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What should you aim to do in your first month and your first quarter?

You're the new demand generation manager for a B2B SaaS company that has 40 people and is starting to scale.
Helana Zhang
Vercel Head of Field & Partner Marketing | Formerly Zuora, Optimizely, Cisco Meraki1y
Many marketers I hire immediately want to prove impact by crafting campaigns and executing on them, but I always remind my teams that the first months you join a company ...
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Sam Clarke
Wistia VP of Marketing3y
Your first month should be 80% focused on learning the business and 20% focused on finalizing your 30/60/90 plan. For the remaining two months of the quarter, you should ...
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Liz Bernardo
Charted Head of Marketing3y
When you are coming in new to a role, your first month should involve getting a lay of the land. Understanding and reviewing past metrics, meeting with stakeholders, lear...
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Kanchan Belavadi
Snowflake Head of GCC Marketing, India3y
First week should be in listen mode, understand the business priorities, current environment, challenges and needs. Speak to as many of your stakeholders as you can, espe...
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Erika Barbosa
Counterpart Marketing Lead | Formerly Issuu, OpenText, Webroot3y
In your first month you should aim to soak up as much knowledge as you can. Develop a deep understanding of your customers and the business. Start capturing the ideas tha...
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Lisa Dziuba
Lemon.io Head of Growth Product Marketing | Formerly LottieFiles, WeLoveNoCode (made $3.6M ARR), Abstract, Flawless App (sold)3y
In your first month/first quarter as a demand generation manager, there are several key things that you should aim to do, in order to hit the ground running and make a po...
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