What resources would you recommend for a performance marketer who works closely with product looking to pivot to PMM?
Former Performance/Growth Marketer here! Here is what I did when I was looking to transition into Product Marketing:
Listen to product marketing podcasts to learn from other's experiences (check out Women in Product Marketing, Thrills and Chills, and the other podcasts from PMA and Sharebird)
Read articles online (Product Marketing Alliance is a great place to start) – if you're a member you can also access old webinars/conferences that are packed with helpful information
Rewrite my resume – and do it a few times – to connect my current tasks to product marketing (did you run messaging tests, how did you do customer segmentation, etc.)
Practice writing! I started by publishing articles on Medium, but you could post on LinkedIn, Substack, find freelance work, etc.
Find templates and practice filling them out to understand the strategy behind messaging, positioning, GTM, etc.
Follow product marketers on LinkedIn – engage with their posts, reach out for a coffee chat, resume reviews, etc.
When you get interviews, practice speaking about your experience beforehand. Also, know that it may take quite a few interviews to get an offer
Look for product marketing roles in the industry I'd been working in – ultimately I was able to transition to a PMM role by finding a company in the same space I did my performance marketing role
Hope this helps!
this is a good reference for a PMM book - quite new
https://www.svpg.com/books/loved-how-to-rethink-marketing-for-tech-products/
also read about Product Management - https://www.svpg.com/books/inspired-how-to-create-tech-products-customers-love-2nd-edition/
On positioning:
the classic: Positioning from All Ries, Jack Trout
the newer: Obviously Awesome - April Dunford