Lead on Purpose
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Accountability is a key leadership principle. Those who do great things, or do small things in a positive way, succeed because they apply the right principles, they do the right thing.
Mind the Product
MARCH 2, 2017
What are Mental Models? A mental model is any concept that helps explain, analyze, or navigate the world. As product managers, our mental models drive our decision-making, the way we communicate and collaborate with others, and how we prioritize. Without a good framework of mental models, you will be limited in all those areas. “What are the models?
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Product Management University
MARCH 2, 2017
A recent lead generation study, The Critical Importance of Lead Validation in Internet Marketing , revealed three important data points that most people don’t expect — bits of information that can have a major impact on your website lead production if you know what to do with the data. Here they are. 1. A Full 50% of Website Conversions Are Something Other than Leads.
Nir Eyal
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Having a hard time focusing lately? You’re not alone. Research shows interruptions occur about every twelve minutes in the workplace, and every three minutes in university settings. In an age of constant digital interruptions, it is no wonder you’re having trouble ignoring distractions. In their new book, The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech […].
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
The Product Guy
FEBRUARY 26, 2017
Out of the hundreds of nominations, and amazing finalists, the 7th annual winner of The Best Product Person is … Chris Butler. The Best Product Person (TBPP) is the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. Established in 2010, TBPP is awarded annually in association with The Product Guy and The Product Group. Take a moment and congratulate The Best Product Person of 2016: Chris Butler. ( tweet ).
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Product Management University
MARCH 1, 2017
Opinions are like noses. Everybody has one when it comes to your product planning process. Just like noses, no two opinions are alike, making it difficult to garner broad support for any product plan. The speed bumps pop up every time you’re asked for more information leading up to the approval process. The Playbook: In many cases the need for more information stems from the lack of clarity in the information you’ve already gathered.
Pragmatic Marketing
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Not only can market visits change your perspective, they can also change the focus of your product and your company. However, until you actually start doing them, there’s no way you can internalize the impact they will make on your life. While many of us are accustomed to sharing information that our clients want, market visits require us to come in and do the opposite of that, which can create some discomfort.
The Product Guy
MARCH 2, 2017
In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Nis Frome, lead a conversation around “Rapid Prototyping”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! View the live stream…. About The Product Mentor. The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions.
Mind the Product
MARCH 1, 2017
Paul Yokota talks to ProductTank NYC about the process of launching products and discusses the many associated challenges, reflecting on the challenges he faced when launching Animoto’s Marketing Video Builder app. Paul started his career at Mixbook as a product manager for Mosaic, a mobile app for creating photobooks. He currently works as a Senior Product Manager for Animoto – a company dedicated to giving people an easy way to create professional videos.
Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst
We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.
Product Management University
MARCH 1, 2017
It’s a common practice in all product companies to use marketing buzzwords and catchphrases in sales and marketing materials and in conversations with peers and colleagues. Are buzzwords bad? It all depends on who you’re talking to and what you’re trying to accomplish. Buzzwords don’t mean anything to the people we most want to influence, prospects, and customers that will eventually fund our future paychecks.
The Accidental Product Manager
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Oracle and Amazon both want to own the cloud Image Credit: WorldSeriesBoxing. I’m pretty sure that by now you’ve heard about “the cloud” – it’s the mythical place where companies can get their programs to run and their data to be stored in such a way that they don’t have to buy any computers or storage systems. Another company takes care of all of the day-to-day activities required to make this all work out.
The Product Guy
FEBRUARY 25, 2017
If you are a great product person looking for a great product job, or vice versa, check out our job board. Thousands of employers across all areas of product, from management to design, from digital to physical, are looking to fill positions from our community. Each week we highlight some of the recently posted openings. Check out this week’s newest, below….
Product Bookshelf
MARCH 2, 2017
Use empathy and active listening to discover “jobs to be done”, the progress customers want to achieve in specific circumstances in their lives. Jobs provide the causal factor to explain why customers choose one product over another. Design the experience you deliver around your customer’s job and your competitors will find it hard to copy.
Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science
Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.
Product Management University
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
The #1 challenge with conducting web demos is the ability to read and engage an audience you can’t see. Is the demo going well? Are they doing e-mail while I talk? Does anyone care? Somebody, anybody, give me a sign! How do you really know if your value proposition is resonating with your prospects when you can see them? The key to reading a prospect you can’t see is to engage them in a discussion during the demo.
TSIA
FEBRUARY 28, 2017
Knowledge management used to be a topic just for customer support. Specifically, it was about how to capture resolution information for every problem solved, so that the next time it occurred, no one had to waste time researching the problem and resolution all over again. Today, there are several drivers that are forcing companies to realize that knowledge management isn't just for support, but is a company-wide initiative with enough ROI for everybody, from support, to professional services
Mind the Product
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
This week I started watching Netflix’s new show Abstract. It’s a beautifully produced documentary that follows the achievements of world renowned designers across a wide range of design disciplines, from Tinker Hatfield, Nike’s head of design to the architectural boy wonder Bjarke Ingels. Many of the designer’s stories are inspiring and touching. These individual’s stories made me want to get up and design something bold and exciting.
Alty
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Quality isn’t an act, it’s a habit. While Aristotle didn’t have mobile app development in mind when saying that phrase, it sums up the approach to mobile app testing quite well. The habit of rigorously testing new apps should constitute a large part of the overall development DNA. . Sure skillful developers can write great code. But they are rarely good testers as well and often fail to account for all the nitty-gritty happening once a real user places his hands on the final product.
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Key Takeaways Robust Platform & Multi-System Support: Brief introduction to PerfDog's extensive compatibility across various operating systems and hardware platforms including Android, iOS, PC, gaming consoles and more. In-Depth Performance Metrics: Quick view of the extensive range of metrics for system, graphics and rendering, user experience, in-depth analysis, and more.
Product Management University
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
“What’s on our strategic roadmap?” “What’s our product vision?” If you’re the head of products or strategy in a B2B organization, you’re constantly fielding the “product vision and strategic roadmap” questions. A different approach to answering these questions will help you articulate a vision that energizes everyone and simplifies the execution of your product, marketing and sales plans.
dscout People Nerds
FEBRUARY 28, 2017
Trump Diaries Episode 3: Behind the scenes on a sensitive diary study.
Mind the Product
FEBRUARY 28, 2017
Maxime Prades (Director of Product at Zendesk) takes you through the experience of building a platform at Zendesk and being part of an API-first company. He opens his talk by describing the clear value that Zendesk’s APIs are providing to their customer accounts and the business. For example, customer accounts using the rest API during their 30 day trial period were converting twice as much.
Product Management University
FEBRUARY 25, 2017
When it comes to product demo techniques, there are two styles: telling and selling. The “telling” demo (stop me when you see a feature you like) won’t energize your buyers or set you apart from the competition. The “selling” demo energizes your buyers with a vision because it’s more about their business than it is your products. 1.
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The product management job market in 2024 reflects the fast-growing and ever-evolving nature of the field. For product managers looking to future-proof their careers and take advantage of new opportunities, staying informed about the professional landscape is a smart move. In this comprehensive career guide from Regis College, you’ll learn about: The current job outlook for product managers in 2024 Six professional pathways and the average salaries for these roles in the U.S.
Product Management University
MARCH 3, 2017
How much time should we spend on win-loss analysis? There’s an age old adage that people buy from people, and it’s no different in B2B. So when you win it’s largely because of your salesperson. Ditto when you lose! Product deficiencies are just the most convenient excuse. When asked about a win, customers will readily admit they bought because they felt more comfortable dealing with your organization than the competition.
Mind the Product
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
I had no idea what I was doing, but then no one else did. You just made it up as you went along in 2000. The job title only came into David Norris ’ vocabulary in about 2008. Before that he’d been through numerous roles that had been doing that job without realising it – Production Manager, Producer, Operations Manager are all examples. Researcher, Growth Hacker, Co-creator, Influencer or Change Agent – a Product Manager may play each of these roles in different types of organisation
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