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Strategic Product Management: The Role of a Strategic Product Manager

Userpilot

Product differentiation and positioning are important aspects of strategic product management because they allow you to build a product that meets the needs of the right customers in the right market and stand out from the crowd. Market research, differentiation, and positioning are necessary to prepare for the product launch.

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Finding Product-Market Fit – Expert Advice From Prowly’s CEO Joanna Drabent

Userpilot

Going global was difficult for Prowly, but after a year and a half, they found that their differentiating factor was catering to SMBs rather than enterprises. Then we added inbound marketing which added the number of leads which, in turn, meant more conversions. First the features, then the inbound marketing. Design/Packaging.

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

Intercom, Inc.

As a result, digital technologies are being seen as the critical differentiators they are. By making chat their primary support channel, they’ve been able to increase agent productivity and engagement, resolve 1 in 5 inbound conversations automatically, and maintain a customer satisfaction score of 90%. Read more ?.

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Intercom’s product principles: Creating personal products by design

Intercom, Inc.

How does the principle help support teams drive positive outcomes for their users? For example, in one of our recent product changes, we shipped a feature that allows customers to map their reply address to the inbound email address that their end users contact them on.

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How Digital Customer Education Can Win You More Business

Gainsight

Three ways: It creates a competitive advantage, positions you as a thought leader, and speeds up—and streamlines—the buying process. For example, what truly differentiates HubSpot from Klaviyo? Sure, they position themselves differently, and the feature sets aren’t carbon copies.

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The Activities of a Strategic Product Manager

ProductPlan

Try these inbound/outbound efforts exercise by dividing your PM activities into either an “inbound effort” or “outbound effort” bucket. Common inbound effort activities include: Setting the vision. Common outbound effort activities include: Competitive differentiation. Positioning. Product planning. Product launch.

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Negative Persona in SaaS: Why You Need to Have One and How to Create It

Userpilot

They’re also called exclusionary personas, and they’re a collection of the needs, values, and behaviors of individuals that differentiate them from your ideal customer. These can be people in accounting or management positions who are unlikely to decide in favor of your product. Negative persona vs. Negative buyer persona.