Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Over the last three decades, across 10 full-time jobs and 150 consulting clients, I’ve headed up product teams 18 times (mostly as interim VP ) and helped another dozen companies choose their Head of Product. Here are some patterns I’ve seen in picking successful Heads of Product. Let’s unpack. What’s In a Name?

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Userpilot

JULY 14, 2024

That’s the average core feature activation rate across the companies we studied for our Product Metrics Benchmark Report 2024. We also look at ways to improve the core feature activation rate for your SaaS product! We also look at ways to improve the core feature activation rate for your SaaS product!

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Having trouble deciding which customer service KPI to use? There are some vanity metrics among the KPIs for customer service. So let’s look at the most important KPIs that will help you create strategies to provide superior customer service and boost retention. What are customer service KPIs?

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Guest Post by: Vivek Karna (Mentee, Session 11, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, John Masterson]. Hence it is critical that one is aware of the best practises of the role and develops his own philosophy which results into maximum positive leverage for the organization. the Product Manager role is a rather recent phenomenon.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Is your customer success platform up to scratch for 2022? If your customer engagement levels are not where they need to be, maybe it’s time to look at the customer success software you’re using again? When choosing customer success software, consider: (i) ease of adoption, (ii) is it no-code?, (iii)

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Working as a product trio can be a major transformation. Making the shift to product trios involves changing everything from the coworkers you collaborate with most closely and your communication style to the mindset you bring to work every day. – Tweet This The product team at Botify knows this all too well.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 24, 2022

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 I think serious product discovery and end user validation may be stuck in this cultural/conceptual gap.  Product

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Let’s review everything your customer success team has to do in the absence of any customer success tools. Collect customer data to calculate complex formulas for tracking metrics, monitor customer health scores, and resolve support tickets while continuously trying to improve retention and expansion.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 7, 2021

That’s why we partnered with Klaus , the conversation review and QA platform for support teams, to get a deeper understanding of what “quality support” actually looks like. We wanted to know: what are the industry standards for support teams? The result is the Customer Support Quality Benchmark Report 2021.

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Userpilot

MARCH 22, 2021

The world of software is crowded with a variety of product marketing tools that are ‘supposed’ to transform your workflow. But more often than not, so many of these tools end up being more work to set up, maintain or use. Product Marketing Tools Overview. What Is Product Marketing? Ready to dive in?

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2019

Guest Post by: Merziyah Poonawala (Mentee, Session 9, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Joni Hoadley]. What do you do when your team is working their socks off and yet they are getting little credit for the work being done, mainly because the team isn’t able to set concrete expectations with the stakeholder? THE CAUSE.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In this blog post, we’re going to break down the pros and cons of using UserGuiding as an onboarding and engagement tool for SaaS and give you the best alternatives that may fit your specific needs and use cases. UserGuiding is a no-code tool for user onboarding. Userguiding features. User onboarding.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Not just in product reviews, roadmap meetings, or design critiques from product people, but across the company. This is the eighth post in a series exploring our product principles. When anyone new joins Intercom, their onboarding pack contains their first “Intermission”– our name for a problem statement.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2022

Given that we have finite engineering and product resources, what is the path forward?” Should they/you evolve the features of the core value prop for existing customers or invest in and develop new value props and features for new, adjacent customer segments? Perhaps the sales team isn’t trained adequately.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 26, 2024

Product data capture is essential for SaaS companies looking to understand user behavior, optimize user experiences, and drive product growth. From choosing the right data capture methods to navigating complex tools, SaaS companies must balance the need for detailed insights with the reality of technical constraints.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 9, 2024

In the market for product design tools to support your workflows and help your team work better? A quick Google search will show you heaps of tools, and you may even experience decision fatigue trying to choose the best. Book a demo now to get started!

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Userpilot

APRIL 21, 2023

What is product analysis and what are its benefits? We also explore: Different types of product analysis The steps needed to analyze your product The tools you can use Let’s get right to it! TL;DR Product analysis is the process of collecting and analyzing data about various aspects of product performance.

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Userpilot

MAY 3, 2021

But LTV is often a poorly understood metric, especially if you come from a more traditional business environment: one more concerned with acquisition than retention. There are numerous formulae for calculating LTV, but the best one is to add up the revenue per customer and subtract the costs of acquiring and servicing them.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 2, 2019

Product are products, yes? When we talk broadly and generically about product management, we assume that all products/services are similar enough that we can apply the same tools, techniques, financial planning models, design approaches, goals and metrics. To sell supplies based on actual usage.

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Userpilot

APRIL 23, 2021

Looking for user persona examples to inspire your research, or (product) marketing strategy? Depending on how many your product has, it may require several hours of interviews and a number of surveys to do each. SaaS User Persona Example -Userpilot: Product Manager 2. Creating a user persona can be hard sometimes.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 4, 2022

UX KPIs, or user experience key performance indicators, are essential numerical data points that are used to track, measure, and compare the experience users have with your SaaS product. So, if you’re a product manager looking to significantly improve your UX efforts and provide actionable insights to your UX team, read on!

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Unfortunately, the research backs this up, with a staggering 90% of users reporting that they stopped using an app due to poor performance. Poor performance includes slow loading times, complex design, confusing navigation, and unresponsive features. UX analytics tools worth considering. What is UX analytics?

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 5, 2018

Our chat covers how gaming principles influenced her growth experiments, her team’s most successful retention tactics, and much more. I didn’t have to touch product, it didn’t require any money, and I really felt like there was a cool story to tell. What follows is a lightly edited transcript of the interview.

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Userpilot

JULY 11, 2022

What are the golden rules of great customer service and why should you utilize them? The reputation of your company depends on the quality of service you provide to your customers. It doesn’t matter how great your product is, if your customer support is bad, your customers will leave! What is customer service?

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Can marketing resource management help streamline your product marketing processes and workflows? It is also one of the busiest, most complex departments, often handling many tools, managing multiple campaigns and events, and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders. What is marketing resource management (MRM)?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 17, 2024

Zoezi is an all-in-one platform for the wellness industry. TL;DR Challenge : Zoezi struggled with a lack of insight into customer usage of their product , relying solely on feedback from a few major customers, which wasn't representative of the broader user base. Why did Zoezi decide to give Userpilot a shot?

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Userpilot

MARCH 12, 2024

When left unaddressed, feature drop-offs lead to user dissatisfaction and result in churn. This article helps you identify and eliminate them by answering the following questions: Why do users stop using certain features? How can you identify drop-offs with product analytics and user surveys? Increase feature adoption.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Which product trends emerged in 2020 and are here to stay? What are the biggest trends in Product for 2021 you must implement into your Product Growth strategy? Who’s who in Product these days? And what new product growth terms made it to our dictionary? Trends to Watch In Product – Table of Contents.

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Userpilot

MARCH 14, 2024

Are you wondering what the GA4 path exploration report is? Show how to create the report. TL;DR The GA4 path exploration report provides a visualization of successive or previous actions that users take at a particular stage of the user journey. Next, edit the node settings for each step and customize the report.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 18, 2024

Looking for an effective onboarding automation tool and wondering if Userlane is the best option for your SaaS company? In this article, we’ll delve into precisely that – helping you determine whether Userlane is the ideal choice for your onboarding automation needs. Let’s get started!

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Userpilot

JANUARY 18, 2024

Looking for an effective onboarding automation tool and wondering if Userlane is the best option for your SaaS company? In this article, we’ll delve into precisely that – helping you determine whether Userlane is the ideal choice for your onboarding automation needs. Let’s get started!

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

I’ve written a lot about the huge organizational and technical gulf between services companies and product companies.  (See Services companies (aka custom development, agencies, outsourcing/nearshoring, contract engineering, consultancies, any work-for-hire) primarily market/sell the time and expertise of their people.  Work

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Do you know that customer touchpoints can exponentially influence product growth ? It may be reading articles on your blog, engaging with ads, leaving reviews, contacting the support team, and so on. Group customer touchpoints by using the Pirate metrics framework. Userpilot – for monitoring what users do in the product.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

If you've searched for this comparison, you're probably looking for a tool that will help you gain actionable insights to drive your product growth. Whether looking for an alternative to your existing tool or setting up product analytics at your organization, we're here to help. Book the demo!

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Data science has traditionally been an analysis-only endeavor: using historical statistics, user interaction trends, or AI machine learning to predict the impact of deterministically coded software changes. For instance, “how do we think this change to the onboarding workflow will shift user behavior?” We versus They.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 16, 2024

From analyzing market trends to churning user needs and technical feasibility into golden product ideas, there are many benefits of ChatGPT for product managers. A potent tool, ChatGPT has proven to be a strategic addition to the product management toolkit, churning out ideas in even the most unlikely scenarios.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It, along with product analytics , offers a comprehensive view of your customers and products and lets you make better data-driven decisions. In this article, we’ll look into the customer analytics benefits and some of the best tools for getting customer insights. Increase customer engagement through optimization with A/B tests.

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