes.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 31, 2022

When it comes to the product team’s organizational structures and strategies, product operations is the hot new thing. More and more teams realize the value of having an operationally-focused professional. Teams must carefully consider if product operations solve the core problems and challenges.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 12, 2019

A little over a year ago, I got the opportunity to start a new team within our sales organization – a team of Relationship Managers dedicated to growing our current customers at scale. To do the first, we had to hire, train, and write a playbook – the building blocks of any team. Relentlessly measure impact.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Hence it is critical that one is aware of the best practises of the role and develops his own philosophy which results into maximum positive leverage for the organization. Understanding the Role Definition. Definition of PM role. As you climb the ladder, primarily the focus changes from solution and execution to strategy.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 7, 2023

How to prepare for a user interview, all the way to sharing the results with your team. I compiled this guide back when I was training product managers on my team to be able to run user interviews. Questions not to ask There are such things as bad questions when you’re interviewing a user.

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Business of Software Conference

APRIL 24, 2020

Claire Lew // CEO, Know Your Team. In this BoS Talk, Claire discusses how n o one sets out to be a bad boss, but it’s easy to become one. Learn how to ask your team the right questions, why trust is important, and why being nice can be a bad thing. My name is Claire Lew and I’m the CEO of Know Your Team.

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Userpilot

MARCH 7, 2024

AI writing assistants help teams make their microcopies concise but informative and engaging. User engagement could also refer to the strategies that businesses use to drive user interactions with the product, such as in-app messages or emails. That's one way to explain the term. Is the 12% engagement rate good? User churn rate.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

I’ve asked friends who do the job at social events and got the same answer, and frequently asked members of my own teams, who struggled to find the time to do it. To compensate, I’ve seen UX researchers & designers pick up the mantle a lot more, and the design teams have really leaned into this space.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

If you’re a senior engineer and want to further your career, what skills should you develop? Moving forward in your career, avoid the trap of doing work that feels high-impact, but it’s actually not , or work that makes you look good at the expense of the project and the team. How do people move into staff engineering roles?

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ProductPlan

JUNE 1, 2023

Where are product teams getting their feature ideas? Most concerningly, 19% of respondents reported that their top source of ideas comes from senior management, who are often disconnected from both customers and the product development process. Why do product teams become feature factories?

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The Product Guy

JULY 18, 2019

Product development roles and “product” as a discipline are rapidly evolving within technology companies. Doing so will help you better support your team, but also identify and improve on the skills and areas you personally excel, helping you choose the right career path, strengthen your reputation, and building your brand and narrative.

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Userpilot

JULY 23, 2020

You’re leaving cash on the table for your competitors to sweep up if you don’t have a strategy for retention marketing. So, in this blog we’ll show you how to keep your customers happy with a targeted retention strategy. So promoting usage will be the centrepiece of our retention strategy. Congratulations! Day 1 Retention.

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Folding Burritos

DECEMBER 7, 2017

This led me to reach out to 14 leading Product Managers and talk with them about how they use customer feedback in their own companies and teams. Uses and definition of different kinds of segmentation. The other stuff, the stuff that we’re not planning on working on, doesn’t match that broader strategy… We are aware of it.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 13, 2022

Oftentimes a good customer service experience starts with developing a sound process. With ticketing workflows that put the emphasis on conversations not tickets, customer support teams now have the ability to categorize, prioritize, and assign issues as they arise. What is the role of customer service in marketing strategy?

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 31, 2019

The process of defining your positioning strategy is not a one-and-done deal – in a crowded marketplace, it needs to be an ongoing exercise. And as the organization grows, the work involved to get teams aligned on who you’re selling to and how you’re selling is not something to be taken for granted either. Speed is everything.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 28, 2022

Sanj started working at Salesforce back in 2005, when the company had around 1,000 employees and a few hundred million in revenue, and he was a part of its growth for 14 years, holding several leadership positions in multiple markets in EMEA. Since leaving college, I knew I wanted to work in technology, in a sales or go-to-market position.

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