When launching a significant sub-product (e.g. an enterprise version of an existing product) how do you strike the right balance of enabling your sales team without bombarding them with dizzying details?
Pomerium Head of Marketing | Formerly Roofstock, Instacart, Uber, Algolia, Google • 5y
Instead of focusing on the features, start with the use case -- why are we launching this we sub-product? What problem does it solve for our key personas or existing cus...
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Chargebee VP, Corporate Marketing & Comms [Prev. Product Marketing] • 5y
I’m lucky to partner with a great Enablement team at Yext, so I cannot take credit for everything I mention in this answer! But, we’ve treated our best enablement efforts...
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HubSpot Marketing Fellow - Partner GTM & Product Readiness • 3y
This question would likely require more details/specifics for me to answer fully, but I'll do my best! If you organize your sales team by market segment, then you could...
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Workhuman Head of Product Marketing • 4y
It depends on how radically different your Enterprise solution actually is and how unfamiliar it will feel to Sales. Something else to consider, is this a new tier or a t...
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Enable VP of Product Marketing | Formerly Crossbeam, 6sense, JazzHR, Imagine Learning, Appsembler • 2y
Launching a significant sub-product, like an enterprise version of an existing product, requires a delicate balance between equipping your sales team with essential infor...
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Conveyor Head of Marketing • 7y
I think two things really help here. 1. Make sure you're aligned with their incentives and what they want. We went through this recently and found the sales team was re...
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