ProductPlan

JUNE 5, 2020

Product management is certainly no exception. Product managers and leaders need to find ways to keep learning and growing in an ever-evolving product environment. There’s an abundance of books, podcasts, as well as events at your disposal that cover various product management topics.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both Photo by Tolga Ulkan on Unsplash When I joined Twiggle as their first VP Product I was the thirteenth employee. Shortly after I started, the CEO surprised me by saying I should hire a product manager.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2023

In recent years it seems that product management is all about execution and delivery. Photo by Kea Mowat on Unsplash When I moved into product management, almost 20 years ago, it used to be a very senior role. The discussion was about whether or not someone is senior enough to move into product management.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Anyone familiar with Product Management will recognize the immortal phrase ‘influence without authority.’ As a Product Manager, you’re a team player who guides product development along its chartered course, but you have to do that without being the literal captain of the ship. What Does ‘Influence’ Mean?

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Revulytics

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Software customers have many choices and high expectations, and as such, even the most established installations could fall to a more agile competitor. It’s against that backdrop that the term “customer-obsessed” has ascended in importance. What does it mean to be customer-obsessed? How to increase customer engagement.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 14, 2021

It’s becoming increasingly easy to find examples of ‘futuristic’ and highly personalized healthcare experiences, which take into account not only an individual’s medical condition and symptoms but also their environmental context and unique behavioral patterns. If they miss a dose, they’ll receive real-time missed medication alerts.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Measuring the performance of product managers is a real challenge for a number of reasons. When planning the product managers’ goals, this challenge can translate into taking the wrong direction altogether. Here is a new way to look at product management goals, and make them a useful tool for both you and your team.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We all want maximum value for minimum effort or cost. In times of an economic downturn, it is very tempting to offer less for lower prices. But is it really what your customers want? Here’s how to look at it in order to make the right decision for your customers. But which one is more important? I decided to meet B.,

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Gainsight

JANUARY 6, 2023

They’re investing in product experience (PX) and product-led growth (PLG) strategies to efficiently chart a path to durable growth—and smooth sailing when market conditions improve. The common thread between these three approaches is the product experience.” Product Experience .

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 13, 2023

But to truly solve customers’ problems, founders and product leaders must think beyond what they already know about the product. Unfortunately, in the case of your morning meeting — it is going to happen, and it’s a big one which you must attend and arrive on time too. How to solve a certain customer problem?

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 24, 2021

billion smartphone users worldwide (yes, that’s roughly 80 percent of the population!), Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) : The amount of revenue each of your active customers (on average) contribute. Retention: Retention is a measurement of customer churn: How many customers continue to actively use your app after one week?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 27, 2022

How can you tell if it’s time to push harder, or should you let things move at their own pace? It adds color to my kitchen, it made me clear the table from other stuff so that it stands out, and every time I look at it I’m filled with joy. These rounds take time. We all want results, and the sooner the better. But some things?—?especially

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The Product Coalition

JULY 2, 2023

As product leaders you cannot ignore the full customer journey to make sure it makes sense. I’m sure you know this quote and see it a lot in product management. But the difference between theory and practice isn’t limited to product management theory  — mostly processes and methodologies.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

We’re well overdue a conversation about Product Managers and technical skills. It doesn’t seem to matter how many times the industry tries to reassure newcomers that you don’t need to be a full stack software engineer to be a good Product Manager. SQL : Used for data management and manipulation.

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Revulytics

OCTOBER 25, 2017

AR lets us redefine the experience for furniture retail once more, in our restless quest to create a better everyday life for everyone, everywhere.”. Valdsgaard offers inspiring guidance for product managers – to consider, for a moment, how new technology is fueling our ambitions when it comes to developing and delivering amazing products.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

I prided myself on knowing my customers. I served teachers, students, and administrators, each group with specific product needs and goals. I had many, many more customers (millions more), but no way of segmenting these customers into personas or roles like at my previous job. Who is the “right” customer to interview?

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Alchemer Mobile

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

When you monitor emotion and measure sentiment, you try to gauge the tone, context, and feeling from customer actions. Whether a customer completes a purchase, leaves a review, or mentions your company socially, there is always an emotional state connected to their action. There’s an easy explanation for this phenomenon.

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Gainsight

APRIL 21, 2022

Though the past two years were some of the most challenging times for businesses, it did not stop one of the most difficult seasons from producing hypergrowth for product-led companies. If your company has its eye on the sacred hypergrowth status and you are investing in product-led growth, Gainsight has good news for you.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 16, 2020

SplitShire-London-Collection-210062 When I work with companies on sharpening the value proposition and refining the product strategy, one of our information sources for the process is their existing customers. Who they are, why they chose to work with the company, what value they are getting out of the product, etc.

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Product Management University

JUNE 21, 2023

Developing a content strategy for product marketing requires an approach similar to product positioning. It’s about meeting your target customers in their comfort zone with insightful content that strikes an emotional chord. It has to be outside-the-box, educational and thought-provoking all at the same time.

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Gainsight

JANUARY 18, 2021

As we embark on the New Year, now is the perfect time to catch up on Gainsight’s Product Experience resources from 2020. We compiled our best Product Experience resources from last year, from blogs to ebooks to webinars. Product Experience 101. Powering Experiences At Scale With Gainsight PX.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

How product managers can work backwards to amazing products. In a few weeks, the name of this podcast will be changing to Product Masters Now. To be a better product manager, it is worthwhile to examine organizations known for their product management capabilities. Amazon is such a company.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 14, 2017

A product manager just stopped by the desk of the designer on a lazy Thursday afternoon. The manager used wide gestures to show where he wanted to move certain elements. The developers sitting nearby just watched the show for the first time, but after a while they stood up to join the party one by one.

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Userpilot

JULY 26, 2022

SaaS businesses tend to have heterogeneous customer bases, which means you will probably have customers with different needs. Therefore, you should set different, specific goals for them inside your product and segment them to better understand their needs. A goal is like a milestone that you want your customers to reach.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 30, 2023

Your product might be awesome, but if there is no significant need on the other side, it wouldn’t succeed. A need is more than a general desire, and you should trust your customers’ actions more than their words. His stats showed that over 60% of his customers only bought from him after having known him for two years or more.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 16, 2022

In the years leading up to the pandemic, there was already a notable increase in demand for product managers. And as organizations pivoted to digital spaces, this hunger for product management expertise grew ravenous. Organizations across sectors invested much in the way of building out product teams.

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Product Management University

MAY 24, 2023

Your account executive has been given a lead or uncovers an opportunity where someone has an interest in your products. In other cases, it’s a would-be user that sees an opportunity for improvement in his/her job and takes the initiative to go find a solution. Free eBook: Top Down Customer Discovery – Uncovering THE BIG WHY!

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 28, 2024

Your product sells not for its features, but for the value it brings to your customers. True product value lies in understanding and meeting the deeper, often unspoken needs of customers, beyond just functionality. Here’s a three-step approach to ensure products connect with users on a more meaningful level.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

We were monitoring our customers’ databases, and the architecture caused a severe performance impact on the databases themselves. It was an informed decision before my time there, that allowed us to release something very quickly. While none of our customers wanted to use this feature, many of them wanted to have the option.

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Product Management University

JUNE 5, 2023

Most product managers know how to create a product vision, but that’s not the hard part. The extent to which stakeholders get behind your product vision has everything to do with how the product vision is articulated. What is a Product Vision? Why is a Product Vision Important?

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Under 10 Consulting

DECEMBER 28, 2019

You’re in your first days as a product manager. In no time, your calendar will be full and you’ll have a zillion emails. Before the demands of others overwhelm you, you need to prepare yourself to be the business and market liaison to the product team. Take time to review the latest thinking in your industry.

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Usersnap

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Customer experience, or CX, is critical in today’s user-centered market. Customers have more information than ever before available at their fingertips, and they can share reviews with the world at lightning speed. Fortunately, customers aren’t the only ones with ample available information. Don’t Make Me Think.

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

To truly excel in product management, you need to have a respect for design, an understanding of countless processes, a passion for problem-solving, excellent communication skills—the list goes on and on. Set a weekly time slot on your calendar to interact with your Slack community friends. Books for Product Managers.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

The fact that your potential customers have a problem, doesn’t mean that they are willing to do what it takes to solve it. I knew about the idea of laser eye surgery for a long time but was always too afraid to even think about it. But I can tell you that I was still afraid this time too. I was still afraid.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Photo by Alexas_Fotos on Unsplash When I was VP of Product at Twiggle, building the product from zero to one (and then one to ten and so on), I hired a technical writer freelance. Our product was an API, and we needed comprehensive technical documentation. I have worked with great technical writers, they weren’t the problem.

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Mixpanel

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Let me jump right in: With product analytics, customer retention isn’t just something you measure after the fact; it should be something you can learn to predict (and then improve). How could a product manager possibly dig into the data and pull up something that’s genuinely useful for activation and retention?

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