When you look at the best launches that you have done, what did you get right that made them so successful?
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AssemblyAI CMO • 4y
I think more than anything, the things we got right were the fundamentals: Product need: We were launching a product that truly solved customers’ needs. We were crystal ...
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Freed Director of Product Marketing | Formerly Quizlet, Udemy, San Francisco Ballet • 5y
Some of our success is up to us, and there are also conditions for success that are out of our control. You can learn to recognize when those conditions are and aren't pr...
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Warp Head of Growth | Formerly Shopify, Square, startups • 1y
I would synthesize it into 3 things: Start with the end in mind: if this launch goes well, what does it mean for the product, the company, and customers? In 6 or 12 mon...
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Shopify Senior Product Marketing Lead • 1y
Here are some of my learnings from successful product launches: Don’t launch a half baked product, you don’t get a 2nd first impression and you will burn trust with your ...
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ActiveCampaign VP Product Marketing | Formerly Pendo, Demandbase, Conga, SAP • 1y
I think the best launches I've done tied directly to a value-add or customer painpoint. When I think back, the most impactful launches weren't because we wanted to releas...
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Shopify Head of Retail Product Marketing | Formerly GoDaddy, ClearVoice, AppBuddy, Scripps • 1y
Looking back, the most successful launches I've done have the following elements:- Messaging/concept research, conducted EARLY on, while the product is still being develo...
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HeyGen Head of B2B Marketing • 1y
When I reflect on my most successful launches, a few key elements stand out:Internal activation: This often gets overlooked because we tend to focus on the external splas...
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Zendesk Senior Director, Technology Marketing and Communications • 5y
When I think about the most successful launches my team and I have done, they all included 1) a clear go-to-market strategy with leadership and stakeholders bought in, 2)...
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