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Why Market Leadership Starts With Product Management

Product Management University

There are a million and one things that go into creating a market leading company. But products are the nucleus, and that means market leadership starts with product management. There are the obvious things product management does. To some product managers, market is synonymous with users.

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6 ways for product managers to drive GTM outcomes in B2B companies

Mind the Product

Regardless of whether a B2B company adopts a ‘sales led’, ‘product led’ or ‘hybrid product led, sales assisted model, product managers play a pivotal role in providing an x-functional linkage between customers, sales and marketing org and engineers.

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The Biggest Difference Between Product Management and Portfolio Management

Product Management University

The biggest difference between product management and portfolio management is product management focuses specifically on the success of each product whereas portfolio management focuses on the success of the company (the portfolio) in chosen market segments.

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Product Analytics Marketing Automation: A Guide for SaaS Companies

Userpilot

How do you leverage product analytics marketing automation to boost customer acquisition, retention, and account expansion? TL;DR Product analytics marketing automation involves using product analytics to track product usage and customer behavior to develop automated marketing experiences.

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Fuel the Engine of Product Growth with an Impeccable Framing Model

Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst - President, Tyner Blain

A product-led company is one that grows through user adoption and word-of-mouth recommendation. Usage by individuals then drives companies to purchase subscriptions or licenses. For this model to work, your product has to be genuinely desirable to the users you want to engage as the company's engine of growth.

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Product Strategy Depends on Company Strategy

Mironov Consulting

Expanding on a recent post ( Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies ), I’ve been seeing lots of maker teams (product, engineering, design) struggling to form product strategies without a company strategy to hang them on.  OK, What’s A Company Strategy?   Product management malpractice.  

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Product Management Marketing: A Guide for Building Successful Products

Userpilot

How do product management and marketing teams work together to build successful products? TL;DR Product managers define the overall product direction and oversee the entire product lifecycle. Product marketing sits between product development and the market.

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Hooked - How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Speaker: Nir Eyal, Author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Nir Eyal answers these questions (and many more) by explaining the Hook Model—a four-step process embedded into the products of many successful companies to subtly encourage customer behavior. Is there a pattern underlying how technologies hook us?

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How to Develop a Recession-Proof Product-Led Strategy

Speaker: Wes Bush, Author of "Product-Led Growth"

Zoom, Stripe, and Airtable are all examples of software companies with strong PLG strategies. What features do their strategies have that allow them to see continued success in this ever-changing market? How to adjust your product-led strategy during uncertain times. But what else do they have in common?

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The Product Corner: Maximizing Impact, Reducing Hours, and Accelerating Roadmaps with Data

Speaker: Edie Kirkman - VP, Digital at Focus Brands

By tapping into the wealth of customer and application data, product professionals can identify underutilized features, prioritize improvements, and streamline development efforts in partnership with the development team.

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How can your firm attract the best product managers?

Product managers help accelerate the product development and launch for many companies. However, the pool of talented product managers can be elusive, the following article explores how companies can aim to attract and retain the best talents.

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Why the Product Message Should Come From Product Management

Speaker: Jordan Bergtraum, Head of Product at Equip ID & Consultant

Perceived “value” of your offering(s) is directly related to how you talk about your product and company. Features and benefits may be part of the overall product marketing plan, but they are NOT the basis for a compelling “Product Message”. The benefits of a good product message.

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The Problem with Product Market Fit (and What to Use Instead)

Speaker: Daniel Elizalde - Product Executive and Advisor

There is a big problem with the term "product market fit." Launching successful products requires a rare combination of market understanding, iterative development, and a lot of luck. Our role as Product Managers is to eliminate confusion, not add to it.

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Maybe We Should Be Problem Managers Instead

Speaker: Steve Johnson, Founder and CEO, Under10 Playbook

Three things keep company leaders awake at night: 1) Can we sell more of what we built? Rather than departmental issues, these are product strategy issues. Yet many product managers and most product owners are too busy with tactical issues that they never come close to addressing these issues.

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Product Market Fit: A Lesson from Sephora’s Head of Product

Speaker: Sneha Narahalli - VP, Head of Product at Sephora

Only 20% of these companies attain product market fit, despite years of excruciating effort by founders, early employees, and investors. The first and most important step in product development is finding PMF. Creating an iterative process to identify Product Market Fit.