How do you deal with product managers who don't think marketing provides value or isn't technical?
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Clay Head of Product Marketing • 5mo
To influence the roadmap, PMMs should bring valuable insights about the market, competition and customer to the table. With a more technical product, it is possible that ...
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Iterable Chief Marketing Officer • 4y
Persistence? :) That's a tough one and something that I've experienced many times in my career. I've always approached that as a challenge that I strongly desire to overc...
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Woven Head of Marketing • 8y
First, make a concious decision to give them respect without demanding any in return. You don't really "deal" with them. Instead, you learn to foster a healthy and produc...
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Change.org Director of Product Management • 4y
I would first try to understand where the product manager is coming from, i.e. what knowledge or perceptions are they starting with about Marketing? What context might th...
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Twilio Former Director of Product Management - Pricing & Packaging, CXP | Formerly Narvar, Medallia, Helpshift, Feedzai, Reputation.com • 5y
Silicon Valley is littered with failed products that were technically excellent but totally failed to win their markets. Time and again technical founders and product p...
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