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A Lean Alternative to a Business Plan: Documenting Your Product/Market Fit Hypotheses

Sachin Rekhi

The customer development and lean startup methodologies evangelized by Steve Blank and Eric Ries brought us a better approach that favored experimentation over elaborate planning, customer feedback over intuition, and iterative design over traditional “big design up front” development. Strategic Differentiation. Competition.

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What is Customer Value Chain & How to Use It in Product Development

Userpilot

Value chains differ from supply chains because the former focuses on increasing the amount of value a product provides, while the latter centers around the development and delivery process. Understanding your customer’s needs can result in cost savings and more loyal customers. What is the customer value chain concept? Decision-making.

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

Intercom, Inc.

When a prospect is intrigued by your outbound marketing and reaches out to your support team to ask a question, is that a marketing, sales, or support issue? As a result, digital technologies are being seen as the critical differentiators they are. The answer is yes – it’s both. Yes, yes, and yes – it’s everyone’s business.

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A playbook for the impatient SDR: 4 key tips to grow your sales career

Intercom, Inc.

Buyers now have more information than ever before, inbound and outbound SDRs have to change their approach to capture buyer interest and add value, and the skill set needed to be successful has changed. At the time I didn’t fully value the SDR experience or the skill set I was developing. Here’s why.

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How to use in-app messaging to retain your best customers

Intercom, Inc.

Chats and Posts: In Intercom, you can send outbound chats and posts in both mobile and desktop apps. Unity Technologies , a 3D gaming development platform, uses in-app messages for onboarding support and expansion outreach. There are several different types of in-app messages you can send : Types of in-app messages.

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Conversational support isn’t just a nice-to-have – it’s make or break

Intercom, Inc.

In a crowded marketplace, 32% of respondents say that being able to scale their support has given them increased differentiation or advantage relative to competitors. Outbound messaging (70%). The research shows that conversational support has significant knock-on effects for the rest of your business, too. Personalization (66%).

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The Activities of a Strategic Product Manager

ProductPlan

PMs have a unique role that brings together a synthesis of exploration, analysis, and strategic development. Developing a Product Strategy. Before we go any further discussing the activities of a strategic product manager, let’s review the key parts of developing and implementing a product strategy. Product development.