Product Management and Product Marketing

Archives for May 2008

The Failures and Successes of Open Source Product Management

The Product Management problem isn’t just in Open Source, but recent events have opened opportunities for developers and PM’s to think about working more closely.

13 May 2008 | Development, Product Management | 1 Comment

Using New Media for Product Marketing

As Product Marketers, we can use new media such as blogs and forums in new ways to both get better product feedback, and to get our message into the market.

9 May 2008 | Marcomm, Product Management, Product Marketing, Sales, Tactics | Comments Off

Cisco Marketing Has Gone Crazy…Like a Fox!

Cisco is trying to use new media in innovative ways to connect with a highly technical target market. One of these methods is an online game called Edge Quest.

8 May 2008 | Marcomm, Product Management, Product Marketing, Sales, Tactics, Theory | 1 Comment

Why ProductCamp Will Help Push Austin Over the Tipping Point

Austin has creativity and lots of high tech startups. The time to organize all of that Product Management talent is now. You can make a strong argument that East of the Sierra Nevada, Austin is the high tech epicenter of the U.S., so Product Managers - it’s time to step up and help define the future of Product Management and Product Marketing!

7 May 2008 | Austin, Lessons Learned, Personal, ProductCamp | 1 Comment

ProductCamp Austin Announces Location and Austin Ventures as a Sponsor!

ProductCamp Austin is a free, one-day ‘unconference’ for product managers and anyone involved in product management or product development. It will be held on June 14, 2008 in Austin, Texas at St. Edwards University’s Professional Education Center.

2 May 2008 | Product Management, Product Marketing, ProductCamp, Tactics | 2 Comments

Why Product Management is Open Source’s Fatal Flaw

Free Open Source Software (FOSS) is great - I have released code under the GPL, LGPL, and similar licenses. There are mountains of FOSS available right now for download from sites like SourceForge and others that save businesses millions of dollars. More importantly, open source software offers feature sets and mixes that often [...]

2 May 2008 | Development, Lessons Learned, Personal, Product Management, Tactics, Theory | 20 Comments

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Product Beautiful is a blog for Product Managers and Product Marketers about building successful Product Management and Product Marketing processes. Some topics that other people have found interesting include a three part series on using overseas manufacturing, an analysis of Google APM's and Dell outsourcing its product process, and how Product Management can work effectively with developers and software programmers on free and open source software. You can also find information about Product Management theory and tactics, such as using a RACI. Product Beautiful is written by Paul Young, a Product Management and Marketing professional with experience working in hardware, software, and services from Fortune 50 companies to startups.

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