Product Management Unpacked

JULY 11, 2019

When I started in product management in the mid-1980s, most product managers were hired to work in traditional B2C businesses, which is where the idea of product management originated. Product managers were difficult to hire even when the need for talent was coming more specifically from enterprise and B2C software and technology companies.

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Product Management University

MAY 24, 2021

This is where B2B and B2C product management completely diverge. For example, consider the workflows that cross marketing, sales and finance, or customer service, shipping and billing, or IT, human resources and all departments. Critical versus nice-to-have monikers will be obvious when you look at it from this angle.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The story you tell to the market, the competitive moats you build, the pricing models fueling your growth – everything that got you to where you are needs to be reimagined for your new buyer. Analysts estimate that by 2022, global corporate eLearning will grow to be a $30 billion market.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Indeed, among our customers were B2C companies, small businesses, and large enterprises along with customers in places and industries well beyond Silicon Valley. For a growing business, segmentation is necessary to know your customers and your market, and share this understanding across teams. Assessing progress on our strategy.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Creating a new product category also creates a plethora of challenges – from spotting the right market niche to convincing customers that yours is a service they need. Nico joined me on Inside Intercom this week, where we discussed everything from the three stages of company growth to how growing companies can address new markets.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 16, 2024

He emphasizes that these activities vary based on context (large vs. small organizations, B2B vs. B2C, Agile vs. Waterfall). The core focus of these activities is on thorough market research, continuous customer engagement, and strategic product development.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Observations of a B2C startup product manager working in enterprise. These enterprise product manager roles can be (counterintuitively, even more so than the startup roles) about taking a massive step back and taking control of the product vision. The post From Startup to Enterprise Product Manager: Is Bigger Always Better?

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

So while these shifts in consumer behaviors may be expedited by current circumstances, many unexpected industries were already exploring how to adopt B2B strategies for B2C – without losing the personal customer relationships that are at the core of their businesses. Learning from B2B. This time, it’s personal.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2019

How are consumer and enterprise products intrinsically different? Having had experience developing and launching B2B and B2C products, it made me think about the differences between these two different product categories. #1 Whereas B2C products cannot be customized for your 100+ or 10000+ end customer base.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Creating buzz with consumers or even having a product go viral is quite easy in a B2C (business-to-consumer) environment. However, getting the attention of your target customers with B2B marketing strategies is a lot harder. B2B marketing targets businesses and organizations rather than individual consumers.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 24, 2021

Photo by Ono Kosuki from Pexels OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) are a useful tool for goal setting and team alignment, and in recent years they have gone from being used primarily in quantitative parts of the organization (namely sales and marketing) to being very popular in product and technology as well. Marketing creates lead goals.

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The Product Guy

JULY 18, 2019

As my expertise grew, so did my exposure to the breadth of responsibilities expected of product management, such as marketing, strategy, and product vision, which culminated in my next role as an enterprise Product Owner at American Express. Product professionals should take inventory of their experiences, as I have. Better Decisions.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 17, 2018

Is there a difference between developing a product for enterprise and a consumer? Although in both cases your software product is used by humans, an enterprise is a legal entity, while a consumer is a person. And the fact that an enterprise is a legal entity makes product management for enterprise products a little different.

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Amplitude

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

After understanding specific user personas who might actually need the technology (which frankly, could be very clunky when worn frequently), Google Glass then pivoted towards selling to enterprise customers. Two metrics that I’ve found useful for the Top of Funnel include: Conversion percentage from B2B demand generation marketing.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 28, 2022

Whether B2C or B2B, all businesses must now deliver digital experiences that are easy to use, delightful, and personal. Third, the lines between sales, marketing, product, and support are blurring. With a plethora of comparable options in the market, customers will take their business to the company that provides the best experience.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2020

That might seem obvious or naïve, but recent conversations with several B2B/enterprise clients suggest that it’s actually controversial. For context, enterprise tech companies tend to have a small number of large deals each quarter that really matter. ( B2B is lumpier than B2C.). We’re the best in the market.”

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B2B Product Management

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Getting confused between what to do as a B2B Product vs B2C Product manager role? It is important to understand what B2B and B2C products are. And B2C products are products or services that are sold directly to consumers. Here is a brief overview of the key differences between B2B and B2C products.

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Mironov Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2016

Palo Alto’s Lean Product & Lean UX Silicon Valley meetup, led by Dan Olsen, hosted Rich for… What: “ Challenges of Enterprise Product Management “ When: Tues, 23 Aug, 6pm – 830pm. This creates different problems for product managers than with high velocity ecommerce or B2C tech product.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 10, 2017

Personally, I can’t stop thinking about the pain that this new reality – the one that comes after Agile – is going to cause a lot of enterprise companies. Rather, it’s the way it was introduced to the enterprise. Because behind those big companies are the things that matter most; the people. Agile isn’t to blame for this.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 26, 2020

To find out how support leaders are navigating the current landscape, we surveyed a random sample of 593 support managers across both B2B and B2C and industries like education, retail, healthcare, and tech. For enterprises that have more than 3,000 employees, they’re 50% more likely to want to make that transition. Learn more here.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

B2B marketing automation helps businesses grow faster, while not breaking the bank. How do you effectively implement B2B marketing automation into your existing product marketing activities? In this article, we’ll cover: What B2B marketing automation is and how it benefits marketing and sales teams.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

They don’t value experience running product management teams , instead overweighting narrow technical or market segment familiarity. Sales execs want more sales-y Heads of Product; development execs want more engineering-ish Heads of Product; marketing teams want a marketer in product clothing… no candidate passes muster with all groups.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

I apply this lens to a startup that develops solutions in the health-tech market. While this article focuses on startups in B2B markets, we can extend it to B2C and B2B2C, while some considerations might be different. A Go-to-market strategy that meets the threshold where senior living homes would collaborate with a startup.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 24, 2018

When used correctly, data can powerfully enrich sales and marketing efforts and help any business fuel growth. As the Head of Growth Marketing at Clearbit , and previously a co-founder and CEO of more than a few startups (including WorkMob, ApiXchange, and GoFlow), Matt Sornson knows these pitfalls intimately and how to avoid them.

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Good Product Manager

MARCH 29, 2016

In this SiriusDecisions blog post , I share some insights from our research, including whether product managers and marketers felt they had a consistent process for understanding, prioritizing and applying needs, and what their roles and responsibilities were for uncovering needs. Upcoming Product Management and Product Marketing Events.

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Software as a Service offers specialized tools for product growth , CRM, project management, ERP, collaboration, financial management, customer service, and marketing automation. Microsoft offers enterprise solutions, productivity suites, and cloud services for both B2B and B2C sectors, emphasizing innovation and efficiency.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 13, 2020

A lot of them worked in other positions before moving to product management, like engineers, analysts, marketers and project managers, and learned by taking on extra responsibilities. Product management could start with market research and product development and end with operation. More About The Product Mentor. Better Decisions.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Research from Epsilon shows that 80% of customers are more likely to do business with a company that offers personalized marketing campaigns. This statistic highlights why market segmentation is important: it allows tailored product marketing customized to the needs of distinct market segments.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 18, 2020

Say you’ve done your customer research and sized up the market. Your product hits the market. . Knowing their differentiating capabilities can help you capture market share away from your competitors. . Marvin Mathew is a New York based Product Manager with experiences across B2B & B2C–FinTech, SaaS and HealthTech.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

Kevin Indig leads SEO & Content Marketing as VP at G2 and mentors startups in Marketing at GermanAccelerator. I’m also mentoring startups in terms of marketing SEO go-to market at the German Accelerator, which is the official startup program in the Silicon Valley of Germany. We also did a lot of co-marketing.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Marketing your SaaS is a complex task involving many roles, one being a growth marketer. But you may be thinking, what exactly is the role of a growth marketer, and how do they help grow your product ? In contrast, traditional marketing managers primarily concentrate on classic marketing campaigns for customer acquisition.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 26, 2019

Understanding how B2B product management is a different ball game altogether Product folks who have worked on the early stage enterprise products may relate with the title. Building an enterprise product is a whole lot different from building a consumer product. This is because, for most for B2C products, the user is also the customer.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2021

And what type of analytics really matters for a product marketing manager? In this article, I'll talk about why product analytics tools are important, how you can use them, and the best product analytics tool on the market. Is product analytics the same as marketing analytics? How many analytics tools do you need?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

If you are in B2B, the profile is most likely a market segment (company sizes, industries, etc.). If you are in B2C it’s usually different personas. For example, when companies say that they want to start selling to enterprises, everybody nods. Try including marketing, sales, customer success, and the CEO in the discussion.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2024

There’s a clear distinction between technical and business-oriented roles, as well as between those focused on B2C and B2B markets. Sales and marketing efforts as the primary drivers for customer acquisition and revenue. The ideal customer profile is big enterprise deals. For example. Limited free offerings.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Picture this: You’re a stakeholder in a company specializing in enterprise SaaS solutions, and your team is embarking on developing a new product. This approach not only enhances the usability of the product but also aligns its development with the real-world requirements of its users, making it more likely to succeed in the market.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Of the 1000 companies we signed up for to study their onboarding, 73% of B2C companies offered a free or freemium product, and 86% of B2B brands offered a free trial instead of freemium. We will then explain the benefits of freemium for SaaS and why they work well for B2C companies and not so great for B2B. Table of Contents.

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