AMA: Shopify Director (Head of) Global GTM & Demand Generation, Tamara Niesen on Demand Generation Soft and Hard Skills
August 25 @ 10:00AM PT
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WooCommerce CMO | Formerly Shopify, D2L, BlackBerry • 3y
Creating an environment where we have trust, pysocholigical safety, and fun is key, but it's trust that allows team members to have autonomy and agency. Celebrating wins...
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WooCommerce CMO | Formerly Shopify, D2L, BlackBerry • 3y
Successful demand gen marketers have a broad skill set, from creative thinking to critical thinking. Some of the most important things I look for: Project management an...
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WooCommerce CMO | Formerly Shopify, D2L, BlackBerry • 3y
Network and seek advice. Getting to know people in the field, genuinely asking about their roles, responsibilites, what keeps them up at night, recommendations on where ...
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WooCommerce CMO | Formerly Shopify, D2L, BlackBerry • 3y
As an engineer, I suspect you have deep product and user knowlege, and this could be a huge asset in marketing! I would start with getting to know the demand gen team at...
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WooCommerce CMO | Formerly Shopify, D2L, BlackBerry • 3y
Operating in a silo from sales and not treating them as my first team. B2B demand gen marketing- developing pipeline for sales is our job. If we are not in lockstep wi...
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WooCommerce CMO | Formerly Shopify, D2L, BlackBerry • 3y
This is a difficult question to answer, I would love more context in order to respond thoughtfully, but I will share this- a work enironment that is build around psycholo...
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WooCommerce CMO | Formerly Shopify, D2L, BlackBerry • 3y
The answer here is nuanced. I have a background in product marketing, so I am biased, but if this role is the first marketer overall, I would actually prioritize a produ...
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WooCommerce CMO | Formerly Shopify, D2L, BlackBerry • 3y
Demand generation is to create pipeline, and transparently, it's easy to cheat and create volumes of leads. Accountability lies in quality, and so measuring teams on the ...
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