Product Talk

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

One of the primary benefits of working in a product trio is we reduce the hand-offs between functional roles. It’s no wonder we end up with software that doesn’t work for our customers. Good discovery establishes a direct communication line between the team who is building the product and the customer. Tweet This.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The same is true in software. We are all in a battle, multiple battles in fact, with a lot at stake: whether it’s the fate of the company we work for or for the product that we build. In this battle, I’ve found a secret weapon hidden within one of our core engineering strategies, an idea called Run Less Software.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

DECEMBER 11, 2023

million software developers worldwide. Are specific technologies or platforms involved in your project? Ensure that you investigate the designers' past work, samples of their work product, and their process. Do they have experience with the technologies involved in your project? In 2023, there were approximately 26.3

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Usersnap

DECEMBER 10, 2023

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) is important for more agile software development teams. It’s the last stage in the software development life cycle, and it ensures every product meets the requirements and designations of the users. This is why the magic of the best user acceptance testing tools is crucial.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

On the hunt for the best instructional design software to create course content and engage learners? In this article, we cover: How SaaS companies can use instructional design software to increase product adoption. TLDR; Instructional design software helps you create custom eLearning courses and training material.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 18, 2022

You’re autonomous, your code is immaculate, and you have a deep understanding of building and shipping software. Then, four years ago, in 2018, she got a job at Algolia as a software engineer. She diligently rose through the ranks, finally growing into the individual contributor role of a staff engineer. Brian: Super.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The elusive search for the ideal beta tester is something many product managers will be familiar with. In this article, we’re going to break down what beta testing is, what makes a good beta tester, how to find and recruit them, and the difference they can make for you and your software. When should you use beta testing?

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 23, 2022

Software buying is undergoing a transformation, as is the case with many industries in the post-pandemic market. The process of purchasing software is increasingly complex – the choices for products and services are endless, and customers have a harder time parsing which companies to trust and which product will better cater to their needs.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 6, 2020

Product managers are rapidly advancing their skills, and as a result, the industry as a whole has had to level-up to compete as the world’s biggest brands continue to adopt a mobile-first approach. We’ve written a lot—and I mean A LOT—of content focused around mobile product management. What Is Mobile Product Management?

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Userpilot

JULY 20, 2021

The best SaaS teams in the world are using one simple and proven process as a guiding light : customer research. Let me guide you through the brass tacks of the only, may I say, “growth hack” that can safely lead your product to success. Yet Growth Marketing and Product Growth is not where I started. sources of feedback.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Want to become an AI product manager? This guide shows you how to prepare for a career in AI product management. Today, more and more businesses are looking for product managers specializing in artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. That said, landing a job as an AI product manager is not easy.

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Usersnap

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Why isn’t every SaaS business carrying exit surveys when their users cancel? Whether you call them cancellation surveys, churn surveys, or exit surveys, these are simple tools anyone can use. What are exit surveys in SaaS? What are exit surveys in SaaS? The importance of using exit surveys.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 20, 2023

If there’s one common mosquito biting all product managers in tech, it’s the imposter syndrome that plagues all of us. If you ask any PM (product manager) in the tech industry — no matter what company or product, chances are that they’ll agree that imposter syndrome is real. Engineers code. Designers design.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 31, 2022

Product management specializations have trended upwards in recent months. These “specializations” often place focus around a specific set of skills or needs a company has, somewhat creating a division within the product manager role. Are we breaking apart the product manager role a bit too much? Product Management Skills.

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Userpilot

APRIL 7, 2023

When your product is catering to other businesses, it can be difficult for sales reps and other teams to understand the needs and experiences of the clients, especially if the client company sells multiple products. Send voice-of-the-customer surveys like CSAT , CES , NPS , and feature surveys to collect and analyze customer feedback.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

What are the best product management books to add to your 2021 reading list? We’ve put together a list for you with a few staples from every product manager’s bookshelf and some new releases too. Product-Led Onboarding by Ramli John and Wes Bush is a new book about how to implement user onboarding for the ultimate customer retention.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2022

Customers are actively sharing their thoughts on social media and review sites, making these places valuable sources of customer feedback. With sentiment analysis, you can discover essential customer insights, identify customer pain points, and modify your products and services accordingly. What is customer sentiment in SaaS?

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Userpilot

JUNE 30, 2023

We’ve handpicked the right survey questions under different research categories to make everything easy. You’ll also find techniques for collecting feedback and best practices to ensure everything goes well. Trigger customer feedback surveys contextually for existing customers.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Want to become a machine learning product manager? As artificial intelligence technologies continue to evolve and become more mainstream, so too does the demand for machine learning product managers grow among startups and Fortune 500 companies alike. Keep on reading then.

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Department of Product

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Department of Product Briefing ←All newsletter briefings Hi product people ?, Discord’s senior product manager, Mason Sciotti, says the company has known how valuable its open API has been since its inception, and the app store is a natural extension of that. Enjoy the rest of your week!

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. Or does this whole tech career thing support the writing? And Digg is an iconic brand, really amazing products in its time.

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Userpilot

JUNE 26, 2023

Customer feedback helps SaaS companies personalize the customer experience and identify pain points and needs as well as factors contributing to customer success. It also allows them to make informed product development decisions, and improve customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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Usersnap

JUNE 18, 2020

This article is brought to you by Usersnap , a user testing tool that helps you to communicate visually. The methodology of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) is pretty straight-forward. The implementation itself requires some in-depth knowledge on the available types of User Acceptance Testing, though. Get a 15-day free trial here.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In our last blog, we showed you what you need to do and to avoid to make awesome product tours and walkthroughs. In this blog, we’re going to take your through the market-leading product tour software and solutions out there so you can choose the one that suits you best. The Intercom product is great.

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Usersnap

JULY 16, 2021

Google’s tech alone didn’t build them into a top company; User Research matters too! Instead, research first helped Google emphasize user personalization. Critical for their expansion, doing so also established current tech trends. Keep reading for info on Google’s current user research.

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Userpilot

JUNE 29, 2023

This comprehensive guide will enable proactive product managers to figure out exactly how to craft documentation that will help users solve their problems and delight them. TL;DR User documentation describes any kind of helpful material intended for the user of a product. But great documentation doesn’t happen by accident.

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. Q: How do I figure out how to price my product? It can drive enormous sustained growth (quickly) and often takes very little product work, yet is rarely prioritized or even discussed within product teams.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 17, 2023

If you want to build a loyal customer base and nurture product growth , your focus should be spent on making users realize the value of your product as soon as possible—which might be trickier than you think. Value realization is when a customer experiences and recognizes the value of your product or service. Realization.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Which Product Trends will take 2023 by storm? After the overnight success of Chat OpenAI, it’s no wonder predictions related to using AI and machine learning to increase our understanding of user behavior , greater automation of low-level tasks , and GPT-4 dominate Product Managers’ and Marketers’ projections for the upcoming year.

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Userpilot

JULY 7, 2021

How can you build a user feedback survey and use it in your SaaS? Through contextual, in-app surveys, you can gather precise and accurate user feedback to help you fight churn and inform product development. What is a user feedback survey? User feedback survey best practices. Conclusion.

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Userpilot

MARCH 25, 2024

What if we told you you could track user sentiment in the user feedback , social comments, and online reviews you receive? TL;DR User sentiment is the feeling a person has about your brand, product, or service quality. Ease of Use : Is the tool intuitive and easy to use or does it require a level of technical expertise?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 7, 2020

A longtime consultant, author and teacher, we grabbed him for a chat focusing on some of the lessons contained in his fourth book, How to Lead in Product Management. Follow Roman on LinkedIn and Twitter, or check out his website and blog. Roman’s new book is How to Lead in Product Management. Quote of the Episode.

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Usersnap

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Ever wondered why the humble 1 to 5 rating point scale is the secret weapon of Product Managers (PMs)? Marty Cagan, in his book “Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love” , mentions the use of customer surveys as a tool for understanding customer needs and preferences. Satisfaction Scale 2. Likert Scale 3.

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Modus Create

MARCH 3, 2021

Docker for Developers is perhaps the most comprehensive source of information on all things Docker and a wide range of technologies associated with Docker and deployment in the cloud. The book is oriented toward software development, deployment, and security. Chapter 5: Alternatives for Deploying and Running Containers in Production.

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Userpilot

JULY 14, 2021

How do you build engaging customer satisfaction surveys that get you quality feedback from your users? And what exactly are the different types of customer satisfaction surveys and how should you use them? Plus, if you don’t know where to start, you’ll find some examples and questions you should use in your surveys.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Startup Product managers are in charge of setting up the foundation for product management at a new company. Since product development is such a lucrative field, this is a crucial role for the company. According to Airfocus , an optimized product manager boosts profitability and sales, by 34.2 percent for a corporation.

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Usersnap

JUNE 27, 2023

Are you ready to take your product from concept to triumph through effective beta testing? The journey from idea to success hinges on the crucial stage of beta testing. Even without a polished final product, there are potent strategies that can ignite excitement and gather a passionate community around your project.

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