Google’s and Apple’s Collateral Damage

Some recommendations for Product Managers who are launching new products in the hype environment created by Google and Apple.

The ONLY Metric to use in 2010 planning

The definition of the ONLY metric to use in developing 2010 Marketing plans.

Social Networking and the Marketing Mix

A discussion on how social network fits into the Promotion element of the classic Marketing Mix.

A Checklist for Customer Focus

A checklist to gauge how effectively you are focusing on your installed base of customers.

What Do I Need To Say To Get A Sale Today?

Comments and suggestions on how to deliver relevant messages/compelling copy for fulfillmet pieces and web text.

Not all value propositions are created equally

  Having taken liberty with a famous document, I contend that not only are vendor’s value propositions not created equally, most miss the mark with their customers.   First let me briefly address the issue of the feature as claims or positioning (often referred to as “speed and feeds”) versus a value propositions.  A features [...]