How do you get alignment on all stakeholders on product messaging? It feels like a never ending battle sometimes.
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Sina Falaki
Motive Head of Global Product Marketing | Formerly Procore • June 30
I typically work with stakeholders in creating the messaging, thus once its done, all parties have put their own spin on the document, and there's very little room to change it.
What this means is that I will create a baseline of a messaging based on customer feedback, and once that is done, I will take it to the appropriate stakeholders (pm, sales, customer success, and SMEs) for them to review and work on it. Once that is done, the document is complete and there's little room to change it.
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