AMA: Shopify VP Global Head of Product Marketing, Desiree Motamedi on Competitive Positioning
November 16 @ 10:00AM PT
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👋 Desiree Motamedi
Hi all, I'm Desiree Motamedi, CMO - Next Gen Platform @ Salesforce:
• 👋 Based in: San Francisco, California
• 🧠 Top of mind: Building Agents
• 💬 Ask me about: Anything related to developers!
• 🍦 Fun fact: I was on Let's Make a Deal and won $5K with my PMM team at Facebook/Meta!
• 👋 Based in: San Francisco, California
• 🧠 Top of mind: Building Agents
• 💬 Ask me about: Anything related to developers!
• 🍦 Fun fact: I was on Let's Make a Deal and won $5K with my PMM team at Facebook/Meta!
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An example that stands out to me was Steve Jobs’ manifesto on Flash and its security problems. What was fascinating about it was actually Adobe’s response to it. They bou...
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Salesforce CMO - Next Gen Platform • 3y
When we do competitive positioning, we try to take a holistic approach, examining companies across numerous areas. We put together a general overview focused on their ov...
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Salesforce CMO - Next Gen Platform • 3y
We’re able to stay organized and updated on competitors largely due to crowd-sourcing information. We have a Competitive Intelligence Slack channel that extends across te...
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How often do you talk to customers, or do qualitative + VOC research?
Is it continuous or at specific campaigns?
Salesforce CMO - Next Gen Platform • 3y
Ideally, I think this should be systematic and conducted on a weekly basis in order to keep research fresh. Something Shopify does amazingly well is setting up time with...
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Salesforce CMO - Next Gen Platform • 3y
Google did a great job with this as they are rigorous when it comes to alphas, betas, and general availability. They conduct regular market research through the different...
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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?
Salesforce CMO - Next Gen Platform • 3y
With messaging, the one thing that I always push my team to think about is what’s unique to Shopify that no one else can own. Can someone slap their brand on top and say ...
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How do you obtain competitive intelligence on a competitor's product that has very little public-facing marketing around it?
I'm about to just call and ask them if they still sell it.
Salesforce CMO - Next Gen Platform • 3y
We typically begin by looking at their financial information, social media channels, and forums like Reddit to get a sense of what their customers are saying. We sometime...
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