Finest-5 Product reads #23

UX for action, Tech for PM and other articles..

Hi! Happy Monday,

I was proud when I had delivered on PMF and found it with my product hitting 0 to 1000 requests per month. But finding a PMF in an established organisation where you can cross-sell is much less a challenge to define a product at a startup. I am excited to discuss my PMF product experience. If you are interested, let’s talk.

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12 UX design examples that motivate users to take action

I believe a lot of products’ success depends on UX and guiding the user in the right direction. So, they are neither confused nor lose a lot of value. In the economy of attention, showing the value in minimal steps is very critical. Continue reading..

Key Takeaways:

• Good UX doesn’t just point users in the right direction—it motivates them to take the actions they need to get the most out of your product.

• Just because your product seems simple and intuitive to you doesn’t mean your users will see it that way.

• In referral, you’re asking users to go beyond spending money on your product to actually putting their own personal “brand” on the line for yours.

The top 5 things PMs should know about engineering

Non-technical PMs are always curious about what in tech they need to know. Sometimes, limited knowledge of tech makes them feel not in control. Here is a good list of what, why and from where you can get that basic knowledge of Tech. Must read!! Continue reading..

Key Takeaways:

• Choices of programming languages, frameworks, and infrastructure all come with important trade-offs.

• Great products have great copy, and you shouldn’t have to rely on your engineers to fix typos.

• You need a basic understanding of how apps, data, and infrastructure work.

WHAT IS PRODUCT ADOPTION: HOW TO MEASURE + EXAMPLES

Adoption, though looks very simple on the first go, is a tricky business if not served with attention. People want to experience the product, but to adopt one is a tough sell. Thus, users exploring a product and adopting it is not one thing. Continue reading..

Key Takeaways:

• There are 5 adopter groups, each have their own level of resistance to new innovations and adopt a product at different points of its lifecycle.

• A consumer will only adopt a product if it can seamlessly integrate into their lives.

• Product managers will want to find a way for consumers to try their product limitedly to encourage trialability.

5 Extensions Product People Should Use

The amount of management in a product person’s life is almost endless. If only we can use a few great tools to make things a little simpler, it is a gift. The set of tools shared is good to explore and I wish you to adopt at least a couple of them. Continue reading..

Key Takeaways:

• Mailtrack: Free email tracking for Gmail: Know When Your Emails Are Opened

• Jam.Dev: Leave annotated comments, suggest changes, & assign tasks directly from the page

• Wappalyzer Find out what websites are built with

Five most common mistakes founders make in trying to find PMF

PMF is hitting me nowadays- left, right and center. It’s saddening to know how we make some of the most basic mistakes while trying to be right on complex ones. We all make a lot of assumptions that we do not realise are very harmful. Explore a few of them here. Continue reading..

Key Takeaways:

• When you are trying a bunch of things every week to move a metric, you are totally immersed; you have better insights, and multiple failed experiments can point you in the right direction.

• User behavior is far too complex to develop a good gut instinct, even if you have been working with those users in other contexts for years.

• Many of the mistakes are laziness rather than lack of information.

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