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The Most Basic Rule of Product Positioning – It’s Easy

Product Management University

I learned a lot about product positioning long before I ever stepped into a product marketing role. I think of demos as verbal product positioning. In my young naivete, I just figured some people liked my products and some didn’t. That’s where I figured out the number one rule of product positioning.

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Product Portfolio Management & the Strategic Ripple Effect 7 of 10 – Portfolio Positioning Is What Makes Your Product Positioning More Strategic

Product Management University

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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Should Product Positioning and Sales Narratives be Different?

Product Management University

Does your product positioning need to be different than your sales narratives? The short and simple answer is no, but it’s highly dependent on how your product positioning is constructed. As a former product marketing manager, I know this all too well and was guilty in the first degree!

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Positioning Value – The Simplest Things Are The Hardest to Say

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To all of you product marketers out there, you totally understand this situation! When it comes to positioning value, sometimes the simplest things are the hardest to say. For all of you in product marketing, you know where I’m going with this. Positioning Value the Simple Way I’ll share my secret.

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Product Management University Launches The Customer Outcome Framework for Product Management, Product Marketing, Sales and Customer Success

Product Management University

It gives product management, product marketing, sales and customer success teams a common holistic view of the customer so they can focus their collective efforts on eliminating the obstacles and helping customers achieve those outcomes. View the full framework.

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Develop a Content Strategy for Product Marketing in 5 Steps

Product Management University

Developing a content strategy for product marketing requires an approach similar to product positioning. Executing a solid content strategy can keep the sales mantra of “the leads we get from marketing are crap” at bay! Ideally, your followers are always looking forward to your next piece of content!

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Product Marketing Roadmaps – Your Revenue Destination With Turn-by-Turn Directions

Product Management University

Product marketing roadmaps aren’t a staple in most B2B organizations, but there are a host of reasons they should be. The biggest reason metaphorically speaking, is they willingly “fence the salesforce” into your most lucrative markets and give them a shorter path to meeting sales quotas and revenue goals.

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