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Getting conversational: HubSpot’s CEO on a new species of disruptor

Intercom, Inc.

Brian also shares HubSpot’s strategy for creating an industry-defining category that helped more than 86,000 customers in over 120 countries move from unwelcome outbound marketing to permission-based inbound marketing. Gartner’s 2019 Hype Cycle for Digital Marketing and Advertising echoes this sentiment.

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Dear Strategy: 058 SEO, SEM, and Other Marketing Strategy Trends

Dear Strategy

Dear Strategy: “Can you talk about some of the newer trends in marketing that should be considered when putting together a marketing strategy?”. . Finally – a question about marketing strategy!!! We’ve always pitched this show as being mostly about product and business strategy. Next are the product strategies.

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The Activities of a Strategic Product Manager

ProductPlan

How can you take responsibility for the vision and shape the future of your product when you don’t control strategy at the corporate level?”. Developing a Product Strategy. Before we go any further discussing the activities of a strategic product manager, let’s review the key parts of developing and implementing a product strategy.

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Growth is getting hard from intensive competition, consolidation, and saturation

Andrew Chen

. – but it’s also because competition is getting fiercer on Facebook ads, not less, which is evidenced by the rapid increase in the advertiser count as well as the increase in revenue per user. In 2017, Facebook counts over 5 million advertisers on its platform, up from 4 million in Q3 of last year and 2 million in 2015.

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A Lean Alternative to a Business Plan: Documenting Your Product/Market Fit Hypotheses

Sachin Rekhi

This is what will help differentiate your solution from just a "vitamin" to being a "pain killer" if you are addressing problems so painful that any improvement to the problem space would be a welcome addition to your target audience. Strategic Differentiation. Acquisition Strategy. Or to sell it through an outbound sales team?

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Brex’s Michael Tannenbaum on fintech growth strategies

Intercom, Inc.

This week, I invited Michael to come on the show and tell us about their growth strategy. For Brex, the first one was having their CFO run marketing, along with a few other things typical fintech startups wouldn’t do, like outdoor advertising. A big, notable one has been outdoor advertising, which we can talk more about.

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What is Customer Value Chain & How to Use It in Product Development

Userpilot

Insights into customer needs and customer pain points will guide your technology development while helping you refine your marketing strategies — offering a cost advantage over your competitors who’ll need to spend more on broad advertising campaigns. Decision-making. Competitive advantage.