The Marketing department and the legal team…why can’t we be friends?

David Meerman Scott wrote an interesting piece called “When lawyers get in the way of PR”
In one organization I know very well, the legal beagles review every customer facing document. Not just press releases, but new product announcements, product literature, advertisements – everything… it is for our own protection. Don’t want to get into [...]

Gathering Market Feedback Means More than Product Features

When gathering feedback for market requirements, as a product manager we all too often simply take out our handy ever-expanding excel spreadsheet (very few of us actually use a true tools application.) We look over the list, and add another tick next to the item we just heard.

The better product managers, as we all know, [...]