Start Here: Your Essential Content Guide
Published May 26, 2022 by Jane Portman
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My dear friend, here’s a curated list of content organized by topic. I put it together for you, so that you can learn the essentials of our business ecosystem without paying top dollar for expensive training.
It starts with my own books and talks, and continues with other resources organized by topic. Note: I only include resources that are either free or very affordable.
My Books
Important Personal Posts
My Conference Talks
- How to Delight Your Client with a Value-Based Dashboard — Ladies that UX Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands + Remote / February 2018) — Watch the video
- How to Build a Value-Based Dashboard for Your Product — MicroConf Europe (Lisbon, Portugal / November 2017) — View slides
- How to Craft an Irresistible Productized Consulting Offer — DYFConf Europe (Stockholm, Sweden / June 2017) — View slides
- Product Strategy for Founders — FemtoConf (Darmstadt, Germany / February 2017) — Watch the video
- Product Strategy Essentials: How to Build Focused, Profitable Products — LTV Conf (Brighton, UK / July 2016) — View slides
- What Should Your Sales Website Say And Do? — DYFConf Europe (Stockholm, Sweden / June 2016) — View slides
- 3 Steps to Optimizing Navigation in Your Web App — BaconBizConf (Philadelphia, PA / May 2016)
- The 1-Hour UI Audit — MicroConf Europe (Barcelona, Spain / September 2015)
- Designing for Clarity — Conversion Road Trip (New York, NY / June 2015)
- Design for Founders — MicroConf Europe (Prague, Czech Republic / October 2014)
My Podcast Appearances
UI/UX Design
Freelancing & Consulting
Startups & Product Development
Recommended SaaS Tools
- Reform — a form builder tool, great alternative to Typeform or Google Forms
- SavvyCal — a scheduling tool, great alternative to Calendly
- Aurelius — a repository tool for UX research
- Segmetrics — a marketing analytics & attribution platform
- Postaga — a sales outreach & cold email platform
- SalesBlink — a sales outreach platform
- Refiner.io — a feedback tool for SaaS products
- SaberFeedback — a feedback tool for websites
- Popupsmart — a popup builder tool
- CodeSubmit — a tool for hiring developers via take-home coding challenges
- ScrapingBee — a web scraping tool
- SmartKarrot — a customer success platform
- InnerTrends — a product analytics platform for SaaS companies
- Yodel.io — a cloud-based business phone system
Copywriting & Publishing
Outreach & Marketing
Podcasting
Conferences & Mastermind Groups
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