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The Biggest Difference Between Product Management and Portfolio Management

Product Management University

The biggest difference between product management and portfolio management is product management focuses specifically on the success of each product whereas portfolio management focuses on the success of the company (the portfolio) in chosen market segments. Here’s a bonus.

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Empathy in Product Management

Roman Pichler

This does not mean, though, that you must like the other person and that you must be happy and smiley all the time—nor does it mean sugar-coating messages, only telling people what they want to hear, and putting up with issues. Why is Empathy Important in Product Management? Cultivate Curiosity and Open-mindedness.

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Everything you need to know about product messaging — Diane Wierdu (Messaging strategist, B2B, SaaS)

Mind the Product

Crafting effective messaging is crucial for product success. In this podcast episode, Diane Wierdu, Founder and Messaging Strategist for Lion Works, underscores the significance of this key element.

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Aligning Product Managers and Product Marketing Managers for Success – Interview With Aatir Abdul Rauf

Userpilot

Overlapping responsibilities and conflicting priorities are just a couple of the many friction points between product managers and product marketing managers – leading to inefficient workflows and potential product failures. Product managers focus on building the right product.

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The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Strong and Effective Value Proposition

Speaker: Robin Zaragoza, Product Coach and CEO of The Product Refinery

Every product manager has heard, “Keep the customer at the heart of everything you do". But what strategy do managers use to keep the customer and their key problems at the center of the product development process? How do product managers instill this knowledge of the customer across the rest of the organization?

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Everything you need to know about product messaging — Diane Wiredu (Messaging strategist, B2B, SaaS)

Mind the Product

Crafting effective messaging is crucial for product success. In this podcast episode, Diane Wiredu, Founder and Messaging Strategist for Lion Works, underscores the significance of this key element.

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10 Tips for Effective Product Management Meetings

Roman Pichler

The following list shares sample rules, which are based on my book How to Lead in Product Management : Always have cameras turned on in online meetings and mute yourself if you don’t speak. Do not engage in side-conversations and don’t answer messages on your electronic devices. Stay present. 8 Choose a Decision Rule.

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Why the Product Message Should Come From Product Management

Speaker: Jordan Bergtraum, Head of Product at Equip ID & Consultant

Compelling product messages have a profound impact on attracting new customers and commanding value-based pricing. Perceived “value” of your offering(s) is directly related to how you talk about your product and company. In this webinar you will learn: Why Product Management should create the initial “Product Message".

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Leading Under Uncertainty

Speaker: Greg Coticchia, CEO & Founder of ENTRA

On a product level, how can you be sure of delivering the ‘right’ messaging, products, solutions, and services to customers? In this session, we will discuss important tips for you as a Product Manager dealing with uncertainty. Product management is a team sport and trust amongst the team is even more essential.

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Turning Trial Users Into Successful Customers

Speaker: Daniel Foster, Strategy Lead, TechSmith & Vic DeMarines, VP of Product Management, Revenera

TechSmith’s Snagit Strategy Lead, Daniel Foster, will share how he leveraged product usage data, segmentation, and targeted onboarding messaging to improve trial users’ experiences. Creating user segmentation and testing in-product messaging to improve the user experience during the trial.

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Hooked - How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Speaker: Nir Eyal, Author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Through consecutive “hook cycles,” these products reach their ultimate goal of bringing users back again and again without depending on costly advertising or aggressive messaging. He wrote the book he wished had been available to him as a start-up founder—not abstract theory, but a how-to guide for building better products.