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What should a product manager do when their new product is followed by a similar one? Image Credit: Andrew Macpherson. How many of you have ever been involved in a water balloon fight? I’m willing to bet that most of us have at some point in time. Do you remember how that went? MORE
The end can come for a product manager when they least expect it Credit: Bill Selak. So here’s a quick question for you: what is the shortest time that you’ve ever worked at a product manager job? MORE
Product managers need to do a better job of customizing their emails Image Credit: twitter.com/mattwi1s0n. So let’s talk about email for just a moment. If you are like me, you get a ton of the stuff. In all honesty, most of it is junk and I just end up deleting it even before I read it. MORE
ProductRemote product manager remote job hunt service. Quick heads up for everyone. Anthony Bibbs Jr. MORE
Food purchase changes mean that product managers have to change Image Credit: Wade Brooks. Let’s be straight about a few things: the world in which we live is currently changing. A lot. Nowhere is this more evident than perhaps when we take a look at how consumers go about buying food. MORE
Store credit cards are declining, what’s a product manager to do? Image Credit: Mike Mozart. So if I was to take a look inside of your purse or wallet right now, what would I find? MORE
Focus groups are the way that product managers used to find out how customers felt about their product Image Credit: RSNY. MORE
Does the U.S. really need another grocery store? Image Credit: Gran Canaria Go. When it’s time for you to go to the store and get some food, where do you go? Do you always go to the same place? MORE
Product managers attempt to get customers to shop for toys all year long. Image Credit: bygloricom. Product managers for stores that sell toys have an interesting problem on their hands. MORE
It turns out that people read online reviews before making a purchase Image Credit: Wies van Erp. When the customers for your product go looking for products online, how do they decide which one they are going to buy? MORE
Grocery stores are going to have to change to keep up with customer’s needs Image Credit: I-5 Design & Manufacture. Product managers for grocery stores have actually had it pretty easy for quite some time. MORE
Tiffany wants to sell more jewelry Image Credit: StevieWu. What makes a jewelry store cool? The 183 year-old Tiffany’s jewelry store has been cool for a very long time. MORE
Paper based circulars are still important to retailers Image Credit: Pamela Machado. So if you are running a business and you’d like to keep your customers aware and informed about what products you are offering, what’s the best way to go about doing this? MORE
Amazon has come up with a plan to deliver packages to apartment residents Image Credit: Stan Wiechers. Just imagine if you were a product manager at Amazon. What would one of your biggest challenges be? MORE
Apple’s share of the movie market has been falling lately Image Credit: So just in case you didn’t realize it, Apple makes a lot of money from both renting and selling movies. MORE
Malls need stores, but what kind of stores? Image Credit: Rene Schwietzke. When was the last time that you went out to a mall? For most of us, it’s probably been a while. We used to always go to the mall – that’s where you could get stuff, especially during the holidays. MORE
Product managers face a challenge trying to get customers to not use their product Image Credit: flickr.com/volver-avanzar !!! Every product needs a product manager. This means that things that are good for us (think vegetables, running shoes, and protein bars) all need product managers. MORE
Amazon rolled out a product that went away very quickly, who screwed up? Image Credit: Canonicalized. Let’s face it, Amazon is a very big company that has done a lot of things correctly. 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
How much would you be willing to pay for a burger? Image Credit: Jonathan Harford. Think about it for just a moment: just exactly what goes into making a good hamburger? We’re basically talking about three sets of ingredients: a burger (of course), a bun, and a collection of toppings. MORE
Home Depot product managers are not giving up in the fight against Amazon Image Credit: Mike Mozart. If you are a product manager working in the field of retail goods, there is one word that should strike fear in your heart: Amazon. MORE
What should Gillette do about new cheap razors? Image Credit: lihua88. Shaving is something that men without beards or mustaches do just about every day. In all honesty, I don’t think that we spend a lot of time thinking about shaving – it’ just something that we do. MORE
Paytm is trying to take the place of cash in India Image Credit: Kiran Jonnalagadda. I live in the U.S. When I want to buy something, I have roughly four different options for how I can pay for it: cash, a check, credit cards, or PayPal. In India, they have traditionally only had one option: cash. MORE
Amazon is getting into a next-day delivery war with Walmart Image Credit: Kyle Brazil. Amazon is a large and powerful company that dominates the world of online selling. Walmart is a large and powerful company that dominates the world of bricks & mortar selling. MORE
Who was it that said “It take a village…”? They may not have been talking about being a product manager, but they might as well have been. Life has become so complex that product managers can no longer make their product a success just by their own efforts. MORE
Boeing’s product managers need to find ways to rebuild trust Image Credit: Ferry Octavian. Every product manager job is different. Some are easy and some are hard. MORE
Can a car ever have too many cup holders? Image Credit: Michael Sheehan. So if you were a product manager who was in charge of an automobile, what do you think that your #1 concern would be? Do you think that your customers would care most about how fast your car could go? MORE
Google product managers need to find out what everyone wants next Image Credit: PROid-iom. I’m going to assume that by now we all have some form of a smartphone in our possession. MORE
Product managers need to be aware of the impact of changes to their product Image Credit: Monito – Money Transfer Co. As product managers, the one thing that we’d all like to have is more customers. MORE
Amazon can’t break into the fashion industry because they don’t have high end products Image Credit: Canonicalized. As we all know, Amazon sells a lot of different things. However, there is one area where they are distinctly lacking in products to sell: luxury goods. MORE
What role can product managers play in the creation of meat product substitutes? Image Credit: Kelly Garbato. So let’s see a show of hands. Who here enjoys a delicious, juicy, burger? Hmm, I don’t see everyone’s hands going up, but I do see just about everyone’s hands going up. MORE
The Accidental Product Manager
JUNE 17, 2019
Amazon is getting into a next-day delivery war with Walmart Image Credit: Kyle Brazil. Amazon is a large and powerful company that dominates the world of online selling. Walmart is a large and powerful company that dominates the world of bricks & mortar selling.
The Accidental Product Manager
JUNE 10, 2019
Boeing’s product managers need to find ways to rebuild trust Image Credit: Ferry Octavian. Every product manager job is different. Some are easy and some are hard.
The Accidental Product Manager
MAY 20, 2019
Paper based circulars are still important to retailers Image Credit: Pamela Machado. So if you are running a business and you’d like to keep your customers aware and informed about what products you are offering, what’s the best way to go about doing this?
The Accidental Product Manager
APRIL 29, 2019
What should Gillette do about new cheap razors? Image Credit: lihua88. Shaving is something that men without beards or mustaches do just about every day. In all honesty, I don’t think that we spend a lot of time thinking about shaving – it’ just something that we do.
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The Accidental Product Manager
JUNE 3, 2019
Can a car ever have too many cup holders? Image Credit: Michael Sheehan. So if you were a product manager who was in charge of an automobile, what do you think that your #1 concern would be? Do you think that your customers would care most about how fast your car could go?
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The Accidental Product Manager
APRIL 8, 2019
Product managers need to do a better job of customizing their emails Image Credit: twitter.com/mattwi1s0n. So let’s talk about email for just a moment. If you are like me, you get a ton of the stuff. In all honesty, most of it is junk and I just end up deleting it even before I read it.
The Accidental Product Manager
MARCH 29, 2019
Who was it that said “It take a village…”? They may not have been talking about being a product manager, but they might as well have been. Life has become so complex that product managers can no longer make their product a success just by their own efforts.
The Accidental Product Manager
APRIL 1, 2019
Malls need stores, but what kind of stores? Image Credit: Rene Schwietzke. When was the last time that you went out to a mall? For most of us, it’s probably been a while. We used to always go to the mall – that’s where you could get stuff, especially during the holidays.
The Accidental Product Manager
MARCH 11, 2019
The end can come for a product manager when they least expect it Credit: Bill Selak. So here’s a quick question for you: what is the shortest time that you’ve ever worked at a product manager job?
Speaker: Azmat Tanauli, Senior Director of Product Strategy at Birst
By creating innovative analytics products and expanding into new markets, more and more companies are discovering new potential revenue streams. Join Azmat Tanauli, Senior Director of Product Strategy at Birst, as he walks you through how data that you're likely already collecting can be transformed into revenue!
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The Accidental Product Manager
MARCH 25, 2019
Grocery stores are going to have to change to keep up with customer’s needs Image Credit: I-5 Design & Manufacture. Product managers for grocery stores have actually had it pretty easy for quite some time.
The Accidental Product Manager
MARCH 18, 2019
What should a product manager do when their new product is followed by a similar one? Image Credit: Andrew Macpherson. How many of you have ever been involved in a water balloon fight? I’m willing to bet that most of us have at some point in time. Do you remember how that went?
The Accidental Product Manager
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Home Depot product managers are not giving up in the fight against Amazon Image Credit: Mike Mozart. If you are a product manager working in the field of retail goods, there is one word that should strike fear in your heart: Amazon.
The Accidental Product Manager
JANUARY 7, 2019
Focus groups are the way that product managers used to find out how customers felt about their product Image Credit: RSNY.
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The Accidental Product Manager
OCTOBER 22, 2018
Tiffany wants to sell more jewelry Image Credit: StevieWu. What makes a jewelry store cool? The 183 year-old Tiffany’s jewelry store has been cool for a very long time.
The Accidental Product Manager
JANUARY 28, 2019
Amazon can’t break into the fashion industry because they don’t have high end products Image Credit: Canonicalized. As we all know, Amazon sells a lot of different things. However, there is one area where they are distinctly lacking in products to sell: luxury goods.
The Accidental Product Manager
APRIL 10, 2019
ProductRemote product manager remote job hunt service. Quick heads up for everyone. Anthony Bibbs Jr.
The Accidental Product Manager
MARCH 4, 2019
Product managers need to be aware of the impact of changes to their product Image Credit: Monito – Money Transfer Co. As product managers, the one thing that we’d all like to have is more customers.
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The Accidental Product Manager
OCTOBER 15, 2018
It turns out that people read online reviews before making a purchase Image Credit: Wies van Erp. When the customers for your product go looking for products online, how do they decide which one they are going to buy?
The Accidental Product Manager
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Food purchase changes mean that product managers have to change Image Credit: Wade Brooks. Let’s be straight about a few things: the world in which we live is currently changing. A lot. Nowhere is this more evident than perhaps when we take a look at how consumers go about buying food.
The Accidental Product Manager
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
What role can product managers play in the creation of meat product substitutes? Image Credit: Kelly Garbato. So let’s see a show of hands. Who here enjoys a delicious, juicy, burger? Hmm, I don’t see everyone’s hands going up, but I do see just about everyone’s hands going up.
The Accidental Product Manager
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
How much would you be willing to pay for a burger? Image Credit: Jonathan Harford. Think about it for just a moment: just exactly what goes into making a good hamburger? We’re basically talking about three sets of ingredients: a burger (of course), a bun, and a collection of toppings.
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The Accidental Product Manager
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Google product managers need to find out what everyone wants next Image Credit: PROid-iom. I’m going to assume that by now we all have some form of a smartphone in our possession.
The Accidental Product Manager
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Paytm is trying to take the place of cash in India Image Credit: Kiran Jonnalagadda. I live in the U.S. When I want to buy something, I have roughly four different options for how I can pay for it: cash, a check, credit cards, or PayPal. In India, they have traditionally only had one option: cash.
The Accidental Product Manager
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Product managers face a challenge trying to get customers to not use their product Image Credit: flickr.com/volver-avanzar !!! Every product needs a product manager. This means that things that are good for us (think vegetables, running shoes, and protein bars) all need product managers.
The Accidental Product Manager
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
Amazon has come up with a plan to deliver packages to apartment residents Image Credit: Stan Wiechers. Just imagine if you were a product manager at Amazon. What would one of your biggest challenges be?
Speaker: Piyanka Jain, President and CEO, Aryng
When you launch new feature (or an entirely new product), there are many questions that you'll need to answer. Is the feature being adopted? Do your customers like it, or does it need to be improved? Was the launch successful? Well, that all depends on how you define success. Join Piyanka Jain, President and CEO of Aryng, as she explains why - and how - you should use data and analytics to define and track a successful launch.
The Accidental Product Manager
OCTOBER 1, 2018
Apple’s share of the movie market has been falling lately Image Credit: So just in case you didn’t realize it, Apple makes a lot of money from both renting and selling movies.
The Accidental Product Manager
JANUARY 21, 2019
Does the U.S. really need another grocery store? Image Credit: Gran Canaria Go. When it’s time for you to go to the store and get some food, where do you go? Do you always go to the same place?
The Accidental Product Manager
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Product managers attempt to get customers to shop for toys all year long. Image Credit: bygloricom. Product managers for stores that sell toys have an interesting problem on their hands.
The Accidental Product Manager
JANUARY 15, 2018
Amazon rolled out a product that went away very quickly, who screwed up? Image Credit: Canonicalized. Let’s face it, Amazon is a very big company that has done a lot of things correctly.
Speaker: Terhi Hanninen, Senior Product Manager, Zalando, and Dr. Franziska Roth, Senior User Researcher, Zalando
It's important to know your users - what are their preferences, pain points, ultimate goals? With user research and usage data, you can get a great idea of how your users act. The tricky part is, very few users reliably act the same way every time they use your product. Join Terhi Hanninen, Senior Product Manager, and Dr. Franziska Roth, Senior User Researcher at Zalando, as they explain how they were able to reach a new level of user understanding - by taking their user research and segmenting their users by point-in-time intent. You'll leave with a strategy to change how your product team, and organization at large, understands your users.
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.
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