Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Mastering the craft of product management is no easy task. I instead define a product manager as driving the vision, strategy, design, and execution of their product. It's equally important for product managers to think about each of these four dimensions as having a concrete set of deliverables.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Whether you consider your user base in light of market research or user research, both of these kinds of researchers use the patterns they discover to form personas. User personas stand in for users throughout the design of your product. Each one has at least one goal and at least one pain point.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

And while opportunity solution trees have become increasingly common among product teams, there’s still plenty of room for customization, both in the way you set up your trees and the tools you use to build them. The product team at Going includes product management, product design, UX research, and a flight experts team.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 24, 2021

Innovators have to build first reference customers in the mainstream market to prove having a promising business model and a compelling offering. Starting with a niche market ensures focusing on a very specific customer problem and probably little to no competition. As we do not have yet data available from live customers?—?or

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Alchemer Mobile

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The data used throughout this post is from anonymized, US-based Apptentive customers’ iOS apps. Almost all of our customers’ apps have experienced a significant change in their DAU due to COVID-19. Here are our top recommendations for Travel and Hospitality brands at this time: Focus on reducing customer churn and boosting loyalty.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 12, 2023

One pillar of product management is the user experience. Design is a conversation between the designer and the user, with Gestalt principles acting as the grammar that helps convey meaning.” The way users perceive and interact with a product influences their overall experience.

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Mind the Product

JULY 29, 2019

This caused product innovation to be a low priority and the quality of the customer experience to stagnate. Meanwhile, user experiences elsewhere have advanced rapidly through new technologies and improved product practices. The post How to Start a Bank from Scratch by Megan Caywood appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Even more strategic when customers use both, right? Beyond a healthier balance sheet, why do your target customers care about cash flow relative to their big picture strategy? This is what differentiates you more than anything. 80% of your value story is built around things customers do and why they do it, not your products.

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Product Management University

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The Solutions Value Chain is a framework that helps you uncover real, strategic value for your customers—from the top of their organization all the way down to the people in the trenches doing the day-to-day work. Of course, every product company wants users to love their products—no surprise there.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 27, 2017

It’s a change in approach that’s driven by demands for more agility and greater velocity from the time a problem is identified to the time that a product is released. . As firms move faster and pivot more, perhaps it’s time to reconsider how best to capture product requirements. Focus on Core Problems.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Research and development is tightly coupled with product management and innovation. Learn Your Customer’s World! Practices and Ideas for Product Managers and Innovators. They are very customer-focused, they establish their brands, but then something odd occurs. Innovation begins with the Eye.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 9, 2024

As I often do when thinking about a question, I ran a poll on Twitter and LinkedIn asking which core skills of product management folks think are most likely to be impacted/replaced by AI. Here’s the day-to-day product-shaping work of a PM, and how I believe AI will impact it: 1. Think about it—what is AI best at?

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2024

What is a customer experience management strategy? We also share best practices for product teams seeking to optimize their strategies and enhance customer engagement throughout their journey with the product. Implement tactics to enhance customer experiences at various touchpoints. Why is it important?

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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.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

If you’re wondering what strategic product management is, you’ve come to the right place! 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!

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

What customer discovery questions should product managers ask to accurately identify the unsatisfied needs of potential customers and validate ideas? To collect the necessary data, you can conduct customer discovery interviews or trigger in-app surveys. What are customer discovery questions?

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

This spotlight represents your active customers who are reaching out with their feedback and requests. And customer requests are easy to pay attention to; for any mature company, there will be plenty of them. The problem with spotlight vision is that it can lead to a skewed understanding of the customer base as a whole.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 16, 2024

From analyzing market trends to churning user needs and technical feasibility into golden product ideas, there are many benefits of ChatGPT for product managers. A potent tool, ChatGPT has proven to be a strategic addition to the product management toolkit, churning out ideas in even the most unlikely scenarios.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

How do product managers identify market gaps? TL;DR Market gaps are the disparities between what customers need and want , and what the market can deliver. A market gap can be caused by missing functionality or poor user experience. Spotting market gaps: product analytics. Let’s get into it! Book the demo!

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

How do product management and marketing teams work together to build successful products? TL;DR Product managers define the overall product direction and oversee the entire product lifecycle. Book the demo to see how Userpilot can help your product and marketing teams drive product success!

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 3, 2023

Here’s an example template for crafting an effective vision statement: “To [solve a problem] for [target users] by providing [unique value proposition] , leading to [positive impact or transformation] within [timeframe].” Let’s break down each element: The Problem: Clearly state the problem or pain point your product aims to solve.

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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

JULY 24, 2024

Identify your target market and user segments to figure out what they want and chart out your product strategy accordingly. Outline your unique value proposition (UVP) and come up with a differentiation strategy to help differentiate your product. What is a product strategy framework?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

Where will you compete: which customer segments, which categories, which channels? I believe that not having focus is one of the main reasons why products fail. Will you follow Porter’s path for differentiation or cost leadership? When the work is done, every product manager validates the outcome with their main stakeholders.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 22, 2022

This ability to shift models, create product lines, and push them out to customers rapidly has changed everything. Which makes customer experience (CX) the most important differentiator and success factor your business has. So, let me cut right to the point. The future of customer experience is engagement.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

The best products fail nowadays due to a lack of consideration of Ecosystems, an example that I will walk through in Part 2 of this article. From a Product Management and Strategy viewpoint, I believe internalizing this fear of failure drives some of the best outcomes for the organization and its customers.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 11, 2019

How you prioritize, marketing campaigns, sales strategy, it all changes based on how your product is positioned. How do you position your product? Step 1: Understand why Your Customers use Your Product. Sean Ellis’ survey to discover if you’ve hit product/market fit is a great way to understand your customers.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Gathering meaningful insight from your customers is a challenge for any product manager: what you need is a handy user persona survey template to help you capture it… We’re here to help! A user persona is a representation of a specific type of user of your product.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 22, 2020

One of the most frequently asked questions from those aspiring to enter the product management field is: how technical do I need to be if I want to be a PM? PMs build and manage technical products. In this article, we will explore how technical a good product manager should be. Do I Need to Be Able to Code?

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Userpilot

JULY 22, 2024

Product positioning is crucial in product management to attract prospects and stand out in your niche. TL;DR Developing a solid product positioning strategy involves several key steps. Create a clear, concise, and compelling product positioning statement. As a result, it led to rapid growth and widespread adoption.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In the article, we look at the stages of the product ideation process and popular ideation techniques a product manager can apply. We also explore different ways of collecting user feedback to inform the process. In-app surveys need to be triggered contextually and target relevant user segments. Book the demo!

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In today's PLG-driven world, SaaS companies must deliver seamless customer experiences to survive and thrive. Customer journey optimization has emerged as a strategic imperative for companies seeking to boost customer satisfaction, retention, and lifetime value. Register here for FREE!

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Userpilot

AUGUST 12, 2024

Positioning is about defining your product’s value and unique selling point. Messaging , on the other hand, is about using the right words to clearly communicate your benefits to customers. Nailing your product’s messaging and positioning can help: – Increase conversions. Build user trust.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

It also explores ways that SaaS product managers can create an effective product strategy and shape their product’s success. TL;DR A product strategy is a high-level outline that shapes the development and management of a product. There are 11 main product strategy examples in SaaS today.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 12, 2024

Have you ever wondered about the product design process for companies like Slack, Loom, or ClickUp? These companies not only follow a user-centric approach to product management. They also have a robust system to collect data, make decisions, build solutions, perform tests, and deploy new products on time.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

If you’ve been in the SaaS or start-up space for some time, there’s no way you haven’t heard about ‘delightful products.’ And what can product managers do to build quality products that really delight users ? This happens because users find interactions with the product rewarding.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

How should product managers handle customer requests to improve customer satisfaction and drive value for users and the business? Customer requests are queries about your product. Some of them are solved quickly by customer support while others involve the development of new functionality.

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