What are some things one can do outside of their job to accelerate their career in product marketing?
Are there certain certifications, courses, volunteer work, etc. that are beneficial for a product marketer to pursue outside of their normal work?
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Such a great question. I think the best thing you can do invest in yourself and "sharpen the saw". This is especially critical earlier in your career. A couple of approac...
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Adobe Head of Lightroom Product Marketing | Formerly Google, AdRoll • 8y
Pragmattic marketing is excellent, I also recommend product marketing community events as well: http://productmarketingcommunity.com/ Also, practice makes perfect. If yo...
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Panorama Education Head of Product Marketing | Formerly Narvar, Iterable, HubSpot, IBM • 8y
I think Mike cov ered one of the most important skills, but there are certainly others. A few recommendations: Take a look at the Pragmatic Marketing courses. Most of th...
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Boxford Capital Managing Partner | Formerly Barracuda, SilverSky, Digital Guardian, OpenPages, Cybertrust • 8y
Become an excellent public speaker and networker. If you're not consistently getting 5/5's on your speaker evaluations, get some training or join a group like Toastmaster...
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Extreme Networks Director of Product Marketing • 7y
Great answers so far. I would also recommend chatting live with other PMM's to see how they advanced in their careers. There is so much context you get in a phone convers...
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Ping Identity Director of Product Marketing • 5y
2 things to add in addition to the responses already here: Be a visual communicator in addition to written and verbal. The old addage 'a picture is worth 1,000 words' a...
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Kevin Ferguson Founder, Storyteller, Product/Digital Marketer & Video Editor • 6y
Great tips so far. I want to piggy back off of Mike’s suggestion on practicing your public speaking through a group like Toastmasters. Toastmasters is a great organizatio...
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KPI Sense Chief Executive Officer • 6y
Write. A lot. About different things. Become a master at using written communications (a blog post, an article, a LinkedIn post, an answer on here) to sell your point of ...
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