Product Launches

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Amanda Groves
Amanda Groves
Crossbeam Senior Director Product MarketingJune 21
I really like the story brand framework by Donald Miller. The narrative structure puts the customer as the hero of the story and your solution as the guide to their problem. The book also talks about picking a fight for your product with a focus on vilifying the issues your customers are having. ......Read More
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Scott Swigart
Scott Swigart
Shapiro+Raj SVP, Technology GroupAugust 13
We're just wrapping up a research project with B2B tech marketing leaders (mostly CMOs) on their use of generative AI for marketing. We haven't done all the analysis yet, but here are some of the clear takeaways. * Companies are in various stages of investigation. Some companies are barely ......Read More
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Julien Sauvage
Julien Sauvage
Clari VP, Corporate and Product MarketingNovember 29
Great question! First off, it's mostly with the PM team, less so with Eng. The PM<>PMM relationship has to be symbotic. I typically like mapping a PMM to a Group PM (managing several individual PMs), and these "pods" then have a weekly cadence and do a global readout of activities, metrics,......Read More
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Julien Sauvage
Julien Sauvage
Clari VP, Corporate and Product MarketingNovember 29

Same as everyone else. Do more or better with less.

With that, we all have to stay extremely focused on:

  • Team and individual business impact (not activity)

  • Team's morale and keeping it fun

  • Tools, process and tech to help automate some of the tasks - e.g., AI.

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Jessica Webb Kennedy
Jessica Webb Kennedy
Tailscale Head Of MarketingDecember 8
I'd start with the data! This may mean tapping your data analysts, marketing analysts, basically anybody who is knee-deep in the metrics. What I would do first is attempt to map out the funnel for the product in question (if this doesn't already exist) - figuring out how people get to your websit......Read More
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Amey Kanade
Amey Kanade
Amazon Product Marketing at Fire TV (Smart TVs)April 21
Great question. I have worked in the consumer electronics/Hardware industry for most of my career so my answer is going to be from a consumer product launch pov. I have seen many launch teams make the mistake of defining "launch" as the initial period usually lasting a day (or perhaps a few days)......Read More
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Marcus Andrews
Marcus Andrews
Pendo.io Sr. Director of Product MarketingJune 25
At HubSpot our PMMs are aligned by product line and are aligned to a Product director and GM, although we still meet regularly with our individual PMs. I think in general we try and tell a higher level story that doesn't really focus too much on any one feature but often certain features are v......Read More
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Daniel J. Murphy
Daniel J. Murphy
Marketing Strategy ConsultantSeptember 22
You shouldn't be working on a product launch without a launch goal already set in place.  Launches should be either: 1) focused on helping hit a strategic company goal 2) focused on helping grow a new product Your launch goal should be a short term focus: book 50 sales demos, get 200 cust......Read More
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Jack Wei
Jack Wei
Sendbird Head of Product MarketingMarch 10
1. Always set a clear objective, then work backwards from there. Why is the relaunch happening? Either because the first attempts were deemed unsuccessful by some performance metric, or because there has been a pivot in the business that requires getting the product in front of a new audience (eg......Read More
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Priya Kotak
Priya Kotak
Figma Product MarketingFebruary 23
I believe the key to having a cohesive launch narrative comes down to putting your new product into context of your existing product(s). While each product will need its own positioning, and may even appeal to different audiences, an overarching narrative can help tie everything together. We rec......Read More
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