Mind the Product

JUNE 18, 2019

Tech billionaire Marc Andreessen has been credited with bringing the term “product/market fit” into the mainstream lexicon in 2007. During my dealings with investors and product veterans, I’ve often heard that you can always feel when product/market fit is happening. Usual Benchmarks to Measure Product/Market Fit.

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Product Management University

MARCH 5, 2025

Product Management Every feature, every roadmap decision, every investmenttied directly to user jobs that, when improved, create measurable benefits for the customer. Don’t start with products, start with user jobs that most need improvement and product priority decisions will be a lot easier. Easy, right?

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Here’s a simple example of portfolio positioning and how it makes your product positioning more strategic. Your accounts payable product improves the customer’s cash flow. Your accounts receivable product further enhances cash flow. It sounds strategic. What CFO doesn’t want a stronger balance sheet?

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The Product Guy

MARCH 12, 2020

At the time of working through this process, my product had just been ‘launched’ after 2 months of private beta testing. We agreed that our number one priority had to be achieving Product/Market Fit. I also re-framed the alignment meetings as “Roadmap” meetings, not “Prioritisation” meetings.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Hence it is critical that one is aware of the best practises of the role and develops his own philosophy which results into maximum positive leverage for the organization. As I strive towards becoming a product leader, I wanted to understand the best practises in product management and in the process develop my own product philosophy. .

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The Product Guy

JUNE 20, 2019

It takes a village to successfully manage a product and as a product manager, you will become the central hub within your company for a lot of critical information about your products, market, clients, competitors and prospects. Secondly, you have to be a ruthless prioritizer. Get the Details Right.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

When you become a head of product, you move into a line management position. Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. Creating and validating a product strategy including market and user research.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

That’s why some of Intercom’s first marketing hires were product marketers and why we’ve had a “seat at the table” from the early days of the company. . Product marketing looks different in every company, but one common trend is that many product marketing managers (PMMs) feel undervalued.

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Alchemer Mobile

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Once you find these fans, create easy ways for them to engage with your brand and share their positive experience. The best way to give your customers a positive experience? Product roadmap. The insights you gather should inform your product roadmap and rally your development team around a single point: the customer.

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Product Management University

JANUARY 13, 2020

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?

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Product Management University

JULY 1, 2024

If I were building a product marketing organization from the ground up, I’d consider myself lucky. Most product marketing leaders inherit a team and then face the task of shaping it to meet their ideal make-up and the desired goals of the organization. You’re sandwiched right between product management and sales.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 21, 2019

Guest Post by: Anthony Lazarus (Mentee, Session 8, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Patrick Hoffman]. A customer-centric approach focuses on providing a positive customer experience to drive profit and gain competitive advantage. A product manager manages the product roadmap/product lifecycle.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 1, 2024

Product marketing is the process of bringing a product to market, and a well-curated product marketing strategy is key to understanding customer needs and driving adoption. TL;DR A product marketing strategy is a roadmap for how a new product will be positioned, priced, and marketed.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 18, 2023

touches on what startups should and shouldn’t do when striving for product-market fit. Perhaps that’s why Enzo Avigo, CEO of June , reportedly recommends several “dos” and “don’ts” on LinkedIn on how startups can navigate their journey towards product-market fit. Your product changes too fast. CEO of June.so

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Since this entire series of articles is about the ripple effect of product management, there’s a good chance the content for your product positioning (post 7 of 10), sales enablement tools (post 8 of 10) and marketing launch activities was created in a silo in product management long before the product or feature set was ever built (posts 4-6).

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Mind the Product

APRIL 24, 2018

What is our positioning? We could only conclude that we had launched the product with positioning that was too generic, and that our goal – to convert all Mac users around the world, instantly – was too broad. Imagine that you are building a product for everyone who regularly uses a Chrome browser.

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Product Management University

AUGUST 13, 2019

A strategic product marketing function can be created with one simple move that pays three big dividends to the organization. Many product marketing professionals in B2B have long felt like the sales tools on-demand department and rightfully so. It’s one of the least effective ways to do product marketing in B2B.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Before we bring the portfolio roadmap into the picture, let’s set the stage with product roadmaps. For most people, the term roadmap conjures up a visual presentation of product features and delivery dates published by product management. Now comes the execution, and the devil is always in the details.

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Alchemer Mobile

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Inform or validate your product roadmap. Remove silos between product, marketing, and customer service. On the flip side, they directed anyone who answered “Yes” to the Love Dialog to leave a positive review on the app store. This helped deflect all bad reviews and fill the store with positive ones.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Will the product make a positive impact on people’s lives, the wider society, and the planet, or will it at least not cause any harm ? How might people use the product? What kind of user experience (UX) should the product give rise to? Analyse the data collected to understand how your product is doing.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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Userpilot

MAY 30, 2024

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. They define the product vision , strategy, and roadmap.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Product marketing vs marketing? You see a lot of SaaS companies hiring for product marketing roles and it’s a bit confusing. Is there even any difference between product marketers and your regular marketer? There’s a difference between product marketing and traditional marketing.

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Userpilot

JULY 31, 2023

What does a product marketing manager (PMM) do? This is the question on the lips of many marketing professionals browsing through opportunities at tech companies. Chances are you already know their broad responsibility is to develop and implement a marketing strategy roadmap for a specific product.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Product roadmaps is one of the subjects I am probably the most passionate about in the product world. They’re controversial and usually carry a love-hate relationship stigma for many product managers. An outcome-based roadmap just sounds like a c-suite failing to construct a functional product organisation.”.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 22, 2024

A product marketing framework is like a compass that guides you through the complex, fast-paced world of SaaS. From initial launch to ongoing product management , this framework acts as a map towards sustainable growth. In this article, we dive deep into what a product marketing framework is and explore its essential components.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

What is a data product roadmap? What roadmap metrics should you be tracking? We also share software products you can use to create a foolproof product roadmap and drive product-led growth. The difference between a data product roadmap and the traditional approach is the former relies heavily on data.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In this article, we included the best tips and advice for product marketing managers (PMMs) on how to launch a product, along with various tips that can help your process go smoothly. Successfully launching a product requires proper planning which usually follows specific steps and checklists.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 24, 2021

How product managers can solve positioning, packaging, and pricing for their products. Today we are discussing how to price products, helping you avoid common mistakes and sharing steps to make your pricing smarter. When a company is having trouble in the market, price point is never really the problem.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

How to achieve product-market fit – for product managers This episode is sponsored by PDMA, the Product Development and Management Association. PDMA is also the longest-running professional association for product managers, leaders, and innovators, having started in 1976. Underserved needs Product: 3.

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Arkenea

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

As product teams consider features or user stories to implement, experiments to run, and other roadmap items, they should always evaluate and prioritize them in terms of the product strategy. At times it can feel like you’re being pulled in every direction, split focus is a real problem for product clarity.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Is your B2B Product Marketing strategy working for you? Brand positioning, demonstrating your value proposition to other businesses, and making channel decisions; B2B product marketing can become a complex process. Finally, set SMART goals and KPIs or OKRs for tracking your marketing performance.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

How is the outcome-based roadmap different from regular roadmaps? Why do product managers need them? That’s what Dave Martin , a product leadership coach, has talked about in his talk at this year’s Product Drive Summit hosted by Userpilot. Dave Martin on how product roadmaps kill outcomes.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

While certainly not a product category most of us operate it, it showcases the kind of inspirational feeling a successful product walkthrough leaves your audience with. Strategy: Product/Market Fit Hypotheses. A compelling strategy delineates exactly how your product will dominate its market.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Aligning the perspectives of stakeholders on a product project is desirable as well as difficult. Previously, Bruce joined us for a three-part series on creating and using product roadmaps. He is the co-author of the book Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction While Embracing Uncertainty.

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Userpilot

MAY 31, 2021

The product marketing manager role has been growing steadily over the two decades: And no wonder – the exponential growth of the SaaS industry, combined with the Product-Led Growth trend created a lot more demand for (and awareness of) product marketing. What is product marketing?

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