About Pragmatic Marketing
Global Experience
The Pragmatic Marketing Framework is the worldwide standard for succesful product management. It defines the roles and responsibilities for 60,000 product management and marketing professionals at 5,000 companies in 22 countries (United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa and Sweden).
Satisfied Customers
Over the years, we’ve perfected what it takes to produce the highest-quality experience, continually reviewing and revising material to provide the greatest impact in the shortest possible time.
Attendees tell us the training and instructors are the best they've ever seen, with over 90% rating the experience as essential or very useful to their careers. Most importantly, they leave the training with unbridled enthusiasm about their jobs and the impact it can have on their companies. Their enthusiasm and success is why 80% of our new business comes from word-of-mouth referral.
Industry Leadership
Pragmatic Marketing has written about technology product management and marketing since 2001, when Steve Johnson published the first newsletter and began the Product Marketing blog. Today, we present at industry events around the world and produce publications read by more than 100,000 every year. Our thought-leadership portfolio includes:
- The Pragmatic Marketer digital magazine, the only publication specifically for technology product managers and marketers. Named an American Business Award Finalist in 2008 for Best House Publication.
- Tuned In: Uncover the Extraordinary Opportunities That Lead to Business Breakthroughs describes six, simple yet powerful steps for creating ‘resonators’ -- great products or services people buy without hesitation. A #1 best-seller on Amazon.com and 800-CEO-READ.com in 2008.
- The Strategic Role of Product Management explains why product management is a critical, strategic role in a technology company. One which guides products to be created based on a market need, not because someone thinks it's a good idea.
- Is your Product Launch Doomed? identifies the ten signs a product launch may be headed for trouble, and how to correct them before it's too late.
- Living in an Agile World describes how companies will never build a successful product, no matter how agile Development is, if the work being done isn’t aligned to company strategy and market needs.
- The Secrets of Tuned In Leaders explains why some products and companies fail, when others succeed. It describes seven consistent success factors related to company culture, management style, and product & marketing strategies that propel winners. And seven fatal flaws that derail market laggards.
Company Recognition
Pragmatic Marketing has been honored four times by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in America (2000, 2007, 2008, 2009), and in 2008 named a Comerica Bank Arizona Company to Watch.
Fact Sheet
Company History
2009
Company included in Inc. 5000
Surpassed 60,000 seminar attendees
Dave Daniels, Pragmatic Marketing instructor awarded Best Presenter at ProductCamp Austin, Summer 2009
The Pragmatic Marketer magazine digital edition launched
Living in an Agile World seminar introduced
Product Launch Essentials seminar introduced
Pragmatic Roadmapping online seminar introduced
Pragmatic Marketing Framework updated
2008
Company included in Inc. 5000
Company included in Comerica Bank Arizona Companies to Watch
Surpassed 50,000 seminar attendees
Surpassed 10,000 Pragmatic Marketing Certified
Tuned In: Uncover the Extraordinary Opportunities That Lead to Business Breakthroughs book published
(became #1 best-seller on Amazon.com and 800-CEO-READ.com)
2007
Company included in Inc. 5000
Surpassed 40,000 seminar attendees
Surpassed 5,000 Pragmatic Marketing Certified
Steve Johnson, Pragmatic Marketing instructor wins Software Idol competition at Business of Software 2007
New Rules of Marketing seminar introduced
2006
Pragmatic Roadmapping seminar introduced
2005
Surpassed 30,000 seminar attendees
Pragmatic Marketing Certification introduced
2004
Executive Briefing introduced (as Strategic Role of Product Management)
2003
Effective Product Marketing seminar introduced (as Effective Marketing Programs)
The Pragmatic Marketer magazine launched (as productmarketing.com)
Pragmatic Marketing Framework updated
2002
Surpassed 20,000 seminar attendees
Productmarketing.com blog launched
2001
Analyzing Market Opportunities seminar introduced (retired in 2003)
First newsletter published
2000
Company included in Inc. 500
Pragmatic Negotiating Skills for Product Management seminar introduced (retired in 2000)
First Annual Product Management and Marketing Survey conducted
1999
Surpassed 10,000 seminar attendees
Requirements That Work seminar introduced (as Practical Product Development then Working with Development)
1998
Second Pragmatic Marketing Alumni Conference
Pragmatic Marketing Framework updated
1997
First Pragmatic Marketing Alumni Conference
First website launched
1994
Practical Product Management seminar introduced (as Practical Software Product Management)
1993
Company founded


