Natala Menezes

Show up! In my last role, I was on a team where it wasn’t usual for PMM to play a significant role in the PM planning or organization. I showed up, spent time with the leaders, shared what PMM could do (by doing it!), and was consistent and available. I ended up being BFF with the PM lead. Togeth...more

When I started at Grammarly, I did an audit of how PMM mapped to the product organization, our consumer acquisition and growth teams, and our B2B sales teams. The audit revealed that we were significantly understaffed (did I mention we are hiring?) And as a result, PMM was focused on launches mor...more

Ideally, PMMs are influential partners. :)  As PMMs, we represent the voice of the customer in product decisions – because we know our customers and their needs best through the work we do. When you have influence, PM will bring you closer to decision-making. Sometimes this starts as bouncing id...more

Outside of the wonderful PMM work we do at Grammarly (we’re hiring btw), I think Salesforce and Google do an exceptional job with product marketing. Salesforce focuses on the story and the pain they are solving. They are flashy and visionary (particularly in the slow-moving enterprise space). Go...more

I have always loved this quote by Robert Johnson (notably a musician, not a product marketer!):  “Leadership is the ability to influence people and motivate them to do what needs to be done to accomplish a goal, vision or mission.” Those last three parts: goal, vision, and mission, are the keys...more

Keep a stack-ranked list of the top product/feature requests that you hear from customers. As the product marketer, you represent the voice of the customer within the organization. Bring that voice to life by knowing their needs, where the product has gaps, and which features or enhancements will...more

It’s a bummer situation when product and engineering teams don’t deliver on the timeline planned. My best practice is to make sure that there’s organization-wide agreement and alignment on delivery dates. I’ve seen inconsistent delivery happen most in cases where marketing operates separately fro...more

We absolutely tier our launches and we do it for 2 specific reasons: * Resources and investment need to match the outcomes we expect from a launch * Not every feature is news! In some cases, bundling features together will tell a more compelling and meaningful story and we are very consciou...more

Yes -- primarily because enablement needs to be cognizant of local conditions and selling paths. For example, in a large enterprise company, you might have a dedicated specialist sales team in AMER but in the regions, you have sellers that sell the entire portfolio. Getting a share of mind in tha...more