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What's the most important priority for Product Marketing when developing a new category?

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  1. Amanda Groves
    Amanda Groves

    Zywave VP of Product Marketing | Formerly Crossbeam, 6sense, JazzHR, Imagine Learning, Appsembler • Jul 2

    R&D and listening tours. Develop a methodology for researching your addressable market across customers, prospects, analysts, competitors, influencers etc. You'll need this as the backbone of how you define, shape, and evolve category overtime. From there PMM should be the stewards of positioning (based on the research), GTM strategy (commercialization) and launch (persona messaging and surround strategy). If you don't have strong R&D, the rest falls short. Stay curious and you will stay ...Read More

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  2. Martin Raygoza
    Martin Raygoza

    Diageo Head of Tequila Portfolio • 3y

    Some of the most important decisions you need to consider as a product manager are: How competed is the new category?: There is no right answer. More competition means more barrier to enter but less means fewer information at your disposal. Just make sure your strategy consider the external factors as-well. Champion products: Could sound obvious but there are products that with minimal adjustments could serve more than one category. Example Soda and Soda with alcohol. Staying close to your core ...Read More

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