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Product marketing doesn’t exist yet at my company and we’ve done little to no market research yet. I’m currently building the business case to own this within my function. Any advice?

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  1. Jane Reynolds
    Jane Reynolds

    Upstart Product Marketing Director, New Products • 1y

    Market research is 100% necessary, both from a product perspective and marketing perspective, so you're making the right moves! From my experience, most organizations have market research owned by it's own separate team or the product team, but depending on the size of your org, it could make sense to live within product marketing since it serves both sides. For example, market research allows PMs to develop features that retain users while also serving the marketing team in knowing how to best ...Read More

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  2. Jeff Rezabek
    Jeff Rezabek

    Workyard Director of Product Marketing • 1y

    Fun! That's how I got into product marketing. I realized that that's where I wanted to pivot my career (from content marketing). Fortunately for me, my manager at the time was a former PMM at another company, so during a 1:1, I asked if she could mentor me. She took me under her wing and became my biggest champion (as all managers should).What I'd say is: Find internal champions: Sales could benefit from playbooks, battle cards, and enablement. The product wants help bringing features to market, ...Read More

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