May, 2022

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Tech Product Leaders: Are We Spoiling Society?

The Product Coalition

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, it’s time to have a serious discussion. We have a problem, and we’re holding it in our hands. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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Product Teams in Scrum

Roman Pichler

Listen to this article: [link]. Why the Scrum Team is Not Enough. Scrum is a popular agile framework. Its strength is, at least partly, based on its roles with the Scrum team being the fundamental unit. This team consists of a product owner , a Scrum Master , and several developers, which are also known as development team. Forming such a team connects the person in charge of the product—the product owner—with the people who design, architect, program, test, and document the solution—the develop

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Business Services Apps: 2022 Mobile Customer Engagement Benchmarks

Alchemer Mobile

The following data and information on Business Services apps is from our 2022 Mobile App Customer Engagement Report. Brands in Business Services had varied experiences in 2021. Those focused on shipping still felt the sting of the pandemic as local and national supply chains continued to reel. Others (like expense management or work collaboration) felt the investments they made in mobile in 2020 begin to pay off as the investment in remote work continued to be a priority.

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How our infrastructure scales alongside our customers

Intercom, Inc.

We’re serious about delivering the best customer experience with our Engagement OS. We have truly global ambitions to bring our mission of making internet business personal to the biggest enterprise customers across the world. This ambition is reflected in the way we design and build the infrastructure that supports the Intercom platform. We are building for the long term – that means ensuring reliability by default, and the ability to accommodate massive scale as we grow. .

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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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Ask Teresa: My Sales Team Won’t Let Me Talk To Customers. What Now?

Product Talk

The product trio leads discovery. But this doesn’t mean that other teams aren’t involved. Being thoughtful about product discovery means staying on good terms with others throughout your company. You might need to get buy-in or support from leadership, you may need to collaborate with user research or data science teams, and you will likely experience some overlap with customer-facing teams like sales, marketing, and customer success.

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The Power of Amazon's Written Narratives

Sachin Rekhi

For years now I've been obsessed with understanding unique product cultures and how they enable companies to build world class products. One particular product culture that has always fascinated me is Amazon and their unique writing culture. I love talking to Amazon employees about how the writing culture is interwoven into their product development process and the pros and cons of it.

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How Blockchain is Disrupting the Future for the Consumer

The Product Coalition

Thoughts on the evolution of blockchain according to yesterday, today, and the future Blockchain is no longer limited to bitcoin trading, and investors are aware of it. Blockchain is responsible for facilitating tasks in regular lives, investing protocols that can bring passive returns compared to the savings arenas and conventional banking. Blockchain also offers banking services.

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Personal Services Apps: 2022 Mobile Customer Engagement Benchmarks

Alchemer Mobile

The following data and information on Shopping apps is from our 2022 Mobile App Customer Engagement Report. Subcategories for Personal Services Apps: Home and Family. Personal Services apps are separated into two subcategories: Home (real estate, property management, and connected devices) and Family (milestone tracking and family schedule management).

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14 tips to help you run a successful product design workshop

Intercom, Inc.

Design and collaboration go hand-in-hand. When we want to discuss problems, imagine new ideas, and brainstorm solutions, it’s best to bring people together – whether in person or virtually. Collaboration comes in many flavors, from small informal working sessions and group critiques to full-blown workshops. But beware: just bringing people together doesn’t automatically guarantee creative outputs and ideas.

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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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Tools of the Trade: A Look at Pendo’s Discovery Tech Stack

Product Talk

The beauty of continuous discovery is that there’s no single right way to do it. This is why Teresa often talks about guiding principles and core concepts , but encourages everyone to find what works best for them. For example, while Teresa recommends creating a product trio that includes a product manager, engineering lead, and a designer, she acknowledges that some product trios might be made up of slightly different members.

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How to build machine learning-based products

Mind the Product

In this article, written for product managers, data scientists, and engineering teams we cover some growth areas and ideas on how to achieve more impact while working on building ML-based products. [.] Read more » The post How to build machine learning-based products appeared first on Mind the Product.

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35 Impactful Questions Managers Should Ask Themselves Regularly

First Round Review

We asked top startup leaders to share the questions they ask themselves to become better managers and assembled their answers into a can't-miss checklist.

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How to Find Your Strategic Anchors

The Product Coalition

Strategic thinking is hard by definition. It deals with many unknowns, as well as multiple dimensions and variables at any given time. The only way to move forward is to identify the real anchors and build around them. Here’s how to do that. Photo by Surendran MP on Unsplash Do you play Wordle? I absolutely love it! I play it every day with my daughters (or, if I’m completely honest, I let them join me when I’m playing).

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Usage-Based Monetization Musts: A Roadmap for Sustainable Revenue Growth

Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O'Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

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Utilities Apps: 2022 Mobile Customer Engagement Benchmarks

Alchemer Mobile

The following data and information on Utilities apps is from our 2022 Mobile App Customer Engagement Report. Brands in the Utilities industry faced various hurdles throughout 2021. Some companies (like those focused on manufacturing) faced issues across the year due to supply chain disruption, while others (like energy and security) were less volatile as the consumer marketplace leveled.

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What is the customer journey?

Intercom, Inc.

A customer journey can be defined as the interactions a customer has with your brand from the very first time they engage with you to the point of purchase. It’s another way of saying the customer lifecycle, or the steps your customers take from the time they first become aware of your brand to the point at which they become your brand’s biggest advocate. .

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Product Waste and The ROI of Discovery

Mironov Consulting

Everywhere I go, I see massive amounts of product waste : development work delivered on time/on budget that doesn’t drive sales or customer satisfaction or business improvement.  Yet somehow we don’t see this waste, or mis-attribute it to engineering process problems. I’ve written a lot about the organizational and conceptual gap between product/engineering teams and the “go-to-market” or sales/marketing side of tech companies.

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The balanced scorecard: a framework that drives impact

Mind the Product

In this article, we'll dig deep into one specific framework that I fancy a lot for its genericity and its simplicity to apply. In the end, you will master the key principles and be able to come up with clear priorities based on their estimated business impact. [.] Read more » The post The balanced scorecard: a framework that drives impact appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Transformation Defined

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By Jon Moore and Marty Cagan There are so many anti-patterns when it comes to transformation. Many of us have witnessed failed transformations, but few have witnessed true successes. Which makes the lessons learned from successful transformations unusually valuable. We intend to write much more about both the anti-patterns, and the lessons from the successes.

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How to Kickoff Product Discovery like a Pro

The Product Coalition

A step-by-step guide (with templates) to level up your Product Discovery Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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How to Use Feedback to Improve Mobile Customer Experience in 4 Steps

Alchemer Mobile

From adding features to modifying the user interface, the directions you can take your mobile app are endless. The bandwidth of your development team, not so much. With infinite choices and limited bandwidth, how do you decide what to prioritize when it comes to improving your mobile customer experience? Learning more about your customers is the best place to start.

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What is first-party data?

Intercom, Inc.

First-party data is the future of online engagement and customer experiences. There’s no two ways about it. In June 2021, Google confirmed that it will no longer track individuals online via cookies. This isn’t surprising given competitors such as Apple’s Safari and Mozilla Firefox are cookieless by default – however there are already debates about how Google will collect and use data thereafter.

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The 25 Types of Innovation Dominating R&D Today

Innovation varies widely across sectors and organizations, creating value in diverse forms. Understanding different types is crucial for R&D teams to foster creativity and uncover missed opportunities. This guide explores 25 key types of innovation in management frameworks.

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A Manager’s Guide to Helping Teams Face Down Uncertainty, Burnout and Perfectionism

First Round Review

Uncertainty, burnout and perfectionism are holding teams back — Liz Fosslien is here to share tactical advice (and her signature witty illustrations) on how managers can help.

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Fireside chat with Marty Cagan

Mind the Product

In this ProductTank Zurich talk, Marty Cagan, Partner at Silicon Valley Product Group sits down for a Fireside chat to answer questions about his career and advise other product managers. [.] Read more » The post Fireside chat with Marty Cagan appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Not 100% Data Driven

The Product Guy

Don’t forget about your qualitative data. Watch and learn more from product management expert, Amin Bashi.

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Growth Product Management: What You Need to Know

The Product Coalition

Growth product managers are now a mainstay of Silicon Valley, but what do they do, how do they work, and what value do they bring? Find… Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Five Steps to Create a Holistic Mobile Customer Feedback Solution

Alchemer Mobile

As investment in digital transformation continues, mobile apps have become a primary channel of communication with customers. The customers themselves are driving this change. In 2022, mobile eCommerce sales are expected to hit $437 billion, a 21.5 percent increase from 2021. With customers spending more time and money on mobile apps, it is important that companies continue to adapt and prioritize mobile in their customer feedback solution.

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What is first contact resolution (FCR)?

Intercom, Inc.

First contact resolution (FCR) is a metric that measures how often your customers’ queries are resolved after their first call, email, text, or chat session with your company’s support team(s). It provides a view on how efficient your company is at responding to your customers’ challenges. . Unlike “first call resolution”, a similar metric, first contact resolution examines your success across all channels, not just phone.

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Don’t Write About What You Already Know — Instead, I’m “Writing To Learn”

Nir Eyal

For me, writing is a wonderful way to go deep on a problem I’m struggling with. As my friend and fellow author, Gretchen Rubin told me, “Research is me search.” When I’m struggling with one thing or another, my first step is to think through the problem myself. But there are still problems so tricky that they take even more thinking through. The post Don’t Write About What You Already Know — Instead, I’m “Writing To Learn” appeared first on Nir and Far.

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