Product Management Today Submitted Articles
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
It takes an insane amount of hard work and effort to become a Great Product Manager (I’m very much still on the journey myself). And once you get there, it takes more consistent work to stay at the top of your game.
Johanna Rothman
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
One of my colleagues, Al, private-messaged me. “I'm so much more effective now that we're remote. I get a ton more work done. I'm so much happier. I love where the product is going. How can I do more of this?” Al feels productive and engaged. Why does he feel this way? When I spoke with him, his managers had eliminated the busy-work he'd previously done.
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Product Management Today Submitted Articles
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Over the past decade, I have worked extensively with many B2B enterprise software companies. My role has principally focused on the individual and collective performance of the product management and the development management functions. This has included the assessment, formation, development, and re-engineering of the product management function.
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
As product managers we are, at our core, facilitators. It is ultimately up to us to get all interested parties to align and collaborate on building the right thing for our business and making sure we understand our users so it’s the right thing for the market. As such, we spend a lot of our [.]. Read More. The post Product Manager’s Secret 2020 Weapon: Remote Workshops appeared first on Mind the Product.
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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.
Intercom, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
What kind of information drives that decision: is it subjective and qualitative, or objective and quantifiable? It’s the classic conflict: left brain versus right brain; art versus science. Mark Roberge knows which he prefers. As an engineer by training, in pressure situations he tends to “lean to the quant.” It’s an approach that’s served him well along the road to building the HubSpot sales team, where he was CRO for nine years.
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Alchemer Mobile
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
In the first half of 2020, iOS and Google Play apps were downloaded 64 billion times, an increase of five percent year-over-year and 10 percent from the second half of 2019. The global pandemic “has changed consumer behavior on mobile forever,” according to App Annie. Coronavirus has dramatically changed all of our lives. There’s no doubt about it.
First Round Review
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
Many team retreats have the tendency to leave participants feeling exhausted, sick of slide deck presentations and itching to get back to the emails that have been piling up in their absence—and virtual offsites add marathon Zoom sessions and interruptions at home to the mix. Here, the Sitka team shares how they planned an intentional, engaging virtual offsite, delving into the framework, agenda and tactics they used to pull it off.
Intercom, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
We recently shipped a suite of new features to dramatically uplevel Intercom’s support capabilities, including advanced ticketing workflows and richer reporting. In addition to those features, we also took the opportunity to improve the main product navigation of the Intercom app in order to make it more usable, intuitive, and polished. The main navigation is a critical area of the Intercom app, and it helps ensure Intercom feels simple to use.
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
David Bland, co-author of Testing Business Ideas, spoke about his process in writing his book. True to his craft, he tested the content of his book as it was written. Watch the video to see David’s talk in full. Or read on for an overview of his key points. Build, Measure, Learn A repeating theme [.]. Read More. The post Testing Business Ideas, By David Bland appeared first on Mind the Product.
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NextBigWhat
SEPTEMBER 5, 2020
You either have a product market fit or you build fake metrics to get there (even unintentionally). But then, how can one be truthful towards PMF and not get into the fakeness of it? Great perspective by Indus. » NextBigWhat’s #Threadmill brings you curated Twitter threads on product, life and growth. Got lucky to attend @mwseibel’s @SaaStrAnnual session: How Not to die after raising your seed round.
Product Management Today Submitted Articles
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
This is my complete guide to Product Discovery in 2020.
Intercom, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
At Intercom, building relationships has always been at the heart of what we do. We’re on a mission to make internet business personal, helping you support and engage with your customers through the Intercom Messenger. This belief in the power of conversation runs deep here, and underpins so much of how we build Intercom and how we support our customers.
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Product people love to study frameworks, techniques, and approaches that have worked at other companies. In Kate Leto’s new book, Hiring Product Managers: Using Product EQ to go Beyond Culture and Skills, she gives an overview of how to actually use those tools – both in building a team and day-to-day, as a product professional. [.]. Read More.
Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System
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Userpilot
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Product experiments help product managers and their users get better results. It’s that simple. You need to be running them. In this blog, we’ll show you WHY and HOW. Source: apptimize.com. Experimentation and A/B testing are bread and butter in marketing, but in product…it gets complicated. While most marketers are familiar and well-equipped with code-free tools that allow them to run such experiments, product managers often think they would need to involve development resources each and
nulab
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: A picture is worth a thousand words, which is why diagrams come in so handy. They’re a neat way to display complex information in an easily digestible format. Websites and user journeys can be complex, which is where user flow diagrams come in handy. They’re an invaluable tool in the website designer’s arsenal, and, as the name implies, they’re for helping you see how a user makes their way (or ‘flows’) through your website or app.
Product Innovation Educators
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
Why product managers need to understand introverts and extroverts. If you work with other people, and I think that is just about all of us, you are going to love this episode. People are either extroverts or introverts. For everyone leading a team or working in a team, you can improve the team performance by improving how introverts and extroverts interact.
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
In the latest Prioritised AMA, we were joined by Teresa Torres who took questions from the audience covering a long list of juicy discovery topics. From how to keep track of your team’s discovery efforts and why the process of discovery is just so damn hard, to effective ways to share discovery results and tips [.]. Read More. The post Teresa Torres Answers Your Product Discovery Questions appeared first on Mind the Product.
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dscout People Nerds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Your projects are like journeys. And like any good journey, planning is essential. .
BrainMates
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Who starts a new business during a pandemic? Actually, a lot of people. It’s interesting that some of the world’s most successful brands emerged during times of crisis, including IBM, Disney, GE and more recently, Groupon. At a recent Brainmates Product Talk, Founder and Principal Facilitator at Bright Pilots , Ben Crothers, presented his ideas on how to tap into the next big opportunities and stay focused in these crazy times.
ProductBoard
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Relocation can be challenging, but it can also be the start of an amazing journey. If you decide to move countries to join productboard, don’t worry, you won’t be alone! Our team is made up of 27 nationalities and counting, with so many incredible people and stories coming together in one company. Here are just a few examples of people who packed their bags and relocated to join our team in Prague.
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Watch on YouTube | Listen on Soundcloud | Watch on Vimeo | View other Mindset episodes Rosemary King welcomes Papa Akuffo to Mindset. Papa is currently Product Management Lead at Ideo. He previously held senior product roles at Pivotal Labs. In this episode, Papa and Rosemary discuss stakeholders, the importance of qualitative, human data, and [.].
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Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.
ProductCraft
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Given the current COVID-driven market changes, keeping an eye on how users are engaging with your product is more crucial than ever. Doing so can help you answer critical questions, such as which features are driving the most value, where users are getting stuck, and how frequently customers are interacting with your application. The answers. Read more » The post Three Ways to Boost Your Product Engagement Score appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.
BrainMates
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
When everything around you is changing, what’s a Product Manager to do? Go back to the basics and do what we do best. In a Q&A a couple of months ago, someone in the (virtual) audience asked if they should be working on their strategy now, or if they should wait until things calmed down again. All of us on the panel gave the same advice: don’t wait.
Modus Create
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Earlier this year, I found myself looking for the next step in my career. While researching organizations, I was introduced to Modus Create through Fiorella Montero, our People Operations Generalist. I was impressed to learn that Modus was an incredibly diverse company, with team members from over 50 different countries. Distributed, multicultural organizations are rare in much of the world, including Costa Rica.
Nulab
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Hear more from our customers and their experiences with Backlog here. Industry: Software development, IT consulting, E-commerce. Location: Myanmar. Number of users: 23. Xan IT Solutions Co. is a software development company that provides IT consulting services and custom software development for mobile and web applications. Their clients include local businesses and banks in Myanmar and overseas companies in Japan. .
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
Strategyzer
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
In our previous blog post, we discussed the need for exploration projects to track four main key performance indicators (KPIs): risk and uncertainty, expected profitability, time spent, and cost. In this article, we will zoom in on calculating risk and uncertainty at the hypothesis level to help you make data influenced decisions to inform your next business idea.
ProductCraft
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Welcome to another roundup of the best product management humor on the web. It’s been a while since our last edition, but the jokes these days are too good to pass up. Product managers, have you considered moonlighting as standup comedians? We think you’ve got the chops. Plus, there have been so many meme templates. Read more » The post The Latest and Greatest in PM Humor appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.
dscout People Nerds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
Whatever you’re struggling with in your research practice—be it interpersonal, organizational, logistical, or methodological—we have a guide, workshop, or template for you. .
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