Roman Pichler

JANUARY 31, 2023

Differentiated : The aspects of your product that make it stand out , set it apart from alternative offerings are stated. Bonus Tips Needs-based : Start with the needs after you’ve captured the vision especially when you create a new strategy—be it for a brand-new product or for an existing one.

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280 Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Study your competitors and analyze their marketing and product strategies. I would highly encourage you to find opportunities to volunteer as a way to differentiate yourself to employers. Stay tuned for Part 3 in this blog series to get even more strategies to help catapult yourself up the ranks in product management.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 3, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Make Time to Keep up with Technology Trends As new technologies come and go, it’s important for you—the person in charge of the product—to stay on top of the developments. Will the technology help you better differentiate your product ? This will not only benefit your product.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 11, 2020

A Brief Guide to this Article. This article assumes that you are familiar with the product vision board or the key elements of a product strategy : market, value proposition, standout features, and business goals. Examples : “Offer a weight loss mobile app”, “Become the number one weight loss app provider”.

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Product Warrior

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This is the introduction to my 10-part series to help you execute and continuously improve your product strategy. After explaining to board members we could not acquire the Internet, I quickly learned to execute product strategy fast. A narrow strategy which dictates the solution by providing little room to manoeuvre does not work.

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Roadmunk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

I’m constantly consuming articles on product management, product culture, startups and entrepreneurship to bolster my career as a product person and leader. This list is not the be all end all; there are countless ‘must-read’ articles for PMs. I’ve hand-picked articles that specifically helped me during key moments in my career.

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280 Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

To learn more about these strategies and specific actions you can take to rise in your career, join our upcoming co-hosted webinar with AIPMM, How to Accelerate Your PM Career, Part 3: Five Critical Strategies to Succeed in Your PM Career. He applied the five strategies below. Strategy #1 Evangelize Your Role.

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Product Warrior

MARCH 9, 2023

How do you create confidence in your product strategy with those that approve investment i.e. c-suite or board members? Unfortunately, without anything better, many product leaders rely on the product roadmap to demonstrate their strategy. There are multiple dimensions to product strategy that need to be considered and validated.

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Product Warrior

MARCH 9, 2023

How do you create confidence in your product strategy with those that approve investment i.e. c-suite or board members? Unfortunately, without anything better, many product leaders rely on the product roadmap to demonstrate their strategy. There are multiple dimensions to product strategy that need to be considered and validated.

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280 Group

MARCH 2, 2021

You can think of the differentiation as “inbound” vs. “outbound.”. The roles collaborate around product strategy plus the positioning and messaging of the product that defines its reason for being and set it apart from competitive or substitute offerings. Prior to Amazon, Ken drove product strategy at a number of Seattle area startups.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Photo by Barn Images on Unsplash Best 10+ Resources to awaken your strategic brain Books, articles, and strategy gurus As you climb the career ladder, you realize you need to allocate more time to strategic work and less to your well-known tactical tasks. but we had no previous training on strategy.

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Userpilot

MARCH 25, 2024

Our article: Explains different SaaS valuation methods. Shows how to leverage PLG strategies to boost the value of your SaaS business. Likewise, an accurate valuation matters a lot when you’re planning your exit strategy. Introduces key metrics that can affect your company’s value. Covers common valuation mistakes.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Many companies lack differentiation strategies and drive product development by copying competitors. To be actionable, a product strategy should focus on specific user behaviors that create customer value. Poor market differentiation Poor market differentiation is another reason why product discovery doesn’t happen.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

The best products fail nowadays due to a lack of consideration of Ecosystems, an example that I will walk through in Part 2 of this article. From a Product Management and Strategy viewpoint, I believe internalizing this fear of failure drives some of the best outcomes for the organization and its customers.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 16, 2024

In this article, we unlock the best ChatGPT prompts to elevate your product management process. Task ChatGPT with identifying and formulating the best pricing strategy for your industry. Idea creation : Use ChatGPT to generate new feature ideas , campaigns, blog post topics, product differentiation ideas, and more.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In the article, we’re looking at the responsibilities of strategic product managers and how they can use data effectively to shape product strategy and deliver delightful experiences to users! Product strategy defines who we are building for, what to build, and how to build it. What is product strategy?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

Vertical Integration for Startups In the past couple of years, I have worked with multiple startups in an advisory capacity and this has provided an opportunity to think about strategy in innovative ways. The article discusses an approach to solving the “Cheaper/Faster/Better” problem from the lens of Vertical Integration.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Although it may seem like a no-brainer for businesses to offer customer support in multiple languages, in a recent survey we found that the vast majority of businesses struggle to implement an effective multilingual support strategy. Intercom Articles can automatically translate your help center. What’s causing the disconnect?

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Dear Strategy

AUGUST 27, 2018

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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UX Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Let’s see if we can answer that question at the end of the article. In this article, we’ll be talking about persuasive design, what persuasive design can look like, and how persuasive design can be useful or wrong. Persuasive design uses psychological principles and strategies to guide users towards specific actions or outcomes.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 24, 2022

This article is a part of our series on BizOps. Do you love developing new strategies to boost revenues, improve business results, and optimize company workflows? If so, you may be the ideal candidate for a career in business operations and strategy, or BizOps for short. 💡 Hey there! That's certainly understandable.

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Userpilot

JULY 24, 2023

In this article, we take a deep dive into the technicalities of a product launch. Conduct market research to identify competitors and determine avenues for product differentiation. Create a targeted go-to-market strategy for your launch plan. How to plan a successful product launch strategy? Your unique value proposition.

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Gainsight

JULY 11, 2019

As a B2B SaaS company, your customer success strategy can be your best sales strategy. Your customer success strategy can be your best customer acquisition strategy. Here’s how I measure “best customer acquisition strategy” in this context: Win Percentage. They’re no longer differentiators.

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Dear Strategy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Dear Strategy: “Is strategic planning dead?”. . So, naturally, I clicked on the link, which lead me to an article of the same title that appeared on Forbes.com back in 2016. My interpretation of his position is that business strategy is not something you can execute based upon some predictable analytical formula.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 17, 2021

But now that customer experience has become a critical differentiator for modern consumers, this reactive approach to customer support is no longer good enough. Proactive support is a crucial part of any good conversational support strategy, empowering you to pre-emptively deliver targeted, personalized support via messenger-based channels.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 18, 2019

One of the most important skills for a product manager, and for the product itself, is developing a product vision and strategy. The reason strategy is so important is that it provides the compass that helps to focus the team, organization and users in the same direction toward the north star.

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Gainsight

JANUARY 18, 2024

The cost of starting a business is lower than ever, products are commoditized, and markets are saturated, which means achieving true differentiation is tough. So, how can you differentiate your company in this environment? With a top-level CX strategy, the entire customer journey becomes distinctly you—distinctly your brand.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 9, 2021

I’ve been a participant in the community for a few months, and recently I noticed Grant posting articles on key topics that will help you as well. Grant is a product coach and strategy advisor who helps companies and product organizations get more market-focused in their products and strategies. 5:40] What is a product?

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dustin Levy, lead a conversation around “Product Strategies for Non-Strategists”. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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UX Planet

JANUARY 22, 2024

1] As a designer, when you’re designing a new product, you have to make sure it is accessible for everyone, this article covers one of the most common challenges, and we’ll explore practical and effective design strategies to enhance digital accessibility for dyslexic users.

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Alchemer Mobile

JANUARY 21, 2021

At this point, thousands of retailers have implemented some sort of buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) strategy, and consumers have come to expect it from big and small brands alike. The last year revolutionized how retailers think about online shopping and how it merges with the in-person, in-store experience.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This is the main focus of the article, so if you’re after the answer, we’ve got you covered! Competitor analysis enables PMs to find areas where rivals fail customers and develop sound positioning and differentiation strategies. How do product managers identify market gaps? Let’s get into it!

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Usersnap

DECEMBER 19, 2023

TL;DR The article underscores the importance of 1 to 5 rating scale surveys & how it has helped me in my PM journey, exploring their simplicity, versatility, and impact on user-centric product development. Quickly jump to the best suitable section of this article ? Semantic Differential Scale 5. Satisfaction Scale 2.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 8, 2019

For revenue-generating products, you should also investigate if the product is still effectively differentiated: Do users have a compelling reason to choose it over competitors’ offerings? Capture your decisions and document the new strategy for your product, for instance by creating a new, forward-looking Product Vision Board.

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280 Group

JULY 8, 2019

This article will focus on the three weakest skill areas 280 Group uncovered across over 1650 product managers in our Product Management Skills – Benchmark Report : Competitive Analysis , Pricing , and End of Life. Lower close rate against competition from salespeople unable to articulate differentiation. Low profitability.

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The Product HQ

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

They focus on A+ design and partner closely with their clients in strategy, product management, design, and development. If I have a team of 3 developers – we own the product and eat sleep and breathe getting things done vs a consulting firm with it’s own agenda and optimization strategies around making as much money as possible?

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Disclaimer: sharing something that was tested solely by my personal experience should be enough for you to take this article with a grain of salt. There is some strategy behind all the chaos, and it normally comes from straight forward goals defined by the C level: profit or revenue, in most cases. It’s about adapting for context.

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