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Product in Practice: Mapping Business and Product Outcomes to Stand Out in the Job Search

Product Talk

Example 1: A B2C tax software platform One company Teeba interviewed with was a B2C tax software platform. I made sure to think about both the end customer experience and the tax expert experience,” says Teeba. The revenue formula, business outcomes, and product outcomes Teeba mapped out for a B2C tax software platform.

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Ask Teresa: For Customer Interviews, Who Counts as a Customer?

Product Talk

Whenever I introduce the topic of customer interviews (the foundational element of continuous discovery ), I get a lot of questions about who counts as a customer. Tweet This Ask Teresa: Who counts as a customer? Customers can vary depending on your company and product. Tweet This Let’s look at a few common scenarios.

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Ask Teresa: How Do You Select Customers for Customer Interviews?

Product Talk

Creating frequent touch points with customers is one of the core tenets of continuous discovery. I’ve often said that I believe interviewing customers frequently and consistently is a keystone habit. Question: When you talk to customers on a weekly basis, who should you be talking to? You want to talk to power users.

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Customer Interviews: How to Recruit, What to Ask, and How to Synthesize What You Learn

Product Talk

Customer interviewing is one of the most valuable activities a product team can do. It’s simply the easiest, most sustainable way of learning about your customers and what they need. Customer interviewing is one of the most valuable activities a product team can do. What doesn’t count as a customer interview? Tweet This.

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Stop Asking Asking Customers What They They Want, Instead Ask What They Do

The Product Coalition

One of the biggest challenges that business owners or product managers (PM) face is figuring out what their customers want. Too often, we ask customers what they want, instead of asking what they do. Instead of asking customers what they want, ask them what they do. Your customer is not the solution designer.

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The future of support: 5 key trends that will shape customer care in 2021

Intercom, Inc.

As support teams look to the year ahead, there’s no shortage of priorities to juggle – from team efficiency, to customer experience, to business impact. Customer expectations are on the rise and, at the same time, all parts of the business are facing increased pressure to operate more efficiently and at lower cost.

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Later’s Farhan Virji on adapting B2C support strategies for B2B teams

Intercom, Inc.

On the surface, B2B customer support issues might look quite different from those of B2C. But despite these differences, Farhan Virji , VP of Customer Happiness at Later , believes that there is actually quite a lot that B2B support teams can learn from their B2C colleagues. Great support is key for retention.

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