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Integrated Marketing and Social Networks

Coaching Tip

“The way something is sold influences the way it is made, and the book industry has always been about bookstores,” said business book writer Seth Godin. So far, Facebook's key battleground has been in online marketing. market, which reached $8.88 Email and search are two of the most used and most effective marketing tactics.

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Three practices of successful product managers

Lead on Purpose

They focus on this marketing campaign or that new technology, and lose track of what’s most important. Provide clear direction: One of the key directives for products managers is to provide clear direction to the engineering/development teams. It’s not impossible, however. Make customer calls and customer visits often.

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Leadership and Product Management

Lead on Purpose

Here are the key roles that are crucial to your success as a product manager, and why they are important: Engineering/QA: The relationship with the engineering/development team is paramount for product managers. With this information marketing communicates the product effectively to customers and the market in general.

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Three steps to the next big opportunity

Lead on Purpose

— The Product Management Perspective: The ideas for this post came from a question posed to me about how an engineer can become a product manager. Following these three things will help you progress from your work as an engineer (or support or SE or any other job) to becoming a successful product manager.

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Credit comes later

Lead on Purpose

Innovative engineers are recognized for their inventions. Instead we should embrace it and make sure that through our hard work and strategic insight we create great products that help development, marketing and sales receive high praise and recognition for their work. CEOs are praised for their vision.

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Book Review: It's Not Just Who You Know

Lead on Purpose

Product managers rely heavily on other people — engineers, sales people, support, etc. This powerful statement comes from Tommy Spaulding in his new book It’s Not Just Who You Know: Transform Your Life (and Your Organization) by Turning Colleagues and Contacts into Lasting, Genuine Relationships.

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Value comes from work

Lead on Purpose

Teenagers and cars: When parents buy their teenager a brand new car for his 16th birthday, he’s no doubt happy to have the car, but too often doesn’t take good care of it and crashes it or burns up the engine (or does something else to ruin it). Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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