Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 31, 2020

We’re fortunate to work with a broad range of customers, many of whom have put their products and platforms to use to fight against COVID-19. Recognizing that many schools did not have time to prepare for remote learning, Albert.io Many medical offices and hospitals are extremely crowded due to COVID-19.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Ian Moulton, lead a conversation around “Conducting User Research”. Jordan has a BS in Biology from Union College and an MBA & MS in Information Systems from Boston University’s School of Management. Signup to be a Mentor Today! View the live stream….

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2023

Delayed orders, faulty services, missing information, you name it – every time a customer reaches out, it tells you something about the friction they’ve experienced. Customer service teams are all too often drowning in angry, repetitive tickets, and yet, we don’t seem to focus enough resources on tackling the reasons behind it.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 23, 2021

As a result, you’ll find no shortage of articles telling you how to write a review – or as they’re commonly known, a post mortem – of your incident. Ask why multiple times. In the past, we asked a set of five questions during incident reviews at Intercom: Do we know what happened? What could our systems do better?

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 1, 2021

Over the course of the past year, the customer support landscape has changed for good. As brick-and-mortar businesses closed worldwide, companies and customers alike had to pivot to digital-first ways of doing business. According to recent research, however, many teams aren’t sufficiently equipped to meet these new challenges.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. The answer is to engage a trusted outside source for a Technical Review – a deep-dive assessment that provides a C-suite perspective. Your tech team is suggesting a costly, time-consuming overhaul.

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Product Management University

MARCH 23, 2023

If you’re a pre-sales solution consultant or sales engineer, falling into the trap of telling vs selling can happen before you even know it, even though your intentions are always on the mark to start the demo. Selling Demos The selling demo on the other hand, is an exercise in customer value themes and storytelling. Here’s an example.

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Mironov Consulting

AUGUST 8, 2017

I spend a lot of time sifting through documents, positioning and stories – trying to figure out who we’re talking about. As a product manager, I think it’s my obligation to bring clarity and precision to discussions… so talking generically about customers or users can be exasperating. See personas 4 and 7.” Wasted energy.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’d like to share five lessons from my experience that can help you start your own journey. From my experience, the problems that ML can help to solve usually fall into one of these buckets below: Could we make the user experience more tailored and personalised? Could we make the user experience safer?

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Hopefully you’ve already discovered the features that are going to give you a higher return on investment, so now is the time to break them down and understand them in more detail?—?to to look at the current system architecture, consider the high-level solution and outline how you’re going to implement it.

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Userpilot

APRIL 22, 2024

Despite having an easy-to-use product, users still need assistance to perform certain tasks or solve issues. That’s what end-user support is for. TL;DR End-user support refers to how you assist your customers as they perform tasks on your platform or whenever they experience issues. Product tutorials.

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UX Planet

MARCH 2, 2024

A success story of an enterprise design system establishment, rollout and implementation at a multinational insurance company Managing design at scale, achieving a level of design consistency and quality. Those who are studying or working on a design system can readily recognize the significance of the title. Sound familiar?

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Mind the Product

JUNE 25, 2019

You may be limiting your ability to meet customer needs because of an unconscious bias across your organization. I was included in the final review. That final review panel turned to a discussion on aptitude, skills, ability to ramp up. According to the New York Times , culture fit was born in the 1980s.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 31, 2021

You can move columns around any time you realize you don't have the “right” flow. You can customize and experiment as you work. In Development (I include TDD other development thinking here. A possible “Dev-Done” column so you understand when system test can start for a given item.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 28, 2019

Many, however, get stuck in what I call “product consultant” mode and cannot break out of it. They go from planning one product to the next, foregoing the opportunity to establish fundamental product instincts, which only develop after managing the same product for an extended period of time. Steve Jobs’ Take on Consulting.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A progress bar serves as a visual cue, signifying that your request is in the system, and the application is diligently working to fulfill the action you’ve asked for. TL;DR Progress bars play a crucial role in keeping users informed about ongoing processes, and providing estimates on the expected duration of a task.

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The Accidental Product Manager

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It turns out that people read online reviews before making a purchase Image Credit: Wies van Erp. When the customers for your product go looking for products online, how do they decide which one they are going to buy? The Power Of Online Reviews. Online shopping behavior has changed over the short time that it has been around.

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The Product Guy

JULY 4, 2019

I discovered that I must research and understand the entire system and process, problem solve with my team, and share lessons learned. My career started at Hewitt Associates which was a human capital and management consulting firm that operated 500 offices in 120 countries. Background.

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Mind the Product

JULY 14, 2020

In this episode of The Product Experience, sponsored by Amplitude, learn how to apply this ethos to [.]. The post Sleeping Giants – Nandini Jammi on The Product Experience [Rebroadcast] appeared first on Mind the Product. Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better. Brand reputation.

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Userpilot

APRIL 22, 2024

In SaaS, it’s advised to follow customer success best practices to ensure that users achieve their desired outcomes with your product and become loyal advocates for your brand. TL;DR Customer success builds long-lasting relationships, increases customer retention , lifetime value , and advocacy, and informs product development.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 6, 2021

But at the same time, 96% of those same leaders say they don’t have the time for strategic thinking and planning. So why is it so difficult to find time for strategic thinking and planning? Time Management. Time management remains an essential theme for product teams because there aren’t enough hours in the day.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

You can delay it until you’ve acquired your first 100 or 1,000 customers, but at some point you’ll need to find sustainable traction in the market. The key to to experiment and iterate on it with discipline, so you can zero in on the one that’s right for your business. Understand what it takes to attract your target customer.

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Modus Create

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The world of consulting is often associated with truckloads of jargon. Today, let’s simplify one such concept – digital transformation consulting. What Is Digital Transformation Consulting? What Is Digital Transformation Consulting? What Are the Four Areas of Digital Transformation Consulting?

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Gainsight

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Customer success plays an integral role in the success of any organization. CS efforts impact customer acquisition, upsells, expansions, renewals, and customer advocacy. Almost every business goal outlined by your company can be improved by someone in a customer success role. Customer Success Roles.

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Productside

AUGUST 26, 2022

For NASA that is the Space Launch Systems (SLS), developed over the past 11 years and set to launch on August 29, 2022. It’s uncertain that a private company like SpaceX could rival NASA’s experience and funding. They build over a long period of time by sticking to linear, sequential phases. BECOME AGILE.

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Mironov Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2022

1] Dedicated Bug Fixing Teams Sometimes there’s a push to create development teams specifically to close out bugs and defects, especially after frequent outages or to address long-term system neglect.  This become a professional services/custom consulting company.  Here’s my thinking. [1]

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

With a background in computer science and an MBA, he soon realized that understanding the markets and customers is as important as building the products. And so, in 2014, he founded Productboard , a product management system that incorporates customer feedback and insights to help product teams build better products.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

This makes sense given the likely resource constraints and the value to be gained from getting in front of customers from day one. As Jason Lemkin puts it , “The CEO/founder should close at least the first 10 (or 20 or whatever) customers. What matters is that somehow, someway, you still get those 10 paying customers closed.”.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2023

Now that the COVID pandemic is over, travel management systems are valuable because business travel is back on the table. Consequently, travel software development companies come up with a solution called travel management system. What is a travel management system?

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan lives in Manhattan and in his spare time likes to play soccer. Better Products.

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Alchemer Mobile

MARCH 18, 2021

The report is meant to serve as a yardstick for companies seeking to understand how their customer feedback and engagement metrics stack up against the market, and includes mobile benchmarks across 10 main categories and 20 subcategories. Almost all apps experienced significant change in their DAU due to COVID-19. Transcript.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Almost every week, I have a conversation with executives at B2B software companies who don’t see a bright-line distinction between software license revenue and customization/implementation revenue.  Or  But when I do product due diligence for SaaS-focused PE/VC firms, it's the very first thing I look at.  Let’s

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 24, 2021

Innovators have to build first reference customers in the mainstream market to prove having a promising business model and a compelling offering. Starting with a niche market ensures focusing on a very specific customer problem and probably little to no competition. As we do not have yet data available from live customers?—?or

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2024

Sustainability Spans The Entire Lifecycle Whether you are already a champion of green computing or are just beginning to grasp its significance due to the evolving client and regulatory landscapes, understanding and actively reducing the carbon footprint of our software creations is not just important — it’s imperative.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 5, 2020

Brief description of the problem at a recent client: Person A checked in code that broke an “unrelated” part of the system. It was time to see their feedback loops. Every project (or effort) has at least one feedback loop. That's when you release to customers. This part is about shortening feedback loops.

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Alchemer Mobile

APRIL 14, 2020

How do you manage executive expectations, customer expectations, and technical resources? I run the Customer Success team at Apptentive, and I’m gonna be here today just as a moderator for this panel. I guarantee my dog will bark at least once during this because she barks all the time. Christy: All right.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 29, 2021

Ever since he was hired as the Director of EMEA Sales at BrowserStack , a web and mobile testing platform that lets developers test their websites and mobile applications across browsers, operating systems, and mobile devices, he had to completely rethink how to successfully onboard hundreds of salespeople just as everyone was going remote.

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