Product Marketing

Marketing professionals have a resource to enhance skills in two critical areas: new product development and product management.

**Strategic Product Marketing**
Designed to help organizations identify strategic growth opportunities for new product development. Employees will learn how to apply a variety of strategic tools that can help uncover unmet customer needs and emerging trends. New product ideation and screening will also be explored.
**Marketing Planning for Product Management**
Designed for marketing professionals with product management responsibilities. Whether you are a seasoned marketing professional or new to your position, you will benefit from the step-by-step review of the marketing planning process from a product perspective. Use lessons to guide you through your annual planning process or to help you overhaul your existing product portfolio.

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    **Strategic Product Marketing**
    Designed to help organizations identify strategic growth opportunities for new product development. Employees will learn how to apply a variety of strategic tools that can help uncover unmet customer needs and emerging trends. New product ideation and screening will also be explored.
    **Learn About:**
    * Researching industry, market, and other external trends
    * Locating Marketing information and research sources
    * Using strategic frameworks for opportunity identification
    * Conducting new product development ideation and discovery activities
    * Managing, sorting, screening and selecting ideas and opportunities
    **Benefits & Outcomes:**
    * Develop a consistent process for ongoing opportunity identification
    * Improve the quality and quantity of new products in the pipeline
    * Provide a framework for strategic growth
    **Marketing Planning for Product Management**
    Designed for marketing professionals with product management responsibilities. Whether you are a seasoned marketing professional or new to your position, you will benefit from the step-by-step review of the marketing planning process from a product perspective. Use lessons to guide you through your annual planning process or to help you overhaul your existing product portfolio.
    **Learn About:**
    * Analyzing the competitive, customer and product category environment
    * Completing a SWOT analysis
    * Setting product strategies
    * Positioning and branding products
    * Writing product positioning statements
    * Managing product portfolios
    * Establishing pricing strategies and pricing products
    **Benefits & Outcomes:**
    * Help develop annual product plans that maximize sales and profits
    * Create a framework for managing and communicating product portfolios
    * Identify and eliminate underperforming products
    * Develop actionable marketing plans and tactics
Business & Industry Services (BIS)
5 N. Systems Drive
Appleton, WI 54914-1655

P: 888-458-0449
P: 920-735-2525
F: 920-735-4771