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The 10 Most Important Levers of Control That All Product Managers and Product Marketers Must Use to Drive
Product Success!
Tom Evans
CompellingPM
@compellingpm
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The Big Question
• Should Product Management/Marketing Take Responsibility for Product Success or Failure?
– Yes: The Product Manager is CEO of the product and the buck stops there!
– No: We don’t have direct control of those (engineering, sales, marketing, etc.) who ultimately impact the success!
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Identifying Levers of Control
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Financial MetricsStrategic Metrics
Product Success
Identifying Levers of Control
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Financial MetricsStrategic Metrics
Sell More
Higher Price
Lower Cost
Product Success
Identifying Levers of Control
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Financial MetricsStrategic Metrics
Sell More
Higher Price
Lower Cost
Product
Price
Place (Channel)
Promotion
Product SuccessKey Levers/Tools
Strategic Levers of Control
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Product
Price
Place (Channel)
Promotion
Creating Leverage
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Strategic Levers of Control
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Product
Price
Place (Channel)
Promotion
Creating Leverage
Go-to-Market Strategy
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Defining Leverage
What is a Go-to-Market Strategy
• A Go-To-Market strategy is how a company delivers their unique value proposition to their target market and creates a competitive advantage.
– How do you create value?
– How do you deliver the value?
– How do you capture the value?
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Strategic Levers of Control
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Product
Price
Place (Channel)
Promotion
Creating Leverage
Go-to-Market Strategy
Market Analysis (Context)
Discovering Leverage
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Defining Leverage
Go-to-Market Strategy
Market Analysis
PM2 Levers of Control™
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Executional LeversProduct
•Whole Product
•Effective Requirements
Price
•Value-Based Pricing
Place (Channel)
•Sales Tools
•Sales Enablement
•Channel Programs
Promotions
•Product Marketing Tools & Content
•Product Marketing Program Plans
Target Markets PositioningCompetitive
StrategiesMessaging Platform
Alignment to Business Drivers
VOC Competitive Analysis Ecosystem Analysis
Product Strategy Pricing Strategy Channel Strategy Promotional Strategy
What Are You Going to Be?What Will You Do Different?
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Thank You!
Tom Evans
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www.compellingpm.com
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