Lauryn Isford
Head of Product Growth @ Notion
Manages Notion's product-led growth engine. Previously led growth at Airtable.
βMastering onboarding, covering growth systems, measurement and analysis, and team leadership.β
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βWe have never chatted real time, so everybody's getting the first conversation and I'm really looking forward to it.β
Mastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)
βThere is a feature, a product really, that Airtable offers called Airtable Forms. It's possible you've used it. I'm not sure if you have, but-β
Mastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)
βYou can check it out. There are some new features I'm about to tell you about, so maybe that will entice you.β
Mastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)
βSo, Airtable Forms is much like other forms products. You can create a form and then send it to anybody to submit. The people who submit your form don't need to be a user of Airtable.β
Mastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)
βI think it does, and it also cannot be an excuse for rigor around building well and being precise in what customers need, but overall, if you can be a results-oriented organization that just wants to ...β
Mastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)
βI would say that the guided onboarding wizard which is the immersive wizard that helps you figure out how to get started was the most impactful thing we did.β
Mastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)
βIt's a different way of thinking about PLG and not necessarily something you would offer for free, they're already an enterprise customer, but some of those concepts can still have a lot of value and ...β
Mastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)
βExactly. I think the key is to figure out what it would be like for someone to experience value when there's no human sitting next to them, and that value doesn't have to be full functionality of the ...β
Mastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)
βOoh, naming things in a way people understand.β
Mastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)
βExactly. There's also an element here of segmentation or personalization where you should be sensible about if everybody needs to know what an automation is or if there are only certain folks who actu...β
Mastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)
βSo, I do think it's very important to be careful that you are rooted in the customer need and rooted in helping that customer achieve maximum value, rather than sitting in the priors of what your pack...β
Mastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)
βRide of a Lifetime by Bob Iger. I give this to new reports on my team. Great book to read when you're thinking about your leadership style, and Rocket Men, really fun story. I love a good story about ...β
Mastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)