Categories act as your segmentation engine, helping you organize announcements and roadmap items while tailoring updates to your subscribers' specific interests.
Tutorial Notes
0:00 - Introduction to Categories
Explanation of categories for announcements and roadmap items.
0:16 - Subscriber Use Cases for Categories
Examples of category segmentation for different user groups (e.g., engineers for API changes, customer-facing teams for relevant updates).
0:36 - Finding Categories in the Management Portal
Navigating to the "Settings" tab and locating "Categories."
Steps to create a new category: name, description, and color customization.
1:08 - Internal Descriptions and API Integration
Role of internal descriptions for team reference.
Using API slugs for leveraging categories with LaunchNotes’ API.
Locating the category ID in the URL for API use cases.
1:52 - Tagging Categories in Announcements
Adding categories to announcements and tagging multiple categories.
Impact of tagged categories on subscriber notifications and roadmap preferences.
2:17 - Customer Examples of Category Use
Example 1: Quantum
Roadmap segmentation by quarters (Q1, Q2, etc.) and product updates.
Tagging categories like "Pricing," "Essential," "Scale," and specific platforms (e.g., desktop vs. enterprise).
Example 2: Hopin
Audience-specific categories (organizer, attendee, sponsor, speaker).
Product-specific categories (iOS, Android, integrations, security).
Plan-specific segmentation for tailored updates.
3:37 - Advanced Category Segmentation with API
Using the API to create subscriptions tied to specific plans.