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How can you do better at user interviews (even if the process scares you)? Our guest today is Alli Blum, SaaS researcher and strategist. You’ll learn all about the Jobs to Be Done framework, top questions to ask, biggest challenges, best practices of conduct, and more.Podcast feed: subscribe to https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Podcasts.Show NotesEpisode 112: Optimizing SaaS Trials with Alli BlumBetter Done Than Perfect. Switch Interviews &amp; Strategic Context with Alli BlumEpisode 181: Jobs to Be Done with Jim KalbachThe Jobs To Be Done Playbook — Jim Kalbach’s bookPersonas, Jobs to Be Done, the Hero’s Journey — the user research frameworks Alli mentionsApril Dunford — a B2B Tech positioning consultant, speaker, and authorUserlist — Jane’s SaaS productuserinterviews.com — a platform for recruiting research participantsThe Mom Test — a book by Rob FitzpatrickBob Moesta and Chris Spiek — Uncovering JTBDHow to Use Jobs to Be Done to Perfect Your Positioning — Claire Suellentrop’s talk at MicroConf Growth 2018Demand Maven — Asia Orangio’s SaaS growth consultancyalliblum.com/jtbdFollow Alli on TwitterToday’s SponsorThis episode is brought to you by Yellow Images, the premium graphic assets marketplace. Get access to high-quality mockups, PNG images, creative fonts, and more, to save time on your presentations. Wow your next client by heading over to yellowimages.com and snag a 20% discount using our limited-time promocode UIBREAKFAST20.Interested in sponsoring an episode?  Learn more here.Leave a ReviewReviews are hugely important because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes. Here’s how.

<p>How can you do better at user interviews (even if the process scares you)? Our guest today is Alli Blum, SaaS researcher and strategist. You’ll learn all about the Jobs to Be Done framework, top questions to ask, biggest challenges, best practices of conduct, and more.</p><p>Podcast feed: subscribe to <a href="https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R</a> in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ui-breakfast-podcast/id939175693?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=97279&amp;refid=stpr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, or <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/u/0/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS80TXZnUTczUg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Podcasts</a>.</p><h2>Show Notes</h2><ul><li><a href="https://uibreakfast.com/112-optimizing-saas-trials-with-alli-blum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 112: Optimizing SaaS Trials with Alli Blum</a></li><li><a href="https://userlist.com/podcast/switch-interviews-strategic-context-with-alli-blum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Better Done Than Perfect. Switch Interviews &amp; Strategic Context with Alli Blum</a></li><li><a href="https://uibreakfast.com/181-jobs-to-be-done-with-jim-kalbach/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 181: Jobs to Be Done with Jim Kalbach</a></li><li><a href="https://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/jobs-to-be-done-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Jobs To Be Done Playbook</a> — Jim Kalbach’s book</li><li><a href="https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/personas-why-and-how-you-should-use-them" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Personas</a>, <a href="https://jobs-to-be-done.com/jobs-to-be-done-a-framework-for-customer-needs-c883cbf61c90" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jobs to Be Done</a>, <a href="https://dev.to/aimerib/the-hero-s-journey-and-the-user-experience-2imd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Hero’s Journey</a> — the user research frameworks Alli mentions</li><li><a href="https://www.aprildunford.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">April Dunford</a> — a B2B Tech positioning consultant, speaker, and author</li><li><a href="https://userlist.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Userlist</a> — Jane’s SaaS product</li><li><a href="https://www.userinterviews.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">userinterviews.com</a> — a platform for recruiting research participants</li><li><a href="http://momtestbook.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Mom Test</a> — a book by Rob Fitzpatrick</li><li><a href="https://vimeo.com/81153746" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bob Moesta and Chris Spiek — Uncovering JTBD</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyGYfxpe2FQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Use Jobs to Be Done to Perfect Your Positioning</a> — Claire Suellentrop’s talk at MicroConf Growth 2018</li><li><a href="https://demandmaven.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Demand Maven</a> — Asia Orangio’s SaaS growth consultancy</li><li><a href="https://www.alliblum.com/jtbd/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">alliblum.com/jtbd</a></li><li>Follow Alli on <a href="https://twitter.com/AlliBlum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li></ul><h2>Today’s Sponsor</h2><p>This episode is brought to you by Yellow Images, the premium graphic assets marketplace. Get access to high-quality mockups, PNG images, creative fonts, and more, to save time on your presentations. Wow your next client by heading over to<a href="http://bit.ly/uibrekfast20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://bit.ly/uibrekfast20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">yellowimages.com</a> and snag a 20% discount using our limited-time promocode UIBREAKFAST20.</p><p>Interested in sponsoring an episode?  <a href="http://uibreakfast.com/sponsor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn more here.</a></p><h2>Leave a Review</h2><p>Reviews are hugely important because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes. <a href="http://uibreakfast.com/podcast-review" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here’s how.</a></p>

Episode 209: JTBD Interviews with Alli Blum

Alli is an expert in copywriting and onboarding optimization for SaaS products. She helps her clients understand why some users bail on their trial and others upgrade. If you’re struggling with high churn or low activation rates, Alli has some wisdom you’ll want to hear. Alli's Website MicroConf Joanna Wiebe Dani Hart EnjoyHQ

<p>Alli is an expert in copywriting and onboarding optimization for SaaS products. She helps her clients understand why some users bail on their trial and others upgrade. If you’re struggling with high churn or low activation rates, Alli has some wisdom you’ll want to hear.</p><ul> <li><a href="https://alliblum.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alli's Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.microconf.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MicroConf</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/copyhackers?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joanna Wiebe</a></li> <li><a href="https://growthgal.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dani Hart</a></li> <li><a href="https://getenjoyhq.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EnjoyHQ</a></li></ul>

Alli Blum: Converting More Customers with Better Onboarding

Optimizing the trial-to-paid conversion rate is one the most effective ways to improve any SaaS business. Our guest today is Alli Blum, a SaaS onboarding optimization consultant. You'll learn how to define the user's path to success (and their common roadblocks), write onboarding emails based on research data, segment your users, and A/B test every step in your onboarding funnel. Podcast feed: subscribe to http://simplecast.fm/podcasts/1441/rss in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play Music. Show Notes  Alli's consulting website NomNom — Alli's favorite tool for aggregating customer feedback and user research Episode 30: Describing Customer Motivation (Jobs to Be Done) with Eric White Putting the (Onboarding) Cart Before the (Product) Horse — slides from Alli's talk at MicroConf 2018 The Sustainable SaaS: What Permaculture Can Teach Us About Building Software — Marie Poulin's talk recap from MicroConf 2018 Inside Growth at Wistia: The Process Behind Our A/B Tests — an article by Andrew Capland how they've ran over 150 A/B tests to improve their conversion rates Recommender system (recommendation engine) — a Wikipedia article Get Alli's free course on SaaS trial optimization Follow Alli on Twitter: @AlliBlum  Today's Sponsor This episode is brought to you by The UI Audit. Want to design web applications that are actually useful to people? This book will help you adopt a smarter approach to UI/UX — from product strategy to each individual screen. To get you copy, head over to uibreakfast.com/audit and use your special promocode SUMMERTIME20 to get 20% off any book package. Interested in sponsoring an episode? Learn more here. Leave a Review Reviews are hugely important because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes. Here's how.

<p>Optimizing the trial-to-paid conversion rate is one the most effective ways to improve any SaaS business. Our guest today is Alli Blum, a SaaS onboarding optimization consultant. You'll learn how to define the user's path to success (and their common roadblocks), write onboarding emails based on research data, segment your users, and A/B test every step in your onboarding funnel.</p> <p><em>Podcast feed:</em> subscribe to <a href="http://simplecast.fm/podcasts/1441/rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://simplecast.fm/podcasts/1441/rss</a> in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ui-breakfast-podcast/id939175693?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=97279&amp;refid=stpr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, or <a href="https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Ig42wpgwtqn4hzewnjmmes6eizq?t%3DUI_Breakfast:_UI/UX_Design_and_Product_Strategy%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Play Music</a>.</p> <h2>Show Notes</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://alliblum.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alli's consulting website</a></li> <li><a href="https://nomnominsights.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NomNom</a> — Alli's favorite tool for aggregating customer feedback and user research</li> <li><a href="https://uibreakfast.com/30-jtbd-eric-white/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 30: Describing Customer Motivation (Jobs to Be Done) with Eric White</a></li> <li><a href="http://alliblum.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MicroConf-Final-Updated.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Putting the (Onboarding) Cart Before the (Product) Horse</a> — slides from Alli's talk at MicroConf 2018</li> <li><a href="https://microconf.gen.co/marie-poulin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Sustainable SaaS: What Permaculture Can Teach Us About Building Software</a> — Marie Poulin's talk recap from MicroConf 2018</li> <li><a href="https://wistia.com/blog/approach-to-a-b-testing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inside Growth at Wistia: The Process Behind Our A/B Tests</a> — an article by Andrew Capland how they've ran over 150 A/B tests to improve their conversion rates</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recommender_system" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Recommender system (recommendation engine)</a> — a Wikipedia article</li> <li><a href="https://alliblum.com/onboarding-intro-course/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Get Alli's free course on SaaS trial optimization</a></li> <li>Follow Alli on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/AlliBlum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@AlliBlum</a></li> </ul> <h2>Today's Sponsor</h2> <p>This episode is brought to you by The UI Audit. Want to design web applications that are actually useful to people? This book will help you adopt a smarter approach to UI/UX — from product strategy to each individual screen. To get you copy, head over to <a href="https://uibreakfast.com/audit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">uibreakfast.com/audit</a> and use your special promocode SUMMERTIME20 to get 20% off any book package.</p> <p><em>Interested in sponsoring an episode?</em> <a href="http://uibreakfast.com/sponsor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn more here.</a></p> <h2>Leave a Review</h2> <p>Reviews are hugely important because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes. <a href="http://uibreakfast.com/podcast-review" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here's how.</a></p>

Episode 112: Optimizing SaaS Trials with Alli Blum