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Talking to your customers

You need to continuously get feedback from existing customers and improve your product. It is equally important to talk to people who were your customers in the past and understand what turned them away.

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Unlearn your own product

Over time, you as a PM may become so used to your own product that it limits your ability to notice small flaws in the user experience.

Look at the product from the perspective of a new user, and find the missing pieces of information that prevents the user from a great experience.

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Use consistent language and expression

Although you and your team's thought process evolves and becomes mature over time, your product needs to use the same personality and expression to communicate with each user.

You need to revisit those old modules from time to time and make changes for consistency.

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The pricing conundrum

During the launch of the product, you decide on a simple pricing model for your product. When your product evolves, is your pricing changing equally? Is your pricing competitive and straightforward for the users as it was initially?

Re-work the pricing strategy of your product so that you...

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Product managers

Product Managers (PM) are responsible for the growth of the product from the start. If the product fails, the PM takes full responsibility. To ensure a successful outcome, PMs need to spend a lot of time with their product to make it valuable for its users.

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Deeply understand your users

Teams often spend a lot of time discussing outlier user behavior during their team meetings. Although these conversations are exciting and test the limits, they don't serve the major cohort of your users.
You need to know who the 80% of your users are and prioritize solutions that will serve t...

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The launch of a new feature

When you launch a new feature or module in your product, consider how the user will discover that feature and interact with it.

Your new feature must create an emotional response of "want to use it" in the user's mind.

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What improvements to prioritize

Often improvements that will have a less overall impact get prioritized because of a specific and pressing need of your customer success/support team.

Make sure that the improvements are made based on the overall impact.

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Establish a System of Feedback

People who are continuously seeking feedback are the ones who get the best at it for saying: "What am I missing here? What have I not told you? Am I filling you in consistently?"

Those who are hungry for feedback are the ones who will improve most consistently.

Frame your fresh perspective as a competitive advantage

Naivety welcomes innovation and opportunity.

  • Share learnings you’ve gained from past jobs that will support you in the business.
  • Talk about how you’re associated with your target market and why you’re the perfect person to be building this.
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