If you had to remember only 5 things about effective product management what would they be? I have my own punch list but I would love to hear yours so please write me. Here are mine:

Communicate, Communicate, Communicate until it feels like baby-sitting and then do some more with customers, sales, engineers, executive staff, [...]

Many companies fear social media. But the good ones have less to worry about than they might fear. While SM can be intimidating (especially with all those lawyers out there chomping at the bit in our sue-happy America), the truly good companies will find that social media is a friend. In fact it [...]

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It’s no secret: the firms that are the best at selling do things differently than those that aren’t the best.

This dandy of a chart by Aberdeen Group covers a lot of ground, including, getting business developers up to speed and selling fast, keeping the best sellers, and so on.

But [...]

A quick note to all marketers – Since my previous post on the Apple iPhone 4 product launch (see 600K Orders in a Day: The Power of Product Launches), and how it follows a formal product launch methodology, Jeff Walker (a founder of modern product launch techniques) has released a video detailing the launch.

Watch the [...]

The best way to find a job is via networking, people say.  And the second way is via the company’s own career page on their website.  My company finds all those company websites with careers and presents them to job searchers on www.LINKUP.com.  But my article today is about networking and how it looks from [...]

Update: since publishing this post about the billion dollar Apple iPhone 4 product launch, Jeff Walker himself released a video about it. It’s a must-watch video for all marketers:

http://budurl.com/applelaunch

In my introductory post titled, The Unbelievable World of Online Product Launches, I wrote enthusiastically about the power of product launches. Some readers know what I meant [...]

How often do you see the marketing department blamed for a company that has fallen on hard times or for the closure of a tech startup?  Rarely, if ever, is my assessment.  Save for notable blunders like New Coke, or KFC underestimating the popularity of Oprah, marketing rarely takes center stage on the front page [...]

It used to be that a B2B mom and pop manufacturer could get away with a less-than-polished marketing presence. You didn’t need an agency or a marketing consultant as you could write your own small ad or develop your own two- or four-page brochure with some help from a printer.

You really didn’t even need a [...]

At a recent industry event, the National Pork Producers announced that they would be stepping away from their iconic tagline of almost 25 years…the other white meat.The association’s VP of marketing explained that the tagline wasn’t driving sales and that people seem to have forgotten what the tagline means.  (I’d be willing to bet [...]

If you ask any business-to-business (B2B) consultant or guru for his/her thoughts on starting a B2B blog, you are likely to hear buzz phrases like, community building, thought leadership, social interaction, relationship building and the list goes on ad infinitum. Those are all great marketing goals to have and a business blog is very good [...]