How do you use market research to inform priority verticals to go after in your go to market efforts?
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13 Answers
Notion Head of Product Marketing • 5y
Ensure verticalization aligns well with core competencies, market perception, ability to deliver and differentiation. If you do not clearly understand the definition of t...
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SpherePay VP of Marketing • 6y
I don't actually use market research for that, is the short answer. If we believe that our solution is well suited for a particular vertical, we have the budget to inves...
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Pinterest Director of Product Marketing | Formerly Meta (Facebook), Spotify, Google, Monzo • 4y
Instead of a "vertical focus" go forward with a New Audience focus so you can leverage the 5A GTM framework , and ensure you're thinking through a consumers' need. Also,...
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Treasure Data Director of Product Marketing • 3y
When we first started to verticalize our solution, we looked at: TAM (total addressable market) and SAM (sellable addressable market--what is realistic that YOUR company...
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Webflow Chief Marketing Officer • 3y
I believe that market insights are the #1 core product marketing capability. Literally everything – from positioning and messaging to the products and capabilities you de...
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Twilio Vice President Marketing • 4y
When looking to identify target verticals, I always prefer a data driven approach. I'd work up a detailed analysis exercise and build a vertical based TAM. I have a go-to...
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Okta SVP Product Marketing • 4y
Making the assumption here that vertical = industry. Industry definition - which taxonomy are you using. NAICS, SIC, propietary, DUNS, Clearbit? This is important beca...
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Box Head of Product Marketing, AI & Platform | Formerly Google Gemini • 4y
Market research is a pretty valuable data point in terms of prioritizing verticals (or any other segmentation slice), but so too is your product ownership point of view a...
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Virta Health Director of Product Marketing • 3y
Market research is near and dear to my heart and at the core of any strong product and go-to-market plan. I have many examples of how you can use research to inform verti...
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I'm biased. I'm a former consultant and market researcher— market research always follows priority verticals and market efforts. Depending on the stage of your organiz...
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Enable VP of Product Marketing | Formerly Crossbeam, 6sense, JazzHR, Imagine Learning, Appsembler • 3y
We aim to diversify our revenue strategy with dynamic and compelling GTM campaigns. We use market research from internal and external sources to fuel decisions. Internal ...
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Matterport Senior Product Marketing Manager, Solutions • 5y
There are a few questions you need to answer to determine if it's worth targeting this new vertical: - Do you have product-market fit? Are you solving a real problem for ...
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Product Marketing Consultant | Ex-PMM, PM and PMO | Formerly Bloomfire, Rev Worlwide (Netspend), HP • 2y
Call it however you want but it all begins with a good ol’ SWOT (or TOWS) analysis. If you have any customers already perform a thorough win/loss analysis (quant, not jus...
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