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Mismatched Expectations: Product Information and Sales Teams

Mironov Consulting

Product: “We’re endlessly creating and updating demos, decks, product bulletins, release dates/roadmaps, FAQs, technical docs, checklists, cheat sheets -- but Sales hardly uses any of them, and still expresses deep frustration with us.  Sales  There’s something more systematic here.

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Product Model, Service Models, and Investor Valuations

Mironov Consulting

 But when I do product due diligence for SaaS-focused PE/VC firms, it's the very first thing I look at.  Let’s IMHO, software product companies are fundamentally different from software services/outsourcing/custom development companies.  Said   What BigCorp demands, BigCorp gets.  Hitting

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Are you Solving Customer Problems or Just Building Features?

ProductPlan

When your product can do more than it could do before, that sounds like a good thing. Added functionality, new capabilities, a more robust feature set…these are the talking points product marketers salivate over and executives search for on product roadmaps. Where are product teams getting their feature ideas?

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SaaS Customer Support Best Practices and Examples

Userpilot

It can also serve as a source of invaluable feedback for product development. You’ll also need to hire the right individuals for your customer support team and invest in training them and providing them with the tools for success. These loyal customers are also more likely to recommend your product to others.

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The Chocolate Cake Problem

Mironov Consulting

 One group (sales, implementation/customer success, professional services, account-based marketing) is trained and paid and rewarded to focus on one customer at a time , with current-quarter timelines. On either side, it’s easy to assume bad intent or have this get personal.  Almost Get it done, and move on.

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10 Reasons Your Product is Hurting Your Sales Team

The Product Coalition

I realize not every product person has to navigate sales stakeholders. But if you’re working on a B2B product with a sales force, odds are you know what I mean. I try to help product and sales teams succeed under the mantra “Easy to Sell, Easy to Renew.” Where do your teams agree on low scores?

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Understanding Product Management

The Product Guy

Hence it is critical that one is aware of the best practises of the role and develops his own philosophy which results into maximum positive leverage for the organization. As I strive towards becoming a product leader, I wanted to understand the best practises in product management and in the process develop my own product philosophy. .