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Stakeholder Management Tips for Product People

Roman Pichler

Lead the Stakeholders—Don’t Please, Don’t Dictate. As the person in charge of the product, your aspiration should be to lead the stakeholders in order to create value together and achieve product success. In reality, however, some product people either aim to please the stakeholders by saying yes to their requests or by brokering compromises. Others do everything they can to make the stakeholders agree to their ideas and plans.

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5 Reasons Why Product Managers Have to Understand Data

The Product Coalition

We love talking about data. As product people, it’s our bread and butter. We’ve previously discussed Product Data Management , and taken a look at some of the best data visualization platforms for PMs. You don’t need to be a data scientist to be a product manager. You don’t need to have any serious data analysis experience to start your product management path.

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In Uncertain Times, Product Ops to the Rescue

ProductCraft

You’re distracted. I’m distracted. Just about everyone on the Zoom call is distracted, and in the back of our minds, we are all wondering: When things will go back to “normal?” You may be tempted to wait things out and go through the motions. If you are in this category, rethink your strategy. The bull. Read more » The post In Uncertain Times, Product Ops to the Rescue appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.

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Do Channel Vendors Need Public Relations Anymore?

Jay McBain

The communications industry is facing a perfect storm of converging forces, from COVID-19 to the rise of influencer marketing and even AI. At Forrester, we research around 10,000 global technology vendors that utilize indirect sales and often get asked about the value of PR in the channel. A trend that is affecting many channel leaders […].

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know

Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

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5 Questions Indicative Helps Gaming Marketers Answer

Indicative

Competition for attention spans in the gaming industry is fierce. One of the driving forces is the speed of growth in the sector, especially due to COVID-19’s shelter-in-place measures. Analysts predict that lockdown measures will yield higher consumer spending on games, with a 13.3% year-over-year growth in 2020. If you’re on a marketing team at a gaming company, you need to prepare for this shift with insight into your full customer lifecycle from acquisition to product engagement.

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Telling Your Story During the Pandemic

Pragmatic Marketing

As a product marketer, if you told me that you’re worried about this crisis, your business and your livelihood, I wouldn’t be surprised. If you then told me that you’re leaning into the crisis to get your business the attention it needs to succeed, I’d support you. If you showed me copy that said, “Finding the right CRM for the new normal,” I’d take you aside and give you a few suggestions.

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How to Raise Distraction Free Kids

Nir Eyal

The post How to Raise Distraction Free Kids appeared first on Nir and Far.

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“Yeah, but…”

The Product Coalition

“Yeah, but…”: the Litmus Test for Platform Businesses Uber, Facebook, Airbnb, Amazon?—?these are all successful companies with a platform business model. (You might also know it under names like “multi-sided platform”, or “marketplace”.) This isn’t a new business model, but as Internet connections became increasingly present in our lives (first in every home, then in every pocket) the possibilities for global-scale platform businesses exploded.

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How Can Restaurant Product Managers Make More Food?

The Accidental Product Manager

Restaurants are looking to empty malls to boost their deliveries Image Credit: Lou Stejskal. With the arrival of Covid-19, the world of restaurants has been turned upside down. Restaurant product managers are scrambling to change their product development definition and find ways to keep the doors (virtually) open even as their customers are being urged to stay home.

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Exploring PerfDog Whitepaper 2024: Unlock the Power of Performance Testing

Key Takeaways Robust Platform & Multi-System Support: Brief introduction to PerfDog's extensive compatibility across various operating systems and hardware platforms including Android, iOS, PC, gaming consoles and more. In-Depth Performance Metrics: Quick view of the extensive range of metrics for system, graphics and rendering, user experience, in-depth analysis, and more.

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Modus Security: What’s Your Threat Surface?

Modus Create

Everyone knows information security is important: from tuning web application firewalls, to ensuring we have a disaster recovery plan, to deploying vulnerability scanning. But one thing technology leaders need to ask themselves is, “what are the threats we face?” Threats can come from a variety of sources, both internal and external. The news is filled with tales of hackers breaking into financial institutions, DDoS attacks on credit card companies, and data breaches due to poor soft

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Should you change positioning and messaging because of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Messages that Matter

Have you been thinking about changing your position because of the COVID-19 pandemic? Much has been written about the need to adjust your marketing to take into the account the crisis. Be more empathetic, some suggest. Others say you need to change your message because what buyers are concerned about has changed. I say don’t […].

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Modus Create Announces Modus Security to Protect Digital Businesses

Modus Create

RESTON, VA. (PRWEB) JUNE 01, 2020 – Modus Create, a disruptive consulting, product strategy and Agile development firm, today announced the release of Modus Security, a packaged product that helps organizations identify and address threats to their intellectual property and private information. Utilizing a cross-functional team of security consultants, Modus Security combines due diligence and threat modeling with technical deep dives into an organization’s application portfolio, network c

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Telling Your Story During the Pandemic

Pragmatic Marketing

As a product marketer, if you told me that you’re worried about this crisis, your business and your livelihood, I wouldn’t be surprised. If you then told me that you’re leaning into the crisis to get your business the attention it needs to succeed, I’d support you. If you showed me copy that said, “Finding the right CRM for the new normal,” I’d take you aside and give you a few suggestions.

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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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TEI 285: What video storytelling can teach product managers – with Patrick Shelton

Product Innovation Educators

How video directors think about creating effective videos can help product managers create better products. Some of the best product management lessons come from unexpected places, and I enjoy finding them. This interview is a perfect example. Current Resident is the name of a creative video production group in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I think of them as video storytellers.

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Improved content discovery in Products through AI

The Product Coalition

Improve Content Discovery in Products through AI The development in AI can be leveraged to show users content that adds maximum value to them. A vast majority of us in today’s digitally native world spend a considerable time of their day online. A huge portion of that time is vyed for by multiple social media platforms. Loosely bundled as Media Platforms (Social or not) the values proposed by each of them varies: - Twitter provides a way to ingest quick information and news - LinkedIn promises a

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Things to Cover in Your Blog Content that Improves User Experience

The Product Coalition

As a content evangelist, we all want users to engage with our content, bring in more visitors, and expect them to stay for some time and read what you have written (it helps in improving the bounce rate). There are several methods to improve user experience (UX) matter on the blog. Like if we want user attention, the user should spend time on our blog, read the full content, and subscribe to future blogs.