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Welcome to Episode 31 of Mastermind.fm! This week our resident masterminds Jean Galea and James Laws will tackle onboarding. We usually think about onboarding as bringing a new team member into the fold or something similar. Jean and James expand on the term and take a dive into onboarding as the gateway to getting folks engaged for the first time with your product, service, content, or whatever it is you’re up to. It’s a really interesting take, so don’t miss out! As always, shownotes are below but don’t miss the full conversation!
Updates
- James talks WordCamp Nashville
- Jean talks LoopConf in Fort Lauderdale & WordCamp Orlando
Onboarding
James was inspired by observations at WordCamp Nashville. Seeing users meet a product for the first time, use it, feel it, experience it for themselves, he realized they’re much more motivated to give something new a try. That’s the essence of onboarding- not just getting a new team member oriented or as pertains to a product, but a broader sense of the term that involves phases of a user’s experience.
How do you make sure people get to know about your product and get that initial experience? James and Jean cover:
What is onboarding?
- Just what is onboarding? How do we think about it?
- How does onboarding look from the outside with marketing and advertising?
- What can user onboarding look like?
WordPress.org as onboarding
- The importance of visuals- screenshots and videos
- Breaking away from the boilerplate
- WordPress.org support as onboarding into larger support system/documentation
5 steps for thinking through the onboarding process
- Starting with the end goal in mind- what are we doing here?
- Learning to think like the people you’re trying to reach.
- Being guided by user feedback- ask questions and challenge what you think you already know.
- Testing and refining
- Listen, listen, listen! Customers, support team, reviews, social media, listen to everything you can find!
