How do you know when to take in stakeholder feedback versus set boundaries for when you've gotten enough feedback?
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Zendesk Vice President, Product Marketing, AI and Automation | Formerly LinkedIn • 9mo
Great question. Personally, I think feedback is a gift and I do love getting it - but timing and context are everything. The key is to bring stakeholders in early. If you...
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ServiceNow Senior Director, Platform and AI Product Marketing • 11mo
This is a great question, and I've seen so many projects get stalled because of "too many cooks in the kitchen". I've found the key is to listen broadly, but decide decis...
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Epic Games Senior Director of Marketing • 1y
I would break this question into two parts. How do I set timelines for feedback on a specific deliverable? We all have deliverables - this could be a pitch deck you are w...
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Jellyfish VP of Product Marketing • 10mo
This question is a bit generic, so it kinda depends on what you are getting feedback for. You have to understand the overall scope and how many data points you need to in...
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Airtable Former Head of Product and Solutions Marketing | Formerly Salesforce, L'Oreal, Godiva Chocolatier • 1y
Feedback is a gift....that you can always return for store credit. There is a difference between taking feedback and applying it and taking feedback and finding that it's...
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BILL Head of Product Marketing - Accounts Payable and Developers / Partners • 7mo
When it comes to deciding how much stakeholder feedback to take in versus when to set boundaries, two things come to mind (using messaging as an example).First, having a ...
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Inngest Head of Marketing • 1y
Ha I actually wrote a whole document about this at one company—about our async collaboration process. I will actually write on documents what kind of feedback I'm happy t...
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SurveyMonkey Senior Director, Head of Corporate Marketing | Formerly SurveyMonkey, Nielsen • 1y
I truly do believe in continuous, in-the-moment feedback. Though I might be biased as someone who has worked at a feedback company for about a decade… :-P This philosophy...
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The Knot Worldwide Marketing Consultant | Formerly Meta, Strava, eBay, Nextdoor, TeamSnap • 10mo
"Feedback is a gift" as people like to say and it certainly can be. However, to ensure feedback doesn't spiral into an endless cycle of differing opinions and back and fo...
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Cyera VP of Corporate & Community Marketing • 1y
Ah, this is a wonderful question. The secret to this is simple. There are two cohorts (groups) you want to include in your feedback. Cohort 1: If you were to send a piec...
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