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Our Product Management and Product Marketing blog has been sharing content and engaging readers for over a decade. Every year we produce articles that support our readers in the key skills they need in their day to day job and in providing relevant topics and cases that affect their products. MORE
On the heels of our 2018 retrospective, we decided to take a look at what product themes and technology are likely to define the year ahead. MORE
Sometimes it’s good to go back to the basics and examine basic concepts we often refer to without fully understanding what’s meant by them. In this piece, I’d like to address the somewhat confusing subject of the difference between the terms ‘lean’ and ‘agile’. MORE
When we think of our dream career, and by extension our dream life, we rarely picture jumping into the unknown to attain it. We seldom imagine replacing the comfortable life we already have with an entirely new, unfamiliar environment. MORE
The beginning of the new year marks an exciting time for many product organizations. New goals, new roadmaps, new initiatives. And as for just about everyone, new opportunities to start fresh. MORE
The other day I received a message from a colleague: “One question we’re asking ourselves is the issue of continuously releasing individual features with associated Go-to-Market launches versus releasing features and waiting to do a singular quarterly GTM for all at the same time. MORE
You’ve nailed the vision, and built the foundation of trust, now you need to motivate your teams. The success of your product depends on the work they (engineering, UX/design, marketing, sales, etc.) In nearly all cases, the individuals on … Continue reading → Product Management Trust confidence energy influence motivate optimism vision MORE
Product management is fundamentally a leadership role in that you are ultimately responsible for leading a product development team to deliver a compelling product that resonates with your customers. MORE
The hardest part of my day is saying no to things I shouldn’t be doing. I’m in a fortunate position. I have a thriving coaching business. I write a popular product blog. I get invited to speak at conferences. I teach at a university. I participate in an executive community. I design online courses. MORE
Growing a sales team isn’t as simple as putting a bunch of A players in a room and getting them to start selling your product. Sure, you might get a few more deals across the finish line and maybe even score a lighthouse logo. But this approach rarely succeeds in today’s environment. MORE
If 2018 was the year of the Product Manager, then it looks like 2019 will be the year that the Customer Success Manager steals the limelight. Customer Success has grown in stature over the past couple of years. It’s a job title that used to be met with “ Huh? ” MORE
2019 is here, and that means it’s time to dust off that podcast list and discover new things to listen to. Get off to a good start on your product management-related resolutions with our six favorite podcasts. Listen, learn, and enjoy. MORE
We’ve been planning MTP Engage Manchester for almost a year now, and we’re confident we’ve put together a conference that’s representative of this epic city and showcases the best that the North of the UK has to offer. MORE
There aren’t many fixed-term contract roles for product managers in the UK. Job-board figures in major UK cities, including London and Manchester, indicate that just 10% of the market is fixed-term contract work. This is counter to the trend towards portfolio careers across many industries and disciplines, with more and more people feeling the benefit of diverse challenges and more businesses valuing varied expertise. MORE
Engaging with a service firm isn’t like buying a product. It’s about hiring a set of people to do work on your behalf. Yes, the company as a whole matters, but you also need to be confident that the people there have the right set of skills for your project. MORE
Create more loyal customers by designing surveys people actually want to complete. Many product managers and product marketers are using surveys incorrectly. We like surveys because they are relatively quick and inexpensive compared to other tools, such as customer interviews. MORE
Product Managers know that newsletters can be a powerful way to stay in touch with your customers Image Credit: AJC1. As product managers we spend a great deal of our time trying to figure out how to get more people to buy our products. MORE
Other people’s opinions play a considerable role in our purchasing decisions. And since we’re living in a world where people are spending a significant amount of time on the Internet, online reviews, be it of a restaurant or of a mobile app, are particularly important. MORE
Warren Central High School seniors, Garat Phelps , and Christian Holtsclaw were posed a problem. Students within the cosmetology department needed a more reliable way to track their hours throughout the school year to earn their cosmetology license. MORE
It’s not enough to have a great idea and build a beautiful app. It’s important to create value for your probable customers. It doesn’t make sense to market to everybody. By defining who your target group is, you can focus on the users that actually use your app and through that, save time and money. MORE
Not surprisingly, when you’re looking for customer validation for B2B products, there simply aren’t as many datapoints to draw from in enterprise product management as there are for consumer products. Therefore, every interaction counts and your enterprise sales force becomes one of your closest allies when gathering requirements and validating product assumptions. MORE
What does product leadership look like in an agile context? And, how is it different from leadership in traditional development environments? For the product leaders supporting agile teams, it can be easy to get caught up in the routine of scrums , sprints, and standups. MORE
In this #mtpcon London talk, Sally Foote of Photobox had us consider that most product managers don’t work on greenfield products that allow them to design minimum viable services. MORE
Ben Newell was the first guest we got by recommendation. MORE
Let’s set the scene… It’s 2019, and your SaaS company has big dreams and aspirations for growth. You’re pretty switched on and clued up and so you realize that one of the key factors for growth is tapping into all that product feedback you’ve been collecting. MORE
The challenge of achieving product-market fit is what keeps most product managers up at night. And this time every year, product management professionals are putting yearly strategies together and seeking out resources to ensure their approach is on-trend. MORE
Thor Mitchell knows his bones – he’s an ex-Google product manager (Maps and Google+ APIs) and was most recently the Chief Product Officer at Crowdcube. MORE
Listen on: Growth Everywhere | iTunes | Google Play | Spotify. Ada and I recently sat down with Eric Siu for a discussion on the Growth Everywhere podcast, a podcast focused on sharing the stories of entrepreneurs to help the next generation of entrepreneurs thrive. MORE
280 Group
JANUARY 14, 2019
Our Product Management and Product Marketing blog has been sharing content and engaging readers for over a decade. Every year we produce articles that support our readers in the key skills they need in their day to day job and in providing relevant topics and cases that affect their products.
Lead on Purpose
JANUARY 14, 2019
You’ve nailed the vision, and built the foundation of trust, now you need to motivate your teams. The success of your product depends on the work they (engineering, UX/design, marketing, sales, etc.) In nearly all cases, the individuals on … Continue reading → Product Management Trust confidence energy influence motivate optimism vision
Product Talk
JANUARY 9, 2019
The hardest part of my day is saying no to things I shouldn’t be doing. I’m in a fortunate position. I have a thriving coaching business. I write a popular product blog. I get invited to speak at conferences. I teach at a university. I participate in an executive community. I design online courses.
Mind the Product
JANUARY 9, 2019
Thor Mitchell knows his bones – he’s an ex-Google product manager (Maps and Google+ APIs) and was most recently the Chief Product Officer at Crowdcube.
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Pragmatic Marketing
JANUARY 13, 2019
The other day I received a message from a colleague: “One question we’re asking ourselves is the issue of continuously releasing individual features with associated Go-to-Market launches versus releasing features and waiting to do a singular quarterly GTM for all at the same time.
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Craft.io
JANUARY 15, 2019
Sometimes it’s good to go back to the basics and examine basic concepts we often refer to without fully understanding what’s meant by them. In this piece, I’d like to address the somewhat confusing subject of the difference between the terms ‘lean’ and ‘agile’.
The Product Coalition
JANUARY 14, 2019
It’s not enough to have a great idea and build a beautiful app. It’s important to create value for your probable customers. It doesn’t make sense to market to everybody. By defining who your target group is, you can focus on the users that actually use your app and through that, save time and money.
Mind the Product
JANUARY 10, 2019
We’ve been planning MTP Engage Manchester for almost a year now, and we’re confident we’ve put together a conference that’s representative of this epic city and showcases the best that the North of the UK has to offer.
CardBoard
JANUARY 16, 2019
Warren Central High School seniors, Garat Phelps , and Christian Holtsclaw were posed a problem. Students within the cosmetology department needed a more reliable way to track their hours throughout the school year to earn their cosmetology license.
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Basic dashboards used to be enough to thrill end users. But over time, modern capabilities have emerged—and bare-minimum features are no longer cutting it. How have analytics changed? And where do your BI offerings fall? Find out sophisticated ways to future-proof your application. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.
ProductCraft
JANUARY 15, 2019
2019 is here, and that means it’s time to dust off that podcast list and discover new things to listen to. Get off to a good start on your product management-related resolutions with our six favorite podcasts. Listen, learn, and enjoy.
Inside Intercom
JANUARY 11, 2019
When we think of our dream career, and by extension our dream life, we rarely picture jumping into the unknown to attain it. We seldom imagine replacing the comfortable life we already have with an entirely new, unfamiliar environment.
Product Innovation Educators
JANUARY 14, 2019
Create more loyal customers by designing surveys people actually want to complete. Many product managers and product marketers are using surveys incorrectly. We like surveys because they are relatively quick and inexpensive compared to other tools, such as customer interviews.
Mind the Product
JANUARY 11, 2019
In this #mtpcon London talk, Sally Foote of Photobox had us consider that most product managers don’t work on greenfield products that allow them to design minimum viable services.
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The Product Coalition
JANUARY 16, 2019
If 2018 was the year of the Product Manager, then it looks like 2019 will be the year that the Customer Success Manager steals the limelight. Customer Success has grown in stature over the past couple of years. It’s a job title that used to be met with “ Huh? ”
ProductPlan
JANUARY 9, 2019
The beginning of the new year marks an exciting time for many product organizations. New goals, new roadmaps, new initiatives. And as for just about everyone, new opportunities to start fresh.
The Accidental Product Manager
JANUARY 14, 2019
Product Managers know that newsletters can be a powerful way to stay in touch with your customers Image Credit: AJC1. As product managers we spend a great deal of our time trying to figure out how to get more people to buy our products.
Sachin Rekhi
JANUARY 14, 2019
Listen on: Growth Everywhere | iTunes | Google Play | Spotify. Ada and I recently sat down with Eric Siu for a discussion on the Growth Everywhere podcast, a podcast focused on sharing the stories of entrepreneurs to help the next generation of entrepreneurs thrive.
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Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.
Mind the Product
JANUARY 16, 2019
Ben Newell was the first guest we got by recommendation.
Inside Intercom
JANUARY 10, 2019
On the heels of our 2018 retrospective, we decided to take a look at what product themes and technology are likely to define the year ahead.
ProductPlan
JANUARY 15, 2019
What does product leadership look like in an agile context? And, how is it different from leadership in traditional development environments? For the product leaders supporting agile teams, it can be easy to get caught up in the routine of scrums , sprints, and standups.
The Product Coalition
JANUARY 13, 2019
Let’s set the scene… It’s 2019, and your SaaS company has big dreams and aspirations for growth. You’re pretty switched on and clued up and so you realize that one of the key factors for growth is tapping into all that product feedback you’ve been collecting.
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Many application teams leave embedded analytics to languish until something—an unhappy customer, plummeting revenue, a spike in customer churn—demands change. But by then, it may be too late. In this White Paper, Logi Analytics has identified 5 tell-tale signs your project is moving from “nice to have” to “needed yesterday.". Brought to you by Logi Analytics.
Atomic Spin PM
JANUARY 16, 2019
Engaging with a service firm isn’t like buying a product. It’s about hiring a set of people to do work on your behalf. Yes, the company as a whole matters, but you also need to be confident that the people there have the right set of skills for your project.
Mind the Product
JANUARY 14, 2019
Not surprisingly, when you’re looking for customer validation for B2B products, there simply aren’t as many datapoints to draw from in enterprise product management as there are for consumer products. Therefore, every interaction counts and your enterprise sales force becomes one of your closest allies when gathering requirements and validating product assumptions.
Inside Intercom
JANUARY 16, 2019
Growing a sales team isn’t as simple as putting a bunch of A players in a room and getting them to start selling your product. Sure, you might get a few more deals across the finish line and maybe even score a lighthouse logo. But this approach rarely succeeds in today’s environment.
Apptentive
JANUARY 10, 2019
The challenge of achieving product-market fit is what keeps most product managers up at night. And this time every year, product management professionals are putting yearly strategies together and seeking out resources to ensure their approach is on-trend.
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The Product Coalition
JANUARY 13, 2019
Other people’s opinions play a considerable role in our purchasing decisions. And since we’re living in a world where people are spending a significant amount of time on the Internet, online reviews, be it of a restaurant or of a mobile app, are particularly important.
AB Tasty
JANUARY 14, 2019
AB Tasty Wins NRFrench Party’s E-commerce Personalization Award AB Tasty won the E-commerce Personalization Award at the third annual NRFrench Party—a. Read more. This article was originally posted on AB Tasty as AB Tasty Wins E-Commerce Personalization Award
Mind the Product
JANUARY 15, 2019
There aren’t many fixed-term contract roles for product managers in the UK. Job-board figures in major UK cities, including London and Manchester, indicate that just 10% of the market is fixed-term contract work. This is counter to the trend towards portfolio careers across many industries and disciplines, with more and more people feeling the benefit of diverse challenges and more businesses valuing varied expertise.
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