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I’m excited to announce The Secret Product Manager Handbook is available for pre-order ! I always wanted the “secret handbook” – so I wrote it. The Secret Product Manager Handbook i s all the things I wish someone had told me. The Secret Product Manager Handbook. MORE
A Traffic Jam Unfortunately, product management does not come with a handbook. Do you see handbooks on ‘how to navigate through traffic’ that go beyond driving etiquette and into realistic situations? MORE
How To Use Open-Ended Questions For Market Discovery appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. In my last post I talked about the importance of “talking to customers.” MORE
The post 3 Simple Steps To Make Your Customer Stories 10x Better appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. How To Accelerate Sales With Great Storytelling. In my articles about go to market , I always mention the importance of “customer stories.” MORE
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Today we’re publishing a brand new, four-part series on sales – The Sales Handbook. The Sales Handbook is here to help. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be releasing the rest of The Sales Handbook. Sales is the lifeblood of every business. MORE
The first edition came out 10 years ago and was quickly considered a handbook for product managers. Nothing compares to the value of opening yourself to inspiration by reading what others working in your field have to say. MORE
appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. Nothing Important Happens In The Office. We product managers are always told that we need to spend a lot of time with customers, and with the market, to create successful products. This advice, while good, is not actionable. MORE
appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. Have you built something? Have you led a team? Product management is a hot, hot profession right now. It’s one of the most important roles in a product company , especially in high tech. But is it right for you? MORE
The post The Secrets of Highly Successful Products: The Sales Discovery Call appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. When the sales team has the right product knowledge, they will be much more successful. Which means they sell a lot more of your product. MORE
appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook Empathy is very important! You have to be willing and able to put yourself in the shoes of your customers. MORE
Next up: Moesta’s Jobs-to-be-Done Handbook and Christensen’s Competing Against Luck. What makes Business of Software Conference speakers so smart? Like most smart people, they read a lot. MORE
The post Start Doing These 10 Things Today To Be A Better Product Manager appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook Take Action Today With These Product Management Tips. I love lists, and the Internet loves lists. MORE
The post Persuasion Tips: Have A Goal appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. Understand and articulate what you’re trying to achieve. This article is a follow-on to my overview article on persuasion tips for product managers.). MORE
Sign up for The Secret Product Manager Handbook mailing list to be sure to get the rest of the articles in this series on product knowledge and go to market. It’s Not Their Fault appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. Successful customers, quality product, but bad sales. MORE
The Growth Handbook shared industry-tested advice on scaling businesses from experts such as Andrew Chen and Chamath Palihapitiya. The Sales Handbook featured lessons on growing your bottom line from sales leaders like Jill Konrath and Steli Efti. MORE
We’ve just launched our latest book, The Growth Handbook. That’s what The Growth Handbook is all about. Grab your free copy of The Growth Handbook today , and best of luck on your own growth journey. The post Announcing our latest book – The Growth Handbook appeared first on Inside Intercom. If there’s one perennial problem all businesses face, it’s this: how do we grow? MORE
” video , from my (still in production) Secret Product Manager Handbook series. Let me know in the comments what you think about the Secret Product Manager Handbook. MORE
It’s exciting to see the first review of The Secret Product Manager Handbook ! The post “Compact, Immediately Useful, and Enough Depth” – The First Review appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook MORE
The post Storytelling For Product Managers – The TL;DR Version appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook In my last article , I covered a powerful storytelling technique in great detail. This article is the summary (the TL;DR ) version. MORE
” In The Secret Product Manager Handbook, my friend Nils Davis offers a similar view: We find market problems, create solutions to those problems, and take the solutions to market. MORE
The post “I Have An Idea” – How I Evaluate Product Ideas appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. People are always asking me “Hey, I have a product idea. May I run it by you and get your input?”. Of course, I say yes. They tell me the idea, and it’s usually “ a technical thing for some kind of team.”. And my response is, “Well, that sounds neat, but….” And then I ask some questions. The answers to those questions tell me if the idea is any good. MORE
The post Mental Models Applied: Using A 2×2 Chart For Handling Competitive Objections appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. In some earlier articles and in a talk I gave at a local product management meetup , I’ve shared about the importance of having a toolkit of mental models. They help with decision making, problem solving, communication, plus every other thing we do as product managers. A good mental model can help you see things in a different way. MORE
The post 3 Simple Steps To Make Your Customer Stories 10x Better appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. How To Accelerate Sales With Great Storytelling. In my articles about go to market , I always mention the importance of “customer stories.” MORE
” video , from my (still in production) Secret Product Manager Handbook series. Let me know in the comments what you think about the Secret Product Manager Handbook. MORE
The post Persuasion Tips For Product Managers appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. After a few well-received presentations to senior executives, a few colleagues at my new company asked me, based on the positive effect I got, “Can you give us some tips on persuasion?”. MORE
The post A New Focus On Product Management Opportunity appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. Looking through to the next stage. A long work in progress. This blog has been going for a long long time. MORE
How to read and review other people’s work in Handbook of Technical Reviews. During Agile 2018, Jerry Weinberg died. Shane Hastie and I had already agreed to do a recording of some sort while at the conference. We invited Esther Derby and turned our time into a lovely podcast about Remembering Jerry Weinberg. Yes, I was quite emotional. I’m human. I wrote a post about some of my memories in How Do You Say Goodbye? last week. MORE
To start with, I wrote this handbook “ Product Management 101 ”. If you are visiting this page, there are chances you might be seeking an answer to one of the following questions – Having completed my formal education, how do I start my career in Product Management? MORE
The post The Secrets of Highly Successful Sales People: Objection Handling appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. How to use better stories to overcome sales objections. During the sales process, the prospect may – and usually does – mention obstacles to getting the deal done. MORE
The post How To Say “No” To A Feature Request appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. No (picture credit at the bottom). Sometimes No Is The Right Answer. Can you talk to me about a time when you had to say no to a customer? Why did you have to say no? MORE
The post To 10x Your Profits Start With Retrospectives appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. 20% is boring. As many of you know, there’s a technique called a “ retrospective ” in scrum, or you might call it a debrief. MORE
Chances are if you’re an engineer or product manager who works on anything even somewhat related to continuous delivery, Jez Humble wrote your handbook. This co-author of the Jolt award-winning Continuous Delivery also made hefty contributions to both Lean Enterprise and The DevOps Handbook. MORE
And you can find more on objection handling in any handbook on how to sell more effectively, like Dan Pink’s To Sell Is Human.”. The post Persuasion Tips: Pre-Handle Objections appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. MORE
appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. You have a team of engineers and a three month runway – how are you going to fix onboarding? That’s a question I actually got in a product management job interview a while ago. MORE
The post What Successful Companies Do To Get Better Leads appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook (This is the second post in my series about using product knowledge to create better sales enablement and jumpstart a repeatable sales process. MORE
Think of a legal document, like a will or an employment contract or an employee handbook. The Nordstrom Employee Handbook. It is better to train ten people than to do the work of ten people. But it is harder.—Dwight —Dwight Lyman Moody. MORE
The post This Framework Gives You Product Management Super Powers appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. Breakthrough! The Secret Product Management Framework. Finally writing down the Secret Product Management Framework was a revelation for me. MORE
The post 3 Proven Ways To Help Your Sales Team Beat Quota appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. Co-opting product management into sales. My good friend Geoffrey Anderson ( @ganders2112 ) recently wrote about a situation we product managers sometimes find ourselves in. MORE
The post The Secret Truth About Your Methodology and Processes appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. What are your goals? A product organization has three overarching goals: Deliver great value to our customers. Do it quickly, efficiently, and with high quality. MORE
The post A Better Approach To Demoing Can Turn Sales Around appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. A Sales Demo Challenge. At one of my previous companies our new logo sales – that is, new customers – were tanking. MORE
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I’m excited to announce The Secret Product Manager Handbook is available for pre-order ! I always wanted the “secret handbook” – so I wrote it. The Secret Product Manager Handbook i s all the things I wish someone had told me. The Secret Product Manager Handbook.
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” In The Secret Product Manager Handbook, my friend Nils Davis offers a similar view: We find market problems, create solutions to those problems, and take the solutions to market.
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We’ve just launched our latest book, The Growth Handbook. That’s what The Growth Handbook is all about. Grab your free copy of The Growth Handbook today , and best of luck on your own growth journey. The post Announcing our latest book – The Growth Handbook appeared first on Inside Intercom. If there’s one perennial problem all businesses face, it’s this: how do we grow?
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It’s exciting to see the first review of The Secret Product Manager Handbook ! The post “Compact, Immediately Useful, and Enough Depth” – The First Review appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook
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The post “I Have An Idea” – How I Evaluate Product Ideas appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. People are always asking me “Hey, I have a product idea. May I run it by you and get your input?”. Of course, I say yes. They tell me the idea, and it’s usually “ a technical thing for some kind of team.”. And my response is, “Well, that sounds neat, but….” And then I ask some questions. The answers to those questions tell me if the idea is any good.
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” video , from my (still in production) Secret Product Manager Handbook series. Let me know in the comments what you think about the Secret Product Manager Handbook.
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And you can find more on objection handling in any handbook on how to sell more effectively, like Dan Pink’s To Sell Is Human.”. The post Persuasion Tips: Pre-Handle Objections appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook.
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The post The Secret Truth About Your Methodology and Processes appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. What are your goals? A product organization has three overarching goals: Deliver great value to our customers. Do it quickly, efficiently, and with high quality.
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The post Storytelling For Product Managers – The TL;DR Version appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook In my last article , I covered a powerful storytelling technique in great detail. This article is the summary (the TL;DR ) version.
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The post 3 Proven Ways To Help Your Sales Team Beat Quota appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. Co-opting product management into sales. My good friend Geoffrey Anderson ( @ganders2112 ) recently wrote about a situation we product managers sometimes find ourselves in.
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The post Persuasion Tips: Have A Goal appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. Understand and articulate what you’re trying to achieve. This article is a follow-on to my overview article on persuasion tips for product managers.).
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appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. Have you built something? Have you led a team? Product management is a hot, hot profession right now. It’s one of the most important roles in a product company , especially in high tech. But is it right for you?
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The post A New Focus On Product Management Opportunity appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. Looking through to the next stage. A long work in progress. This blog has been going for a long long time.
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The post What Successful Companies Do To Get Better Leads appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook (This is the second post in my series about using product knowledge to create better sales enablement and jumpstart a repeatable sales process.
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The post Start Doing These 10 Things Today To Be A Better Product Manager appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook Take Action Today With These Product Management Tips. I love lists, and the Internet loves lists.
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” video , from my (still in production) Secret Product Manager Handbook series. Let me know in the comments what you think about the Secret Product Manager Handbook.
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The post Mental Models Applied: Using A 2×2 Chart For Handling Competitive Objections appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. In some earlier articles and in a talk I gave at a local product management meetup , I’ve shared about the importance of having a toolkit of mental models. They help with decision making, problem solving, communication, plus every other thing we do as product managers. A good mental model can help you see things in a different way.
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appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. Nothing Important Happens In The Office. We product managers are always told that we need to spend a lot of time with customers, and with the market, to create successful products. This advice, while good, is not actionable.
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
The post How To Say “No” To A Feature Request appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. No (picture credit at the bottom). Sometimes No Is The Right Answer. Can you talk to me about a time when you had to say no to a customer? Why did you have to say no?
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AUGUST 18, 2017
The post A Better Approach To Demoing Can Turn Sales Around appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. A Sales Demo Challenge. At one of my previous companies our new logo sales – that is, new customers – were tanking.
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appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. You have a team of engineers and a three month runway – how are you going to fix onboarding? That’s a question I actually got in a product management job interview a while ago.
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The post This Framework Gives You Product Management Super Powers appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. Breakthrough! The Secret Product Management Framework. Finally writing down the Secret Product Management Framework was a revelation for me.
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The first edition came out 10 years ago and was quickly considered a handbook for product managers. Nothing compares to the value of opening yourself to inspiration by reading what others working in your field have to say.
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The post The Secrets of Highly Successful Products: The Sales Discovery Call appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. When the sales team has the right product knowledge, they will be much more successful. Which means they sell a lot more of your product.
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The post Persuasion Tips For Product Managers appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. After a few well-received presentations to senior executives, a few colleagues at my new company asked me, based on the positive effect I got, “Can you give us some tips on persuasion?”.
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The post To 10x Your Profits Start With Retrospectives appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. 20% is boring. As many of you know, there’s a technique called a “ retrospective ” in scrum, or you might call it a debrief.
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Sign up for The Secret Product Manager Handbook mailing list to be sure to get the rest of the articles in this series on product knowledge and go to market. It’s Not Their Fault appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. Successful customers, quality product, but bad sales.
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How to read and review other people’s work in Handbook of Technical Reviews. During Agile 2018, Jerry Weinberg died. Shane Hastie and I had already agreed to do a recording of some sort while at the conference. We invited Esther Derby and turned our time into a lovely podcast about Remembering Jerry Weinberg. Yes, I was quite emotional. I’m human. I wrote a post about some of my memories in How Do You Say Goodbye? last week.
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The post 3 Simple Steps To Make Your Customer Stories 10x Better appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. How To Accelerate Sales With Great Storytelling. In my articles about go to market , I always mention the importance of “customer stories.”
The Secret PM Handbook
MARCH 28, 2018
The post 3 Simple Steps To Make Your Customer Stories 10x Better appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. How To Accelerate Sales With Great Storytelling. In my articles about go to market , I always mention the importance of “customer stories.”
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The post The Secrets of Highly Successful Sales People: Objection Handling appeared first on The Secret Product Manager Handbook. How to use better stories to overcome sales objections. During the sales process, the prospect may – and usually does – mention obstacles to getting the deal done.
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To start with, I wrote this handbook “ Product Management 101 ”. If you are visiting this page, there are chances you might be seeking an answer to one of the following questions – Having completed my formal education, how do I start my career in Product Management?
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