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Angela Zhang
Angela Zhang
DocuSign Director, Product MarketingNovember 26
That’s always a challenge in a resource-constrained world! My goal is to spend 80% of time on 1-2 big strategic projects, routine launches, process improvements, and leave 10%-20% of time for ad-hoc requests which I’ll prioritize based on some combination of interest in problem, development oppor......Read More
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Judy Abad
Judy Abad
TripActions Global Director, Business Strategy and CommsSeptember 19
This is a tricky one because you need to prioritize your work and hit your goals. At the same time, you want to be flexible if new projects come up that supersede what you’re working on.    There are ways to ensure you arrive at the best decision for the good of the company. At the end of the day......Read More
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Eileen Buenviaje Reyes
Eileen Buenviaje Reyes
1Password VP, Product MarketingFebruary 11
The quarterly planning process is critical in order to set expectations up-front about what product marketing can and cannot tackle. Ideally as part of that process, each PMM leaves a bit of capacity unaccounted for (my goal would be 10-20%). This buffer should accommodate any last-minute emergen......Read More
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Roopal Shah
Roopal Shah
Benchling Head (VP) of Global EnablementMarch 10
So I use sprint planning for business. When it works well and we're compliant, it works beautifully. Here, we break our work into two week sprints and continously prune backlogs and review ad hoc requests. We also try to allocate 'white space" within the two week sprints for things that may pop u......Read More
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Catlyn Origitano
Catlyn Origitano
Fivetran Senior Director of Product MarketingApril 13
We work with our PM team to create a quarterly roadmap. This helps us align with them on the major releases that are happening, discovery work we need to do, and align on key activities to influence growth.  We also then do a big marketing team-wide planning every quarter to ensure that, for e......Read More
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Grace Kuo
Grace Kuo
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Product MarketingMarch 5
Great question and something I deal with on the daily!  Ad-hoc requests:  * Set expectations: Be clear with the requestor on timelines (why you can't get to it immediately, etc.) and try to let them know when you can get to it.  * Gauge importance of the request. If it's HIGH priority fo......Read More
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Loren Elia
Loren Elia
Xero Global Head Of Product MarketingJanuary 23
Ah, that's the million dollar question. At the beginning of each half we align with the leadership team which features and projects we're going to work on. This helps set expectations. Then I socialize with PMs what PMM is working on, which usually includes other projects besides feature launches......Read More
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Daniel Waas
Daniel Waas
AppFolio Vice President Product MarketingApril 6
There are many answers to this question depending on how large your team is, how much budget you have, etc.  Some pointers: * Get clear on your goals for your product marketing team (even if it's just you) and how they ladder to the business goals.  * Build an annual plan. It's surprisin......Read More
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Steve Feyer
Steve Feyer
Eightfold Product Marketing DirectorSeptember 25
This is a great question. I have at least a half-dozen executives whose interests I seek to manage with my workstream. I keep a running list of my main projects and bring it with me anytime I meet one of these execs. I show my priority among them which is driven by immovable dates on the calendar......Read More
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Gregg Miller
Gregg Miller
Oyster® VP of Product MarketingJanuary 18
I think a lot of it has to do with a combination of setting expectations and being realistic that important ad hoc requests will -- not might, but will -- come up.  The most important time to make sure you're in that mindset and proactively communicating with your manager, team, and stakeholde......Read More
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RJ Gazarek
RJ Gazarek
Refactored Marketing, LLC Principal Product Marketing ManagerJanuary 15
We do this in our team at Veracode! So we actually operate in a SCRUM/Agile fashion, with 2 week sprints. We point all of our work, and plan for an 80% capacity. This ensure we have time to drive ad-hoc requests and return immediate value to the business when they come up. In the event that we do......Read More
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Kristen Ribero
Kristen Ribero
Handshake Senior Director of Corporate MarketingOctober 29
I’m a big believer in experimentation in any marketing activity. And messaging should be included in that. I see a lot of enterprise product marketers get caught up in taking on a huge messaging and positioning project/revamp that typically cuts across multiple teams and stakeholders, which can f......Read More
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Sarah Lambert
Sarah Lambert
Symphony Talent Head of Product MarketingOctober 20
This is a tough one but I would suggest doing a messaging framework for each product and then the platform as whole. This will help to determine what the true value of the platform might be - is it purely that you have the products together in one place or are you mitigating risk by integrating t......Read More
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Diana Smith
Diana Smith
Twilio Director of Brand and Product Marketing, Twilio.orgJuly 16
We think of messaging in three tiers and have different frameworks for each. Product marketing usually collaborates with PR and brand for Level 0 and Level 1, while we own Level 2. Level 0 Messaging: Highest-level company messaging, found in press releases, first sales decks slides, the “about u......Read More
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Derek Frome
Derek Frome
Ouster.io Vice President MarketingSeptember 5
I'm going to take a somewhat contrarian view on this and say that in order to really break through in a crowded market, it takes more than clever messaging (though that never hurts). You have to position your product correctly and you have to prove that you are better. Now would be the time to in......Read More
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Priya Gill
Priya Gill
Momentive (SurveyMonkey) Vice President, Product MarketingDecember 8
As counterintuitive as this may sound, simple messaging isn’t always the way to go. It really comes down to your target buyer(s) and the set of messages that resonate with them, which may need to be simple for a line of business buyer like Marketing or HR or more complex/technical for an IT/Devel......Read More
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Matt Hodges
Matt Hodges
Atlassian Head of Marketing, ConfluenceOctober 31
Great question–tough to answer without getting too specific about Intercom and what works for us based on our own situation and approach in general. But, here goes. :)   For us, a product is a container for a set of mutually exclusive features that enable specific workflows to be completed. For......Read More
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Loren Elia
Loren Elia
Xero Global Head Of Product MarketingJanuary 23
I like to use a 5 question messaging framework: Who am I? What am? Who am I for? Why am I good for you? Why should you buy me here and now? I start by answering these questions. I do user research to really get the insights to answer to "who am I for" and "why am I good for you", and I do......Read More
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