ProductPlan
AUGUST 20, 2019
Product managers receive a lot of advice. You should prioritize this feature. Here’s a new market worth investigating. Some of my prospects say they’d buy our product if it did this. But one suggestion we think product managers don’t hear enough is: Take some time off, unplug, and clear your head. Product managers play a big role in their company’s success or failure.
Userzoom
AUGUST 21, 2019
Speaking to users, whether for research or testing purposes, provides invaluable insight into how people behave and what they need. The more users we speak to, the more we know. But even the best of us will face some hard truths from users no matter what stage we are in our career. Testing designs, whether it’s the first time or the 100th time, can be an incredibly eye-opening experience.
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Mind the Product
AUGUST 19, 2019
Artificial intelligence (AI) is probably the biggest commercial opportunity in today’s economy. What does it mean for us as product managers? We all use AI or machine learning (ML)-driven products almost every day, and the number of these products will be growing exponentially over the next couple of years. According to Crunchbase, in 2018 there were 5,000 startups relying on machine learning for their main and ancillary applications, products, and services.
The Product Coalition
AUGUST 21, 2019
A basic sales funnel has 4 types of leads in it: a website visitor, a cold lead, a hot lead, a customer and a standing customer. Your visitor life cycle Your revenue depends on how many people go from the first funnel step to the last one. You can widen the funnel by helping your visitors during the whole journey?—?starting from UI/UX issues to a day to day personal communication/contact (support, communication, activation, etc.).
Traditional PM struggles with the complexities of platform ecosystems. B-MAP framework tackles this challenge. B-MAP goes beyond features, focusing on building, managing, adapting, and partnering to foster a thriving platform ecosystem.
UX Studio
AUGUST 21, 2019
Hey {First_Name}, Like us, you’ve probably heard about personalization and wonder about it and what it means for your role as {Job_Title}. Well, you’ve found the right page. This article has everything you need to know about personalized user experience. Grab a {Favorite_Beverage} and we’ll dive in! Introduction. The quest to acquire customers and keep them engaged has made personalized experience indispensable for any company’s communication strategy.
Product Management Today brings together the best content for product management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
280 Group
AUGUST 19, 2019
Join us on August 30th for our co-hosted webinar with AIPMM, Predictable Delivery: The Power of Estimating and Forecasting , to learn how to achieve predictable delivery and improve the accuracy of your forecasting. If you want to earn the confidence of your executive team, meet your commitments. It’s that simple. Remind them it’s a good investment.
Intercom, Inc.
AUGUST 22, 2019
I’m excited to be joined today by Intercom’s own Jonathon Colman, a senior designer who came to us by way of the Nature Conservancy, REI and five and a half years at Facebook, where he most recently worked as a UX Content Strategy Lead for Marketplace. Since coming aboard in December, he’s influenced us with his thinking about the possibilities within the nascent field of content design.
Mind the Product
AUGUST 23, 2019
In this keynote from #mtpcon San Francisco, Precoil founder David J Bland offers some helpful tips on how product managers can influence the business and run more effective experiments. David talks about products that people loved and that have now disappeared from the shelves. He gives the example of Clearly Canadian, a popular flavored sparkling water, widely available in the 90s, which now is nowhere to be found.
Alchemer Mobile
AUGUST 22, 2019
Ratings and reviews are the lifeblood of the mobile app world. They provide social proof and are responsible for making the first impression on a customer when they encounter your app in the app store. In a consumer survey we conducted, seventy-seven percent of respondents reported that they read at least one review before downloading a free app, and that number rose to 80 percent before downloading a paid app.
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The Product Guy
AUGUST 20, 2019
Excerpts from our conversation with The Best Product Person of 2018, Brian Crofts. Watch now and see why he is counted amongst the ranks of the best in product management. More to Come. The Best Product Person (TBPP) is the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. Established in 2010, TBPP is awarded annually in association with The Product Guy and The Product Group.
Intercom, Inc.
AUGUST 21, 2019
Online marketing content has long been dominated by brands creating product descriptions, how-to guides, branded articles, and blog posts to promote their business. While content creation is still an integral part of digital marketing, potential prospects are increasingly interested in seeing what independent sources have to say about your product. That is why peer-to-peer content is on the rise.
Mind the Product
AUGUST 20, 2019
A few years ago I read Tony Hsieh’s book on Zappos , a company that has been lauded for its amazing culture. In the book he shares his view on the four pillars for happiness: progress, purpose, control, and connection. Although various people have made lists of this type, this particular list has resonated the most with me because throughout my life – when I’ve seen happiness or a lack thereof – I can always trace it to a healthy amount or lack in one of these areas.
The Product Coalition
AUGUST 21, 2019
Video publishing is a herculean task. Selecting an online video platform suitable for video publishers is equally tiring but can set the base for your business. “According to Consumer Technology Association, U.S. consumers are expected to spend a combined $26 billion on music and video subscription services (in 2019).” This online video platform list is a roundup of the best among them all that you can bet your money with to launch your own video channel, online TV service, video on demand websi
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The Product Guy
AUGUST 18, 2019
What key people helped get you to where you are today? Watch and learn more from product management expert, Don Ross.
First Round Review
AUGUST 22, 2019
Networking isn't a race to rack up contacts — it's a practice of cultivating authentic connections over time. We've rounded up six tactics from the most well-connected people in the business on cutting past the small talk, nailing the follow-up and investing in relationships that thrive.
Mind the Product
AUGUST 22, 2019
In this ProductTank London talk, Ben Fields, formerly Lead Data Scientist at FutureLearn, looks at getting the most from the relationship between product managers and data people, working out people’s background understanding, the benefits of leading with a story, and how best to spread knowledge. There are three key aspects of how data science can effectively sit within a product and software organisation: Gear and orient to your audience.
ProductCraft
AUGUST 23, 2019
I had lunch last week with a journalist who reminded me of myself in my early career. She was curious about sustainable business models for the local news industry and interested in creating a career path that blended journalism, business, and technology. The difference? Unlike me in the first year of my first job, she. Read more » The post Product Thinking Isn’t Just for Product Managers appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.
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Alchemer Mobile
AUGUST 20, 2019
Two weeks after your team’s app update launches, your boss stops by your desk to share some bad news: App store ratings have plummeted from 5-stars to 3-stars and new download volume has decreased 25 percent. On top of that, they’re seeing negative reviews flood into the app store, specifically highlighting some of the key updates your team just released.
First Round Review
AUGUST 20, 2019
Bailey Richardson (an early Instagram hire and current partner at People & Company) has studied ordinary people who started extraordinary communities. Here, she shares the nuts and bolts of how startups should approach community building, highlighting eight valuable lessons on how the best communities start, gain steam, and evolve as scale takes hold.
Mind the Product
AUGUST 20, 2019
We’re taking a short break from releasing new episodes for the month of August. We’ll be back with new interviews in September. But don’t despair! We’ve asked a few friends to pick some of their favorite episodes to re-broadcast in the meantime. This week’s pick comes from our co-host, Randy Silver. Randy Silver’s Pick.
ProductCraft
AUGUST 20, 2019
I started in the product management field almost 25 years ago. Only back then, what I did wasn’t referred to as product management. During the dot-com boom, only large, established tech companies like Sun, Oracle, or Microsoft hired specifically for roles with the title “product manager.” Barnesandnoble.com, where I worked, didn’t fit that bill.
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Userzoom
AUGUST 20, 2019
Ask the nearest researcher what one of their most persistent pain points in conducting user research and usability testing is and we can almost guarantee that recruiting participants is up there near the top. In last year’s State of UX in the Enterprise survey , we asked researchers what phase is the most challenging part of their UX team’s process, and coming in at number one with 47% of the votes was *drumroll* recruiting participants.
First Round Review
AUGUST 20, 2019
Bailey Richardson (an early Instagram hire and current partner at People & Company) has studied ordinary people who started extraordinary communities. Here, she shares the nuts and bolts of how startups should approach community building, highlighting eight valuable lessons on how the best communities start, gain steam, and evolve as scale takes hold.
Pragmatic Marketing
AUGUST 20, 2019
Data Security Becoming Increasingly Important for Consumers With data breaches becoming increasingly common, consumers are realizing that their personal information is at the mercy of the organizations they’re doing business with—resulting in changing attitudes around security. More than one-third of Canadian consumers have experienced the consequences of a security breach of hack, according to research conducted by PCI Pal , a company that provides secure payments to contact centers
dscout People Nerds
AUGUST 21, 2019
Stefani Bachetti, Director of The Studio, starred in an episode of Ask This Old House. The YouTube video posted afterwards amassed a half million views and over a thousand (mostly negative) comments. So she did what researchers do best: analyzed the data to better understand the sources, nature, and spread of negativity.
Speaker: Aindra Misra, Sr. Staff Product Manager of Data & AI at BILL (Previously PM Lead at Twitter/X)
Embark on a transformation journey into the heart of the data ecosystem! This webinar is your gateway to a deeper comprehension of the foundations that drive the data industry and will equip you with the knowledge needed to navigate the evolving landscape. Delve into the diverse use cases where data analytics plays a pivotal role. We’ll explore how these applications are transforming with the introduction of Gen AI, and discuss the anticipated use cases for 2024 and beyond.
BrainMates
AUGUST 22, 2019
If you work in Product Management and you haven’t heard of Rich Mironov, then best keep this to yourself, and jump onto his blog, pronto, where he’s been blogging about software product management for 18 years. A veteran product leader with more than 30 years’ experience in software Product Management in Silicon Valley, Rich spent about 15 years working for well-known companies building enterprise software.
Usersnap
AUGUST 19, 2019
Running a web development agency, business owners cannot exist independently of their clients, client collaboration. Effective two-way communication between clients and managers, designers and web developers is a crucial process that can make-or-break the company’s success. . A common way to improve efficiency across the business is by creating systems.
ProductBoard
AUGUST 20, 2019
Welcome to our Age of Product Excellence series — a deep exploration of the Product Excellence Methodology, the product leaders who practice it, and the excellent products that result. Join us as we shine light on the strategies and thought processes behind an excellent product that customers use and love. “Hi Linda, we met on UberPool this morning!
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