Christine Sotelo-Dag

AMA: Intercom Group Product Marketing Manager, Christine Sotelo-Dag on Building Product Marketing Team

March 17 @ 10:00AM PT
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Christine Sotelo-Dag
Close Head of Product Marketing4y
There are a few things you'll want to establish and get alignment on right out of the gates. 1. Establish a tiering framework. Define what a large product launch looks l...
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How do you divide the workload between two product marketers covering multiple products?
(context: small company, still establishing product marketing function, no senior marketing leader to guide, lots of room to carve own path, looking for best ways to support success!)
Christine Sotelo-Dag
Close Head of Product Marketing4y
The most straightforward way to manage this might be to divide the products between the two of you in an even way - where each of you has a clear line of ownership, end-t...
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Christine Sotelo-Dag
Close Head of Product Marketing4y
Some of the low hanging fruit here would be setting up team rituals - team meetings, slack channels, team hubs, etc. Some of the more logistical processes would include...
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Christine Sotelo-Dag
Close Head of Product Marketing4y
Although our company hasn't been officially remote, our Product teams all sit in Dublin, Ireland - while our PMMs are all sitting in San Francisco. Of course this physica...
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What advice would you give a junior product marketing manager who is the first product marketing hire?
I don't want to just be a launch project manager or a new releases copywriter.
Christine Sotelo-Dag
Close Head of Product Marketing4y
My advice is to work on building relationship with the Product org. Proactively find ways you can bring them value - whether it be through market or competitive insights,...
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Christine Sotelo-Dag
Close Head of Product Marketing4y
From my hiring experience there are typically there are a few key characteristics and examples I look out for Has to be a great storyteller - go beyond writing copy, and...
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Christine Sotelo-Dag
Close Head of Product Marketing4y
I wouldn't under estimate solid PMM expierence, but I wouldn't let lack of direct PMM experience be a blocker either. As you've calledo out, being a well-rounded marketer...
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What does your product marketing team org structure look like?
Do you simply have Product Marketers by product/portfolio? Do you have a release communications manager? Someone in sales enablement? What other roles exist in your product marketing teams today?
Christine Sotelo-Dag
Close Head of Product Marketing4y
Our product marketing org strucuture is made up of 6 groups. Most of our groups are aligned directly to product, and how product strucutres their org. So each product gro...
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How do you communicate product marketing achievements upwards and build visibility?
It can sometimes be a struggle for those on the executive team, or in higher leadership roles, to see the value that product marketing is bringing to the business - especially if they do not have regular interaction. How do you build visibility for you and/or your team, and clearly communicate the achievements and activities throughout the year?
Christine Sotelo-Dag
Close Head of Product Marketing4y
I think this depends largely on the size of an update - and the audience. For our largest releases, they are communicated early and often - to drum up excitement. Throug...
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