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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

He emphasizes that these activities vary based on context (large vs. small organizations, B2B vs. B2C, Agile vs. Waterfall). Waterfall) Product type (AI vs. non-AI products) Market focus (B2B vs. B2C) He emphasized that these contextual factors significantly impact a product manager’s role.

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Reference Pricing

The Product Bistro

An insight into why this works is the concept of “ Reference Price “ This is where the consumer has some institutional memory of what they have paid for a good in the past, and when shopping for similar goods, keeps that “reference” in mind. Why do manufacturers do this? First to 1.75 quarts, and now to 1.5

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Ask Teresa: What if Your Buyers Aren’t Your Users?

Product Talk

By talking to our customers regularly, we can collect insights into their unique problems, needs, and desires (or what I often refer to as “ opportunities ”). I get a lot of questions about B2B (business to business) vs. B2C (business to consumer) products. We then use these insights to guide the products we build. Tweet This.

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Product Manager Job Description for B2B

Product Management University

This product manager job description is written specifically for B2B. What makes the product manager role unique in B2B? There are two key differences between a traditional text book product manager and a B2B product manager. Want to learn more about the uniqueness of the product management role in B2B? Download the PDF.

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User Personas, Buyer Personas, and the Missing Link in B2B

Product Management University

If you’re a B2B or B2B2C organization, there’s a persona that’s largely ignored but critical to understanding the customer organization from the top down as well as the bottom up. Department personas are the VPs and directors that bridge the gap between user and buyer personas in the B2B space. What is a B2B Buyer Persona?

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Start making better product decisions: A framework to go with your Agile Process

The Product Guy

For more details about writing a good User Story, refer to this article. For more details about Theme, Epic, and User Story, refer to this article. Alex is a product manager with years of experience in B2B Digital Marketing space. Themes typically describes abstract ideas or concepts critical to your product vision.

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Ask Teresa: How Do You Select Customers for Customer Interviews?

Product Talk

Most people understand why I advocate this approach, but I get a lot of questions about who exactly I’m referring to when I say “customers” and whether different types of customers should be treated differently. Interviewing B2B Customers: What You Need to Know. What about B2B customers? Make sure you frame it that way.