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

Andrew Chen

These trends are being driven by the biggest players – Google/Facebook, et al – but also by the significant leveling up around of practitioners in design/PM/data/growth. Superior tooling. 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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The Activities of a Strategic Product Manager

ProductPlan

upsell new services). Try these inbound/outbound efforts exercise by dividing your PM activities into either an “inbound effort” or “outbound effort” bucket. Common outbound effort activities include: Competitive differentiation. Promotion and advertising. Product development. Product launch. Positioning.

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

Sachin Rekhi

It all starts with a clear hypothesis on who the target audience is for your product or service. Before getting into the specific solution your product or service provides, it's important to have a clear understanding of the specific problem or pain point that your solution solves for. Strategic Differentiation. Target Audience.

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

Dear Strategy

That being the case, what usually differentiates product strategies from business strategies simply has to do with the level of detail that will be covered at the tactical level. Inbound and Outbound Marketing. So, let’s give that a whirl. You can still find that article by clicking here.

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

Userpilot

Value chain analysis must factor in primary and support activities, probe customers to uncover insights, and incorporate feedback during product development and quality control processes. Value chain analysis matters most to startups who don’t have much initial data to work with. What is the customer value chain concept?

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Brex’s Michael Tannenbaum on fintech growth strategies

Intercom, Inc.

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. Here are five quick takeaways: Break some rules. We’ve been really, really good at ground game.

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Sparking conversations: How every team can benefit from conversational support

Intercom, Inc.

And for your support team, using the right conversational support tool and framework allows them to maximize their resources, so they can focus on solving complex queries and building long-term customer relationships. Because it’s messenger-based, the right conversational support tool becomes a powerful, searchable database.