Posts Tagged ‘marketing’

Product Managers as Writers – Is Content the Newest Must-Have Product Feature?

I have been helping a small company get a strategic content generation service launched as part of my product management consulting lately and, in doing so, have stumbled on the theories of Content Marketing.   It is an interesting, fast-growing side-effect of Web 2.0 – now that users are generating content, companies have to begin generating [...]

Does your Product Collateral Support your Sales Process?

In an earlier post, I advocated that marketers design their marketing launch plans to better serve the sales cycle process. I thought I should provide a few examples about how to achieve that objective.
There are many sales methodologies out there, and every sale situation is different. However, sales cycle processes typically include at least four [...]

Do You Have a Participation Strategy for Your Product?

Recently, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to hear Jackie Huba, the author of “Citizen Marketers: When People are the Message”, speak about marketing in the Web 2.0 world.  She made many great points, but when she talked about a Participation Strategy, I really took notice.  Here are some of her ideas with [...]

Does Your Launch Plan Support Your Sales Process?

Product marketers have the duty to fully satisfy the sales force because, at the end of the day, it is the account manager who has the biggest opportunity to properly position the product with the customer