The Fundamentals of Customer Onboarding with Aazar Shad – Head of Growth at Userpilot (GMT069)

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Ramli John.

Onboarding is a such critical phase of the customer journey when customers form their first impression of your product and decide whether to stick around or churn out. Like any first impression, once formed, it tends to stick. This can set you up for long-term success or doom your relationship to short-term failure. In this episode, Aazar Shad, Head of Growth at Userpilot, discusses the fundamentals of customer onboarding.

In episode 69, you’ll learn:

1. What is minimum viable onboarding
2. The biggest mistakes companies make when it comes to customer onboarding and how to avoid it
3. The fundamentals of customer onboarding

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• Create a predictable revenue pipeline

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MY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE

1. Focus on the outcome and not the feature. When it comes to product tours, Aazar suggests that you really focus on what the goal and outcome of the user is and craft a tour based on their goal. For most companies their product tour just described the features they have.
2. Onboarding doesn’t end after a user becomes a paying customer. That’s where product adoption comes in. There are hundreds of situations where on-demand or directed product tours and emails can help further educate how they can succeed with your tool.
3. Create a minimum viable onboarding. You do this by understanding the steps users need to take to achieve their first “aha” moment with your product. Then, you can rally your product, marketing, design, and customer success team to getting users through that minimum viable onboarding.

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ABOUT AAZAR ALI SAD

Aazar Ali Shad, the Head of Growth at Userpilot, a company that helps you deliver the perfect product experience. Aazar has more than six years of SaaS experience and is currently helping 600+ SaaS companies improve user onboarding and increase product adoption.

SHOW NOTES

• 2:38– Aazar’s takeaway from SaaStock 2019
• 4:56– Aazar’s journey to becoming Head of Growth at Userpilot
• 12:35– Why should founders and marketers care about customer onboarding?
• 21:30– Big mistakes companies make in customer onboarding
• 25:34– Examples of companies that have great customer onboarding
• 28:50– The difference between user activation and customer onboarding
• 32:39– What is minimum viable onboarding
• 38:44– How can adding a human touch help with improving customer onboarding
• 48:54– Aazar’s one piece of advice to anyone who aspired to become a Head of Growth of a startup
• 51:09– Where can you find Aazar and Userpilot online