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The top marketing statistics for 2018 and why they matter

Intercom, Inc.

There are few functions where the phrase “the more things change, the more they stay the same” rings truer than in marketing. For instance, the fundamentals of good marketing haven’t changed: crisp writing, a compelling story, strong brand, and of course, a great product to market. from 8 minutes in 2016 ( eMarketer, 2017 ).

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The importance of an effective product marketing strategy

Intercom, Inc.

First, most founders don’t have a background in either sales or marketing, and even though they’re told to “ start marketing the day you start coding ”, they just don’t know where to begin, or they’re incredibly overconfident. In this article, you’ll learn how to: Understand the role of product marketing.

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Builder beware: marketing tension in product-first companies

Intercom, Inc.

This led to an era of marketing-driven companies. Dan Kaplan framed marketing’s tarnished legacy this way: “Many of history’s most brilliant marketing strategies were crafted to persuade consumers to? pithy statement: “Marketing is what you do when your product or service sucks.” being willfully naive about marketing.

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What We Learned About Building Products People Love in 2016

Mind the Product

2016 was a year when the product management community grew significantly and continued to mature. Here’s a look at what we learned in 2016 based on our most read posts during the year. Several of our most read posts of 2016 are practical guides, full of advice and the hard-won experiences of product experts: . Scope of the job.

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Builder beware: marketing tension in product-first companies

Intercom, Inc.

This led to an era of marketing-driven companies. Dan Kaplan framed marketing’s tarnished legacy this way: “Many of history’s most brilliant marketing strategies were crafted to persuade consumers to? pithy statement: “Marketing is what you do when your product or service sucks.” being willfully naive about marketing.

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A Decade of Product Management

Melissa Perri

There's work to be done. -- 2016: "I want a product manager who can be great at writing specification documents. Supporting infrastructure will be needed to disseminate market research, and customer feedback to teams. It sounds like something we should be doing."

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Slack’s Rachel Hepworth on bringing growth marketing to a high growth company

Intercom, Inc.

In August of 2016, Rachel Hepworth embarked on a unique challenge: start a growth marketing team at one of the most successful startups of this generation – one that had long relied heavily on word of mouth. Adam: Rachel, you’re leading growth marketing at one of the fastest growing software companies of this generation.