Orinna Barton

AMA: Knowde Head of Product Marketing, Orinna Barton on Establishing Product Marketing

March 11 @ 10:00AM PT
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Orinna Barton
Freshpaint Head of Product Marketing1y
I like operating under a “full-stack” product marketing model, where PMMs work across the entire product lifecycle. In this approach, product marketing is involved from t...
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Orinna Barton
Freshpaint Head of Product Marketing1y
This will depend on whether you’re joining other PMMs currently at the company or building the function for the first time from the ground up — I’ll assume the latter. Wh...
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Orinna Barton
Freshpaint Head of Product Marketing1y
It’s important to prove out the value of product marketing in the organization, and also your value as the product marketing leader, before you even think about hiring. T...
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Orinna Barton
Freshpaint Head of Product Marketing1y
Because product marketing’s work is so cross-functional in nature, many PMM goals will be co-owned with other teams. And to some degree, my answer would depend on the com...
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How do you manage the transition from being the sole person responsible for product marketing activities to now having someone else who can share the burden?
One of the biggest changes when managing people and a team is handing off the responsibility to others. This is tough to do when you're so used to handling everything yourself. Any tips or suggestions on how to best make that transition?
Orinna Barton
Freshpaint Head of Product Marketing1y
This can be challenging at first, but it’s absolutely essential to start doing not just for your own career growth, but for your team’s growth as well. Try to delegate a ...
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