If you want me to follow you on Twitter…

If you want me to follow you on Twitter, you need a bio. Your bio should tell me something about you either professionally or personally that would inspire me to follow you. In general I follow Product Management and Product Marketing professionals.

“Bio: Live and let live.” Not going to follow.

“Bio: my name is jennifer, i’m fun and adventurous and i love skate boarding and running” Still not following – we have nothing in common as far as I can tell.

“Bio: Into living green, marketing, product management, scifi, social media, tech trends, & video gaming.”  Sounds interesting, I think I’ll follow this one.

End of rant.

Blogging Out Loud – Cranky PM

Out loud from Cranky PM – “…show some initiative and EDUCATE YOURSELF. Go to Product Camps. Read blogs and articles. Ask questions of people and LinkedIn. Watch online webinars or some of the free online courses. Join a local product management association that hosts monthly speakers. Read some books. NO EXCUSES! All this stuff is FREE or a complete bargain.”

Stop making excuses. Read No Excuses Product Management (Part 2)- Stop Whining About Training.

Blogging Out Loud – Jim Holland

Out loud from Jim Holland – “How can an effective product management leader identify, assess and develop the team while having another full-time job as an individual product management contributor? I believe you can’t. It places you in a position to lose credibility with your team and those you collaborate with throughout the organization.”

Make up your mind. Do you want to be a leader or an individual contributer? Read A Dichotomy – Leadership and Individual Contribution.

Blogging Out Loud – Tom Grant

Out loud from Tom Grant – “Unfortunately, opportunity and reality don’t always meet.”

Do your product managers have the ”authority, capability, and responsibility” to innovate? Does opportunity meet reality in your Product Management Organization?  Find out – read Product managers must have the opportunity to be leaders.

Blogging Out Loud – Rich Mirinov

Out loud from Rich Mirinov – “…we lead through credibility, marshalling of market insights, maintaining the long view, and appreciating functional experts for what they can do.”

How do you deal with market uncertainty?
Stop worrying and read: Market Facts, Judgment, Fallibility and Ownership

Blogging Out Loud – Cindy Alvarez

Out loud from Cindy Alvarez – “ Customers may not be able to articulate what they want, but they can’t hide what they need.”

What is customer development?
Answers to that question and more, read it all here: FAQ: Customer Development for Product Managers.

Blogging Out Loud – Tom Grant

Out loud from Tom Grant – “I will speak in terms you humans can understand.”

How do you avoid outsmarting yourself?
Be brilliant, be visionary read it all here: Don’t outsmart yourself

How soon is soon?

Reminds me of the day we were driving by a construction site for a new restaurant and I noticed a sign that said “Coming soon”.  The sign was there for what seemed like an eternity, a period of several months.  It was up so long that one time when we drove by I turned to my husband and said “Coming soon?  Is that how they’re going to serve their food? Soo……n?”

Coming soon

to a blog near you.