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How do you measure your influence across departments?

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  1. Daniel Kuperman
    Daniel Kuperman

    Jellyfish VP of Product Marketing • 1y

    Your influence as a PMM varies drastically across departments. For a traditional B2B sales-led organization, for example, it may include competitive win rates and deal cycle times for the sale department; placement in analyst reports for the marketing communications team; the number of deals sourced by partners for the partner marketing team, as some examples. Identify the core business goals at your company, and which department drives them. Then, look at how product marketing works with those ...Read More

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  2. Rinita Datta
    Rinita Datta

    Splunk Director, Product Marketing | Formerly Morgan Stanley • 4mo

    Simply put, if your cross-functional stakeholders change behavior or execute differently based on conversations with you, you have influence. If they nod politely and nothing changes, you have work to do. In addition to all the markers noted in other questions in this AMA, watch for the following things: Are sales reps heavily rewriting and reworking your messaging and assets? Did your ‘voice of customer’ reporting change the product roadmap? Are there shadow PMM teams or roles emerging to close ...Read More

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