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Building products that stick. Tariq Rauf

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Two strategies I’d like to talk about. ‘Sticky’ by: Mind share Engagement

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Metrics for engagement frequency time spent retention track:

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Metrics for mind share virality coeffecient word of mouth delight (proxy: NPS) track:

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Optimizing engagement metrics in isolation can sometimes lead to sub-optimal outcomes for the user. More time spent or freq are not necessarily positive measurements. Possible indication of sub-optimal UX, anxiety, frustration.. *Unless you’re in the content consumption/creation business.

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Combat this by defining clear customer goals & journeys. Qualify your KPI targets against them. Understand what you’re trying to help them achieve and why.

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Help people achieve their goals as quickly and delightfully as possible. People are trusting you with their time, return the favour and save them some.

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How do you impact mind share metrics? Find out what your users care about. Talk to them.

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Build a product that is an better order of magnitude than the alternative at those things.

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Most often, its core product qualities that matter: experience, convenience, value and cost.

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From £1 million a month to £1 billion a month.

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~70% of our growth is driven by user recommendations.

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“We grow at the rate at which we solve problems for our customers” Nilan Peiris VP of Growth, TransferWise

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Make sure you understand your core product proposition that customers care about.

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Assess how well you’re doing at those things by talking to customers and quantifying their responses.

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Remove blockers/issues and build missing features that will move those numbers.

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As a result you will get better at delivering customer value and build mind share.

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Helping you build a product that sticks to the users mind and not just to your KPI dashboard.

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Thanks.