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4 Ways That A Product Manager Can Become A Better Networker

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In the end, it turns out that product management is all about more than just creating a good product development definition, you have to be a good communicator. However, before you can become a good communicator, you first have to have a network to communicate with. Building that network can be a challenge. What product … Read more

Product Managers Need To Know Who Their Internal Customers Are

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Product launches are one of the most difficult things that product managers are called on to do. The reason that they are so difficult to do well is because no matter how detailed of a product development definition you’ve created, there are still a large number of moving parts that are involved. It can be … Read more

How Product Managers Can Use Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest To Create Product Buzz

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As product managers living and working in the 21st Century, we all know about the importance of social media. Many of us have probably already added these skills to our product manager resume. However, discovering just exactly how to make the best use of these new tools that allow us to get in contact with … Read more

New Book: How Competition Makes You A Better Product Manager

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  What You’ll Find Inside: TO BEAT THE COMPETITION, PRODUCT MANAGERS HAVE TO DO SOME HOMEWORK HOW YAHOO PRODUCT MANAGERS ARE KICKING GOOGLE’S BUTT CASE STUDY: WHAT TO DO WHEN A LARGE COMPETITOR SHOWS UP ON YOUR BLOCK HOW PRODUCT MANAGERS SHOULD GO ABOUT DOING BUSINESS RESEARCH   Click here for epub, pdf, rtf, lrf, … Read more

Why Product Managers Need Checklists In Order To Be Successful

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Let’s face it, being a product manager means that there are a lot of different things that you are responsible for accomplishing. Many of these things are very small details, a few are medium sized tasks, and just a couple may be very large. However, if you “drop the ball” on any of the things … Read more

New Book: Product Failure Lessons For Product Managers

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Product fail. As product managers we need to be able to understand what makes them fail and how to prevent it. Get the book that tells you how to do this: Click here to for Paperback, Kindle, or Audiobook Download. Click here for epub, mobi, pdf, rtf, lrf, pdb, txt or html.

What McDonald’s Mistake Can Teach Product Managers

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Eating at McDonalds is a guilty pleasure that we have all done before. It seems like there is a McDonalds restaurant on just about every corner and when we’re in a rush, or simply don’t have time to plan a meal, we always know that we can go to McDonalds to get something to eat. … Read more

Can Product Managers Be Too Clever When It Comes To Pricing?

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How much does your product cost? I’m willing to bet that you have a price sheet / guide somewhere that took a big effort to create. You probably had to study the market, study your customers, and study what the other guys were charging in order to come up with your prices as a part … Read more

How Product Managers Can Master The Art Of Conversation

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When I’m talking with product managers who are first starting out, their questions all revolve around things like product road maps, how to create a product development definition, and the best way to collect customer requirements. It’s when I talk with product managers who have been doing this job for a while that the questions … Read more