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When does it make sense to lean into a dedicated vertical or industry marketing function? And once you decide, how do you get it off the ground?

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  1. Michele Nieberding
    Michele Nieberding

    Treasure Data Director of Product Marketing • 9mo

    Ok so...this might be a hot take, but typically I feel like people lean into "verticalization" before they're ready (aka too small, or not mature enough). Like it feels like the right thing to do because you want to speak to buyers in the right way, but there is a lot of research out there that says "verticalization only makes sense once your company is well beyond $100 million in revenue." The other thing to consider, if you go the verticalization route, you better have at least a handful of cu ...Read More

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  2. Kelly Xu
    Kelly Xu

    Glean Head of Solutions Marketing | Formerly Snowflake, DocuSign • 1y

    There are multiple criteria to decide whether a dedicated industry marketing resource is needed. First, does this vertical need distinct, industry specific messaging and GTM motion? Are the use cases very different from other industries? So different that an industry agnostic story wouldn’t be effective?  If an industry needs some industry specific features, or faces industry specific regulations and maturity curve, it might warrant dedicated marketing resources too.  Second, does it have alignm ...Read More

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  3. Morgan (Molnar) Lehmann

    SurveyMonkey Senior Director, Head of Corporate Marketing | Formerly SurveyMonkey, Nielsen • 1y

    I answered the "when to introduce industry marketing" question here: https://sharebird.com/h/product-marketing/q/product-marketing?answer=peBxUG2DnB&utm_source=questionanswer&utm_medium=share Let's talk about how to get it off the ground. Here are a few things to consider: Get executive alignement. After a couple starts and stops trying to get industry marketing off the ground myself, make sure there is executive alignment on the industry strategy. Do your homework, create a presentation ...Read More

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