Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 17, 2021

For years, customer support was seen as a cost center, not a value driver – a necessary response to inevitable customer questions or frustrations. But now that customer experience has become a critical differentiator for modern consumers, this reactive approach to customer support is no longer good enough.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 9, 2024

Instead, I believe that AI will have the most profound impact on the high-level (and historically most valued) skills of product management: developing a strategy, crafting a vision, identifying new opportunities, and setting goals. That sounds a lot like a tool that would be incredibly good at identifying a clever strategy.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 27, 2017

Figure 1: FRAMEWORK OF METHODS TO CAPTURE AND DEFINE PRODUCT FEATURES. Different written and visual methods can be used to detail problems that target user experience as pain points. This, I think, is a better way to begin to understand a user or market need and its associated pain points.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In the article, we’re looking at the responsibilities of strategic product managers and how they can use data effectively to shape product strategy and deliver delightful experiences to users! Product strategy defines who we are building for, what to build, and how to build it. What is product strategy?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 31, 2023

An effective customer activation funnel can be an extremely powerful way to channel new customers through your product and get them to experience value fast. In this article, we’ll explore what customer activation is, how to unlock it within your own product, and the best tactics, techniques, and onboarding tools for the job.

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Userpilot

JUNE 20, 2023

In Step 4, you seek customer insights and run experiments to assess user interest. Popular validation techniques include online surveys , user interviews and focus groups, and fake door tests. Once you launch the MVP, you can use product usage data and customer feedback to inform further iterations.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 10, 2023

Yet the customer experience continually improves while KPI targets come into view. Alternatively, how can we let our current customers suffer and miss out on easy wins just to chase after something that might not even work and won’t generate meaningful revenue for years? This portfolio approach is baked into everything VCs do.

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Userpilot

MARCH 6, 2024

TL;DR The product funnel is a framework outlining the stages of the customer journey , starting from its discovery and ideally leading to customer loyalty and advocacy. Product funnel is a wider concept, focusing on the whole customer journey, while marketing and sales funnels concentrate on its early stages.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Product launch checklists help align the efforts of all team members, enhance quality assurance, help mitigate risks, enable the evaluation of the launch, and help you deliver a better customer experience. Brainstorm ideas on how to solve customer problems in an innovative way and validate them. How can you gather such insights?

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 21, 2022

What product management best practices can help you build valuable and delightful products for your customers? Ensure alignment between the product vision and product strategy on one hand, and the business objectives on the other. Collecting user feedback in-app is the most direct way to gain insights into customers’ needs.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This article is inspired by the book The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback by Dan Olsen and aims to describe two essential concepts described in the book, namely the Product-Market Fit Pyramid and the Lean Product Process that aims to help us achieve that fit. it’s a hypothesis.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

We’ve expanded our product offering and the customers we target, meaning we’re marketing to new and more varied audiences. It’s a simple framework for defining the tier of a launch where P1 refers to the biggest launches, P4 refers to small updates or improvements and P2 and P3 cover everything in between. Prioritize based on impact.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 7, 2023

The skill of running effective user interviews is key to defining your target users, finding product-market fit , growing your product, figuring out what to build next — or just simply understanding how users perceive your product. Being good at user interviews is not equal to simply listening to your users.

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Userpilot

MARCH 18, 2022

Having a product messaging framework is important because it sets the precedence for how the market and your potential customers will see your brand. Good product messages highlight your value proposition and the benefits you promise to deliver to users. Highlight what differentiates you from competitors.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 2, 2020

After 10 years, this internal tool supported thousands of daily internal users across countless teams, but nobody could explain exactly what the tool was providing. The system provided different functionality for different customers and the total scope was far greater than the internal team’s staffing capacity. What is the problem?

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Usersnap

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Product roadmaps transcend mere slides or visuals; they serve as the linchpin for strategically aligning internal teams and external stakeholders with the product vision and strategy. On the flip side, Public roadmaps invite and incorporate user feedback , encouraging a community-driven development approach.

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Userpilot

JULY 17, 2023

The responsibilities of product teams include facilitating product discovery , launches and releases , customer onboarding , feature adoption, and account expansion. Another way to structure teams is by customer journey stage , where a different team is responsible for one stage, like adoption.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 10, 2023

Yet the customer experience continually improves while KPI targets come into view. Alternatively, how can we let our current customers suffer and miss out on easy wins just to chase after something that might not even work and won’t generate meaningful revenue for years? This portfolio approach is baked into everything VCs do.

Reporting Tools 52

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 22, 2020

The role of a product manager is to lead the direction and strategy of the product. This means communicating the user's pain points and clarifying requirements to software engineers. They talk to users to understand their pain points, and work with the team to outline how those pain points can be addressed.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The traditional sales model for almost anything is a potential customer interacting with a salesperson. The salesperson is also doing a lot of education as they tout various features and functionality, reference other satisfied customers, and highlight the ease of use or simplicity of implementation and integration.

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Today we wrap up the three part series on creating your strategy stack. Part 1, we covered the “why” behind creating a strategy stack, with a focus on establishing the organization’s Mission, North Star, and Vision. Part 2, we continued the organizational journey by defining the Strategy and Goals.

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Imaginary Cloud - Design

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Whether you are an e-commerce brand, B2B company, or another type of business, your website is likely to be the first impression many potential customers get of your company. Therefore, it is essential that your website reflects the image of your brand and provides visitors with a positive and informative user experience. Why redesign?

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Once we have this alignment, the partners must carve out a strategy to reach the goals. That brings us to some fundamental questions – How do we outline a strategy? The pricing structure for customers vs resellers. Current Strategy vs Future Direction. Customer Acquisition. Competition and Perceived Value.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 7, 2019

Product Questions: In product interview questions, you often need to focus on a particular customer segment or user pain point. For instance, it might be great to personalize recommendations for your user, but your user might be concerned about their activities being monitored and an invasion of their privacy.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2020

UX is about being customer-centric, or you should be able to build a high fidelity prototype or run JTBD interviews? Dan Olsen Welcome to the Cynefin Framework We choose to use the Cynefin Framework to decide which path to take. Processes (M): Strategy : Translation of the mission and vision into a coherent product strategy.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 25, 2022

The Nook failed to: Focus on differentiation in the space. How would you measure the success of a go-to-market strategy? What values are important in a brand and how are they communicated to the customer? How does working in VR affect mobility and what pain points may arise? Be aggressive with marketing.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

First, I'll talk a little bit about Facebook's mission and strategy and why we might be interested in getting into a movie product. From there, I'll do a customer segmentation and prioritize one. Target Users Geom by Anna Golde Celena: So now I'm going to do a quick customer segmentation. Stephen: Yeah, that sounds good.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

One of our mantras here at Intercom is that customer retention is the new conversion. In an era when more and more businesses adopt a subscription model, strong customer retention is the key to sustainable long-term growth and requires a laser-like focus. . How Jobs-to-be-Done unlocks customer empathy.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Your product go-to-market strategy is the final ingredient for any successful product launch. It is a small but prominent element that drives every other component of your marketing strategy. This article covers all you need to know to create a solid GTM strategy for your SaaS startup or B2B business model.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Blue ocean strategy has become an increasingly popular business framework over the past two decades, especially in the SaaS industry. This article will provide an in-depth look at the blue ocean strategy, including its origins, core principles, implementation, and measurement of success. What is the Blue Ocean Strategy?

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The traditional sales model for almost anything is a potential customer interacting with a salesperson. The salesperson is also doing a lot of education as they tout various features and functionality, reference other satisfied customers, and highlight the ease of use or simplicity of implementation and integration.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 1, 2023

But are you solving for actual customer problems? The danger, however, lies in mistaking new functionality for actually adding meaningful value to the customer experience. To reframe things, only about one out of three feature ideas actually come directly from customers… you know, the people who are paying money to use your products.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Are you wondering what the customer development process is? Would you like to know how a product manager can use it to deliver products that customers love? The customer development framework helps teams validate product ideas and build products that solve customers’ problems.

User Testing 98

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Blue ocean strategy has become an increasingly popular business framework over the past two decades, especially in the SaaS industry. This article will provide an in-depth look at the blue ocean strategy, including its origins, core principles, implementation, and measurement of success. What is the Blue Ocean Strategy?

Analytic Tools 52

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

What is the product-market fit framework? How is product market fit different from product-customer fit? A company achieves the product-market fit when the product satisfies the needs of enough customers who are willing to pay for it, and it is easy to scale. What should a product manager do to achieve and maintain the PMF?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 9, 2023

As the digital landscape gets increasingly crowded, with more brands fighting for the same customers and target audience, a micromarketing strategy may be just what you need. When done correctly, it drives brand awareness, boosts sales, and customer retention , and, ultimately, stimulates profit growth. What is Micromarketing?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

Our goal was to define how we would set and communicate the company strategy, and how that strategy would lead OKRs and backlog definition. Product (and company) strategy is the backbone that guides product goal-setting and roadmap definition, although it’s sometimes overlooked or confused with having a vision. How will you win?

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