Partner AMA with Meister Leadership: MeisterTask and MeisterNote are coming together!

Andrew Lapidus
Andrew Lapidus Admin, MeisterLobster, EN Business Posts: 1,007 Community Admin
edited August 21 in Announcements & Updates

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On June 19th, 2023, we let our partners in on some exciting news: Meister has decided to combine MeisterNote with MeisterTask, giving users two tools for one big picture of project management and documentation.

We realize that such a large change will come with many questions, which is why we've decided to start this Partners-Only AMA (Ask Me Anything) with Meister's Leadership.

Our AMA Guests:

How to Participate:

  • Submit any questions you'd like to ask in the comments below.
  • Please limit yourself to three questions to allow our guests to answer as many users as possible.
  • Please post your questions by Sunday, June 25th.
  • Check back on June 26th to see our guests' answers!

Feel free to ask our team about, well, anything! Topics might include:

  • The future of MeisterTask + MeisterNote
  • The strategy and motivation behind this change
  • The best ways to sell MeisterTask with MeisterNote
  • Anything else that interests you :)

Best wishes and looking forward to hearing from you!

— Your Community and Partner Teams

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  • Andrew Lapidus
    Andrew Lapidus Admin, MeisterLobster, EN Business Posts: 1,007 Community Admin
    edited June 2023

    Partner AMA mit dem Meister Leadership-Team

    MeisterTask und MeisterNote rücken zusammen!

    Am 19. Juni 2023 teilen wir spannende Neuigkeiten mit unseren Partnern: Meister hat sich entschlossen, MeisterNote mit MeisterTask zu kombinieren, um den Nutzern zwei Werkzeuge für einen idealen Überblick über das Projektmanagement und die Dokumentation zu geben.

    Wir verstehen, dass eine so große Veränderung viele Fragen aufwirft – diese werden im Partners-Only AMA (Ask Me Anything) mit dem Meister Leadership-Team beantwortet.

    Unsere Gäste:

    Wie Sie teilnehmen können:

    • Posten Sie Ihre Fragen (auf Deutsch oder Englisch) in den Kommentaren.
    • Bitte beschränken Sie sich auf drei Fragen, damit unsere Gäste so vielen Partnern wie möglich antworten können.
    • Bitte stellen Sie Ihre Fragen bis einschließlich Sonntag, 25. Juni.
    • Schauen sie am 26. Juni wieder vorbei, um die Antworten unseres Teams zu sehen!

    Fragen Sie unser Team über, nun ja, alles! Zum Beispiel:

    • Die Zukunft von MeisterTask + MeisterNote
    • Die Strategie und Motivation hinter dieser Veränderung
    • die besten Möglichkeiten, MeisterTask mit MeisterNote zu bewerben

    … und was Sie sonst noch interessiert :)

    Beste grüße,

    Ihre Community- und Partner-Teams

  • Michelle Matus
    Michelle Matus MeisterLobster, EN Business Posts: 12 Active Contributor

    Wie werden wir das Produkt MeisterTask in Kombination mit MeisterNote als Alternative zur Meister Suite künftig benennen?

    Great question @Joerg Koper. For the next quarters, we will bring MeisterNote under the MeisterTask brand. Right now, the tools are still quite separate, but we will be making product changes to bring the two tools closer together for users. As far as the "Meister Suite", we will sunset this term and will only refer to MeisterTask with MeisterNote. Once we have a more unified experience, we will cease to refer to MeisterNote and only refer to MeisterTask as the brand.

    We will still provide MindMeister (unchanged) to our customers. They will still be able to purchase MeisterTask and MindMeister together in the bundle for a discount, but we will not have a branded "Meister Suite".

  • Michelle Matus
    Michelle Matus MeisterLobster, EN Business Posts: 12 Active Contributor

    Sind neue Banner und Werbemittel geplant bzw. bald verfügbar?

    We will be providing new materials in the next months. We will be refreshing the visuals for MeisterTask and will be providing more resources to the Partner team in terms of updated banners and materials to promote MeisterTask with MeisterNote. The materials will be made available in the MeisterTask Partner Kit. Until this time, please continue to use MeisterTask and MeisterNote banners and advertising materials.

  • Michelle Matus
    Michelle Matus MeisterLobster, EN Business Posts: 12 Active Contributor

    Und natürlich bin ich auch sehr neugierig, was Eure Motivation für diese Entscheidung war.

    We believe that project documentation and task management belong together. We've seen how well MeisterTask and MeisterNote complement each other in the planning, execution, and delivery phases of project management and were eager to bring this to our users. This move aims to provide our customers with more value during their work day and allow them to fully unlock the power of exceptional task management coupled with simply beautiful project documentation. We want users to experience this, so we brought the tools together to make it happen. In the next quarter, we will be improving our MeisterTask and MeisterNote integration as well as improving how users navigate between the two tools.

    Ultimately, we made this decision as the first step in fully unifying MeisterTask and MeisterNote for a powerhouse collaboration tool. We want to simplify the way teams collaborate and work. So, for us, that also means aligning our tools so users can have a unified user experience and flow. It also means providing a simpler subscription model where we provide more value to our users with one subscription.

  • Michelle Matus
    Michelle Matus MeisterLobster, EN Business Posts: 12 Active Contributor

    Konkret würde mich natürlich interessieren, wie die beiden Tools künftig zusammenarbeiten, wie sich der Workflow ändert und welche Vorteile sich im Vergleich zu Marktbegleitern dadurch ergeben.

    Hi @Dieter Hofer!

    As I shared in another thread, regarding why we decided to make this change, we are bringing MeisterTask and MeisterNote together to remove the barrier and make it easier for users to manage their projects end to end (not only task management but project planning and documentation, too). In the future, you can be sure to have an easier, more seamless process between task management and documentation. In the coming months, we will be releasing improvements in our existing MeisterTask<>MeisterNote integration. And, of course, this only scratches the surface of the powerful workflows between MeisterTask and MeisterNote. Bringing the tools closer together for our users will enable teams to collaborate more efficiently and not waste time context-switching, moving between apps, and double work. We are looking forward to exploring future workflows together with our fantastic expert partners and users.

  • Michelle Matus
    Michelle Matus MeisterLobster, EN Business Posts: 12 Active Contributor

    Was ändert sich für uns als Expert Partner? Gibt es neue Logos, Banner, Werbemittel? Bleiben die Links gleich? Was ist mit dem Umzug auf Partnerslack?

    Since we are making these changes under the MeisterTask brand, nothing will change in terms of logos, links, or banners for MeisterTask. MeisterNote's website and sub-pages will be redirected to relevant and updated MeisterTask sub-pages. Our brand messaging around this change is that MeisterNote is now included with MeisterTask so the brand names and logos will continue to remain for the time being. In the next phase, we will slowly fade MeisterNote out and keep MeisterTask as the core brand for the two tools.

    In the next months, we will be refreshing the visuals for MeisterTask and will be providing more resources to the Partner team in terms of updated banners and materials to promote MeisterTask with MeisterNote. The materials will be made available in the MeisterTask Partner Kit.

  • Michelle Matus
    Michelle Matus MeisterLobster, EN Business Posts: 12 Active Contributor

    Hi @Cathy Fanning, thanks for the question. As we've shared with another comment, the rationale behind the decision stems from the need we saw both internally at Meister and how our customers were using the tools. MeisterNote complements MeisterTask in a number of ways and has improved our project planning and execution. Our goal with the merger of the two tools is to bring that value and benefit to our customers and users. We plan to continue to build on this value with improved integration and cross-product functionality to make project planning, execution, and delivery easier than ever.

    From a marketing perspective, we see this as a fantastic opportunity to enrich our existing use cases for both MeisterTask and MeisterNote. It's less a 'new competitive concept' and more of a move to simplify the way we market and sell MeisterTask with MeisterNote. The functionality and use cases aren't changing, but we are simply enabling users to unlock the benefits of both tools while only signing up and paying for one.

  • Raphaela Brandner
    Raphaela Brandner EN Basic, Admin, MeisterLobster Posts: 4 Community Admin

    Was ändert sich für uns als Expert Partner? Gibt es neue Logos, Banner, Werbemittel? Bleiben die Links gleich? Was ist mit dem Umzug auf Partnerslack?

    Hallo @Dieter Hofer!

    We recently decided to put our move to PartnerStack — as well as the launch of any new partner programs — on hold as we want to make absolutely sure that any changes we make will really set both Meister and our valued partners up for long-term success. This means that until further notice, our Expert Partner program and Affiliate program remain active and your existing links and codes remain valid. You can also access the old partner portal just like before.

    That said, there are two points to highlight:

    • Now that MeisterNote will not be sold as a standalone product anymore, there also won't be dedicated MeisterNote partner programs (meaning, no dedicated affiliate links or codes, among other things). The best way to refer customers to MeisterNote is to refer them to MeisterTask instead.
    • While we're not making any drastic changes to our programs right now, we may still make smaller improvements and adjustments to our processes and terms, to ensure that the program continues to run smoothly and to counteract misuse of the programs.

    I hope this helps!

  • Laura Bârlădeanu
    Laura Bârlădeanu EN Basic, MeisterLobster Posts: 2 Beginner

    Will there be an "off-line" version in the pipeline?

    Hi @Jens Brinch Moeller,

    We are exploring options for supporting offline capabilities in our mobile apps. You can expect MeisterNote functionality to be progressively added to the MeisterTask mobile apps throughout the next 12 months.

  • Laura Bârlădeanu
    Laura Bârlădeanu EN Basic, MeisterLobster Posts: 2 Beginner

    Will MeisterNote be added at task level as MindMeister?

    Yes, this is planned for the next quarter!

  • Oliver Wich
    Oliver Wich MT Tester, DE Business Posts: 80 Star Contributor

    Hi Kevin, from your (growth) perspective i can understand to prioritize new users, but from a 5year+ user of Meistertools i canNOT ;) Templates are the NO.1 automation and efficiency feature. First Time Announcement for Templates in MindMeister was Q4 2021.
    I am asking for a possibility to build templates in MeisterNote for over a year now. I am not talking about complex flows like downloading and saving. Just a possibility that they can be copied but NOT modified. For example right now only Admins can copy a Note, if i make my customers admin, i am pretty sure you can image what happens. So why has "templating" all over the tools such a low priority?
    Thank you for your answer in advance - Oliver

    Uspkilling Enthusiast. Empowering a new Generation of Legal Experts.

  • Kevin Kuhn
    Kevin Kuhn MeisterLobster, DE Business Posts: 15 Star Contributor

    Hi Oliver, thanks a lot for getting back! First of all: Sorry. I definitely didn't want to come across as diminishing the importance of templates like you're describing. We're definitely on the same page there.

    What I was trying to say was that we're actually prioritizing templates quite highly. It's just that we see the pre-defined "Meister Templates" (to show the variety of use cases) as the best next step since we already have the first (arguably small and definitely to be improved) version of custom templates in MeisterNote live since late last year.

    As for your use case, do I understand it correctly that you want your customers to be able to create new notes from an existing templates which they cannot edit? So with our current implementation of templates in MeisterNote, the your main problem is that Members can edit the templates?

    Thanks for your help :)

    Kevin

  • Oliver Wich
    Oliver Wich MT Tester, DE Business Posts: 80 Star Contributor

    Yes! I see no Workflow to provide Templates for my Clients ;) If there is any let me know. If you like we jump on a quick call the next days to discuss some other topics which are on my mind for the last weeks. Thx for you time 🤓

    Uspkilling Enthusiast. Empowering a new Generation of Legal Experts.

  • Kevin Kuhn
    Kevin Kuhn MeisterLobster, DE Business Posts: 15 Star Contributor

    👍

    Sent you a message so that we can schedule something :)