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Market Research vs User Research: How To Overcome Uncertainty

UX Studio

Easier said than done… Is it not just a question of market research vs user research? We wrote this to help you choose the right research methods more easily. In this article we answer: How do we distinguish between types of research? What characteristics define market research vs user research?

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Strategic Debt Is the Silent Killer of Startups

The Product Coalition

So they do all sorts of validations and deep analysis processes: market research, business plan, competitive analysis, and so on. Everyone knows market feedback is a must so that’s where you are going —  working with your customers, listening to them , and implementing a lot of what they say. And guess what? And nothing else.

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It’s Time to Bring Beta into the 21st Century

Centercode

Why It’s Vital to Move Beyond “Beta” While most companies are running beta programs, beta testing never fully developed into its own field with standardized practices in the way user experience or market research did. Read the Ebook. Then along came Agile.

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Rethink Innovation: Making Experimentation and Learning a Fact of Life

ProductPlan

Convincing these cohorts that this isn’t “throwaway work” because you’re bad at market research or can’t make up your mind is essential to instituting an experimentation-friendly climate. Make Space on the Roadmap. Product roadmaps and an uncertain future seem incompatible.

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Top 45 Product Marketing Manager Interview Questions

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Had B&N marketed the nook more creatively, I believe it could have been successful. It was an Android tablet at its core and failed to highlight its capabilities beyond reading ebooks. Be aggressive with marketing. As a brick and mortar store, they primarily marketed towards existing book buyers in their stores.

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2020 Changed Your Customers: Here’s How to Win Them Over

Centercode

Market research, quality testing, user experience, and product analytics are absolutely essential to building a good product. It’s essential to fixing deep-seated issues that compromise user experience, beefing up your roadmap with qualitative customer insights, and highlighting the very best your product and brand has to offer.

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The Combined Effort of Product Management and Product Operations

ProductPlan

Product managers own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the product(s) they manage. This entails customer and market research, internal prioritization exercises, and tying back product goals and metrics to organizational targets and KPIs. Our free ebook will show you the way.