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Product Management


Recent Articles about Product Management

Jessica Kim of BabbaCo

Jessica Kim, formerly a brand manager at Kraft Foods, is founder and CEO of BabbaCo.  Watch video

Customer Service Tips from the Inc. 5000 Conference

Advice on how to build customer loyalty from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh (pictured), JetBlue founder David Neeleman, and other successful CEOs at the 2009 Inc. 500...  Watch video

Convergys, Ceon to Deliver Enterprise Product Management

Ceon PCC enables communication services providers to manage a layered product catalog.  Read more

PTC Launches Collaboration Product

Windchill ProductPoint adapts Microsoft SharePoint for product development.  Read more

The Four Imperatives of Brand Leadership

Brand Leadership by David A. Aaker and Erich Joachimsthaler The Free Press, 2000, 350 pages, $30. Just do it....  Read more

Understand Branding (Awareness-Building) Campaigns

What is the first thing that comes to mind when your customers think of your company? Great service? Low prices? Clever advertising or a catchy logo? Each...  Read more

Product Development

Related Terms: Prototypes Product development may be unde...  Read more

Understand Branding (Awareness-Building) Campaigns

What is the first thing that comes to mind when your customers think of your company? Great service? Low prices? Clever advertising or a catchy logo? Each...  Read more

Brand Equity

When people speak of "brand equity" they mean the public's valuation of a brand. Brand equity is associated with wide recognition, customer loyalty, and t...  Read more

How to Master Multiple Brand Management

Juggling multiple brands is tricky and has tripped up even some of the world's top companies, from Levi Strauss to Mazda. So how do successful companies make...  Read more

Learn When to Use a Branding Campaign

The objective of a branding campaign is to impress your firm's brand identity on potential customers, not necessarily to entice users to visit your site o...  Read more

School Ties

Is college housing the next frontier of product placement?  Read more

Learn When to Use a Branding Campaign

The objective of a branding campaign is to impress your firm's brand identity on potential customers, not necessarily to entice users to visit your site o...  Read more

Brands and Brand Names

Related Terms: Private Labels A brand is a nam...  Read more

How to Brand Big

You probably wouldn’t expect The University of Southern MississippiRead more

School Ties [Audio]

Is college housing the next frontier of product placement? Staff reporter Max Chafkin explains why Kiehl's, Red Bull, and other companies are now stocking...  Watch video

The Importance of Being Ethical

Companies with strong ethics programs have found that these efforts can reduce potential costly fines, decrease vulnerability, improve reputation, provide...  Read more

Thinking Through Customer Loyalty

In these challenging economic times, many small and independent retailers find themselves focusing their attention on their most loyal customers, the regu...  Read more

HP Launches Small Business Contest

Businesses that would benefit most from a new brand image vie for prizes.  Read more

Product Life Cycle

Related Terms: Business Cycles ; Read more

Tech funds

Information on funding for technology-related product development that doesn't involve giving up equity.  Read more

New Products Going Unnoticed

With all eyes on the economy, Americans aren't interested in trying out new products, a survey finds.  Read more

Ready for Your Product's Close-up?

The rules of product placement are changing. Here's how to land a starring role for your firm.  Read more

Customer Loyalty Marketing Tool

March 14, 2007 -- Leadwav, a Sacramento, Calif.-based targeted-marketing firm, has launched a new application to help small businesses re...  Read more

Polycom Launches Wi-Fi Phone

The SpectraLink 8002 phone is designed for small-business workplaces.  Read more

The Way I Work: Daniel Lubetzky of Kind

When Daniel Lubetzky isn’t coming up with quirky marketing campaigns for Kind snack bars, he is managing a nonprofit that works for peace in the Middle East.  Read more

4 Ways to Block Brand Competition

Is your company's brand unique, innovative, and rock-solid enough to not only capture and hold customer loyalty, but also to dominate the market by knocking ...  Read more

Anatomy of a Launch: Step One -- Smart Market Research

The first in a series on how a start-up launched a nationwide line of evironmentally correct bath products.  Read more

Building a Bakery Brand

Jim Skinner of Skinner Baking talks about his family business's big bet.  Read more

30 Under 30: The Innovator

Ben Kaufman founded a successful iPod accessory maker, Mophie while in college, but it was some last minute inspiration at a trade booth really made waves...  Watch video

LXE Unveils New Cold Storage Computer

The MX7CS is the smallest device available for use in sub-freezing temperatures.  Read more

Promotion;

Chances are, your company could benefit from increased customer loyalty just as much as the airlines can. So why not borrow their most effective gimmick?...  Read more

FastCommerce Launches Google E-Commerce Tool

The tool enables small retailers to submit an entire online product catalog.  Read more

PlateSpin Repackages Disaster Recovery Solution

New options for Forge can protect 10 or more server workloads.  Read more

Developing the “Devoted” Customer

"Loyalty is probably the most misunderstood and under-utilized strategy and tactic in business," says Aldy Keene, co-founder of the Loyalty Research Cente...  Read more

5 Ways to Get Your Product on TV -- for Free!

The Entertainment Resources & Marketing Association maintains a searchable database of agencies broken down by s...  View slideshow

Product Positioning

"Product positioning" is a marketing technique intended to present products in the best possible light to different target audiences. The method is relate...  Read more

Social Media: More than Creating Connections

How smart companies are using social media tools to outsource work to their customers.  Read more

Five Minutes of Fame

Who knew a junk-mail shredder could play a supporting role on a sitcom, but according to a story in this weekend's Read more

Starting Salaries Decline

A study finds some new hires are making up to $10,000 less than a month ago.  Read more