What can someone who has an extensive sales background do to prove themselves competent for an entry-level product marketing role?

Some of the best product marketers I know started in sales roles, but it can be hard to make the jump from sales into marketing. As a salesperson, you know first hand how...

Prove your passion for the customer. Demonstrate how you've set out to understand their needs and challenges, and how you solved them in your past roles. The importance o...

I find that a lot of the most successful marketers as well as product marketers come from a sales background and I have a lot to learn from them. You're already super cus...

I made the switch from Sales to Product Marketing at my company a year ago. I actually wrote about this topic here . Here's my quick take: -Product teams (in my experien...

I spent over five years in my career as a top producing sales rep before breaking into product marketing. The thing I made sure that I could prove how valuable my backgro...

Create a lot of content - start a blog, write about companies you admire/respect, do videos, create Slideshares. My instinct is that a sales person could be a great PMM f...