Nikolay Bachiyski nb

Marketing is not a dirty word

The most unfair criticism of business folks is that they are just “marketers,” which is somewhat of a negative label in the tech sector. I think marketing gets a bad rap. In MBA terms, there are four Ps that define marketing: product, price, placement, and promotion. Defining the product and price is a creative process. The goal is to develop a product idea—sold for a profit—that matches the needs of the targeted customer. Research, analysis, and creative work are necessary in order to succeed. Placement, the third P, regards how customers will obtain the product (through a web site? the supermarket? the trunk of Fred’s car?).

Finally, promotion—what marketing is often stereotyped to mean—is how to spread the positive word about the product to influential people and potential customers. Surprisingly, promotion is a small part of a business analyst or product manager’s time (maybe 10–20%). So, marketing plans define much more than what the ads will

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	Guided Tour/Pointer API


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	- exit button is by default
	- next button is there if another pointer is linked to this one via previous-pointer
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	- tour and pointer slugs are used for IDs in HTML and keys in user options

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	'active_plugins' => array( '<plugindir/<plugin>.php' ),
	);

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	"config" : {
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	"phpunit/phpunit": "*",
	"squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "*",
	"nb/oxymel": "dev-master"
	}
	}

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