Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 19, 2018

A 2017 Fortune article, “Those Annoying Chatbots Can Save Business Billions,” highlighted research findings that chatbots could help customer service teams save more than $8 billion by the year 2022. 1 obstacle for these executives. Forward thinking companies are starting to make service a part of their product, with messaging at the core.

User Testing

Mind the Product

JULY 14, 2017

In this in-depth talk from Mind the Product San Francisco 2017 Aparna Chennapragada , Product Director and Technical Assistant to the CEO at Google, unpacks 4 ideas on how this will change how we think about products and experiences. So what does that mean for us as product managers?

Artificial Inteligence

Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Five years ago, including embedded analytics in an application was a powerful way for product teams to differentiate their applications, reduce customer churn, and charge more for their products. Embedded analytics offers product teams an opportunity to differentiate their applications, win over new customers, and keep their current ones.

Embedded Analytics

Product Management University

APRIL 18, 2017

The B2B Product Manager Magazine April 2017 is now available. View the April 2017 Issue. Differentiation and Innovation: Your Ticket to Surviving Product Commoditization. Plus tips for hiring the right product manager and getting unbiased customer feedback. In This Issue: Blog: High-Octane Product Management.

Magazine

Product Management University

APRIL 18, 2017

The B2B Product Manager Magazine April 2017 is now available. View the April 2017 Issue. Differentiation and Innovation: Your Ticket to Surviving Product Commoditization. Plus tips for hiring the right product manager and getting unbiased customer feedback. In This Issue: Blog: High-Octane Product Management.

Magazine

Andrew Chen

JUNE 26, 2017

One of the best essays written last year was Elad Gil’s End of Cycle? – referencing our most recent 2007-2017 run on mobile and web software, and the implications for investing, startups, and entrepreneurs. Products trying to deepen differentiation by solving hard(er) problems/tech. The end of the cycle.

Analytic Tools

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Obviously the first step to make all of this work is in defining a clear and differentiated value proposition that resonates with a segment of the market. So how do you ensure tight alignment as you do this? Mapping your product roadmap across the Brand Architecture Matrix.

Branding

Mind the Product

JANUARY 16, 2020

This trend extends to the increased growth of jobs in product-focused roles, with a 32% increase since 2017 until now. Talk with other people at your own company or within your product community and get an idea for what the role entails and how you can differentiate yourself, then start working towards that. Build something.

Data Visualization

Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

In January 2017 ProductTank NYC in collaboration with nexTier Innovations and Lifion by ADP, held a special event which included a Design Disruptors film screening and a guest panel discussion about the film and the current state of the product design industry. Product designers at large are best off to have as many skills as possible.

UX

The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

You can find the first part here: Case study: what’s wrong with Soundcloud and what opportunity it misses I will be exploring how differentiating the content can: Allow a highly tailored experience across different areas of the product Help Soundcloud catch strategic opportunities while playing with their own strengths.

Product Research

BrainMates

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In 2017, when a Bloomberg article came out showing the packets could be more effectively squeezed by hand rather than with the $400 machine, this was the last blow in a 4-year journey that saw investors lose over $200 million dollars to this failure point. Failure Point #3 – No clear differentiation in the market.

Weak Development Team

Business of Software Conference

JULY 26, 2022

In this brand new talk, April will share a framework you can use to build a story that focuses on WHY you built what you built in a way that is differentiating, compelling, and most importantly, gets you business. In 2017, Wistia raised $17.3 April Dunford, How to Tell a Story that Sells. April Dunford How to Tell a Story that Sells.

Differentiation

The Product Coalition

MARCH 9, 2020

million in 2017, and is projected to reach $9,202 million by 2025 , growing at a CAGR of 4.7% Concept Differentiation dimension regards the usability and features presented on the dating platform. No strong need for differentiations The success of the many niche sites illustrates that differentiation is valued in online dating.

Startups

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 21, 2022

We spent most of 2017 building it out. The table has in it all the components of the solution and three columns: “essentials”, “differentiators”, and “not now.” It should be excruciatingly painful to pull things into the “essentials” or the “differentiators,” which then become the thing we go build.

Download

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

This was back in 2017, and in 2017 we all expected flying cars. Brands are tapping into emojis by and large to act as a visual hook, to differentiate their messages from all the other things that may be posted on a platform. I ended up on a couple of radio and television programs, one of which led me to briefly become a meme.

Messaging

Centercode

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

In March 2019, a report from the Motion Picture Association of America noted that video streaming subscriptions surpassed cable television for the first time in 2019, with a 27 percent jump from 2017. Consumers care about the seamlessness and functionality of nearly every feature, but streaming quality stands out as their top priority.

Reporting Tools

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

In his 2017 keynote, “The User Experience of Design Systems” , designer, artist and educator Rune Madsen dissects not just the oft-celebrated rewards of systems, but also the inherent risks that broad ones bring to the table.

Feedback Software

BrainStation Product Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

It’s no wonder Product Managers are so well-compensated; Hired’s 2017 Global State of Tech Salaries survey found that Product Managers’ average salary of $138,000 was the very highest of any tech role. Still, experts are emphasizing a shift away from the differentiation between “hard” and “soft” skills.

Technical Advisors

Mind the Product

DECEMBER 8, 2016

In the past we have assumed that this is because there is little or no differentiation between these two roles, but alternative theories are very welcome in the comments! Let us know in the comments how the survey data and our interpretation reflects your reality and your organisation – or what you think will change in 2017!

Product Research

The Product Coalition

JULY 27, 2018

Whereas other platforms like CBS differentiate on the basis of being the place for serious fantasy players, the decision to dedicate their resources towards building a mobile app, which is heavy on features like sticker packs which are obviously geared towards making new players feel welcome and comfortable.

Differentiation

The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

When we released the feature, our team retrospective produced three key differentiators. Originally published at productsthatcount.com on November 15, 2017. They also must understand the goals of each part of the feature. As a result, no one is waiting for my decision on items that they can resolve on their own. How fast we move.

Product Management

BrainMates

OCTOBER 30, 2022

In 2017, when a Bloomberg article showed the packets could be more effectively squeezed by hand rather than with the $400 machine, this was the last blow in a 4-year journey that saw investors lose over $200 million to this failure point. #2 3 - No Clear Differentiation In Market. 2 - Inadequate Customer Research.

Development

Revulytics

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Gartner first included software usage analytics in its Hype Cycles in 2017 and defines it as “the detailed tracking and analysis of users’ interactions within a software application. Growth respondents were significantly more likely to invest in systems and tools than nongrowth respondents (73.9% vs. 55.3%).

Analytic Tools

Userzoom

AUGUST 10, 2017

This progress is best summed up by Walt Mossberg, the recently retired technology journalist for Wall Street Journal, and his thoughts from his first article in 1991 as compared to his last in 2017. 2017: “Personal technology is usually pretty easy to use, and, if it’s not, it’s not your fault.”.

User Testing

Amplitude

DECEMBER 12, 2018

What companies need help with, and where agencies can differentiate, is product direction and strategy –crafting innovative ideas and ensuring products’ success once they’ve been built. A 2017 survey found that among 200 free apps, the median number of days between updates was 18 days. Do not leave your app to grow old and stale.

Analytic Tools

Mironov Consulting

AUGUST 27, 2017

Unpacking the spoken and unspoken parts of a typical conversation… Major account exec says: “Citibank needs us to implement MCBSP-2017 by December 30th.” Will this be a “checkbox item” or strong differentiation for us and our customers? Major account exec thinks: “#$%&!

User Testing

The Product Coalition

JULY 8, 2019

Just look at the blockchain technology statistics : The size of the blockchain market was $400 million in 2017; currently, it’s way over $500 million and by the year 2024 it’s expected to hit $20 billion. Many legacy industries find it difficult to differentiate themselves, based on services and pricing.

Technical Review

The Product Coalition

AUGUST 24, 2021

venture capital investments, 1995–2017: [link] The burst of the bubble (also known as the dot-com crash ), took place in the early 2000s and was a critical turning point for the technology industry. delighters that will differentiate their product from the competitors. Quarterly U.S. This section is basically the core of the product.

User Testing

Alty

JULY 4, 2017

It will help your app automatically differentiate between a harmless comment posted by a user and text that contains commands that could hurt your business. About 40% of website managers already rely on encryption in their mix of security measures, and 21% plan to implement encryption in 2017. First, you can implement form validation.

Software Review

Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

It’s certainly a vivid definition and one that I was staring at through tears in the summer of 2017. And in the summer of 2016 we were still writing code and in the summer of 2017 we were still writing code, although there are quite a few more of us at that point. Investment bankers are staking out your house.

User Testing

Userpilot

APRIL 7, 2021

Source: Google Playtime EMEA 2017. Source: Google Playtime EMEA 2017. You will also know your key differentiating factor from the competition and should try to get every user to test it out. But it turns out; Scenario 1 has a bit of a problem. Nobody is using the core feature.

Onboarding KPIs

NextBigWhat

OCTOBER 27, 2020

In fact, over 22 million Echo units were sold in 2017 alone vindicating Amazon’s decision to launch and market the Echo. Brand Differentiation. This innovative technology was a huge investment for the e-commerce giant however it was one that fostered exceptional results. The customer-centric approach .

Research Software

Dear Strategy

JUNE 15, 2020

Back in 2017, I bought a brand-new SUV. Sure, all those high-tech features may seem like clever points of differentiation in the short-term. But when that differentiation starts to fail, companies need to start asking themselves if it was really worth it. ” Another good example of this is my car.

Technical Review

nulab

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

If your process has forks, make sure the decision paths are easy to differentiate. This post was originally published on August 21, 2017, and updated most recently on February 9, 2022. Have teammates review your chart to make sure all the steps are understandable to others. The forks aren’t clearly defined.

Technical Review

freshtrax

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

BASE FOOD officially launched in April of 2016 in Japan and became Amazon Japan’s top seller of the year in the food category for 2017. That is until BASE FOOD , a nutritionally balanced food Japan-based startup, successfully created a product that popularized the industries. million USD) to boost its growth in a global market.

User Testing

freshtrax

JUNE 28, 2022

It is often difficult to differentiate between apps at a glance due to their large, bold headlines in rounded sans serif typefaces and minimal black-and-white interfaces with lots of negative space. However, Apple differentiates itself through interoperation with other devices, a more sophisticated UX, and immense brand power.

UX

Reveal

AUGUST 15, 2022

In this article, we will compare features, integration options, pricing, and more, so you can understand how Reveal and Logi Analytics stack up against each other in order to differentiate the solution that will best answer your business needs. Why choose Reveal? Logi Analytics Overview.

Embedded Analytics