Tag Archives: Solution Marketing

Solution Frameworks Shorten the Last Mile

Platforms or Applications?

Solution Frameworks Combine the Best of Both

— By Steve Robins

A few weeks back I attended a discussion by Alan Treffler, CEO of Pegasystems at the Vilnu Shul in Boston.  Treffler described Pega’s decision to focus on frameworks atop their platform rather than applications.  Let’s take a deeper look at software platforms, frameworks, and applications.   Continue reading

2 Comments

Filed under Solution Frameworks, Solution Marketing, Solutions

Solution Marketing Best Practices – Presentation at ProductCamp Boston

ProductCamp Boston


Learn from Leaders Including Intuit, PowerAdvocate, HubSpot, Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce.com, Among Others

Continue reading

6 Comments

Filed under Case Studies, Presentations, ProductCamp, Resources (additional), SIVA - Elements of Solution Marketing, Solution Marketing

Join Me At ProductCamp Boston

ProductCamp Boston

Solution Marketing at ProductCamp Boston!

I’m psyched to be attending the second ProductCamp Boston tomorrow.  If you’re already planning to attend, I hope you’ll attend the two sessions I’m planning to present/facilitate.  And please make sure to vote for these sessions during morning voting!

  • Solution Marketing Best Practices (Presentation and Discussion)
    Today, customers want more than software products alone – they want comprehensive solutions that solve their business problems. During this presentation, we’ll look at how leading software companies are using solution marketing.  You’ll learn best practices and gain new ideas that you can use in your organization.  Companies included: Intuit, PowerAdvocate, HubSpot, IBM, Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, Comcast, Salesforce.com and Amazon.  Watch the preview on Brainshark.

Thanks to the ProductCamp team for organizing what looks to be another great unconference.

Look for a future blog post on ProductCamp.

Continue reading

1 Comment

Filed under Presentations, SIVA - Elements of Solution Marketing, Solution Marketing

Think Like Your Customer

The Key To Solution Marketing: Understand the Customer

By: Steve Robins

I came across a great blog post, How to Use the Secret Desires of Your Customers on Michael Martine’s Remarkablogger.  While the post is about blogging, it also applies to solution marketing.   Continue reading

2 Comments

Filed under Information, Messaging, Solution Marketing, Solutions

IBM and Content Analytics

Solution Technology Trends

By: Steve Robins

From time to time, I comment on interesting technology trends.  As a solution marketer, these are useful trends to watch.  One such trend is content analyticsContinue reading

3 Comments

Filed under Solution Marketing, Solutions