Brian O’ConnorSeptember 14, 2015 Product managers develop ideas by reading industry reports, speaking with customers and prospects, and attending conferences. But then they must field ideas and feature requests from executives who drop in, marketing departments that want new features to promote, sales teams that promise a feature to close a deal, and more. These … Continue reading What Every Busy Product Manager Needs to Know About Prioritization
Timothy FreriksAugust 23, 2015 A lot of articles talk about ‘creating’ urgency in order to sell your product. However, I don’t think you can base your product’s salability on hoping marketing and sales manipulations will create a motivated customer. If your target customer does not already have some urgency in finding a solution to the … Continue reading URGENCY – Foundation of a Saleable Product
Zoe WaldronAugust 16, 2015 When sharing an Instagram with a product to feature in mind, it’s important to keep that balance of personal aesthetic and making sure the brand is happy. Below we’ve shared four different styles of product Instagrams that have a nice balance of inspiration and promotion, with examples from pro-bloggers and top … Continue reading Master The 4 Types Of Product Instagrams
Kiki SchirrAugust 7, 2015 By now you might have heard about Product Hunt – a website and mobile app that ranks new products every day. There are seemingly posts every day about how Product Hunt made some startup thousands of dollars overnight, or brought in 12 new lucrative clients, or about how their servers nearly … Continue reading How to use Product Hunt to boost your business
Getting a new product ready and out the door is a daunting task, but columnist Sonny Ganguly has some tips to ensure your product launch goes off without a hitch. Sonny Ganguly on August 4, 2015 The launch of a new product may seem like it’s occurring at a single point in time, but a … Continue reading 7 Key Elements To A Perfect Product Launch
Gregory YankelovichJuly 31, 2015 For years I have been puzzled by the fierce resistance of product managers to integrate customers feedback into the products’ design and marketing process. Surely, many use elaborate survey and market focus group studies to validate and refine an original concept, but the use of the feedback to form an original … Continue reading Voice of Customers Challenge to Product Managers
Will KerschbaumJuly 29, 2015 Pinterest enjoys upwards of 73 million users, and while the majority are consumers looking for crafting and recipe ideas, there’s also an established base of business users. If you’re not taking advantage of their presence, you’re missing out on a tremendous opportunity. You don’t need flashy products to market successfully on Pinterest. … Continue reading How To Rock Pinterest Without Sexy Product Pix
Megan ConleyJuly 22, 2015 When it comes to starting any business, crafting a successful business plan is often the first step –– one which causes many to reconsider, or worse, quit. This is especially true for those looking to launch sustainable product lines, a business model that typically charges higher prices in return for offering … Continue reading Diversify Your Line: How a Sustainable Product Accelerator Program Helps Online Merchants Scale Smart
Kim SpeierJuly 13, 2015 One of the most important, and potentially most difficult, parts of managing an ecommerce website is writing informative and persuasive product descriptions. You have to create an experience online that makes the shopper feel as educated and comfortable with making a purchase as they would in a retail store – and … Continue reading Drive Sales Through Effective Product Descriptions
Gennia HolderJuly 13, 2015 Social media plays a major role when looking to reach your target market online. Whether you are planning a big launch with a $ 5,000 coaching package where you announce it to the world with opt-ins, interest lists, sales pages and a pre-launch webinar to open the cart for your first sale … Continue reading 7 Steps To Avoid Social Media “Product Launch Panic Syndrome”
