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There are two tools that should be in every product team’s toolbox—unmoderated user testing and one-question surveys. Unmoderated user-testing services allow you to post a stimulus (e.g., a prototype) and define tasks to complete and questions to answer. Participants then complete the tasks and answer the questions on their own time. You get a video of their work. These types of tools are game changers. Instead of having to recruit 10 participants and run the sessions yourself, you can post your task, go home for the night, and come back the next day to a set of videos ready for you to watch.
Continuous Discovery Habits
Teresa Torres
Indeed, this is what has happened at AutoTrader UK, where teams are no longer funded annually to build a set of features. Instead, the organization now checks in with each team on a quarterly basis to see how it’s tracking against initiative goals. Initiative goals are quantitative and based on changing customer behavior in some way that benefits the business. Teams get funded to change these behaviors, one quarter at a time. As the quarter nears its end the company assesses, with the team, whether it’s worthwhile to continue working toward those outcomes. If so, the team gets another quarter’s worth of runway. If not, it moves on to a new initiative.
Sense and Respond
Jeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden
> A Pillar Blog Post is just a big, meaty piece of content packed with insights on a specific niche topic written in 1,000 words. In comparison, an Atomic Essay is 1 single idea written in 250 words. Which (according to math) means, a Pillar Blog is nothing more than 5 Atomic Essays strung together.
> Here are the steps:
> • Grab 5 of your proven Atomic Essays
> • Copy / paste them into a single document
> • Arrange them in an order that makes sense for the reader
> • Write a brief introduction
> • Add a transition sentences between each essay
> • Then sum up the whole piece with one takeaway
> • Hit publish!
Fwd: 🤖 Lesson 5: How to Effortlessly Create Long-Form Blog Posts
Felicity Bodger
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