Mind the Product

APRIL 24, 2018

I joined Setapp as a product manager in January last year, at the same time as the company was launching its main product. Setapp provides Mac users with a way to use and discover new apps, and developers with a new way to reach customers and generate extra revenue. Problems with Customer Development.

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Userpilot

APRIL 29, 2021

The myth of the ‘killer feature’ and believing that all your product problems can be fixed with more features (or the ‘one big thing’) leads to the so-called ‘Build Trap’. The Build Trap leads to spending more and more of your development resources on building and maintaining new features, rather than improving UX and feature adoption.

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Userpilot

APRIL 6, 2023

Developing and releasing sophisticated products with all the bells and whistles imaginable might seem like a great idea. After all, you want your newly released software to be as good as it gets when it’s finally launched, right? Poor prioritization and external pressure are also common causes. Book the demo!

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Product Marketing is a fairly new domain and the role of ‘Product Marketing Manager’ differs greatly from organization to organization. You may want to jump to a relevant section: Who’s a Product Marketing Manager? Product Marketing Manager’s Role and Responsibilities (depending on the company).

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

It’s heart-breaking that, after all the effort that goes into developing and launching a new Product, from so many different people, 40% of product launches fail. Markham’s landmark study showed [1] and this is what we learned about at the latest Product Talks in Sydney. lack of effective product marketing.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The smarter your investment in testing, the better your chances of product success. Here’s what we’ve learned based on our experience of adopting a testing mindset and seeing your way through innovative product development. Product/Market fit Cannot be Planned. Chaos Report 2015. Reduce the Costs of Failure.

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Userpilot

MARCH 22, 2021

The world of software is crowded with a variety of product marketing tools that are ‘supposed’ to transform your workflow. Product Marketing tools that can add real value to your business do exist, but finding the right software in such a noisy environment can be challenging. Product Marketing Tools Overview.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In the competitive world of SaaS products, product positioning is definitely something your product marketing team can’t afford to ignore. Product positioning allows you to identify your market niche. It helps the customer understand your product and how it can satisfy their needs.

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280 Group

AUGUST 30, 2022

My time with Anheuser-Busch was a great learning experience which soon led me to become partner in a Mar-Com firm , leading the creative teams. For a half dozen years , I met with Product Managers who had come seeking creative for their new product launches. That was ground-pounding PM work, leveraging a very small team.

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Userpilot

JUNE 9, 2021

Are you thinking about a career in product, but you’re not sure whether you should pursue Product Marketing or Product Management? To explain the difference in the simplest of terms: Product Managers build product features and Product Marketers promote them to their audience and users.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Goals are important aspects of the product strategy. They tell the product management team what they need to achieve. Market research, differentiation, and positioning are necessary to prepare for the product launch. What is strategic product management? Activities for strategic product managers.

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

They also manage finances and supervise one or more engineering teams. Product Manager : In charge of creating product strategy and overseeing the design process, among other things. What to do before building a team for your SaaS company You can’t just jump into hiring without some forethought, or you’ll make many mistakes.

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Userpilot

MAY 5, 2022

Product managers lead interdisciplinary product teams to deliver products that bring value to customers. The product management process is a set of steps taking the project from the initial concept to the final product. The product development process is one aspect of the product management process.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The best product launches are like the cream cheese frosting on a decadent chocolate cake! enabled product or feature set and everyone’s totally energized over the upcoming announcement and marketing launch activities. The new product is going to boost your differentiation in the competitive space.

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Pragmatic Marketing

JUNE 12, 2018

Positioning documents will define your product category, the problems it solves and the personas it serves. Whenever I work with a new team, I always begin with roles and responsibilities. So how does this model impact product positioning ? In general, marketing owns messaging while the product leader owns positioning.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 3, 2022

The product management career path can be incredibly fulfilling as you build and work on products used by millions of users around the world. The success of a product, or even an entire company, rests on the product team. Building impactful products is exciting! Are you cut out for product management?

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 10, 2023

Meanwhile, the slow, steady drumbeat of cautious experimentation and incremental enhancements always makes the product better. It’s not sexy and won’t land the leadership team any TED Talks. That means doing your homework regarding market intelligence, product-market fit, technical feasibility, and the like.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Iterative testing should happen at every stage of product design. Once you start developing a feature, you should also test it regularly. Iterative testing allows product managers to find and fix problems early on before they become more difficult to rectify. Why is conducting iterative testing vital for product managers?

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Userpilot

MARCH 15, 2022

In this blog post, you’ll learn everything about go-to-market strategies. Successful product launches stand on the back of an effective GTM strategy. Your go-to-market strategy is simply a roadmap for how you’ll take your product to the market. What is a go-to-market (GTM) strategy?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 15, 2023

There’s a vast gap between a great idea and bringing that idea into reality: and there’s no better example than a product launch plan. If you get your product launch plan wrong, all the hard work and effort of building your product might be for nothing. Book a demo with our team to learn more.

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ProductPlan

JULY 11, 2019

Product teams must not only create an amazing product, they also need to set the stage for the product getting the awareness it requires for trial and user adoption. If a new feature or product never gets used, it doesn’t matter how awesome it is… it’s gathering the same dust as every less great product on the market.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 14, 2023

Which measures the customer’s experience with a specific product, feature, or team interaction. Ask users to rate from 1 to 5 how easy it is to use your product. Product evaluation surveys. Which gauges how users feel about product performance and what they value the most. Develop your product through a PMF survey.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2020

2020 is only halfway done, but it already was a big year for Product Management. We all learned that Product Management is not just about managing products really. One of the most powerful things Product Managers rely on for growth in 2020,? leave it to your web developers and marketing team,?—?but

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2020

If you let yourself get carried away, it’s really, really hard to tell the difference between a good and bad one. The result of idea validation is to develop a feasible prototype or MVP?—?both It also lays the foundation for a more intensive market-fit investigation, later on, to make sure it’s profitable. Should it be done?

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 10, 2023

Meanwhile, the slow, steady drumbeat of cautious experimentation and incremental enhancements always makes the product better. It’s not sexy and won’t land the leadership team any TED Talks. That means doing your homework regarding market intelligence, product-market fit, technical feasibility, and the like.

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Userpilot

MARCH 18, 2021

Customer Retention Strategy for Your Marketing & Sales Departments How to Build Products Designed for Retention The Role of Product Marketers in Customer Retention The Customer Support Strategy Why Is The Data You Collect So Important to CS and Retention? vs. A Product Onboarding Tool for Startups.

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Good Product Manager

APRIL 28, 2019

Three Tips for Getting More Value From Product Enhancements. Many product teams – especially those working on software-as-a-service offerings – spend most of their time and energy enhancing existing products. ” Sunday-Wednesday May 5-8 : SiriusDecisions Summit. Our big annual event (in Austin, TX this year!)

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The weary musician jotting down notes and chords that came to them in a dream or the product manager dreaming of new product ideas. Product teams long for similar moments of inspiration, but the motivational poster vision of breakthrough ideas misses the raw materials and effort that lead up to these moments.

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Userpilot

MAY 13, 2021

Product intelligence is the magic that turns everyday products into smart machines. It’s what helps teams build great product experiences. From Alexa putting on your favorite tunes in the kitchen to Siri setting up your morning alarm, product intelligence is the bridge that connects people to products.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 6, 2022

ProductPlan is the product management platform that operationalizes product strategy and execution best practices and drives innovation, trust, and accountability. To fully realize this and empower product teams to change the world through their products and the people they serve, ProductPlan is more than roadmapping.

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

In the spirit of “Staying Thirsty” we’ve compiled this list of books, blogs, Slack communities, and podcasts for product-obsessed people that want to develop themselves in and out of the office. Books for Product Managers. As a product manager, you have to be many things. Slack Groups for Product Managers.

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Good Product Manager

APRIL 28, 2019

Three Tips for Getting More Value From Product Enhancements. Many product teams – especially those working on software-as-a-service offerings – spend most of their time and energy enhancing existing products. ” Sunday-Wednesday May 5-8 : SiriusDecisions Summit. Our big annual event (in Austin, TX this year!)

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Userpilot

AUGUST 15, 2023

A product launch marketing plan is more than a simple press release announcing your product. It is the process that guides you to a successful product release. With several product launches occurring every day, you need something special to ensure your announcement doesn’t get lost in the noise.

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Department of Product

MAY 22, 2020

And the product team responsible got some pretty brutal reviews in the process. Whether we like not, digital products deliver value through features. Sales If you’ve ever sat in on a sales meeting with a client, you’ll know what happens in a typical product demo. Marketing It’s a similar story for product marketing.

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BrainMates

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

On average, about 40% of the products launched by organisations are failing to meet their intended objectives. Some quotes put this higher – up to 80 or even 95% – but 40% is what empirical evidence indicates and, even if this is an underestimate, that just makes product failure an even bigger issue for organisations.

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Department of Product

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

SaaS Pricing Models for Product Managers 6 ways to price your SaaS product using leading SaaS businesses as inspiration Pricing a product is a critical part of product management; it’s rarely something product teams will or should do themselves and will typically involve a blend of product, marketing and sales.

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280 Group

MAY 4, 2023

The Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser’s 3 Key Mistakes Our Product Pros did a deep dive on this topic and came away with 3 primary product management mistakes. But rather than starting by doing their homework, (or in product management terms, discovery), they skipped to the solution.

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