What pointed recommendations do you have on gaining influence as a new member of an organization or as a junior product marketing team member?
Google Global Head of Growth Go-to-market, Google Maps Platform • 4y
Your best play is to show up with an insight backed by data. I think many product marketers over-index on the product and not the market and you have an opportunity to br...
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ActiveCampaign VP Product Marketing | Formerly Pendo, Demandbase, Conga, SAP • 2y
As I've answered on a few other questions, I have a set of things I like to do to build meaningful relationships with key stakeholders. These are key whether you are just...
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Sanity.io Director of Product Marketing | Formerly Twilio, SendGrid • 3y
My top recommendation is to immerse yourself in the prospect/customer experience, document your learnings, and surface insights that are helpful to those around you in di...
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Boxford Capital Managing Partner | Formerly Barracuda, SilverSky, Digital Guardian, OpenPages, Cybertrust • 8y
Become the go to expert on something - quickly. Generally, as a PMM, you want to be the expert on the buyer. Shadow as many sales calls as you possibly can. Develop relat...
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Former Director, Product Marketing & Demand Generation at You.com | Formerly LinkedIn • 2y
There's some great advice here. To add on, here are a few things I've seen new PMM hires do to onboard successfully:Drive a project with clear definition: Oftentimes, the...
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Credit Karma Senior Director of Product Marketing | Formerly Adobe, GoDaddy, VSCO, 3x startups • 4y
With every new job, you have a period during which you need to prove yourself. As PMMs, we gain influence and prove ourselves by knowing the customer, market, business, a...
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