Intercom, Inc.

MAY 20, 2020

As customer success managers, we wear many hats. We need to stay on top of market trends and product updates, all while making sure our customers become wildly successful. During times of rapid change, juggling everything on our plates, along with everything on our customers’ plates, can feel like a herculean task.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 14, 2020

As customers expect more and more out of support experiences, support leaders can risk burnout on their team to meet the escalating demand. But even for larger teams, an influx of customer questions can overload agents, leaving them frustrated and overworked, and in turn, not able to provide great support.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

It’s no secret that when it comes to support, customer expectations are higher than ever before – but how are support leaders and teams adapting to these increased demands? Nearly two-thirds (58%) would sever their relationship with a business due to poor customer service. Understand how customer expectations are changing.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 19, 2024

“We’re not competitor-obsessed, we’re customer-obsessed. We start with what the customer needs and we work backwards.” – Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon. For product managers, the path to success—both on an individual level and for the company as a whole—depends on a deep understanding of their customers.

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Product Talk

JUNE 19, 2024

But when we use generative AI to replace customer interviews , to generate opportunity solution trees , or to do our thinking for us, we fundamentally misunderstand the purpose of discovery. Discovering unmet customer needs, pain points, and desires—AKA opportunities. The opportunities represent customer value.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 7, 2022

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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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 10, 2022

And, as society reopens, it is vital to maintain ease of movement between in-store and online channels – not just for your customers, but for your teams. Great e-commerce experiences for customers are built on speedy responses, instantaneous gratification, and convenience – this is no easy feat to provide. Sense their frustration?

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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. It felt like 10+ years of experience, from customer development to Jobs Theory all in one actionable package.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

We all talk a good game about the customer being the most important thing in our business. But the truth is, as most companies scale, the customer can feel further and further away. Customer empathy is often one of the first things to suffer as companies grow from startup to scale-up. Bringing the voice of the customer to life.

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Product Talk

APRIL 8, 2020

For this post, we spoke with a product team from Simply Business about some of the major lessons they’ve learned since adopting continuous discovery habits like interviewing their customers, questioning their assumptions , and using the opportunity solution tree to guide their work. How do we know when a pain point is worth pursuing?

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Product Talk

APRIL 20, 2022

Meet two fictional startup founders, Sally and Jim. They love finding fresh podcasters with original points of view. Sally and Jim are equipped with a clear customer segment profile—first-time podcasters—and a clear value proposition—help them grow their podcast audience. Sally and Jim don’t have any customers.

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Product Talk

APRIL 3, 2024

Customer interviews are one of the most impactful activities a product team can do. Customer interviews are one of the most impactful activities a product team can do. Tweet This An early customer interviewing mistake is to spend your interview time exploring your solution ideas. But only if we use the right methods.

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Alchemer Mobile

JULY 29, 2021

Customers want to be heard. Product feedback is the ideal way to hear from specific customers and understand their needs before they move to one of your competitors. Proactively gathering feedback allows you to quickly identify and solve their pain points. Create products and release features customers want.

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Product Talk

MAY 4, 2022

Meet the Continuous Discovery Champion, Product Manager Steve Cheshire. He also works with design and leadership on the medium-term strategic space, helping decide and define future initiatives that will unlock value for their customers and prospects. For this post, we caught up with Steve Cheshire , a Product Manager at Pendo.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Kristen Swanson is the Customer Experience Chief of Staff at Slack , the channel-based messaging platform designed to “make work simpler, more pleasant, and more productive.”. Even today, many months later, I’ll get a message every once in a while that says, ‘Hey, the customer that I helped reached out to me and they’re doing great.’”.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

For Dan Gingiss , at least, investing in your defense – the customer experience – is the smartest move you can make. He’s also a keynote speaker and CX expert with over 20 years of experience in the field, having led teams in social media, marketing, and customer experience at companies such as Humana, McDonald’s, and Discover.

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Product Talk

APRIL 21, 2021

Design with your customers, design with your constituents, not for them. Why are we continuously engaging with our customers? Why are we continuously engaging with our customers? He said, “If I had asked customers what they wanted, they would’ve said faster horse.” Tweet This. Did we get it right?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2024

Customer insights enable SaaS teams to understand them better and build products that satisfy their genuine needs. From the article, you’ll learn about different kinds of customer insights (from product analytics and only) and the benefits of gathering them. Let’s dive right in! Book the demo to find out how!

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Product Talk

AUGUST 8, 2018

Our students work on challenges like improving employee engagement, encouraging knowledge sharing between teams, making meetings more effective, and so on. In the product world, that means our customers and our end-users. We need to understand their needs, pain points, desires, wants, goals, and motivations.

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Userpilot

MAY 26, 2024

A Customer Effort Score (CES) survey is a powerful tool for assessing how easy it is for customers to interact with your product. It helps you identify areas for improvement and enhance the user experience. Customer effort score calculation. CES surveys might not be enough to collect 360-degree customer feedback.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 26, 2024

“The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well that the product or service fits them and sells itself.” – Peter Drucker, founder of Drucker Institute For marketers, success depends heavily on a deep understanding of their target audience. What additional content or promotions are customers eager for?

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Product Talk

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Meet the Continuous Discovery Champion, Teeba Teeba’s career so far has included four years in non-product roles, four years as a business owner, and four years working in fintech/banking product roles. Meet our continuous discovery champion, Teeba Alkhudairi. This one focuses on customer support within the platform.

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Customer feedback can be a goldmine of valuable insights for SaaS companies seeking growth. TL;DR Meagan Glenn, Senior Program Manager (Success and Product) at Lavender, shares valuable insights on leveraging customer feedback in an interview with Userpilot. Customer feedback should come in daily from various sources.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 26, 2022

C ustomer experience (CX), or consumer experience, is the result of every interaction or touchpoint a customer has with your brand – both with your people and your products. . Think of CX as each moment of engagement along the customer journey. What is a customer service experience?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 3, 2023

Time to prioritize the whole Customer Journey (CJ). Products that delight customers and fuel growth loops are essential. But with the rise of digital channels, customers interact with businesses in multiple ways that drive the overall experience. It’s about Customer-Led Growth. It’s all the above simultaneously.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Looking for real-life customer-led marketing examples that worked to get inspiration for your own campaigns? TL;DR Customer-led marketing is a strategy that puts the customer at the center of all marketing efforts, making their pain points , behaviors, and feedback the driving force behind decisions.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 26, 2021

Your customers are already on their phones – meet them where they’re at through in-app feedback collection. This eliminates the amount of steps customers have to take to give you feedback, which further increases the number of people willing to give you that feedback. Why you should be collecting in-app feedback.

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Product Talk

JUNE 5, 2024

How should you run your product trio meetings? If your company is committed to user research and you have the luxury of having a user researcher embedded on each of your teams, you probably want to include them in most of your discovery decisions. Adapt the product trio concept to meet your team’s needs.

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Userpilot

MARCH 15, 2024

Want to conduct customer journey visualization but not sure what’s the best way to do it? This article shows you a step-by-step process for collecting customer data and creating easy-to-understand visual maps. TL;DR A customer journey map represents the steps users take when interacting with your brand. User emotions.

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Userpilot

MARCH 21, 2024

How do you even know if you have no clue what your ideal customer looks like? That’s why you need a customer profile template. Read on to find out the different types that make a customer profile, how you can create a customer profile template in 5 steps, and some customer profile examples.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Interested in building a B2B customer journey map? At the very least, a journey map will help you easily analyze and make data-driven decisions to improve the user experience. It also helps align your teams by ensuring everyone is on the same page regarding customer interactions. What is a customer journey map?

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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? How to create it?

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Product Talk

JUNE 12, 2019

Co-create with customers. They hold product/progress update meetings. The executive team had some hypotheses about which North American customers would want this product and why. Some examples of lines in the sand you might consider for opportunities include: Expressed (unaided) as a pain point by at least ?

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 13, 2021

In a recent survey, our team let us know design career paths and advancement were pain points. We also thought about the outcomes we wanted to see: Designers know what’s expected of them and control how they meet those expectations. Intercom regularly surveys employees to understand their experience and what can be improved.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2024

What if you could read your customers’ minds? While mind-reading might be out of reach, customer segmentation models are the next best thing. By understanding and grouping your customers based on their behaviors and preferences, you can create personalized experiences that actually engage customers.

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Product Talk

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Interviewing customers , building opportunity solution trees , running assumption tests —these are all activities that take your attention away from delivery. It’s usually the communications to interested parties about what is being worked on at this point in time. It’s true that discovery takes time.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Start by creating onboarding flows that are as unique as your users. Focus your attention on their pain points , needs, and desires. Use welcome surveys to identify users’ jobs to be done and use cases. Finally, recreate the relevant path for new users. The best way to do this is via segmentation.

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