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Alissa Lydon
Product Marketing Lead, Dovetail
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Alissa Lydon
Dovetail Product Marketing Lead • April 26
At its most basic, messaging is about answering 3 key prompts: * What is the problem facing the market today? * What solution (generally) will help solve this problem? * What does your product do to help solve it? To me, competitive falls squarely underneath that third bullet point. It's o......Read More
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Alissa Lydon
Dovetail Product Marketing Lead • October 11
I've read a couple of great books on building messaging. The two I enjoyed the most were: The Aha Moment by Andy Cunningham. She has worked with some of the most iconic brands in tech (including Apple during Steve Jobs' heyday). She provides a great framework for understanding what she calls "......Read More
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Alissa Lydon
Dovetail Product Marketing Lead • April 27
When I am looking for messaging and positioning validation from outside the org, I find that people engage more with a story than with a static framework. And as far as stories go, everyone much prefers pictures to reading dense Powerpoint slides! To that end, putting together a solid "marketect......Read More
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Alissa Lydon
Dovetail Product Marketing Lead • May 5
For new products and major features, I find it invaluable to go through a complete messaging exercise. This is an iterative process that involves collaboration with Product, Marketing, and Sales. I've developed a template for this over the years that combines the things I liked most from the past......Read More
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Alissa Lydon
Dovetail Product Marketing Lead • October 11
Almost everything I learned about messaging I learned by watching other companies who do it really well. These can be similar players in your space (even competitors), or even products/brands you really admire. What are the things that they talk about that help them stand out, and how can you app......Read More
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Alissa Lydon
Dovetail Product Marketing Lead • May 5
Let the data tell the story of your ICP! Use your existing customer base as a starting point. Take your best customers and look at them in aggregate - what patterns emerge across industries, company size, tooling adoption, maturity indicators, etc.? From there, you have a great base to help infor......Read More
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Alissa Lydon
Dovetail Product Marketing Lead • May 5
Just like in marketing, sales enablement is all about knowing your audience. At the top level, that means understanding what motivates them (i.e. closing more deals, expanding existing customer base, etc.), and tailoring your enablement to help them understand how a new product/feature will help ......Read More
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Alissa Lydon
Dovetail Product Marketing Lead • May 5
For organizing and keeping track of launch activities, I created templates that I have carried with me from company to company. They contain all of the best elements from past launches (both my own and other PMMs I have learned from). And frankly, there is nothing fancy about them - they are most......Read More
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Alissa Lydon
Dovetail Product Marketing Lead • October 11
Messaging is made up of two equally important components - Brand and Product. Brand messaging encompasses the product, vision, market, customers, culture, and more. It can be much more aspirational and future-facing. This is normally owned by corporate marketing, or maybe you have a specific b......Read More
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Alissa Lydon
Dovetail Product Marketing Lead • May 5
There are two levers I think about when deciding how we should measure launch success: * Are users successfully adopting the product/feature? * Are we successfully attracting users to adopt the product/feature? The first bullet point is all about the product experience, and speaks to the part......Read More
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Credentials & Highlights
Product Marketing Lead at Dovetail
Formerly Mezmo, Sauce Labs
Product Marketing AMA Contributor
Top 10 Product Marketing Contributor
Lives In Oakland, CA
Knows About Market Research, Messaging, Competitive Positioning, Sales Enablement, Product Market......more
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