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Gregg Miller

VP of Product Marketing, Oyster®

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How do you think about your first 30/60/90 day goals when coming in as the Head of Product Marketing in a startup that didn't have product marketing before?

Gregg Miller

Oyster® VP of Product Marketing • October 9

30 days: Balance being an absolute sponge and learning by doing. Be a sponge by reading every doc you can get your hands on (enablement materials, case studies, team quarterly/annual plans, research studies, etc.), talking to as many prospects and customers as possible, and scheduling 1:1s with b......Read More

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What does your product marketing team org structure look like?

Gregg Miller

Oyster® VP of Product Marketing • October 9

There’s two main drivers I think about with respect to org structure. Important caveat on the below being I primarily have worked at smaller organizations where org structures across the company are often highly nimble. 1. How established the function is - When the PMM function is new, oftentim......Read More

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What's your framework to prioritizing needs/deliverables when you're the first Product Marketer at a company establishing the function?

Gregg Miller

Oyster® VP of Product Marketing • October 9

At Zapier I approached this by starting with a mission statement to describe why our team exists and the work we aim to uniquely do for the company: “PMM exists to maximize Zapier’s market opportunities by (1) clarifying where we win and (2) driving GTM strategy for product success.” I then defin......Read More

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What are the biggest surprises when going from a company where product marketing was established to one where you have to establish product marketing?

Gregg Miller

Oyster® VP of Product Marketing • October 9

One of the biggest surprises is that the vast majority of people at smaller companies have little idea of what product marketing is. Your new colleagues may have never worked directly — or even indirectly — with product marketers before. This means that you as the new head of PMM have a much bigg......Read More

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How do you increase the Product Marketing function's ability to be a more strategic player in the company and not just the launch arm of the feature factory?

Gregg Miller

Oyster® VP of Product Marketing • October 9

I’m assuming this question is about moving from a focus on the “last mile” of the go-to-market process entailing sales enablement and product launches to more “upstream” go-to-market strategy activities like identifying market opportunities, defining target segments in the market, partnering with......Read More

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When launching a new product, what sales assets are a must have to make the launch a success?

Gregg Miller

Oyster® VP of Product Marketing • May 16

This will vary depending on how important a given product is as well as its degree of complexity, but for a decently robust feature/product I think you'd want some of the following as a minimum. [Internal] Product one-pager: Succinct asset that explains what customer pain points we're solving ......Read More

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How detailed should one make a battlecard/killsheet?

Gregg Miller

Oyster® VP of Product Marketing • May 16

I'll try and answer each of these three questions separately. * My philosophy is short and sweet. If you're making battlecards longer than one page or using size 5 font it's going to be impossible for your sales reps to get the high impact at a glance insight they need. Battle cards work ......Read More

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What systems/tools do you swear by for product launches to keep all stakeholders informed and engaged?

Gregg Miller

Oyster® VP of Product Marketing • September 30

GTM kickoff meeting: It is absolutely essential to get all the right stakeholders in the same room to get on the same page around what we're doing, why, by when, and with which owners. I like to have my team run these meetings roughly three months before a given launch and use them as an opportun......Read More

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How do you establish credibility with product management when you are new to the product marketing team?

Gregg Miller

Oyster® VP of Product Marketing • February 12

It's all about doing great work that matters to the business, matters to your partner, and fits into the context of the relationship! The playbook below can help get the ball rolling. Sorry for the long answer, but it's a complex question with big implications for your ability to add value as a P......Read More

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How do you retain good talent, especially when Product Marketing role are in such high demand across the industry

Gregg Miller

Oyster® VP of Product Marketing • October 9

There’s definitely core management competencies you have to focus on that are true of any role which I won’t go into (e.g. developing your people, advocating for them and backing them up, etc.). But I think something we as product marketing leaders need to focus on is making the job exciting and ......Read More

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VP of Product Marketing at Oyster®