Ambika Aggarwal

AMA: Culture Amp Director of Product Marketing, Ambika Aggarwal on Competitive Positioning

September 23 @ 10:00AM PT
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What metric, goal or KPI can you put on providing competitive intelligence to the company or product teams?
I work in a company that measures the impact of all projects, but admittedly this is a difficult area to track. Would love to any suggestions/thoughts.
Ambika Aggarwal
Ironclad VP of Product Marketing4y
1. Sales confidence - While not a metric measured in SFDC, you can work with enablement to craft a pre and post sales confidence metric to assess how confident reps feel ...
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How does one create a "positioning document?"
Our organization is focusing on a new customer segment and channel. My CMO has asked me to create a "positioning document" that we can share with senior leadership that articulates how we're going to market to this segment. Does anyone have a template or (and NDA-compliant) example document I could use as a model? Just trying to understand what type of information to include and how best to organize it. Thanks!
Ambika Aggarwal
Ironclad VP of Product Marketing4y
Here's what I like to put into a positioning doc: 1. What market are we in ? How big is this market (TAM)? What's our serviceable obtainable market (SOM) ? 2. What does ...
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How does product and launch positioning and messaging differ?
This for companies with multiple feature-rich products that are being managed by a very small (i.e. 1-3) PMMs.
Ambika Aggarwal
Ironclad VP of Product Marketing4y
You'll need to have both 1) Your core positioning and messaging doc at the overall company and product level and then 2) Your GTM plan for the new feature which includes ...
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Ambika Aggarwal
Ironclad VP of Product Marketing4y
For smaller teams that may not have a built out CI team or CI PMM it can get tough to manage competitive research, positioning, creation enablement and dissemination of a...
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What's your approach to competitive differentiation?
How does this inform your core messaging, how do you enable sales to understand what makes you different/better, how do you know if it's working with your target buyers?
Ambika Aggarwal
Ironclad VP of Product Marketing4y
Competitive differentiation should make up the pillars of your messaging and value proposition. The reason being is that most markets are crowded and customers can choose...
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Ambika Aggarwal
Ironclad VP of Product Marketing4y
There's no silver bullet here because this really does involve setting aside time, especially when CI is not the only part of your job. You can set aside 1-2 hours once a...
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Ambika Aggarwal
Ironclad VP of Product Marketing4y
You'll want to create materials that you can package up and disseminate via a central hub like Highspot, Seismic, Showpad, Confluence etc. When you roll this out make su...
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What do you use or do to get people to buy into your positioning plans and consistently using them?
The product marketers job typically revolves around positioning a product. Sometimes, it can be difficult to align sales, marketing, and product teams around your positioning.
Ambika Aggarwal
Ironclad VP of Product Marketing4y
The key to getting adoption is to make sure you first get executive alignment along with bringing those teams (sales, marketing, product) along for the journey . As you'r...
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Ambika Aggarwal
Ironclad VP of Product Marketing4y
This is a great question and one that generally takes refinement over time based on feedback from sales. Here's what you can do to make sure your competitive intel is be...
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How do you perform extensive competitive product research?
I've been tasked with it but I'm missing the mark. This research is for the CEO and Product/Engineering teams who want to know how our tech stacks up in the market. Do you have any tips?
Ambika Aggarwal
Ironclad VP of Product Marketing4y
This is definitely tricky since getting in-depth product intel requires intimate knowledge about your competitors products. One technique some companies employ is mystery...
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Ambika Aggarwal
Ironclad VP of Product Marketing4y
The goal of competitive positioning is to own a space in the market that's yours by focusing on differentiated value. In order to fully be able to answer the question of ...
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Ambika Aggarwal
Ironclad VP of Product Marketing4y
Honestly, with the rise of tools like Gong you don't even need to necessarily ask your reps to join in on customer calls. If there are specific questions you want to ask...
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