What are the biggest mistakes companies make when launching a new product, and how can they be avoided?
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Datadog VP, Product Marketing | Formerly Salesforce, Attentive • 1y
Here are a few common mistakes:The launch lacks clarity on product availability. You need to know what the product does and does not do and set those expectations clearly...
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Sentry Director of Product Marketing • 1y
Some of the "mistakes" I've experienced across a few different companies that can cause friction both internally as well as externally are: 1. Not truly understanding you...
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Salesforce Senior Director of Product Marketing • 1y
Not grounding the launch in clear value positioning and stakeholder alignment leads to failure.From an operational standpoint, if you haven't established the value propos...
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Adobe VP, Product Marketing & GM, Next Gen Creators | Formerly Uber, Fivestars, Electronic Arts • 1y
If your strategy is poor, your launch will fail no matter how well you execute.While project management is important, having a bad strategy means you're solving the wrong...
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SurveyMonkey Senior Director, Head of Corporate Marketing | Formerly SurveyMonkey, Nielsen • 1y
The biggest mistake is focusing too heavily on the immediate launch moment without thinking about ongoing feature discoverability.When launches don't land effectively or ...
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fmr VP of Marketing, Qualia | Formerly Worldpay, Coupa Software, EMC/VMware, McKinsey • 1y
Unfortunately, I’ve seen many well-intentioned launches stall or underperform due to a handful of common pitfalls:Skipping Real Customer Validation: A common pitfall is t...
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