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Hiring Product Managers: How to Get the Best Talent

Oct 17th, 2024 Product Janna Bastow 27 min read

 So you want to get a new PM? Firstly, congratulations, you’ve made a great decision – Product Managers can be seriously effective people to have in your organization. However,  Hiring…

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Customer Feedback Strategy: How to Gather, Analyze, and Use Feedback to Make Your Product Better

Jun 20th, 2024 Product Janna Bastow 15 min read

Building a successful product isn’t just about having a brilliant idea or an efficient development team. It’s about making sure your product fits the market and meets your customers’ needs.…

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Feature Adoption: How to Make Your New One Stick

May 21st, 2024 Product Janna Bastow 19 min read

New features? Exciting! Getting users to adopt them? Terrifying! We’ve all seen features launched with fanfare, only to fizzle out faster than a candle in a hurricane. That’s why we’ll…

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Feedback Analysis: How to Extract Insights to Fuel Your Product Strategy

Apr 30th, 2024 Product Janna Bastow 23 min read

You’ve built a product you’re proud of, but then crickets… no downloads, no buzz.  What went wrong? Maybe you didn’t listen closely enough to the people who matter most: your users!…

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How to Nail Your Roadmap Presentation

Apr 23rd, 2024 Product Janna Bastow 33 min read

Ever felt a bit nervous before a big roadmap presentation? You’re not alone! It’s one of those nail-bitingly important moments in Product Management – you get to share your vision,…

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How to Write a Product Proposal

Apr 16th, 2024 Product Janna Bastow 31 min read

A well-written product proposal can be the one thing that turns a red light green. It helps you clarify your concept, secures necessary buy-in from your stakeholders, and lays the…

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Closing the Feedback Loop: A Product Manager’s Guide

Mar 28th, 2024 Product Janna Bastow 21 min read

People love to complain. The earliest recorded customer complaint in human history was some product feedback carved into a stone tablet around 1750 BC, when frustrated buyer Nanni bemoaned the…

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Output vs Outcome: What’s the difference and where should I focus?

Mar 21st, 2024 Product Janna Bastow 19 min read

Let’s talk about output vs outcome, which one you should focus your attention on when, and why it matters. Trust me, understanding this can be a game-changer. It’s a pretty…

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Initiative vs Epic – What’s the difference, and how do you use them?

Mar 7th, 2024 Product Janna Bastow 19 min read

Let’s talk about the difference between initiatives vs epics in the Agile product management world. We’re going to take a look at what they are, the relationship between the two,…

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8 Steps to Convert Your Timeline Roadmap to a Now-Next-Later

Feb 29th, 2024 Product Janna Bastow 26 min read

I’m assuming, that if you’ve landed on this page and want to convert your timeline roadmap to a Now-Next-Later, you’ve come to the realization that timeline roadmaps suck. So, first…

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