Let's be honest: product managers have to essentially be professional readers to stay up-to-date with the industry. The role of product management is ever-evolving, so likewise product managers need to stay on top of how best to deliver value to the company and customers. It's about getting smarter, learning more, and strengthening skills. But staying up to date with the latest frameworks and approaches is challenging, especially with so many resources available and limited time to devote to them.

One way to manage this information overload is by subscribing to relevant content and then creating dedicated time each week to read a bit. Product management blogs and product management newsletters are both great formats to get the information you need in a digestible form. No time wasted trying to figure out what’s good or bad. Just straight-up news delivered right to your inbox. Yet, not every article is useful. So how do you decide what to read?

To help with this challenge, we put together a list of the top content any product manager should sign-up to. We focused on selecting blogs and newsletters that are engaging, easy to read, and informative.

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Top Newsletters and Blogs for Product Managers

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1) Product Managers at Work by Alexis and Adrienne

This newsletter comes directly from expert former Silicon Valley PMs to your inbox! It is written by Alexis Haebin Kim (Facebook and Instagram) and Adrienne Tran (Tesla and Google), based on their experiences working at top Silicon Valley companies. As well as some great best practices you can apply to improve your skillset and performance. Sign up to learn how they introduced products amid a crisis; continuously grew staff; ascended to the top of Google results, etc.

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2) Bringing the Donuts

Written by executive coach and ex Product Management Leader at Google, Ken Norton. Bringing the donuts is a journey that more than 15,000 product leaders have subscribed to. With an approachable style, it delivers the perfect professional growth guidance for any aspiring PM and exclusive start-up jobs. Plus, it comes packed with leadership techniques from one of tech's most experienced product minds.

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3) UserOnboard

Up for some snarky sarcasm? User Onboarding is the process of radically increasing how new users can become successful when adopting your product. This newsletter attracts PMs who love UserOnboard and their takedowns of big user onboarding experiences. Perfect for tech lovers who enjoy having the onboarding process of big companies like Google, Uber, and Spotify, dissected and critiqued. But most of all, providing valuable lessons to re-think your own user onboarding experience and see it through another POV.

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4) The Other Valleys

If you like to stay on top of the ins and outs of the global tech world, this one is for you. The other Valleys is ideal for insight into the different tech hubs worldwide, primarily outside of San Francisco.

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5) Women in Product

One email a week with information on Women In Product’s latest happenings around the globe. Filled with upcoming events and newly available product roles for anyone ready for their next career challenge.

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6) Mind the Product

A curated product management newsletter with a selection of the best articles around the web. From product management to design and development, as well as the latest jobs and upcoming events. No frills, just the good stuff coming to you from one of the most influential Product companies in the world.

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7) User Weekly

A newsletter focused on answering a simple question every Wednesday: What mattered in User Research this week? This is a great selection of the best UX Research resources published every seven days. Designed to help you make sense of the User Research world and your users. And to make sure you stay on top of trends in a quick 5 min read that goes perfectly with your Wednesday morning coffee.

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8) Product Management Today

A round-up that gathers the best content for product managers from the widest variety of industry thought leaders. Plugged with automated links to other newsletters, this round-up has great nuggets of information for anyone within the Product industry.

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9) SVPG Silicon Valley Product Group

Probably the most popular on this list, SVPG is a must-add mainly due to the calibre of product experts who regularly feature the newsletter and blog. Full of insights by Marty Cagan, this round-up also brings words by SVPG's other experienced founding members, including Christopher Jones, Martina Lauchengco, and Lea Hickman. Combined, these product masters bring years of hands-on product management experience you cannot miss.

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10) Product Bytes

Focused on Strategic product thinking for enterprises, this is a monthly email delivered to your inbox with the latest in product management. Created by Rich Mironov, a seasoned tech executive and serial entrepreneur that has been the 'product guy' at six start-ups and consultant to more than 190 tech companies and Heads of Product. Ideal if you want to hear about product leadership and how to structure the product organization, scale up or tackle product-specific/company-specific issues.

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11) Lenny’s Newsletter

A weekly advice column with 250,000+ subscribers focused on ‘’building product, driving growth, and working with humans’’, created by Lenny Rachitsky. Lenny sold his company to Airbnb and then worked there for seven years. When he left, he started this weekly newsletter to tackle a variety of reader's questions with concrete and realistic advice. So if you’re looking for tips that range from overcoming imposter syndrome to hiring your first PM, this weekly bite of information is for you.

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In summary

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This list offers you a summary of product management content that we find useful and frequently turn to for industry updates. But it's not necessary to read all of these. If you're new to reading blogs and newsletters, just pick one, read it on a regular basis, and see if offers you new perspective and helps you with your day-to-day role as a product manager.

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Did we miss any valuable blogs or newsletters? Make sure to share your favourites with us at hello@theproductrefinery.com!

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