When building a new PMM organization, what are the most important things to focus on when getting started?
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Samsara Former Sr. Director | Head Of Product & Partner Marketing • 3y
Two things: Build company narrative: If you are just starting the PMM function in the company, this would be one of the first things to focus on. Most likely the exist...
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Instructure Head of Product Marketing | Formerly ExactTarget (Salesforce Marketing Cloud), Zendesk, Slack, Salesforce • 4y
IMPACT. So often product marketing teams get snowed under by trying to do all the things. They focus on completeness. They want to have every box checked. But they have n...
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Enable VP of Product Marketing | Formerly Crossbeam, 6sense, JazzHR, Imagine Learning, Appsembler • 3y
It definitely depends on the company stage/goals. So I start there - get alignment from exec leadership on what the company North Stars are and begin building a crawl, wa...
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AlphaSense Senior Director, Solution Marketing | Formerly Procore, Motive • 3y
Messaging and revenue. But to be clear, here are the specifics: Drive pipeline and top-line revenue growth, inclusive of new logo and cross-sell / up-sell (land & e...
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Diageo Head of Tequila Portfolio • 2y
To build a new product marketing team or strategy for a company, can be challenging, especially if this is the first time you are taking this journey. Here a some tips th...
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UpKeep Vice President of Product Marketing • 4y
In my experience, the most important thing to do to support focus is assess organizational alignment and capabilities when you arrive at the decision to build a PMM team....
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