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Save $695 US off our most popular training, the 3-day combination of Practical Product Management with Requirements That Work.

Take advantage of this offer and the money saved equals the cost of Living in an Agile World or Product Launch Essentials seminars. It's like attending the 3-day seminar and getting one of these for free!

 
 
The Cost of Knowing
 
By Bob Corrigan

If the job of the product manager is to be the messenger of the marketplace, then it's also the job of the product manager to justify the costs of acquiring that knowledge. So why is that so hard?

 
Real World Twitter Usage for Product Managers
By Chris Moody

Discovering and validating problems in the market is a critical success factor for any product manager. Today, using Twitter provides the ability to discover problems, aggregate feedback, and find people to contact for additional research.
 
 
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The Pragmatic Marketer Digital Magazine
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Pragmatic Marketer Volume 7 Issue 4The Freemium Business Model and Viral Product Management

Ask the Expert: How can we reflect our products' evolution in their names?

Expand Your Comfort Zone: A Product Management Quiz to Point You in the Right Direction

Marketing Up (and Down and Across) in a Down Economy
 
 
NEW Seminar: Product Launch Essentials
Product Launch Essentials

Is your launch plan just a checklist?
Even good products can fail because of organizational issues, misunderstanding of roles and responsibilities, and a lack of a strategic approach to guide a launch.

Pragmatic Marketing's new Product Launch Essentials seminar teaches you how to plan and execute a successful product launch grounded in company goals, sales readiness and cross-functional team alignment.
 
 
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By popular demand, we have updated several webinars to reflect the changes in the Pragmatic Marketing Framework.

Nov 6: The Role of Product Management When Development Goes Agile with Steve Johnson and Rich Mironov

Nov 13: Review of 2008-2009 Product Management Survey Results with Steve Johnson
The 2009-2010 Annual Product Management Survey is next month. This webinar is a review of the current survey results.


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Online Roadmapping Seminar
 

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Recorded live, Pragmatic Roadmapping is a complete, one-day training session offered online, so you can attend anytime, anywhere. Learn to:
 
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  • Communicate with the right detail for multiple audiences.
 
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Upcoming ProductCamps

ProductCamps are great opportunities to learn from, teach to, and network with, professionals involved in Product Management, Marketing and Development in a local area.

At ProductCamp there are no "attendees" as everyone participates in some manner: presenting, leading a roundtable discussion, sharing their experiences, helping with logistics, securing sponsorship, setting up wi-fi, or volunteering.

Read ProductCamp Best Practices.
 

ProductCamp Amsterdam

October 18, 2009 in Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

Product Potluck Austin

 October 21, 2009 in Austin, TX
 

ProductCamp

November 7, 2009 in Boston, MA

Save the date...
ProductCamp Atlanta 2.0 is coming February 6, 2010.

 
ProductCamp Minneapolis is currently in development for early 2010. Contact Jennifer Doctor for details.
 
 
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