Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 29, 2022

How product managers can understand their customers better than anyone else. If you have listened to me before, there is a good chance you’ve heard me say we need to fall in love with the customer’s problem, not our solution. Getting enamored with our solution can distract us from the customer experience.

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UX Planet

MARCH 9, 2025

This can include user research and discovery, heuristic evaluation, and results of usability testing. Pain points : If youre going to redo the functional logic of your product, you should definitely add customer pain points. Example of pain points that offline shopper experiences.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Most businesses design customer experiences from the inside out, based on what is best for the company, when they should be doing the exact opposite. Few people are as passionate about customer experience as Annette, the founder and CEO of consulting firm CX Journey Inc. How to put the “customer” in “customer experience”.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Address Pain Points Proactively: Regularly ask for feedback to show you value their input and are ready to adjust course. Resource Alert: Explore How to Lead in Product Management by Roman Pichler for actionable advice on stakeholder engagement. It shows youre thoughtful, analytical, and focused on results.

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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.

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Customer support is more business-critical than ever. But in today’s fast-paced world, your customer support can only be as effective as the technology that underpins it. Study after study shows that the vast majority of support teams are unhappy with their current customer support tech stacks. The future of support is here.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The kiosks help thousands of customers by providing valuable information and generate a significant portion of the revenue for the company. We realized we did not have the experience and resources to build the product during our first sprint. The engineering team is a valuable resource for determining product feasibility and timeline.

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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 Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It’s an organizational issue—moving quickly to beat competitors and keep up with changing customer preferences. When companies take the time to design products that match what the customer needs, profits soar, customer satisfaction (and retention) soars, and employee satisfaction gets a nice uptick too.

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Product Talk

AUGUST 18, 2021

Good product discovery includes the customer throughout the decision-making process. Good product discovery includes the customer throughout the decision-making process. Good product discovery includes the customer throughout that process. Good product discovery includes the customer throughout that process. Tweet This.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 25, 2022

Creating quality customer experiences has always been important for retaining customers. Now, during this time of economic uncertainty and against a competitive landscape, effective customer engagement is business critical. Discover the top trends transforming customer engagement. But they’re facing big barriers.

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The Product Guy

MAY 21, 2018

The big vision was clearly overwhelming – we wanted to change how customers interact on the site; we wanted to build the brand new structure to support a new type of customers, to build the internal admin functions to facilitate internal efficiency; and we wanted to holistically rethink everything to link all the above components.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Why does the outcome focus on business value and not customer value? Why can’t you just generate opportunities from what you know about your customers? How do you represent customer segments on an opportunity solution tree? What if you are being asked to deliver more than one outcome? How do you find opportunities?

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

An interactive demo is a self-guided walkthrough that uses tooltips, modals, hotspots, and other interactive elements to help users quickly explore your SaaS product. Before we discuss the steps for creating interactive demos, let’s explain some of the benefits so you can see why this marketing asset is not a waste of resources.

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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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BrainMates

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The Customer Service Gap Model By ADRIENNE TAN In competitive markets, delivering superior customer value is a top priority. It’s not just about creating a great product—it’s about ensuring the entire customer journey, from initial interaction to post-purchase support, exceeds expectations.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 24, 2024

From Nonprofit Leadership to Product Management Mary Baird spent a decade in various nonprofit leadership roles, handling a wide range of responsibilities, from donor development and resource management to program management and even website design. This diverse experience, she found, was not unlike working in a product environment.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 29, 2020

As marketers, our job is to understand our customers – their hopes, their wants, their needs – and then communicate the value of our product in the context of their lives. At SaaStr Summit , I spoke about how businesses can adapt during these uncertain times by focusing on customer impact. Embracing a philosophy of change.

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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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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Often, this is due to resource constraints rather than a lack of understanding of a PM role. Also, in various organizations which have grown in product maturity, customer base etc., This role also focuses on increasing the retention rate for existing customers. As a first step, PM needs to define the strategy for the product.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Even if business leaders have the desire to digitize, they must weigh costs versus resources versus necessity. When persuading decision-makers to adopt a digital solution, you must ask, is my solution a pain killer or a vitamin? Q: What holds companies back from prioritizing their investment in mobile customer experience?

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Userpilot

APRIL 3, 2024

Wondering how to create a resource center for your SaaS product? A resource center is a central hub of resources that helps your customers solve problems and learn more about your product. It reduces the load on your support team and improves customer satisfaction by providing self-service support.

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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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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Now, imagine applying this level of understanding and customization to your marketing strategy. A customer-led marketing strategy is about transforming your approach to reflect the same level of personalization. It helps build customer retention and brand loyalty. Prioritize features based on what your customers need.

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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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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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UX Planet

MARCH 6, 2025

Here is a format of a story that I suggest touse: The problem Clearly articulate the pain points or challenges that usersface. For example, when you propose a product redesign and say that it will lead to a better user experience, management might not understand how exactly better UX translates to business goals.

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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 Innovation Educators

JULY 27, 2020

She calls FAST goals a winning methodology as it enables you to win, solving problems and creating value for customers. 13:15] Let’s walk through an example of using FAST Goals to improve customer experience at an airport. Our top goal is to improve customer experience at the airport. How does it align? Innovation Quote.

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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 Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

This approach focuses on understanding customer needs, generating quality ideas, and turning those ideas into real value. It’s what helps create products that customers love and keeps companies successful in the long run. Staying Close to Customers A big part of successful innovation is keeping a close connection with customers.

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UX Planet

MARCH 29, 2025

In any case, hang around because well go over why UX design strategy is crucial, how to create one, and what the problems arefor you, your team, and, most importantly, your customers. At its core, UX strategy serves as your guide for crafting experiences that genuinely resonate with users and encourage them to engage.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 7, 2024

What is an end-to-end customer experience? It’s the complete customer experience that covers all the interactions between a user and your business, from initial contact to post-purchase. Why is an end-to-end customer experience important? Why is an end-to-end customer experience important?

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Usersnap

MARCH 24, 2025

It helps teams uncover real user needs, validate assumptions, and reduce development risks before committing time and resources. It is a critical framework for product teams to ensure that their products meet customer needs and are delivered on time, within budget, and with the required quality.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Using a product with a lot of customer friction is like wearing uncomfortable shoes. In the article, we show you how to identify and reduce customer friction in your SaaS product to boost product engagement. TL;DR Customer friction is the obstacles that customers face on their journey with the product.

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Userpilot

MAY 20, 2024

Wondering how to improve customer retention? The article shares 20 actionable customer retention strategies for your SaaS! TL;DR Customer retention is your ability to keep users using the product. Offer personalized onboarding experiences to help users quickly realize product value.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 16, 2020

The plan was to build a low-cost Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to validate the idea of social payments before adding any resources. The pitch went well and I was assigned a budget plus a single resource in a graduate named Venus (aka ‘the navigator’). to get what is actually a very simple product to the customer.

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