
Freshworks
Insights from the Freshworks Demand Generation Team
My role evolved as the organization grew from $100 mil ARR to ~4X the size
today. In earlier days, our GTM motion was primarily PLG. I was measured on
Qualified Traffic as a leading KPI, and Trial volume and Sales CVR% as the lag
KPIs. Today, we have a twin GTM engine - PLG & Direct Sales model. ...more
100%. A rule of thumb that has been helpful for me is that your organization's
primary Go-to-market motion defines the primary and secondary stakeholders that
you interact with. For each stakeholder, it's essential to define a commonly
agreed-upon success criterion/criteria that make both teams s...more
I am fortunate to be a part of a journey where both the span and the scope of
what a Demand generation team does have evolved over time. In my experience, the
role of what a Demand gen team does will and should change as the organization
matures. In the early days, in most orgs, Demand gen manage...more
Strategies usually get defined bi-annually or annually and most of us don't have
complete influence and control on what gets defined. So allow me to stray a bit
and take this opportunity to share some 'tactics' that have worked for me.
1. Do you use common vocabulary? You will be surprised ho...more