Alissa Lydon

AMA: LogDNA Director of Product Marketing, Alissa Lydon on Product Launches

May 5 @ 9:00AM PT
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👋 Alissa Lydon
Hi all, I'm Alissa Lydon, VP of Marketing @ Actively AI:

• 👋 Based in: SF Bay Area
• 🧠 Top of mind: How AI is changing the marketing craft.
• 💬 Ask me about: What book I'm reading now.
• 🍦 Fun fact: I won a gold medal playing softball for Team USA!
Alissa Lydon
Actively AI VP of Marketing | Formerly Mezmo, Sauce Labs4y
Just like in marketing, sales enablement is all about knowing your audience. At the top level, that means understanding what motivates them (i.e. closing more deals, expa...
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Alissa Lydon
Actively AI VP of Marketing | Formerly Mezmo, Sauce Labs4y
One word: retrospectives! For me, the success or failure of a single launch isn't as important as what we learn along the way. However, in every company I have been at th...
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Alissa Lydon
Actively AI VP of Marketing | Formerly Mezmo, Sauce Labs4y
I always tell my PMs that the earlier PMM is looped into feature development planning, the better. Of course, we want enough lead time to prep for a successful launch. Bu...
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How can I use data for creating an ICP (instead of just relying on SMarketing brainstorming sessions?
There has got to be a better way to develop an ICP for ABM. I get the value of teamwork and collaboration, but sales people are (understandably) biased, and more importantly "classically conditioned" over time.
Alissa Lydon
Actively AI VP of Marketing | Formerly Mezmo, Sauce Labs4y
Let the data tell the story of your ICP! Use your existing customer base as a starting point. Take your best customers and look at them in aggregate - what patterns emerg...
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Alissa Lydon
Actively AI VP of Marketing | Formerly Mezmo, Sauce Labs4y
For organizing and keeping track of launch activities, I created templates that I have carried with me from company to company. They contain all of the best elements from...
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Alissa Lydon
Actively AI VP of Marketing | Formerly Mezmo, Sauce Labs4y
For new products and major features, I find it invaluable to go through a complete messaging exercise. This is an iterative process that involves collaboration with Produ...
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Alissa Lydon
Actively AI VP of Marketing | Formerly Mezmo, Sauce Labs4y
There are two levers I think about when deciding how we should measure launch success: Are users successfully adopting the product/feature? Are we successfully attractin...
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