Fri.Jan 18, 2019

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Powerful Product Positioning: Follow These Three Rules

Product Management University

Powerful product positioning usually boils down to the best story, which is not always the best product. Adhere to these three guidelines and marketing and selling value will be a lot easier. The Playbook: Make It More About the Buyer – Way More! Your products have no relevance until you can tell buyers why they need them — in their language!

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Uncovering the Truth by Janice Fraser

Mind the Product

Most big companies have one thing in common with America, that they’ve been dominant for a very long time but are now struggling. They’re seeing the same challenges about how to change so they can be resilient and grow in the world as it is now. It’s a situation that forces us to reflect on what truth is. At #mtpcon London, Janice Fraser told us how she created three approaches to uncover, accept, and act on what is true, so we can be more effective at work: 1.

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The art of the follow-up and delightful customer service

Intercom, Inc.

Part of the familiar ritual of eating a meal in any good restaurant is the moment the waiter asks if you’re enjoying your food and whether there is anything else they can get for you. Now, you might not think much about that particular restaurant practice – after all, it’s just a simple follow-up question shortly after your food has arrived. However, there are a few lessons in this simple example of customer service that are valuable for all of us who work in customer support – above all, how i

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Best Growth Strategy for Mature Products

Product Management University

What’s the best growth strategy for a mature product portfolio? The best growth strategy depends on your current market position. Here are two considerations. 1. Market Penetration Strategy. If you’ve been operating in the “be everything to everyone” mode your products probably have a lot of features that serve customers in many industry segments but they may lack closed loop business solutions that address industry specific needs.

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Product Management Careers: Job Prospects, Pathways, and Must-Have Skills (2024)

The product management job market in 2024 reflects the fast-growing and ever-evolving nature of the field. For product managers looking to future-proof their careers and take advantage of new opportunities, staying informed about the professional landscape is a smart move. In this comprehensive career guide from Regis College, you’ll learn about: The current job outlook for product managers in 2024 Six professional pathways and the average salaries for these roles in the U.S.

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The real product (spec) lifecycle

The Product Coalition

The real product (spec) lifecycle was originally published in ProductCoalition.com on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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This Week in Product – Jan. 18, 2019

ProductCraft

Revolving Doors Everyone wants to be a product manager, PMs want to be GMs, GMs want to be CEOs, and the CEO just wants to build product again. — Anish Acharya (@illscience) January 15, 2019 A lot of PMs out there probably read this tweet and nodded their heads in knowing agreement. Actually, a. The post This Week in Product – Jan. 18, 2019 appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.

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3 SaaS Companies Radically Optimizing Business Operations

Izenda

With the rapid growth of cloud computing in the business world, software as a service, or SaaS, companies are taking their capabilities further than ever before. New companies are being launched and older companies are engaging in reinventions and innovations as SaaS providers work to stay ahead of this competitive, growing market. Still, some companies are finding new solutions to problems and putting themselves ahead of the pack.

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When good companies make bad products

Obo

Google Glass. Facebook Home. Netflix Qwikster. What do these three things have in common? They're all on the list of worst product flops of all time, according to 24/7 Wall Street.

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Why Letting Innovators Innovate is the Key to Becoming Customer-Centric

DISQO

Companies that want to become truly consumer-centric may just need to get out of their own way and let their innovators innovate. While product management executives are the innovation-focused advocates for the user in many organizations, we have found that they are often roadblocked and under-resourced. Since 2015, Alpha has conducted an annual survey of product management leaders in the U.S., and this year, a whopping 86% said they spend no time or not enough time talking to users.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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When good companies make bad products.

Obo

( This is the first in a four-part series of posts on epic product fails and how better market validation might have prevented them.) Google Glass. Facebook Home. Netflix Qwikster. What do these three things have in common? They’re all on the list of worst product flops of all time, according to 24/7 Wall Street. Without question, Google, Facebook, and Netflix are successful companies.

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Why Letting Innovators Innovate is the Key to Becoming Customer-Centric

DISQO

Companies that want to become truly consumer-centric may just need to get out of their own way and let their innovators innovate. While product management executives are the innovation-focused advocates for the user in many organizations, we have found that they are often roadblocked and under-resourced. Since 2015, Alpha has conducted an annual survey of product management leaders in the U.S., and this year, a whopping 86% said they spend no time or not enough time talking to users.

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AB Tasty Feature Hackathon: Which Team Can Hack it Best?

AB Tasty

Last week, the whole of AB Tasty came together for our second corporate hackathon. Or, as it’s known around here, our ‘Feature Factory’ session. This article was originally posted on AB Tasty as AB Tasty Feature Hackathon: Which Team Can Hack it Best?

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Creating a Fast, Easy Daily Log with Bear & aText

Atomic Spin PM

I am a big note taker, mostly because I tend to be forgetful. No matter how significant or recent a discussion may be, I often forget the details of what was said or decided–unless I take effective notes. Originally, I started using Bear to take notes because it allowed me to use Markdown to make bulleted lists, highlighting text, quotes, and to-dos stand out visually.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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9 Easy Tips For Creating An About Us Page That Will Work For Any Brand

AB Tasty

A company's 'About Us' page is one of its most important. Yes this crucial digital asset doesn't get nearly the attention it deserves. This article was originally posted on AB Tasty as 9 Easy Tips For Creating An About Us Page That Will Work For Any Brand.

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Q&A: Optimizing For Product-Market Fit | Rahul Vohra, Superhuman

Business of Software Conference

Rahul Vohra, CEO/Founder, Superhuman. We had a fantastic Q&A session with Rahul Vohra of Superhuman last week. Rahul gave a fantastic talk at BoS USA 2018 about how Superhuman built a method of optimizing for product-market fit. Rahul’s method has been widely discussed in the startup world, and with so many people wanting to implement it we jumped at the chance to chat with Rahul.

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Digital Customer Experience: Are Your Users Satisfied? Find Out the Truth

eG Innovations

In today’s digital economy, user experience is truly the most important factor that makes or breaks a digital business. Customer experience is even surpassing price and product as the biggest brand differentiator. Even one bad experience on a website can hurt your brand. 55% of consumers report that a single bad website visit can hurt their opinion of a brand.