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The Most Basic Rule of Product Positioning – It’s Easy

Product Management University

I learned a lot about product positioning long before I ever stepped into a product marketing role. I think of demos as verbal product positioning. The Product Positioning School of Hard Knocks Early in my pre-sales demo career, I had some demos where my audience was totally engaged and it felt like I hit it out of the park.

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Trailblazing Women in Product Management: Michelle Lance, Head of Product Management, Western Alliance Bank.

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For our next installment of the Women in Product Management Series I interviewed Michelle Lance: Head of Product Management, Western Alliance Bank. I’ve been in commercial banking for 30 years and , specifically , in treasury management for over 25 years. How did you get into product management? Any lessons learned along the way?

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Using ChatGPT to Perform Competitive Analysis

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The 5 forces are: competition in the industry potential of new entrants into the industry power of suppliers power of customers the threat of substitute products For the remainder of this article, let’s imagine we’re a new PM in a challenger bank. Immediately, we see the top 3 challenger banks are European.

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How to Create a Revenue Plan With Sales In 5 Steps

Product Management University

If you want to create a revenue plan with sales that gives you a more realistic chance of hitting your revenue targets, give some thought to a broader market strategy where each product plays a role versus a marketing plan for each product. If you’re in product marketing, you know all too well how this works.

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3 Trends in Financial Services that Product Managers Must Tackle by Upskilling

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According to Flexera, 54% of companies worldwide are prioritizing digital transformation, and Grandview Research projects the global digital transformation market size will reach $400.34 McKinsey/Finalta found that banks are generating 65% of sales through digital channels in 2019, up from 36% only three years earlier. billion in 2021.

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Finance Apps: Benchmarks for Success in 2021

Alchemer Mobile

Consumers used Finance apps for the same standard purposes, although DAU spiked as people used mobile as their primary access point to banks and finance management. Banking (banks and credit unions), and Insurance (auto, home, life, renters, pets, etc.). Finance brands were generally spared by the marketplace shakeup of 2020.

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Product Positioning for Product Managers

Department of Product

Product Positioning for Product Managers Why an understanding of how your product is positioned is critical A key responsibility for Product Managers is to define how their products are positioned in the market. This is the result of unique product positioning. Mark Frohnmayer is the Founder and CEO of Arcimoto.