What are the top 3 potholes to AVOID when establishing or building out the Product Marketing function at a company?
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Norm Ai Head of Marketing | Formerly Galileo, Cresta, Tanium, Zuora • 1y
Great question, here are 3 potholes to AVOID when building 1. Not becoming the undisputed expert on your product, market, and audience: Great PMM teams form strong opinio...
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Klue Senior Director of Product Marketing • 4y
I can't think of three good ones right now, so I'll give you two of my favourite: Saying yes to everythingWhen you come in as the first PMM, people are going to be throw...
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Do not hire more people until you have a clear charter for the team Make sure you align with other cross-functional teams as you build your org design so that your team ...
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Gusto Head of Product Marketing, Benefits • 2y
Top three things to avoid when establishing or scaling PMM:Working in a silo. PMM is a highly cross functional role, so make sure you are in continual communication with ...
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Upstart Product Marketing Director, New Products • 1y
1) Don't get edged out of product roadmap planning. Product marketing and the product team have to be in lock-step to align on goals and timelines.2) Don't ignore your de...
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Adobe Sr Director of Product Marketing, Creative Cloud • 1y
The biggest mistakes I see product marketers make are: Not talking to customers enough - If you're not talking to a few customers every week (or month if you're at a bi...
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Workyard Director of Product Marketing • 1y
Three things to avoid when establishing Product marketing would be:Assuming what worked before will work here: Every company, industry, market, etc. functions differently...
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