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In this ProductTank San Francisco talk, Rahul , CEO and Founder of Superhuman , shares with us a framework for determining product/market fit and optimizing until you achieve it. Measuring product/market fit. Rahul admits this was due to him not believing that they had product/market fit. Since this wasn’t happening for them he set out to measure and systematically optimize until they had product/market fit. Measuring Product/Market Fit. MORE
The term product/market fit was popularised by the lean startup movement a few years ago and tends to be something we glibly trot out when referring to a runaway success or a miserable product failure. The post A Guide to Product/Market fit appeared first on Mind the Product. MORE
Product marketing is not an exact science by any stretch of the imagination. However, new ways of objectively measuring and optimizing product marketing effectiveness are significantly changing the game. One of the biggest questions that marketing leadership is being asked by executive management is this: “What return on marketing investment (ROMI) is the company getting for the money they spend?” The idea of measuring marketing effectiveness and buyer’s response in.[continue MORE
Agile Marketing With Development Using Agile innovation for software development may help accelerate and optimize completion of a product. But if marketing is.[continue The post Agile Marketing Using Scrum appeared first on 280 Group Product Management. Product Marketing Agile Customer Needs Research WebinarThis is a guest post by John Armstrong, CMO, Zettaset. Many people in the technology world mistakenly believe that Agile is something new, but it really isn’t. MORE
On the surface, solving market problems versus addressing the needs of a market might sound like semantics. Common Practice: Solving Market Problems. You have a product that addresses user needs in a certain market. B2B Best Practice: Addressing Market Needs. MORE
In his ProductTank San Francisco talk, Chris Barton – founder of Shazam and, more recently, Guard – recounts the music recognition app’s successful quest for the Holy Grail: Product/Market Fit. Go After a Big Market Chris explains that to [.]. MORE
Can Agile Marketing give you an edge? The past five years have witnessed a sea change in marketing methodologies and processes at a rate that continues to accelerate. Marketers have always been under pressure to demonstrate results with scarce resources, but now those results must be driven by marketing automation and validated by supporting metrics. The post Why Agile Marketing is the Key to Successful Products appeared first on 280 Group Product Management. MORE
We covered product/market fit, team culture, careers, diversity, roadmapping and more. The post August Roundup: Roadmaps, Product/Market Fit, Team Culture and More! General Diversity Product Roadmapping Product/Market Fit roadmap Team Culture MORE
At the intersection of product, marketing, sales, and customer success sits an increasingly crucial function in any organization. We can think of product marketing as the driving force behind bringing a product to market, but the responsibilities also extend throughout the entire product lifecycle. While product marketing will look different at every company, there are. Perspectives PM 101 Product Manager Product Marketing Product Teams MORE
If you’re in a B2B market the chances are that you won’t be successful unless your Sales Team is successful. product, marketing, customer service, and perhaps others). Bill is recognized as an authority in Product Management, in B2B marketing at all levels, and in strategy. His 25+ years’ experience includes VP Product/Marketing roles within 2, $1B+ companies, within smaller firms, and within a large-scale start-up. Product Marketing MORE
Nir’s Note: Gad Saad is a professor of marketing at Concordia University and the author of The Consuming Instinct. In this interview with Max Ogles, Saad discusses the role of evolutionary psychology in modern marketing. The post The Secret Marketing Power of Evolutionary Psychology appeared first on Nir and Far. Behavior Design In Action marketingHe’ll be speaking at the upcoming Habit Summit in April. You can register here!) MORE
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One of the core responsibilities of Marketing in an organization is to effectively define and track the marketing segments. Often the temptation to be everything to everyone is great within the organization, yet, the wise marketer and product manager knows that targeting key segments makes for a much greater chance of success. Understanding the strengths of your offering, and how it relates to the segments of your market allows you to better guide your investment strategy. MORE
In this ProductTank London talk, Janna Bastow – co-founder and CEO of ProPad – shares her view on how you can define and measure your product/market fit. The post What is product/market fit? Product/Market Fit Iteration London market traction ProductTank ProductTank London MORE
Here’s how to create business requirements that boost your marketing and sales proficiency. First, remember that the reasons you build new products and features are the same exact reasons the market buys them. Context is the key to creating business requirements that not only give design and development teams clear value targets, but can also be repurposed as knowledge transfer vehicles for marketing and sales. MORE
Bill is recognized as an authority in Product Management, in B2B marketing at all levels, and in strategy. His 25+ years’ experience includes VP Product/Marketing roles within 2, $1B+ companies, within smaller firms, and within a large-scale start-up. Bill also held executive positions at a software development firm and at an award-winning marketing communications agency. He is author of the book: The 21 Rules of B2B Marketing , available on Amazon. Product Marketing MORE
Managing the Interrelated Roles and Responsibilities of Product Managers and Product Marketing Managers. Product Management and Product Marketing Management are complementary roles. It’s often said that a Product Manager has a more inbound focus, while a Product Marketing Manager has a more outbound focus. The Product Marketing Manager is responsible for successfully getting the product off the shelf. Is the market expert. Conducts customer and market research. MORE
We’ll be using the term Product Manager to refer to both Product Managers and Product Marketers. Inbound (Product Management) spends most of their time with engineering teams and customers, making critical decisions and ensuring that everything gets done to bring customer-focused products to market. Outbound (Product Marketing) makes sure that once these products are ready, they get launched and marketed effectively to the target customer base. Product Marketing. MORE
That is the essence of product-market fit. In this talk at ProductTank San Francisco, I share advice from my book The Lean Product Playbook on how to achieve product-market fit. The Product-Market Fit Pyramid. In order to achieve product-market fit, we need a model to really understand it. My Product-Market Fit Pyramid consists of five layers. These two bottom layers are the market. Why Products Fail. MORE
Product marketers driving account-based marketing (ABM) programs operate with a different thought process when it comes to marketing to individual accounts because they think more like sales people. The ABM marketer plays a role supporting sales proposals, and using ABM technology, has the potential to improve conversion rates and shorten sales cycles. ABM vendors claim that ABM delivers the highest ROI of any B2B marketing strategy.[continue MORE
Is there a way to quantify the extent to which our organization is truly market focused? Here’s a simple calculation that tells you how well your organization is executing on product, marketing and sales initiatives that will drive growth over the next 12-24 months. MORE
In this talk, Alan Chiu pulls from his experience in product management and as a seed-stage venture capitalist to showcase a variety of case studies on companies who have perfected product/market fit. It’s probably not surprising to hear that there is no silver bullet when it comes to market fit. But exploring your product with a systematic approach like this one can help you understand what the market wants, and how your product fits in. MORE
Is there a way to quantify the extent to which our organization is truly market focused? Here’s a simple calculation that tells you how well your organization is executing on product, marketing and sales initiatives that will drive growth over the next 12-24 months. MORE
In B2B organizations the same concepts apply to product management and product marketing teams for the same reasons. Consider your colleagues in engineering, marketing, services, sales and the executive team to be your target market. Market & Industry Knowledge. MORE
Product experts have tried to tackle this issue but they gloss over the impact a company’s structure and leadership team have on product/market fit. For many consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, product teams report to marketing, sales, finance, or strategy leads. Who owns Product/Market fit – Marketing, Sales, or Business? When product/market fit is owned by business leaders, products are judged by how quickly they can turn a profit. MORE
Spending a bit more effort on the process can help you turn your release notes into effective content marketing. It’s a task that also requires tight cooperation between tech and marketing functions. When planning your releases, involve some marketing people to make sure that your releases make sense from a marketing point of view as well. Market Your Release. The post Turn Your Release Notes Into a Content Marketing Machine appeared first on Mind the Product. MORE
In-app marketing – Everyone’s doing it in bits and pieces. This guide will give you a holistic idea of in-app marketing, what to improve and how to attract, acquire and retain more users. Ultimately, using in-app marketing to retain customers and upsell to your users is a no-brainer. In this in-app marketing guide, I’m going to explain why in-app marketing is so important, and how you can use it to improve customer retention. Referral Marketing. MORE
If you answered yes to any of those questions, you’ve… Career Product Management Product MarketingBy Jennifer Gridley – Have you ever wondered how different people break into Product Management and why they stay? Would you like advice from great Product Managers on how to do the job well? Are you interested in sharing your story and advice with others? MORE
A lot of people think solutions marketing is just a fancy term for product marketing, especially since the term solution has been so overused. In a product marketing model, products are the star. In a solutions marketing model, the star is the buyer’s vision for success. What Is Solutions Marketing? Think of solutions marketing as the more encompassing, higher-impact version of product marketing. The Value of a Product Marketing Roadmap for Sales. MORE
If you have market driven products then don’t you have a market driven company? There are three key differences between market driven products and a market driven product company. Market-driven products, if taken literally, could result in multiple product silos with competing goals and contention over resource allocation. Here are three key differences between market-driven products and market-driven product companies. Market Perspective. MORE
“Sizing a market opportunity has always been problematic. The most common academic tool for market sizing is TAM/SAM/SOM. The Total Addressable Market (TAM) is the number of all buyers; Serviceable Available Market (SAM) is the portion of TAM that you can reach with your sales channels; and SOM is your likely share of the market by your sales channels. A market is a known set of buyers, typically a set of people or businesses. Product Marketing MORE
Market analysis is one of the first and most important steps in the success of any business, large or small, products and services. In B2B, analyzing markets for products versus solutions comes down to how you want to view the market – more inside-out or outside-in, the width of your viewing lens and if you need to be more strategic or tactical. 3 Key Differences Between Product and Solutions Market Analysis. How to Analyze a Market in 4 Steps. MORE
Lately, reflecting on my experiences in product management at startups, I’ve come to the conclusion that marketing is very rarely given its due. The post Marketing > Building appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo. Perspectives Growth MarketingAn afterthought. I remember when I was traveling for business – my first time doing that and going to New York City. I was 22 or 23. My boss told me to. MORE
Many Product Managers struggle with writing market requirements that are effective in guiding their engineering teams to build the right solution. Whether you are writing requirements for Agile and delivering user stories for the product backlog or writing a more traditional market requirements document, there is one technique that I have found can be very effective. The post Writing Market Requirements Effectively appeared first on 280 Group Product Management. MORE
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On the surface, solving market problems versus addressing the needs of a market might sound like semantics. Common Practice: Solving Market Problems. You have a product that addresses user needs in a certain market. B2B Best Practice: Addressing Market Needs.
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In his ProductTank San Francisco talk, Chris Barton – founder of Shazam and, more recently, Guard – recounts the music recognition app’s successful quest for the Holy Grail: Product/Market Fit. Go After a Big Market Chris explains that to [.].
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Managing the Interrelated Roles and Responsibilities of Product Managers and Product Marketing Managers. Product Management and Product Marketing Management are complementary roles. It’s often said that a Product Manager has a more inbound focus, while a Product Marketing Manager has a more outbound focus. The Product Marketing Manager is responsible for successfully getting the product off the shelf. Is the market expert. Conducts customer and market research.
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The term product/market fit was popularised by the lean startup movement a few years ago and tends to be something we glibly trot out when referring to a runaway success or a miserable product failure. The post A Guide to Product/Market fit appeared first on Mind the Product.
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Is there a way to quantify the extent to which our organization is truly market focused? Here’s a simple calculation that tells you how well your organization is executing on product, marketing and sales initiatives that will drive growth over the next 12-24 months.
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Many Product Managers struggle with writing market requirements that are effective in guiding their engineering teams to build the right solution. Whether you are writing requirements for Agile and delivering user stories for the product backlog or writing a more traditional market requirements document, there is one technique that I have found can be very effective. The post Writing Market Requirements Effectively appeared first on 280 Group Product Management.
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Nir’s Note: Gad Saad is a professor of marketing at Concordia University and the author of The Consuming Instinct. In this interview with Max Ogles, Saad discusses the role of evolutionary psychology in modern marketing. The post The Secret Marketing Power of Evolutionary Psychology appeared first on Nir and Far. Behavior Design In Action marketingHe’ll be speaking at the upcoming Habit Summit in April. You can register here!)
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JUNE 3, 2020
Market analysis is one of the first and most important steps in the success of any business, large or small, products and services. In B2B, analyzing markets for products versus solutions comes down to how you want to view the market – more inside-out or outside-in, the width of your viewing lens and if you need to be more strategic or tactical. 3 Key Differences Between Product and Solutions Market Analysis. How to Analyze a Market in 4 Steps.
Speaker: Ardeshir Ghanbarzadeh, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Logi Analytics
Making the transition from building your analytics in-house to investing in a third-party embedded solution can be complicated.Watch this webinar with Ardeshir Ghanbarzadeh, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Logi Analytics, for tips on making the transition as smooth as possible, and getting on the right path to better analytics for your app!
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FEBRUARY 22, 2017
Agile Marketing With Development Using Agile innovation for software development may help accelerate and optimize completion of a product. But if marketing is.[continue The post Agile Marketing Using Scrum appeared first on 280 Group Product Management. Product Marketing Agile Customer Needs Research WebinarThis is a guest post by John Armstrong, CMO, Zettaset. Many people in the technology world mistakenly believe that Agile is something new, but it really isn’t.
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MARCH 28, 2017
Product marketing is not an exact science by any stretch of the imagination. However, new ways of objectively measuring and optimizing product marketing effectiveness are significantly changing the game. One of the biggest questions that marketing leadership is being asked by executive management is this: “What return on marketing investment (ROMI) is the company getting for the money they spend?” The idea of measuring marketing effectiveness and buyer’s response in.[continue
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AUGUST 4, 2019
We’ll be using the term Product Manager to refer to both Product Managers and Product Marketers. Inbound (Product Management) spends most of their time with engineering teams and customers, making critical decisions and ensuring that everything gets done to bring customer-focused products to market. Outbound (Product Marketing) makes sure that once these products are ready, they get launched and marketed effectively to the target customer base. Product Marketing.
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AUGUST 31, 2020
We covered product/market fit, team culture, careers, diversity, roadmapping and more. The post August Roundup: Roadmaps, Product/Market Fit, Team Culture and More! General Diversity Product Roadmapping Product/Market Fit roadmap Team Culture
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In B2B organizations the same concepts apply to product management and product marketing teams for the same reasons. Consider your colleagues in engineering, marketing, services, sales and the executive team to be your target market. Market & Industry Knowledge.
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One of the core responsibilities of Marketing in an organization is to effectively define and track the marketing segments. Often the temptation to be everything to everyone is great within the organization, yet, the wise marketer and product manager knows that targeting key segments makes for a much greater chance of success. Understanding the strengths of your offering, and how it relates to the segments of your market allows you to better guide your investment strategy.
Proficientz
JULY 10, 2020
Here’s how to create business requirements that boost your marketing and sales proficiency. First, remember that the reasons you build new products and features are the same exact reasons the market buys them. Context is the key to creating business requirements that not only give design and development teams clear value targets, but can also be repurposed as knowledge transfer vehicles for marketing and sales.
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User Classes vs. Marketing Buying Personas While companies may buy your software product, it’s the end users who ultimately use the features. This is why relying on marketing buying personas to drive pricing is a. number of marketing buying personas).
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FEBRUARY 14, 2017
Can Agile Marketing give you an edge? The past five years have witnessed a sea change in marketing methodologies and processes at a rate that continues to accelerate. Marketers have always been under pressure to demonstrate results with scarce resources, but now those results must be driven by marketing automation and validated by supporting metrics. The post Why Agile Marketing is the Key to Successful Products appeared first on 280 Group Product Management.
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“Sizing a market opportunity has always been problematic. The most common academic tool for market sizing is TAM/SAM/SOM. The Total Addressable Market (TAM) is the number of all buyers; Serviceable Available Market (SAM) is the portion of TAM that you can reach with your sales channels; and SOM is your likely share of the market by your sales channels. A market is a known set of buyers, typically a set of people or businesses. Product Marketing
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Bill is recognized as an authority in Product Management, in B2B marketing at all levels, and in strategy. His 25+ years’ experience includes VP Product/Marketing roles within 2, $1B+ companies, within smaller firms, and within a large-scale start-up. Bill also held executive positions at a software development firm and at an award-winning marketing communications agency. He is author of the book: The 21 Rules of B2B Marketing , available on Amazon. Product Marketing
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A lot of people think solutions marketing is just a fancy term for product marketing, especially since the term solution has been so overused. In a product marketing model, products are the star. In a solutions marketing model, the star is the buyer’s vision for success. What Is Solutions Marketing? Think of solutions marketing as the more encompassing, higher-impact version of product marketing. The Value of a Product Marketing Roadmap for Sales.
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Mind the Product
OCTOBER 10, 2018
In this talk, Alan Chiu pulls from his experience in product management and as a seed-stage venture capitalist to showcase a variety of case studies on companies who have perfected product/market fit. It’s probably not surprising to hear that there is no silver bullet when it comes to market fit. But exploring your product with a systematic approach like this one can help you understand what the market wants, and how your product fits in.
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If you have market driven products then don’t you have a market driven company? There are three key differences between market driven products and a market driven product company. Market-driven products, if taken literally, could result in multiple product silos with competing goals and contention over resource allocation. Here are three key differences between market-driven products and market-driven product companies. Market Perspective.
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MARCH 3, 2020
In this ProductTank San Francisco talk, Rahul , CEO and Founder of Superhuman , shares with us a framework for determining product/market fit and optimizing until you achieve it. Measuring product/market fit. Rahul admits this was due to him not believing that they had product/market fit. Since this wasn’t happening for them he set out to measure and systematically optimize until they had product/market fit. Measuring Product/Market Fit.
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In-app marketing – Everyone’s doing it in bits and pieces. This guide will give you a holistic idea of in-app marketing, what to improve and how to attract, acquire and retain more users. Ultimately, using in-app marketing to retain customers and upsell to your users is a no-brainer. In this in-app marketing guide, I’m going to explain why in-app marketing is so important, and how you can use it to improve customer retention. Referral Marketing.
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Product experts have tried to tackle this issue but they gloss over the impact a company’s structure and leadership team have on product/market fit. For many consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, product teams report to marketing, sales, finance, or strategy leads. Who owns Product/Market fit – Marketing, Sales, or Business? When product/market fit is owned by business leaders, products are judged by how quickly they can turn a profit.
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That is the essence of product-market fit. In this talk at ProductTank San Francisco, I share advice from my book The Lean Product Playbook on how to achieve product-market fit. The Product-Market Fit Pyramid. In order to achieve product-market fit, we need a model to really understand it. My Product-Market Fit Pyramid consists of five layers. These two bottom layers are the market. Why Products Fail.
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If you answered yes to any of those questions, you’ve… Career Product Management Product MarketingBy Jennifer Gridley – Have you ever wondered how different people break into Product Management and why they stay? Would you like advice from great Product Managers on how to do the job well? Are you interested in sharing your story and advice with others?
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At the intersection of product, marketing, sales, and customer success sits an increasingly crucial function in any organization. We can think of product marketing as the driving force behind bringing a product to market, but the responsibilities also extend throughout the entire product lifecycle. While product marketing will look different at every company, there are. Perspectives PM 101 Product Manager Product Marketing Product Teams
Speaker: Mandy Howard, Product Manager, ServiceTitan
Once your SaaS product hits a certain level of revenue, you'll need to change things up to move past the plateau. One of the ways to do this is to move past your core product and introduce new business streams. If you're strategic about your integrations, you can strengthen your ties to your target market. Join Mandy Howard, Product Manager at ServiceTitan, as she takes you through the three key questions that you need to answer to grow your product with the right partner integrations. Whether you're a start-up, or working on a new product in an enterprise environment, you'll learn how to push through to a new level of growth.
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Lately, reflecting on my experiences in product management at startups, I’ve come to the conclusion that marketing is very rarely given its due. The post Marketing > Building appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo. Perspectives Growth MarketingAn afterthought. I remember when I was traveling for business – my first time doing that and going to New York City. I was 22 or 23. My boss told me to.
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If you’re in a B2B market the chances are that you won’t be successful unless your Sales Team is successful. product, marketing, customer service, and perhaps others). Bill is recognized as an authority in Product Management, in B2B marketing at all levels, and in strategy. His 25+ years’ experience includes VP Product/Marketing roles within 2, $1B+ companies, within smaller firms, and within a large-scale start-up. Product Marketing
Mind the Product
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Spending a bit more effort on the process can help you turn your release notes into effective content marketing. It’s a task that also requires tight cooperation between tech and marketing functions. When planning your releases, involve some marketing people to make sure that your releases make sense from a marketing point of view as well. Market Your Release. The post Turn Your Release Notes Into a Content Marketing Machine appeared first on Mind the Product.
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Product marketers driving account-based marketing (ABM) programs operate with a different thought process when it comes to marketing to individual accounts because they think more like sales people. The ABM marketer plays a role supporting sales proposals, and using ABM technology, has the potential to improve conversion rates and shorten sales cycles. ABM vendors claim that ABM delivers the highest ROI of any B2B marketing strategy.[continue
Speaker: Steve Johnson, VP of Products, Pragmatic Institute
Product Management is one of the most exciting - and most misunderstood - functions in technical organizations. Is it strategic or tactical? Is it a planning role or a support role? Many product professionals are unclear about what is (and isn't) product management. After all, product management spans many activities from business planning to market readiness. In this session, we’ll examine many product activities and artifacts for product strategy, planning, and growth, and introduce a simple tool that you can use in your organization to clarify the roles of product management and others. Steve Johnson explores the many roles of Product Management in this fun talk focused on why product managers should obsess on problems instead of solutions.
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