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How to measure success of landing a story/ thought leadership?

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  1. Aurelia Solomon
    Aurelia Solomon

    Salesforce Senior Director, Product Marketing • 8mo

    This is difficult since there are rarely hard numbers associated with messaging. We may start seeing pipeline and bookings increase, and can attribute our story to helping drive it, but it's never a 1-1 causation. As a result, I focus on the softer metrics. Sales excitement and confidence. Customer validation. Analyst validation. If your sales team is excited about your story and confident to go evangelize it with customers -- and your customers understand your value and believe in your vision a ...Read More

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  2. Jasmine Anderson Taylor

    Instacart Vice President, Consumer Marketing • 8mo

    Marketers can measure how successful they've been at landing a story in the following ways:  Direct feedback on your message: in pre-testing prior to launch and feedback post launch (e.g. via social listening)  Changed customer behavior: this is the ultimate indicator of success, how much has a narrative convinced customers to think/feel/do differently?     Changes in market dynamics: who’s following your moves will indicate if you’re making waves   When it comes to thought leadership specifical ...Read More

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