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Elizabeth Grossenbacher

Elizabeth Grossenbacher

Fmr Product Marketing Leader, Cisco
👋 Elizabeth Grossenbacher

👋 Hi everyone! I'm Elizabeth ("Elle") Grossenbacher, located near San Francisco!

💼 I'm just about to expand my role at Cisco where I'll lead Product Marketing for the Secure Routing portfolio.

👀 Top of mind for me right now: Positioning! "Reinventing" or "Reintroducing" your portfolio.

🤝 I can help others on all things competitive/market intelligence, customer insights, AR for PMM work, PMM Carer coaching, and messaging/storytelling.

🍦 Favorite ice cream flavor: Baskin Robins Love Potion! They only have it in February, it's amazing.

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Elizabeth Grossenbacher
Fmr Product Marketing Leader, Cisco | Formerly Twilio, Cisco, Gartner1y
There are many reasons why a price war could happen, and without more context into the market/players, it would be hard for me to say. It’s true that for nearly all trans...
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Elizabeth Grossenbacher
Fmr Product Marketing Leader, Cisco | Formerly Twilio, Cisco, Gartner9mo
If you’re not yet in the PML role:Start by reviewing your company’s career ladder or leveling guide.Write your self-review or performance summary as if you’re already ope...
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Elizabeth Grossenbacher
Fmr Product Marketing Leader, Cisco | Formerly Twilio, Cisco, Gartner1y
I usually approach this with an expectation that the data exists somewhere in the org; we just need to create unity with the teams who steward them. I do this by showing ...
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Elizabeth Grossenbacher
Fmr Product Marketing Leader, Cisco | Formerly Twilio, Cisco, Gartner3y
Story time! I once worked at a small company where two stakeholders disagreed on the product roadmap. The CTO disagreed with the CPO. In that scenario, the CTO had the ex...
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Elizabeth Grossenbacher
Fmr Product Marketing Leader, Cisco | Formerly Twilio, Cisco, Gartner1y
Since your packaging is normally solution-based, shifting to persona-based packaging requires a different approach.Steps to package multi-product features for a persona:D...
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Elizabeth Grossenbacher
Fmr Product Marketing Leader, Cisco | Formerly Twilio, Cisco, Gartner2y
One of my favorite quotes in marketing is: “sell the hole, not the drill.” A marketing professor at Harvard, Theodore Levitt, lectured about this and would argue that peo...
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Elizabeth Grossenbacher
Fmr Product Marketing Leader, Cisco | Formerly Twilio, Cisco, Gartner2y
I think of a GTM strategy as the document to get everyone aligned. As a fun analogy, imagine you’re all on one of those ancient Viking ships. Each person has an oar, and ...
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Elizabeth Grossenbacher
Fmr Product Marketing Leader, Cisco | Formerly Twilio, Cisco, Gartner1y
Product messaging highlights specific capabilities, differentiation, and use cases tied to one offering. Portfolio messaging needs to unify multiple products under a sing...
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Elizabeth Grossenbacher
Fmr Product Marketing Leader, Cisco | Formerly Twilio, Cisco, Gartner1y
First, take a step back and understand why you would need to participate in AR activities. Is it for PR? Product validation? Make sure you partner with your AR/PR team to...
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Elizabeth Grossenbacher
Fmr Product Marketing Leader, Cisco | Formerly Twilio, Cisco, Gartner1y
Imagine you’re putting together an outfit for a grand party! The business outcome is that you want to look fabulous. Solutions marketing is the entire ensemble (pants, be...
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Credentials & Highlights
Fmr Product Marketing Leader, Cisco
Formerly Twilio, Cisco, Gartner
Top Product Marketing Mentor List
Studied at MBA, UC Davis
Lives In San Francisco
Hobbies include Entrepreneurship, Beekeeping, Outdoorsy things
Knows About Competitive Positioning, Platform and Solutions Product Marketing, Go-To-Market Strat...more