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How have your product marketing teams traditionally worked with your demand generation / growth marketing team?

At our company, demand gen is a much bigger function than product marketing so they drive all of the campaigns with our input, but I came from an organization where we lead the campaign strategy a bit more since we had more numbers. Anyone have a good solid process they use with their demand gen team?

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Feng Hong

TikTok Global Product Marketing Manager • July 19

Always an interesting question. 1. What's the leadership structure of the marketing team? 2. Is there a director of product marketing 3. and what does the demand gen team expect from the PMM team? To me, those sorts of things dictate the relationship between the two. Also, if a company is......Read More

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Feng Hong

TikTok Global Product Marketing Manager • August 3

This depends on the company and what it needs the role of product marketing to be. This boils down to: what gap is the company trying to fill? I'll use my role as an example, and for context, Full Circle Insights is a six year old startup with a sort of technical product aimed at enterprises/busi......Read More

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How is the PMM team structured by product line, segment, function or by objective (ie. revenue retention, product engagement, etc)?

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Loren Elia

Shippo Senior Director of Marketing • January 24

I think that depends on your company goals. At HoneyBook we've identified a specific segment that has the best product-market fit, so we're solely focusing on that segment. Therefore it makes more sense for us to split the work by feature (product line) and by user lifecycle stage. But I think th......Read More

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Any suggestions on list building strategies for new startups?

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Helen Shaughnessy

Sisense Principal Product Marketing Manager • October 27

There are lots of ways to build a list depending on your product release state, targeted audience, list purpose (sales vs. marketing), goals and how much money you have. Sign Ups If you have not launched your product yet, on your homepage or a landing page that provides teasers into what you are......Read More

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How is the demand gen team organized at your company? Is there a single person accountable for campaign execution and management or is it a shared function across other marketing team?

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Jennifer Ottovegio

Narvar Fmr Director of Product Marketing • October 18

At Narvar, demand generation is under the product marketing umbrella. It helps us closely align on priorities, collaborate on campaign plans, establish goals, and measure revenue impact. This alignment is critical because we want to enact campaigns to generate demand where the business needs it m......Read More

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