Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

I’m often asked what KPIs B2B/enterprise product folks should use, or what OKRs they should choose. This is (of course) an unreasonable question, as every product/ business has its own uniqueness. Why KPIs from consumer companies don’t fit well with B2B/enterprise. Products are easy to try or test before purchase.

B2B 118

B2B Enterprise Onboarding KPIs User Testing 118

Product Management University

JANUARY 13, 2020

A lot of people think solutions marketing is just a fancy term for product marketing, especially since the term solution has been so overused. In a product marketing model, products are the star. In a solutions marketing model, the star is the buyer’s vision for success. What Is Solutions Marketing?

Product Marketing 130

Product Marketing Marketing User Friction Vision 130

Product Management University

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Product marketing roadmaps aren’t a staple in most B2B organizations, but there are a host of reasons they should be. The biggest reason metaphorically speaking, is they willingly “fence the salesforce” into your most lucrative markets and give them a shorter path to meeting sales quotas and revenue goals.

Roadmap 130

Roadmap Product Marketing Marketing B2B 130

Product Management University

JANUARY 3, 2023

A good sales demo creates that critical moment of differentiation that makes your product the obvious choice in a sea of competitors. Writing a solid demo script ensures you stay on message and articulate why your product is better than the rest. What is a B2B Sales Demo Script? Rehearse Your Script.

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Demo B2B User Friction Customer Experience 130

Product Management University

AUGUST 15, 2023

Portfolio Management Portfolio management gets rid of the competing product plans because the first order of priority is determining the market segments, in pecking order, that will contribute the most to your organization’s strategic and financial goals considering the value of the entire portfolio. Here’s a bonus.

Product Management 246

Product Management Product Manager White Paper Management 246

Mixpanel

APRIL 18, 2024

Believe it or not, rolling out a new product can be a lot trickier for B2B companies. Further, most B2B tools are productivity-boosting tools, which means when you do launch a new feature, you don’t always want to try to drive adoption with what could be noisy in-product messaging or tours.

Data Visualization 101

Data Visualization B2B User Testing Customer Feedback 101

Userpilot

AUGUST 12, 2024

They may abandon the page if the messaging and positioning are confusing or contradictory. Anthony Pierri knows this, and after helping over 200 businesses improve their homepage, he’s hosting the talk “ How to Rewrite Your Homepage With Sharper Positioning & Messaging ” on October 8th. Register now. Book a seat.

Messaging 86

Messaging Positioning Data Visualization User Testing 86

Userpilot

DECEMBER 19, 2022

However, getting the attention of your target customers with B2B marketing strategies is a lot harder. This article will teach you the difference between B2C and B2B marketing, go over a few B2B examples, and walk through 15 proven strategies that can take your product marketing to the next level!

B2B 90

B2B User Testing Research Software Analytic Tools 90

The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

According to Customedialabs , the typical bounce rate for good performing e-commerce and retail products is 20%?—?45%, 45%, for B2B products it is 25%?—?55%, Interestingly, the bounce rate tells a lot whether you are close to your product/market fit or not. 55%, and for lead generation websites it is 30%?—?55%.

User Testing 111

User Testing Product Research Product Marketing Testing 111

Alchemer Mobile

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Although the buy cycle for a B2C customer varies vastly from a B2B customer, they both have one key thing in common: What people say and feel about you carries more weight than any awesome marketing campaign you put in place. Analyze: Gauge shifting emotion and insights across product, marketing, and CX.

Customer Experience 264

Customer Experience Customer Feedback User Testing B2C 264

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The “shiny penny” approach (focus all your attention on the hottest tools in the market) or “head in the sand” approach (fall victim to analysis paralysis and avoid choosing any tools) are no longer viable. What is a marketing technology stack? This works as well for a B2B company like Intercom as it does for any B2C company.

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Analytic Tools Research Software Feedback Software Reporting Tools 223

Userpilot

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In SaaS, the B2B marketing funnel forms the backbone of any successful product and marketing team. Best of all, it compounds its ROI as you start iterating strategies and optimizing your marketing process. So, book a Userpilot demo if you want to trigger in-app messages and fuel your marketing funnel.

B2B 90

B2B Analytic Tools Feedback Software Data Visualization 90

Product Talk

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Yury Oleynik is the VP of Product Management at HiveMQ. Founded and headquartered in Landshut, Germany, HiveMQ empowers businesses to transform with the most trusted MQTT platform (a messaging protocol used for connecting sensors and devices, such as in the Internet of Things). Yury’s next step?

Feedback Software 235

Feedback Software Customer Experience Data Visualization User Testing 235

Product Management University

APRIL 24, 2017

Most organizations have strategic plans that include goals for revenue growth, new customers, market share and other quantifiable metrics. But a huge disconnect often exists between the corporate strategic plan and tactical product, marketing and sales plans. If it has been a while, contact Proficientz.

Product Marketing 100

Product Marketing Marketing B2B Vision 100

Userpilot

JULY 10, 2024

Businesses invest heavily in product marketing through webinars, blog posts, and video content for a reason – it gets them notable results. If you’re looking to start or improve your SaaS product marketing strategy, this is the article to read. Both are vital for SaaS success.

Analytic Tools 83

Analytic Tools Feedback Software Research Software User Testing 83

Userpilot

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

B2B marketing automation helps businesses grow faster, while not breaking the bank. How do you effectively implement B2B marketing automation into your existing product marketing activities? In this article, we’ll cover: What B2B marketing automation is and how it benefits marketing and sales teams.

Feedback Software 85

Feedback Software Analytic Tools B2B Embedded Analytics 85

Product Management University

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In theory, and I emphasize in theory, the impact of a product led growth model should be very minimal on product management. For product marketing, it pretty much changes everything. What is Product Led Growth? Product usability/usage serves as the primary driver for customer acquisition, expansion and retention.

B2B 147

B2B Customer Experience Definition Demo 147

Mixpanel

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Table of Contents The problem with defining product-market fit In search of quantitative indicators of product-market fit 6 things about measuring product-market fit 1. With that in mind, product-market fit is a spectrum 4. Once you find product-market fit, it’s not static 6.

User Testing 130

User Testing Onboarding KPIs Startups Product Research 130

Userpilot

JULY 23, 2023

Trying to figure out what your B2B marketing team structure should be? Whether you want to bring in more demand from marketing campaigns or retain customers through better in-app communication – the right marketing team is a must. A content marketing team for driving traffic and engagement through valuable content.

B2B 71

B2B Research Software Feedback Software Customer Experience 71

Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

While certainly not a product category most of us operate it, it showcases the kind of inspirational feeling a successful product walkthrough leaves your audience with. Strategy: Product/Market Fit Hypotheses. A compelling strategy delineates exactly how your product will dominate its market.

Data Visualization 218

Data Visualization Product Research User Testing Reporting Tools 218

Product Management University

AUGUST 5, 2019

The Portfolio vs. Every Product! Here are five B2B product management best practices that’ll give product management teams the coveted “strategic” moniker among executives, marketing, sales, engineering and customer success teams. Most companies can’t serve that many markets and do it well.

B2B 100

B2B Product Management Product Manager Sales Training 100

Product Management University

JULY 18, 2023

The short and simple answer is no, but it’s highly dependent on how your product positioning is constructed. As a former product marketing manager, I know this all too well and was guilty in the first degree! Here’s what I can tell you now that I train product marketing managers and sales/pre-salespeople.

Positioning 130

Positioning Product Research Construction Workshop 130

Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 16, 2024

How product managers can adapt core responsibilities across different organizations and contexts Watch on YouTube TLDR Through his research and practical experience at MasterCard, Nishant Parikh identified 19 key activities that define the role of software product managers.

Research Software 99

Research Software Feedback Software User Testing Product Research 99

Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This will change the way that a lot of people think about product market fit, BS metrics, understanding the needs of the people that really matter. Rahul Vohra (Founder/CEO, Superhuman) – The Product-Market Fit Engine from Business of Software Conference. So I’m going to talk about Product-Market Fit.

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User Testing Product Marketing Engineering Feedback Software 103

Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

If they read your message and think, “That’s interesting,” you’re already halfway there. Ensure that you’re talking to the right people with the right message about a problem they actually care about solving. Share a shocking insight or counterintuitive observation that’ll make them stop and think.

User Testing 126

User Testing Product Research Customer Feedback User Friction 126

Product Management University

APRIL 12, 2018

GREENVILLE, SC – April 12, 2018 — Proficientz announced today its 2018 Product Management University training curriculum, a series of training courses that teach best practices in product management, product marketing and sales enablement for B2B and B2B2C organizations. Incentive Pricing. About Proficientz.

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Product Management Product Manager B2B Healthcare 22

Userpilot

MARCH 28, 2022

Content marketing vs product marketing? The goal of any marketing strategy is to attract and convert members of your target market into paying customers. But what is the difference between content and product marketing ? The advantages of both marketing strategies. What is product marketing?

Product Marketing 83

Product Marketing Marketing Research Software Feedback Software 83

Userpilot

OCTOBER 1, 2022

To grasp the full picture of your software adoption process, you need to calculate other metrics such as the activation rate , feature adoption rate , and product stickiness. The product adoption curve illustrates the distribution of different types of software users. Best digital adoption solutions on the market for B2B companies.

Feedback Software 85

Feedback Software Research Software User Testing Onboarding KPIs 85

Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

How can macro and micro-segmentation (B2B) improve your product marketing ROI and contribute to more revenue and product growth ? The most common variables used in B2B segmentation. What is B2B market segmentation? What are the two approaches to B2B market segmentation?

Analytic Tools 71

Analytic Tools Customer Experience B2B Data Visualization 71

Lenny Rachitsky

JANUARY 9, 2024

And if they don’t find product-market fit, nothing else really matters. For inspiration, here are the original ideal customer profiles (ICPs) for top B2B products and, below that, the original target audience for top B2C products (what I call the “super-specific who”). Almost comically narrow.

B2C 121

B2C Customer Experience User Friction User Testing 121

The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2018

3 years ago I decided it’s time for me to leave my product role in a large B2B software company and start my own B2C startup called Missbeez. I would like to share with you some of the insights of my journey so far and the key differences between leading a B2B product and a B2C one. For early stage B2B products?—?working

B2C 60

B2C B2B Feedback Software User Testing 60

Product Management University

MAY 21, 2018

No small feat for anyone who lives, breathes, eats and sleeps products! In B2B, the ultimate customer success stories demonstrate the measurable impact your products have at all levels of the organization – the users, the department heads and the C-suite. Here’s the deal. Related Article: Stop Looking For Customer Problems.

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B2B Naming Messaging Article 124

Product Management University

MARCH 11, 2017

Use that theme as the umbrella message in all of your marketing and sales communications. In B2B, the easiest and best approach to innovation is to look for opportunities that are upstream or downstream of where your products are used today. Innovation. Innovation and differentiation often go hand-in-hand.

Differentiation 100

Differentiation B2B Customer Experience Positioning 100

Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2021

Which product analytics tools should you be using? And what type of analytics really matters for a product marketing manager? Some analytic tools are confusing, some are difficult to use, and some are downright irritating, making it hard to access the product growth insights you need. How many analytics tools do you need?

Data Visualization 85

Data Visualization Analytic Tools Feedback Software Reporting Tools 85

Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

They don’t value experience running product management teams , instead overweighting narrow technical or market segment familiarity. First, I observe that product titles and roles vary wildly across companies: there’s no consistency even within a segment. So my bias is to look for B2B/enterprise experience for B2B companies.

Reporting Tools 145

Reporting Tools Analytic Tools Onboarding KPIs Fractional CTO 145

Product Management University

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In most B2B organizations, it’s more the exception than the rule that customer success managers inherit accounts where they’re in a position to play offense because the customer is thrilled with your products. Let’s dream for just a minute.

User Testing 130

User Testing Onboarding KPIs Product Research Management 130

Product Management University

APRIL 9, 2020

If there was ever a time to make sure your product priorities and marketing messages are in lockstep with the new priorities of your target customers, it’s now. While that may be a true statement, the WHY part is what really matters for product management, product marketing and sales. For example….

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Healthcare B2B Framework 130