Userpilot

APRIL 6, 2023

Overengineered products are difficult to use, filled with bugs, and instead of improving your users’ lives, they make them unnecessarily complicated. In this article, we look at different ways for product managers to avoid falling into the overengineering trap. But worry not! Book the demo! What is overengineering?

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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. Activation is one of the most important metrics for product managers and SaaS owners to focus on (and get right). What is customer activation?

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Userpilot

JUNE 20, 2023

Why is product idea validation important? As a product manager, how can you effectively validate ideas and build a successful product that delights users? TL;DR Product idea validation is a process during which product teams test and tweak the product concept to ensure it satisfies a real market need.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Driving activation is a critically important skill for SaaS owners and product managers: in this article, we’re going to explore the most effective activation strategies for driving growth and engagement. A customer activation strategy is about devising the most effective customer journey in pursuit of that aim.

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Userpilot

APRIL 25, 2022

Are you using a friction log to track and prioritize what to improve in your product? In this guide, our aim is to help savvy product managers understand what friction logs are, where you might use them, and how to create them. Product friction describes anything that causes your users difficulty.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 13, 2023

Examples of different prioritization frameworks. TL;DR A feature prioritization matrix helps product teams decide which features to develop next, focusing on high-impact features and resource optimization. They also help PMs ensure that the new features are aligned with product and business goals.

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Userpilot

MARCH 27, 2023

How can product analytics help product managers create better digital products and more satisfying user experiences? We start by looking at different kinds of analyses and the metrics to track and then explore some practical ways of using each of them to drive various product goals.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 26, 2022

When do you need it and how does it help product managers build better products? Impact mapping is a collaborative strategic planning technique used by product managers, product owners , and senior technical leadership, who work mostly in Agile software delivery. What’s impact mapping? Book the demo

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Userpilot

JUNE 3, 2022

Giving users a great first impression is critically important, so defining an effective SaaS onboarding funnel has got to be a priority for any product manager. In this article, we’re going to dig deep into the world of customer onboarding. Start with mapping the customer journey.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Does your organization really need such a role if you already have a product manager ? The product launch manager coordinates the work of cross-functional teams and supports the product manager during product launches. Product launch manager job description. Market and customer research.

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Userpilot

JUNE 26, 2023

Choosing the right feature request prioritization framework enables product teams to make informed decisions and deliver the maximum customer value possible, especially when resources are limited. They can also help product managers secure key stakeholder buy-in. Pros and Cons Focus on customer needs and satisfaction.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

The six steps towards finding PMF are: Line up your product goals first. Come up with product hypotheses. Prioritise the product hypotheses. Get feedback from at least five customers, but many as possible. Make small bets with minimum viable products (MVP). Steps in figuring out your target customer.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 24, 2021

A flexible framework for one of today’s most important business documents “A great product manager has the brain of an engineer, the heart of a designer, and the speech of a diplomat.”?—?Deep Just like the role of a product manager can vary significantly from company to company, so can? and should?—?

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Userpilot

JULY 13, 2023

The important metrics you should use to measure the growth of a company are: Customer acquisition cost (CAC) assesses the average cost to acquire new customers and evaluates the efficiency of sales and marketing efforts. Customer lifetime value (CLV) determines the total revenue a customer generates throughout the relationship.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Product managers spend an incredible amount of time digging for user insights to uncover patterns that will drive product growth. Take both positive and negative feedback seriously; they are equally important to building fantastic customer experiences. Find friction points and act on them.

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ProductPlan

JULY 16, 2021

Acquiring a consensus on product direction remains the number one challenge for product professionals, according to ProductPlan’s 2021 State of Product Management Annual Report. The art of product leader communication relies on the concept of responsibility without authority. You could use a command approach: (1.)

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

We'll do a step-by-step review of a real-world product management mock interview. In this video, our co-founder, Stephen, interviews Celena Tyler, a product manager at Facebook. Remember that your interviews are always conversations between you and the hiring manager. Then, come back to this article.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 19, 2020

Gap analysis reports are most commonly used by product managers and process improvement teams. This is because you can compare current processes to future productivity goals. Are they addressing your pain points adequately? What have you already outlined as your future goals? When can you use it?

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Product Vision puts a company’s Vision and Mission into action The Product Vision ensures the Roadmap reflects the priorities which matter the most to the company’s customers and to the company. The Vision is brought to life in the Now / Next / Later roadmap, which is supported by Product Goals.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2020

It is ideally a galvanizing document to drive vision, bring teams into alignment and commitment, and lead them and your customers to your future, promised destination. If you’re new to product management you might not own a roadmap. Instead you have projects assigned to you by your manager. PM roles. Marketing?—?Do

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Modus Create

APRIL 27, 2020

The modernization of web applications is a core requirement as customers demand high performing and well-designed user interfaces. The following React migration best practices are helpful to product managers, developers, user experience designers, quality assurance engineers, and DevOps engineers.

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Userpilot

APRIL 27, 2023

Customer feedback is like a window into your customers’ minds. It allows you to understand their pain points, needs, and desires so that you can build better products that satisfy genuine market demands. TL;DR Customer feedback is the data you get from your users about your product and their experience.

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Userpilot

MARCH 14, 2024

In the article, we show product managers how to understand how users navigate before getting activated in a SaaS product, how to product analytics to choose the best path to activation, and share 8 tried-and-tested activation strategies. All that is to help you optimize your user journey and boost product adoption.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 11, 2022

What are some good product vision examples? How is the product vision different from the company vision? What makes a great product vision? How should product managers develop effective product vision statements? Product vision and company vision overlap in single-product organizations.

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Product Solving

AUGUST 26, 2020

You unlock the ability to do things that were not possible without your products. This level of removing friction doesn’t happen accidentally. Your entire job as a product manager is to make impossible things, possible. What really is product friction?

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

This guide to portfolio product management and marketing answers the following seven questions. What is Portfolio Product Management and How Does It Differ From Traditional Product Management? What are the Core Principles of Portfolio Product Management? It makes everything easier.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

What product discovery techniques can product managers use to build products that deliver value for their customers? TL;DR Product discovery comes before the product delivery process and its aim is to find and validate opportunities and solutions that will enhance product value and drive business goals.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Onboarding users is an extremely tricky exercise. Any savvy product manager will tell you that an effective user adoption strategy template would be a huge asset to crafting onboarding experiences that drive adoption and growth. You can’t just throw a user adoption strategy together and expect it to work.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 6, 2023

Feature velocity is one of the product management buzzwords but what exactly does it mean? That’s because you only build what customers need. Developing only the features that are in line with product vision also increases velocity. What does velocity mean in product management? Are you ready to jump in?

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Userpilot

APRIL 16, 2024

Cons of WalkMe include long contracts, an unintuitive interface , and coding knowledge for in-depth customization. WalkMe offers a quote-based pricing but users have reported $9,000/year entry-level plans. Userpilot is a product growth platform and WalkMe alternative you should consider. Creating product tours in WalkMe.

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Userpilot

MARCH 13, 2024

Every seasoned product marketer knows that adding new features to your product is key to product management success. You need a robust ideation process to bring the right ideas to life and add more value for your users. You can do this by asking key questions related to product gaps , competitor features, and more.

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Userpilot

JULY 14, 2023

TL;DR A product analytics framework is a system for analyzing user interactions with a product to understand their needs and preferences, inform decision-making, and improve user experience. Funnel analysis analyzes user progress at key stages in the user journey, identifying bottlenecks or drop-offs.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

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. Without it, product teams become feature teams focused on outputs and not outcomes. Note: This post was written before the Covid19 lockdown.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

How can dedicated in-product communication tools help you achieve your product goals? TL;DR Product communication is all the communication that helps users experience the product value , for example, in-app messages. Start creating your product communication plan by setting actionable goals.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 23, 2023

It focuses on every aspect of the customer journey , from acquisition to retention. In contrast, traditional business marketing is opinion-based and focused strictly on customer acquisition. To create your growth marketing framework, you must understand your business and its challenges as well as customer pain points.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

What are the different types of product managers? We also look at the levels of seniority among product managers as well as the skills they need to lead successful teams and build products that delight customers. The types of product managers differ in focus and required skills.

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Userpilot

JULY 18, 2023

What does a product manager do? We look at: 7 key responsibilities of product managers. Different kinds of product manager roles. Qualities of a good product manager. TL;DR A product manager is in charge of the entire product lifecycle. Who is a product manager?

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