John Withers

AMA: New Relic Director, Product Marketing, John Withers on Market Research

September 19 @ 9:00AM PT
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How important is market research in a product launch, and what methods do you find most effective?
Can you share an example where market research significantly influenced your launch strategy?
John Withers
Atlassian Head of Product Marketing, Bitbucket1y
Market research is a must-have for a product launch. As Marketers, one of the requirements for doing our job (well) is to have a thorough understanding of the market. Tha...
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John Withers
Atlassian Head of Product Marketing, Bitbucket1y
One of the fundamental skills a Product Marketer must develop is the ability to influence others across the organization. This includes their manager, other Marketing lea...
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John Withers
Atlassian Head of Product Marketing, Bitbucket1y
Create a template with a number of questions that are well thought out, in advance. The questions serve two purposes: To guide the conversation in a deliberate way (one t...
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John Withers
Atlassian Head of Product Marketing, Bitbucket1y
Understanding personas and ideal customer profiles is, in many ways, the foundation for all that we do. If we don’t understand our users’ and customers’ pain points, then...
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John Withers
Atlassian Head of Product Marketing, Bitbucket1y
Start by building relationships with the field (and if you need help doing that, ask your manager). In a healthy organization, where Sales and Product Marketing work well...
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John Withers
Atlassian Head of Product Marketing, Bitbucket1y
I laid out in another answer that Product Marketers should be reading competitors’ press releases, blogs, product pages, 10Ks, and any other collateral you can get your h...
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