drjim, Author at The Accidental Product Manager

It’s Memorial Day – Take The Week Off!

In the U.S. it’s the week of the Memorial Day holiday (on Monday). Since a lot of you will be making the most of this

Is making a product suggestion a good thing?

Product Managers Want To Know: Do Suggestions Help Move Products?

Online product managers need to understand that customers don’t like to be monitored while they are making a purchasing decision and may not buy if they are

Do Product Managers Have To Worry About Algorithms Raising Prices?

Product managers are discovering that their pricing algorithms may be colluding with other pricing algorithms to create higher prices for products

With deliveries, sometimes later is better

What Should Product Managers Tell Customers About Deliveries?

Product managers need to realize that customer don’t like to wait to have their packages delivered. We need to inform them about a delivery just before it happens to maximize happiness

It turns out that people only buy things under the right conditions

Product Managers Want To Know: Does Scarcity Work?

Product managers need to understand that the scarcity of a product may cause customers to make a purchase under the right circumstances

Las Vegas product managers had a problem when the pandemic hit

Marketing Gambling During A Pandemic

Las Vegas product managers were hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic but now things are opening once again and they need to find ways to reach their customers