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Ship outcomes, not just features, with the Product Impact Framework

Intercom, Inc.

Our industry is in the midst of a big philosophical debate about the fundamental way of thinking about how we build our products, with the focus shifting from the outputs of what we build to the business outcomes generated by those outputs. The Product Impact Framework felt like a natural progression from features to outcome.

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Help desk metrics: Elevate your customer support with the right insights

Intercom, Inc.

This is where metrics can be invaluable, giving clarity on performance, and circumventing potential issues. But with so much data to consider, how can you define the help desk metrics that matter for your team? What are help desk metrics? Help desk metrics vs. KPIs.

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User onboarding strategies that work – and mistakes to avoid

Intercom, Inc.

Even the strongest customer testimonials won’t prevent churn if people don’t understand how to use your product. That’s why we built Product Tours to assist with the job of user onboarding within your product, alongside our best-in-class in-app messaging and knowledge base products. Here’s the proof.

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From cost center to value driver: how support metrics are evolving

Intercom, Inc.

With this shift in mindset, the key question becomes: “how can we measure the value of support and set metrics that drive meaningful change?” We talked with support leaders at several forward-thinking companies – including Zapier , Wistia , and InVision – to get insight into how their support metrics have evolved, and why. retention).

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OKRs and Product Roadmaps

Roman Pichler

To make this more concrete, let’s look at an example: Objective : Grow the product management team. Key result 1 : Three product managers are hired. Key result 2: The onboarding system is improved, and time-to-proficiency is reduced by 25%. What are Product Roadmaps? The fourth row lists the product’s features.

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Insights: Using product analytics to find metrics that predict retention

Mixpanel

Let me jump right in: With product analytics, customer retention isn’t just something you measure after the fact; it should be something you can learn to predict (and then improve). How could a product manager possibly dig into the data and pull up something that’s genuinely useful for activation and retention?

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Moving from reactive to proactive customer support

Intercom, Inc.

With the right approach and proactive support tools – think Outbound Messages , Product Tours , and Mobile Carousels – you can provide every customer with the fast, personal help they need at the exact moment they need it. At Intercom, our Support Ops and Product Education teams work hand-in-hand to deliver proactive support to our customers.