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August 2010 (6)
		

			
30: Product Manager: Don’t Step On Your Long Tail…! (0)
			
25: 1,000 Product Management Links You Need To Know (0)
			
23: How Product Managers Can Raise Their Product’s Price & Sell More (1)
			
16: Product Lust: Could Desire Really Be A Bad Thing? (0)
			
09: Lessons From Starbucks’ Product Managers: How To Protect Your Product’s Rear (6)
			
02: Is It Time To Rebrand Your Product? (0)
		
	
	
July 2010 (4)
		

			
26: Product Manager Choices: The Right Way Or The Wrong Way? (2)
			
19: Can Product Managers Know Too Much About Their Customers? (2)
			
12: 4 Marketing Trends That Well Dressed Products Need To Know (2)
			
05: Happy Independence Day — Take The Week Off! (0)
		
	
	
June 2010 (5)
		

			
28: Is Your Product Manager Resume Blackberry Ready? (0)
			
21: Product Manager Resume Creation: Back To The Future? (0)
			
14: Product Manager Job Hunt: Do You Have The Cover Letter Covered? (0)
			
09: Free Training For Product Managers In Chicago: ProductCamp Chicago (1)
			
07: Up In Smoke: How Do Cigarette Product Managers Do It? (3)
		
	
	
May 2010 (5)
		

			
31: Oh, Oh – What To Do When You Don’t Get That Promotion (0)
			
24: To Get Your Next Job, You Need To Know How Firms Hire Product Managers (0)
			
17: What Online Dating Services Can Teach Product Manager About Love (0)
			
10: How To Really Screw Up Your Next Product Manager Job Search (0)
			
03: Product Manager Nightmare: Toyota’s Recall & What They Need To Do (1)
		
	
	
April 2010 (5)
		

			
26: Product Managers With No Time Find A Quicker Way To Get An MBA (10)
			
19: Let’s Go Job Shopping: What A Product Manager Needs To Have On Their Resume (5)
			
12: Can A French Grocery Store Teach You To Be A Better Product Manager? (10)
			
07: Free Product Manager Internet Resource Links (0)
			
05: Forget Dating Customers, 5 Ways Product Managers Can Get Real Relationships (0)
		
	
	
March 2010 (5)
		

			
29: 5 Secrets To Product Manger Success At Your Next Trade Show (2)
			
22: Trade Show Survival Tactics For Product Managers (0)
			
15: What Does A Product Manager Need To Do At Your Next Industry Show? (0)
			
08: I’d Like To Buy Some Time With That Product…
			
01: How To Tell Your Customer To Stop Using Your Product (5)
		
	
	
February 2010 (5)
		

			
22: Product Manager: Is It Time To Create A Catalog For Your Product? (1)
			
20: AccPM Life Just Got Better For iPhone/Andriod/BB Users (0)
			
15: A New Way To Listen To What Your Customers Are Saying About You (5)
			
08: Case Study: What To Do When A Large Competitor Shows Up On Your Block (0)
			
01: Are You Listening To Your Customers Product Manager? (4)
		
	
	
January 2010 (5)
		

			
27: Hey Customer: Would You Like Some Time With That Product? (1)
			
25: Product Managers Need New Product Flop Insurance (3)
			
18: Is Dancing With Yourself Wrong For Product Mangers To Do? (2)
			
11: PayPal Product Managers Try To Win A Popularity Contest (0)
			
04: How To Move From Customers To Partners (1)
		
	
	
December 2009 (8)
		

			
28: Happy New Year! (I’m Still On Vacation…) (0)
			
21: Merry Christmas – Take The Week Off! (0)
			
16: Guns, Ammo, And Product Managers (1)
			
14: Tough Times Call For You To Fire Your Customers (3)
			
09: Stop Giving Your Customers Too Many Choices — They Don’t Want Them! (12)
			
07: A Cheap Way To Stay In Touch With Your Customers (4)
			
06: Free Report — Boost Your Product Manager Career (0)
			
02: The 6th Product Manager Sense: I See Dead Products (0)
		
	
	
November 2009 (11)
		

			
30: Is Microsoft Planning On Having Blue Light Specials? (0)
			
23: Happy Thanksgiving — Take The Week Off! (0)
			
21: AccPM Poll Results: Do You Know Who Your Product’s Competition Is? (0)
			
18: Why ROI Is The WRONG Way To Measure Your Product’s Marketing Program (2)
			
16: How To Market Your Product In 2010 (0)
			
15: AccPM Poll Results: Who gets more respect where you work Product Managers or Project Managers? (0)
			
11: Is Your Marketing Message Missing The Point? (0)
			
09: Learn To Read Your Customer’s Mind In 3 Simple Steps (0)
			
07: AccPM Poll Results: Do people read and take actions based on your emails? (2)
			
04: Product Manager Why Aren’t You Doing A Better Job Of Managing Your Sales Team? (2)
			
02: Too Much Choice Is Bad: Customers Don’t Want To Do Your Job For You (6)
		
	
	
October 2009 (15)
		

			
31: AccPM Poll Results: For your product, who gets to deal with angry customers? (0)
			
28: Product Manager Would You Sleep With Your Customer If They Offered You $1M Order? (3)
			
26: Your Customers Are Idiots & You Need To Tell Them What To Do (2)
			
25: AccPM Poll Results: What part of being a product manger do you dislike the most? (0)
			
21: Get More Customers By Offering Them A Suicide Drink (2)
			
19: How To Build A Mentor Network For Your Product Management Career (2)
			
17: AccPM Poll Results: Have Your Customers Started Buying Again? (0)
			
17: Free Training: ProductPotluck Austin (1)
			
14: Your Product Costs Too Damn Much (2)
			
12: Sexy Advertising: How To Get Your Product Noticed (2)
			
11: AccPM Poll Results: What Industry Do You Work In? (0)
			
07: Can Product Managers Drive Product Innovation & Boost Quality At The Same Time? (0)
			
05: How Yahoo Product Managers Are Kicking Google’s Butt (0)
			
03: AccPM Poll Results: How Did You Learn To Be A Product Manager? (0)
			
02: It’s Almost Here — Will You Get Your Free Copy? (2)
		
	
	
September 2009 (11)
		

			
30: You Don’t Do A Good Job At Multitasking Product Manager, Get Over It (0)
			
28: Using Old Technology To Win Product Battles (0)
			
26: AccPM Weekly Poll Results! (0)
			
23: The Answer To Your Biggest Product Management Question Is… (0)
			
21: 5 Reasons Fake Products Are A Real Product Manager Problem (2)
			
20: New! AccPm Weekly Poll – Make Your Voice Heard! (0)
			
16: How Can Product Mangers Mange People? (2)
			
14: Breakeven Analysis Is A Product Manger’s Secret Weapon (2)
			
09: Next Edition Of Newsletter Almost Ready! (0)
			
07: It’s Labor Day – Take The Week Off! (0)
			
02: Video Game Industry Lessons For Product Managers (2)
		
	
	
August 2009 (9)
		

			
31: Are You Cut Out To Be A Product Manger? (0)
			
26: Airport Kiosks Contain Tips For Product Managers (2)
			
24: Twitter Tools For Product Managers (0)
			
17: Going Green And Niching: How Product Managers Surviving A Downturn (0)
			
12: Pepsi Fumbles A Gatorade Makeover: Lessons For Product Managers (0)
			
10: Grocery Store Success Lessons For Product Managers (2)
			
09: Newsletter – Newsletter – Newsletter (0)
			
05: Customer Led New Product Design: Notes From The Field (2)
			
03: Free Training For Product Managers: ProductCamp Austin (0)
		
	
	
July 2009 (11)
		

			
29: Diversifying To Survive Is What Product Managers Are Doing (0)
			
27: Free Product Manager Training: Notes From ProductCamp NYC (1)
			
22: Offering Extra Services Can Get Product Managers Through Tough Times (0)
			
20: Slimmed Down Products Make Product Managers Look Good (0)
			
16: Reminder: Free Training For Product Managers In NYC – ProductCamp NYC (0)
			
15: Cost Of Materials Is A Product Manager’s New Friend (2)
			
13: New Coke: A Product Manager Campfire Story (2)
			
09: Subscribe Now – The July Newsletter Is Almost Ready! (0)
			
08: Going Cheap Is Ok For Some Product Managers (0)
			
06: Performance Based Pricing – Is It Right For Product Managers In Tough Times? (1)
			
01: License vs. Sale: Product Managers Need To Know The Difference (0)
		
	
	
June 2009 (10)
		

			
29: Product Logo Redesign Time For Product Mangers (0)
			
24: Grow Your Career – What Product Managers Need To Do For Success (1)
			
22: Internet Product Promotion – 4 Secrets For Product Managers (0)
			
19: Guest Post At The “On Product Management” Blog (0)
			
17: Product Promotion Using The Web: Tricks For Product Managers (0)
			
15: How Product Managers Can Make Their Web Site Work For Their Product (2)
			
10: Product Manager Lessons From An Online Company In China (2)
			
08: Your Mother Was Right: How Product Managers Dress For Success (0)
			
03: What Product Managers Can Learn From The Tropicana Mistake (9)
			
01: Pay Attention Product Manager! (0)
		
	
	
May 2009 (9)
		

			
27: What A Pastry Store Can Teach Product Managers (0)
			
26: Newsletter Sign Up Overload! (0)
			
25: It’s Memorial Day – Take The Day Off (0)
			
20: Just For You: The Accidental Product Manager Newsletter (0)
			
18: Free Training For Product Managers In NYC: ProductCamp NYC (1)
			
13: Product Managers Know That EVERYBODY Must Be Green (0)
			
11: Green Product Mangers Have Green Bosses (2)
			
06: Product Mangers Know That Green Products Cost More – For Awhile (2)
			
04: Who’s Ever Seen A Green Product Manager? (4)
		
	
	
April 2009 (9)
		

			
29: Successful Product Mangers Are Good Lookers (3)
			
27: In A Recession, Product Managers Know Customers Want Value (0)
			
22: When Times Are Bad – Product Managers Get Noticed! (0)
			
20: How Product Mangers Can Deal With Product Name Changes (5)
			
15: Driving Lessons: Product Mangers Learn To Ride The Economy (2)
			
13: Web 2.0 Rules: Sell, Sell, Sell (Or Not)! (2)
			
08: Product Mangers Need A Dictionary In Order To Make Money (3)
			
06: Why Chatty Product Managers Do Well On The Web 2.0 (0)
			
01: Networking 101 For Product Managers (0)
		
	
	
March 2009 (9)
		

			
30: Web 2.0 Product Management: It’s All About Participation (3)
			
25: Internet Job Hunting Tips For Product Mangers (5)
			
23: The Accidental Product Manager Reading List (2)
			
18: Product Manager Tactics: Bringing In A Price Fighter (7)
			
16: Product Managers & The Secret Of The Color Wheel (5)
			
11: How Product Managers Can Get Better At Creating Powerpoint Slides (10)
			
09: What Is A “Product Vision”? (0)
			
04: How To Use Web 2.0 To Be A Better Product Manager (2)
			
02: Teaching Product Managers How To Win Every Time In Vegas (3)
		
	
	
February 2009 (8)
		

			
25: How Can Product Managers Pick The Right Technology For Our Products? (2)
			
23: How Product Managers Can Maximize Marketing (3)
			
18: Product Manager Marketing Mistakes (6)
			
16: Are Executive MBAs Valuable To Product Mangers? (11)
			
11: How To Survive The Product Manager Bermuda Triangle (2)
			
10: Are Angry Customers A Product Manger’s Best Friend? (5)
			
06: It’s Time For Product Mangers To Go Postal (7)
			
03: Product Manger Are You A “Data Dummy” Or A “Knowledge Master”? (0)
		
	
	
January 2009 (9)
		

			
30: How Product Managers Price Products For Irrational Customers (6)
			
27: Product Mangers Can Learn From The Past: The Story Of The Vasa (13)
			
23: Product Manger Tips: How To Use Subliminal Advertising (3)
			
20: What Product Managers Can Learn From A $100,000 Mistake (4)
			
16: The Story Of The Mustang: A Fable For Product Mangers (17)
			
13: Product Manager Secrets For Dealing With Email (12)
			
09: Why Product Mangers Need To Know That Cost Plus Pricing Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong! (20)
			
06: What 5 Things Does A Product Manger Need To Do At The Start Of The Year? (0)
			
02: How To Keep Your Product Manager Job In A Recession (0)
		
	
	
December 2008 (8)
		

			
30: 9 Ways To To Become An Information Product Manager (2)
			
22: Merry Christmas – Take The Week Off! (0)
			
19: What Can The Great Scion Teach Product Managers? (5)
			
16: Advanced Job Mapping For Product Managers (2)
			
12: How Can A Product Manger Create A Job Map For Their Product? (0)
			
09: How Can Understanding A Customer Job Help A Product Manger? (1)
			
05: A New Way For Product Managers To Discover Breakthrough Product Features (5)
			
02: #1 Secret Weapon Of A Successful Product Manager (2)
		
	
	
November 2008 (8)
		

			
23: Happy Thanksgiving – Take The Week Off! (1)
			
22: Need Some Help With Self-Promotion At Work? (1)
			
21: How Quickly Do Product Managers Need To React To Bad Press About Their Product? (0)
			
17: A 3-Step Product Manager System To Make Your Product Successful (4)
			
14: How Dell Product Managers Stole Christmas (3)
			
11: 7 Ways A Product Manager Can Be A Success During A Recession (6)
			
07: How Product Managers Can Manage A Complex Sale (0)
			
04: Is Being A Product Manager At Coke The Real Thing? (5)
		
	
	
October 2008 (8)
		

			
30: How To Jump-Start A Stalled Product Manager (1)
			
28: Product Manager Decision Time: Tell Users “Game Over”? (9)
			
22: How Product Managers Can Make Time Work For Them (3)
			
20: #1 Skill That A Product Manager Needs To Have (10)
			
17: 4 Key Success Factors For Being A Service Product Manger (5)
			
14: What’s A Product Manager To Do When Your Product Is A Service? (1)
			
08: Let’s Go Visit The Customer, Product Manager… (4)
			
03: Product Manger You Have A Great Product – So Just Buy It Already! (0)
		
	
	
September 2008 (10)
		

			
30: Product Managers & RFPs: It’s A Love / Hate Thing (2)
			
26: Forget The iPhone: What Can Apple Teach Product Mangers? (12)
			
23: Product Manager What Does Your Business Card Say About You? (7)
			
21: A Quick Note Of Thanks To The Folks At Alltop.com (0)
			
19: The Virtual Fence – Where Was The Product Manger? (2)
			
16: Netflix Teaches Product Managers A Lesson (4)
			
11: Strategic Pricing – It’s About Time! (1)
			
07: We’ve Moved (But You Shouldn’t Care) (0)
			
07: Shall We Talk About Product Pricing? (4)
			
02: Product vs. Project Management (3)
		
	
	
August 2008 (9)
		

			
29: Should You Get An MBA? (5)
			
26: Q: What Comes Before Requirements, A: … (0)
			
24: The 3 Secrets To Creating Good Product Requirements (2)
			
20: How Great Product Managers Keep Their Perspective (0)
			
18: Would You Like To Share My Purpose? (0)
			
13: People Product Mangers Under Pressure (0)
			
11: People or Products – Which Do You Mange Better? (0)
			
06: Good Guessing Gets Great Grades (0)
			
04: Vendor Contracts: Let’s Talk About Force Majeure One More Time (2)
		
	
	
July 2008 (7)
		

			
31: The 8th Word That You Can’t Say On Television… (1)
			
28: The Secret To Successful IT Product Management Is … (0)
			
24: Brainstorming: How To Do Them The Right Way! (0)
			
21: Stop The Madness! A Rational Approach To IT New Product Development (0)
			
14: Product Manager Alert: Dealing With Hard Core Opposition Within Your Company (0)
			
09: How To Make The Best IT Product Management Decisions (0)
			
02: How Do You Know If Your Product Is On Track Or In The Weeds? (0)
		
	
	
June 2008 (8)
		

			
30: Tracking Your Product Development: What Works, What Doesn’t (0)
			
26: What Medical Doctors Can Teach IT Product Managers (0)
			
20: Face-To-Face Meetings: Online vs. Offline? (2)
			
18: Why Can’t IT Product Mangers Get Any Respect? (0)
			
16: Force Majeure: What Is It and Why Care? (0)
			
11: How To Work With Sales (0)
			
09: Got A Minute? The Power Of Meeting Minutes (1)
			
02: The Best Way To Communicate Is… (0)
		
	
	
May 2008 (4)
		

			
23: Good vs Bad IT Product Managers (0)
			
16: IT Product Disasters: Part 1 Of Many (0)
			
12: Well Product Manager,  Aren’t You Special? (0)
			
02: What The Heck Is An "IT Product"? (0)