The Accidental Product Manager

JANUARY 4, 2021

The product managers at Ticketmaster are getting ready to face the first serious competition that they have had in decades. The product managers at Ticketmaster are getting ready to face the first serious competition that they have had in decades. Nathan wants to change how people get their tickets for events.

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The Accidental Product Manager

JANUARY 24, 2022

Product managers who are responsible for selling alcohol are in a bit of a bind these days. This news is sad for alcohol product managers. are called “alcopops” The product development definition for these drinks defines a strong, sugary alcoholic soda that is targeted towards younger drinkers.

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The Accidental Product Manager

APRIL 24, 2023

Las Vegas product managers had a problem when the pandemic hit Image Credit: Mathieu Lebreton Generally speaking, being a product manager who is in charge of getting people to go out to Las Vegas and spend their money is not all that hard of a job. Then the pandemic hit. What could they do? million from 28.4 from 89.4%.

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The Accidental Product Manager

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The secret to keeping a product fresh is to always be reinventing it Image Credit: Albert Hsieh. Who wouldn’t want to be the product manager for a hugely popular mobile video game? What is the secret to success for these product managers? That would look good on anyone’s product manager resume.

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The Accidental Product Manager

APRIL 17, 2023

Can the Home Depot product managers keep the customers that they got? However, over at the Home Depot their product managers were able to make the most of the opportunity presented by having everyone stay at home with nothing else to do. They gained a lot of customers during the year that nobody went into work.

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The Accidental Product Manager

JUNE 10, 2019

Boeing’s product managers need to find ways to rebuild trust Image Credit: Ferry Octavian. Every product manager job is different. Right now, being the product manager at Boeing who is responsible for the 737 MAX jet would defiantly fall into the difficult category. Some are easy and some are hard.

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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 22, 2021

As product managers, one of the most important things that we do is to use our product development definition to create products that our customers are going to want. We can place them in attractive packages, we can get celebrities to endorse them, and in the case of food products, we can make them taste good.

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The Accidental Product Manager

AUGUST 30, 2021

Delivery apps are starting to take a bigger bite out of restaurant revenues Image Credit: Once upon a time it used to be easy to be a restaurant product manager. You could offer discounts, have special events, and even add unique things to your menu. However, then times changed. The Problem With Food Apps.

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The Accidental Product Manager

AUGUST 31, 2020

The Nexdoor product managers don’t need to explain to people anymore why their neighbors are important. The Nextdoor product managers have made changes to their product development definition in order to respond to the pandemic. Say Hello To Your Neighbor. Second is definitely word-of-mouth.

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The Accidental Product Manager

MAY 23, 2022

Cigarette product managers see change coming and are trying to prepare Image Credit: Lacey Krusmark. Just imagine if you were a cigarette product manager. You are responsible for a product that is both addictive and reviled. Young people seem to getting the message and are less likely to start to use your products.

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The Accidental Product Manager

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Just about every business was shut for a period of time and every product manager had their carefully created product development definition disrupted by the events that were caused by the pandemic. How Fast Food Product Managers Are Recovering From Covid-19. Where Do Product Managers Go From Here?

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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 11, 2019

The end can come for a product manager when they least expect it Credit: Bill Selak. So here’s a quick question for you: what is the shortest time that you’ve ever worked at a product manager job? That’s why I was surprised when I got fired after two weeks on the job at my new product manager position.

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The Accidental Product Manager

JULY 27, 2020

Their customers have had to stay home just like everyone else and have been unable to go out and shop for Hermès products. The interesting thing that product managers have to understand about a company like Hermès is that they cater to a unique type of customer – the very wealthy. How has this impacted Hermès?

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The Accidental Product Manager

JULY 29, 2019

Product managers learn to embrace the digital age Image Credit: Dave Dugdale. In order to stay current and retain customers, the Crate and Barrel product managers knew that their product development definition had to change. The product managers have moved to modernize the chain by decluttering their stores.

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The Accidental Product Manager

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Product managers need to learn how to deal with angry customers Image Credit: Jürg Dalkkas Follow. It has become clear that we product managers are now living in a different age and time than we used to. When this happens, just exactly what is a product manager supposed to do? Why are they so touchy?

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The Accidental Product Manager

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

They are the premium cable television channel that even if you subscribe to cable, if you want HBO you have to pay an additional fee to get. What are the HBO product managers to do? HBO has to change in order to survive, what can we learn from them? Image Credit: JasonParis 00. We all know who HBO is, right? homes in the U.S.

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The Accidental Product Manager

APRIL 23, 2018

At the racetracks where the NASCAR races are run, the owners have removed roughly 25% of their seating and yet there are still empty seats at each event. This drop off in fans is not going to look good on anyone’s product manager resume. Saving NASCAR is not going to be an easy task for the NASCAR product managers.

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The Accidental Product Manager

JANUARY 28, 2019

Amazon can’t break into the fashion industry because they don’t have high end products Image Credit: Canonicalized. However, there is one area where they are distinctly lacking in products to sell: luxury goods. Perhaps the Amazon product managers are going to have to change their product development definition.

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The Accidental Product Manager

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

This means that product managers spend their time working on trying to make the process of buying food from their restaurants easier and quicker for customers. In order to distinguish their food from everyone else’s, the Chipolte product managers have developed an obsession with serving high-quality, fresh ingredients.

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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 19, 2018

Too bad DVDs and streaming services killed the product development definition for all of those video rental stores. Can anyone remember back in the day when there used to be a video rental store on just about every corner? We’d all head down to the rental store on a Friday with hopes that the latest release would be still in stock.

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The Accidental Product Manager

JULY 30, 2018

Wouldn’t it be great to be a product manager at Starbucks ? Clearly the Starbucks product managers need to do something. Clearly the Starbucks product managers need to do something. How should they change their product development definition? Well, if you liked coffee it would be a great job.

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The Accidental Product Manager

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

For a product manager there can be no bigger day than the day that your product gets launched. You’ve been working on creating the best product possible based on your product development definition for who knows how long and finally the time has come to show the world what you have created. What went wrong?

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The Accidental Product Manager

JULY 29, 2019

Product managers learn to embrace the digital age Image Credit: Dave Dugdale. In order to stay current and retain customers, the Crate and Barrel product managers knew that their product development definition had to change. The product managers have moved to modernize the chain by decluttering their stores.

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The Accidental Product Manager

APRIL 16, 2018

Product managers need to find out how to get young people to ride motorcycles Image Credit: Jokamies.fi. However, there are some people, product managers among them, who instead jump on their motorcycles and drive them to work. The Polaris company makes a number of different products.

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The Accidental Product Manager

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Gatorade has been a staple of sporting events forever Image Credit: airsofttherapy. The reason that this has become such a staple of the sport is because just about every major sporting event has a lot of Gatorade lying around. Who wouldn’t want this kind of success on their product manager resume?

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The Accidental Product Manager

AUGUST 28, 2017

However, now it’s looking like the product managers at Twitter might have a problem on their hands…. However, the problem that Twitter is facing right now is that its growth is slowing and in the fast paced world of social media that’s the one thing that the Twitter product managers don’t want to happen.

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The Accidental Product Manager

AUGUST 6, 2018

These sporting events bring the best athletes from all around the world together for a short period of time. Their product managers have come up with a way to get us to watch even more Olympics on television. That’s not going to look good on anyone’s product manager resume. Image Credit: Ryan Lejbak.

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The Accidental Product Manager

AUGUST 19, 2019

As product managers, when we want to boost the sales of our product, one of the “levers” that we have to make this happen is the price of our product. If everything works out the way that it should, if we lower the price of our product then sales should go up. The Problem With Pricing.

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The Accidental Product Manager

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Product Managers Who Use Robots Are Doing Well Image Credit: Timothy Neesam. However, as much of setback as these turns of events have been, there are some product managers who are doing well even now. How To Be A Successful Pandemic Product Manager. You never make contact.

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The Accidental Product Manager

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Department stores are becoming where online products can be found Image Credit: m01229. You can’t touch online products. Perhaps this is where the department store product managers could come in. Do they hold the secret to getting online products into real customer’s hands? You can’t try them on.

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The Accidental Product Manager

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The Amazon product managers have a real problem on their hands. The Amazon product managers are under a lot of pressure to continue to update their product development definition and keep growing the brand. What the product managers need is a way to hook more customers. Image Credit: Nathan Rupert.

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Mixpanel

AUGUST 3, 2023

How can you support audience tracking with product analytics? Product-led. Table of Contents Intro Build a strong foundation How can you identify the metrics that measure success? How can you lean into the value moment conversion? How can you build your marketing strategy around the funnel? Build a strong foundation Sales-led.

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Mixpanel

AUGUST 3, 2023

How can you support audience tracking with product analytics? Product-led. Table of Contents 1. Build a strong marketing analytics foundation How can you identify the metrics that measure success? How can you lean into the value moment conversion? How can you build your marketing strategy around the funnel? Revenue-led.

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Mixpanel

AUGUST 3, 2023

How can you support audience tracking with product analytics? Product-led. Table of Contents 1. Build a strong marketing analytics foundation How can you identify the metrics that measure success? How can you lean into the value moment conversion? How can you build your marketing strategy around the funnel? Revenue-led.

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Andrew Chen

MAY 28, 2019

I’d be interested in other products that tap into the trends around AirPods, Alexa, voice assistants, etc., It could create a strong advantage around paid marketing if a product has high subscription retention or ARPU, allowing them to make higher bids in the various ad networks. You can subscribe to get more updates.

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Andrew Chen

MAY 28, 2019

I’d be interested in other products that tap into the trends around AirPods, Alexa, voice assistants, etc., It could create a strong advantage around paid marketing if a product has high subscription retention or ARPU, allowing them to make higher bids in the various ad networks. You can subscribe to get more updates.

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