August, 2022

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15 Best SaaS Automation Tools To Include in Your Stack

Userpilot

Are you wondering which SaaS automation tool to use for your business? Though automation is essential for business growth , you should choose the right one that suits your budget and meets your requirements. In this guide, you’ll learn about the best automation tools you should be using in your SaaS. So let’s get started! TL;DR. SaaS automation is a way of making manual processes automated with the use of a SaaS service.

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398: Why customer experience is part of a product manager’s responsibilities – with Natashya Narkiewicz

Product Innovation Educators

How product managers can understand their customers better than anyone else. If you have listened to me before, there is a good chance you’ve heard me say we need to fall in love with the customer’s problem, not our solution. Getting enamored with our solution can distract us from the customer experience. Instead, the customer experience is a component of what creates value for customers.

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Empathy in Product Management

Roman Pichler

Listen to this article: [link]. What is Empathy and What is It Not? Empathy is our capacity to understand other people’s feelings and needs, to take the perspective of another person. Empathy entails a warm-hearted, open, and kind attitude. This does not mean, though, that you must like the other person and that you must be happy and smiley all the time—nor does it mean sugar-coating messages, only telling people what they want to hear, and putting up with issues.

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Measuring the product-market fit

Mind the Product

Product and market analysis are important to creating, managing and further growing a product. For all it is worth, your product can remain in the market eternally as long as it serves a purpose, and consumers are constantly buying, using, and referring others to your product. This is where product-market fit comes in. [.] Read more » The post Measuring the product-market fit appeared first on Mind the Product.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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5 Types of Research Performance Every UXR Team Can Avoid

dscout People Nerds

Research performance gives the appearance of offering credible research with none of the actual benefits. Here’s how to spot and prevent it.

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On Your Way to Greatness

The Product Guy

Tune your understanding of the customer, the feedback, connect it to real solutions. Watch and learn more from product management expert, Don Ross.

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Special: Stopping the confusion of Jobs to be Done (JTBD)- with Tony Ulwick

Product Innovation Educators

Misconceptions about Jobs to be Done – for product managers. Today we are talking about a popular and often misunderstood product management tool—Jobs to be Done (JTBD). Joining us is the originator of Jobs to be Done, Tony Ulwick. I first discovered Tony through his book What Customers Want: Using Outcome-Driven Innovation to Create Breakthrough Products and Services.

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Announcing our new guide ‘Supercharge Your Support: How In-context Support Can Boost Your Bottom Line’

Intercom, Inc.

10Today, retaining customers is more valuable than acquiring new customers. But facing economic uncertainty coupled with fewer resources, support teams need to work smarter, not harder to increase loyalty. Learn how in our new guide. In today’s digital era, customer expectations are rising but many support teams lack the modern tools and strategies needed to provide personal, efficient support at internet scale.

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Learnings from London: Marty Cagan on making products customers love

Mind the Product

We are only nine weeks away from our flagship event, #mtpcon London! What’s more, it’s 10 years old this year, with the first-ever #mtpcon happening in October 2012. Our London stage has played host to an exceptional group of product speakers over the past decade, so each week in the run-up to this year’s event, we’ll [.] Read more » The post Learnings from London: Marty Cagan on making products customers love appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Your Guide to Product Management Interviews: Top Questions with Answers

Stand out in your product management interview with guidance from Priyanka Upadhyay, an experienced product leader and Stanford Online program coach. In this guide, Upadhay dives into five key competencies interviewers will likely want to assess. She provides sample questions with detailed answers spanning: Product strategy Product design Execution Market estimation Teamwork Confidently land the product management role you want by pre-empting what interviewers are looking for and demonstrating y

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3 Frameworks to Structure Your Next Presentation

The Product Coalition

Feature launches, product strategy presentations, workshops, and more Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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Behind the Product: Nasa SLS vs. SpaceX Starship

Productside

Waterfall vs. Agile — The race to deep space! . in our “Behind the Product” series, we highlight Product Management concepts used in the products and services in today’s market. . NASA and SpaceX are pioneers in 21st-century deep space exploration. Both companies claim to be creating the most powerful rocket in history. For NASA that is the Space Launch Systems (SLS), developed over the past 11 years and set to launch on August 29, 2022.

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Executive Driven Product

The Product Guy

EDI can be a bit troubling to the product management workforce. Watch and learn more from product management expert, Don Ross.

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395: Creating business and product strategy – with Sean Kim

Product Innovation Educators

How product managers can empower teams to create a winning product strategy. We hear a lot about strategy and that product managers need to create a product strategy. In practice, what does that mean and how does a product strategy help you be more successful? Helping us explore that topic is Sean Kim. He is the President and Chief Product Officer at Kajabi, a web platform that helps creators and entrepreneurs turn their knowledge into income.

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Effective Risk Management: Balancing Safety, Compliance, and Opportunity

Effective risk management in product development balances safety, compliance, and opportunity. Risks can't be eliminated, but they can be mitigated through structured assessments, clear documentation, and expert guidance. Engaging specialists ensures efficiency, regulatory adherence, and product security while reducing costly oversights. A well-executed risk management plan includes frequent evaluations, defined assessment criteria, and a structured decision-making process.

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Drive retention from customer support with 4 easy steps

Intercom, Inc.

Customer retention has never been more critical to business success than it is today. With increasing business costs and reduced headcount, companies are feeling the squeeze as they also grapple with rising consumer expectations. That’s why companies should look to support – and retain – the customers they have. Shifting focus to customer retention can actually be twice as powerful as customer acquisition.

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Evidence-based product decisions – Itamar Gilad on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

In part one of two of this podcast series, we speak with experienced product expert Itamar Gilad to find out more about evidence-based decisions, ideas, and key product goals. [.] Read more » The post Evidence-based product decisions – Itamar Gilad on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Gestalt Principles in UX/UI Design

The Product Coalition

How to Create a Stunning UX/UI Design Using Gestalt Principles The laws of psychology in design. The design of applications is based not only on aesthetic perception but on scientific laws as well. Some people say that user experience is an invention of designers willing to increase the budget of a project. But an interface without UX is like a Tesla without batteries: you can turn the steering wheel but you can’t drive away.

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New Course: Finding Product/Market Fit

Sachin Rekhi

The hardest part of bringing a new product to market is always the elusive hunt for product/market fit. Marc Andreessen describes product/market fit as "being in a good market with a product that can satisfy that market". I've dedicated my entire career to five such hunts across the three startups I co-founded as well as the new products I built at LinkedIn and Microsoft.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Inspiration for Your Product

The Product Guy

Work with people who go out of their way to do amazing things. Watch and learn more from product management expert, Benny Reich.

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396: Product management experiences that prepare you to lead product – with Bella Renney

Product Innovation Educators

Lessons learned on a journey from schoolteacher to Head of Product. Most of the people that listen to this podcast have been in product management for several years. Many of them are in leadership roles, such as Product VPs, CPOs, and Heads of Innovation. But many others listen as well. Some are new in their product management careers, and others listen to this podcast because they are considering a career in product.

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Building a company to be proud of: Intercom recognized as one of the best places to work

Intercom, Inc.

Our products and platform have come a long way since Intercom was founded 11 years ago, and while our innovation is absolutely something to be proud of, we’re especially proud of the company culture we’ve built in tandem. We’ve never strayed from our vision, and we’ve stuck to our values – that’s allowed us to attract incredibly talented, innovative people with different, invaluable perspectives, to achieve our mission of making internet business personal. “ 92% of our employees said they would

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Launching new products inside Shopify – Ben Sehl on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

It seems like everyone on the product scene is about launching brand new products in large organisations, however on this weeks podcast, we speak with Ben Sehl, Senior Product Lead from Shopify to hear his thoughts on doing this in the most effective ways. [.] Read more » The post Launching new products inside Shopify – Ben Sehl on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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The Striking Similarities Between Escape Rooms and Product Discovery

The Product Coalition

You probably have played an escape room game before. If you haven’t the purpose of an escape room is to discover clues, solve puzzles, and accomplish tasks to reach a specific goal in a limited amount of time. There are some striking similarities between playing an escape room game and running a product discovery. So if you are looking for a nice team event, sponsored by the company, that is both engaging, motivating and useful for work, look no further and let me help you get the budget.

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Announcing the 2022 Gainsight GameChanger Award Winners! 

Gainsight

Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 GameChanger awards! We took some time at Pulse , our annual user conference in San Fransisco (if you somehow haven’t heard of it), to recognize seven companies and over a dozen individuals. The winners represent some of the biggest names in the SaaS industry, and we salute their ability to change the game of customer success and experience over the past year. .

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Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs) Using Outcome-Focused Portfolio Roadmapping

Dragonboat

Executive Summary A BHAG (pronounced “bee hag”) stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal. It’s a simple yet powerful phrase that teams immediately connect with. Consider the following examples: Starbucks: Become the most recognized & respected consumer brand in the world NASA: Land humans on the moon Amazon: Every book, ever printed, in any language, all […].

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397: From product manager to CEO – with Matt Young

Product Innovation Educators

Insights on product strategy and customer research for product managers. Today we are looking at product management work through the eyes of a CEO, exploring several topics together. The CEO joining us is Matt Young, CEO of UserVoice, the first product feedback and research tool for software companies. UserVoice is the tool I see most frequently used for collecting customer feedback and prioritizing customer needs to help product managers create more valuable products.

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B2B eCommerce, Self-Service Portals, and PIM Trends for 2024

In 2024, B2B customers expect better quality and service with streamlined experiences that match consumer-grade simplicity—no long calls or meetings required. Our B2B eCommerce Trends Report, surveying 400+ B2B professionals in the US and Europe, reveals how eCommerce has become vital to top companies’ strategies. The report shows how leaders are leveraging eCommerce to break data silos, unify channels, and deliver the personalized experiences that customers demand.

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Intercom included on the Forbes Cloud 100 for sixth consecutive year

Intercom, Inc.

We’re delighted to share that Intercom has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 2022 , landing at #35 on the definitive ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world. This is the sixth year in a row we’ve been included on the list, demonstrating ongoing innovation and excellence. And it’s really just the start – we are working hard to deliver more and more breakthrough value for our customers by continuing to create new, different, and better ways for companies to connect with their

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Data management: store and share

Mind the Product

In the second of this two-part series on data management we look at how the data you collect should be presented and shared with stakeholders and why getting this right is important. We also look at how you can use data to make better roadmap decisions and how data can help with stakeholder management. The [.] Read more » The post Data management: store and share appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Time is Not on Your Side: Launching Version One Products

The Product Coalition

Product leader Paul Yokota talks about work experiences, and the launch of version one of the Animoto Marketing Video Builder. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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