Follow this super simple Product Marketing framework
by Mike Northfield:
1. Why change
2. Why you?
3. Why now?
https://lnkd.in/ef6KUFgi
Value Proposition
Share a ‘top 10’ post just like Tamara Grominsky https://lnkd.in/eTBSChvu Now why not to recap yourself? Put together your top learnings of best posts you've seen this year and post on Linkedin.
Startup
Positioning
GTM
Category
Become a GTM-first product builder with Maja Voje & Ognjen Bošković, the duo behind a 6x Amazon bestseller, GTM Strategist and join their GTM Strategist Bootcamp program for founders and product manager: https://lnkd.in/eiXb9h3N
GTM
Study how to prompt ChatGPT from their own guide: Fabio Valle shared the new Prompt Engineering Guide shared by OpenAI: https://lnkd.in/e7FYKub3
AI
Steal tactics from other product marketers - now ‘with ease’: Jason Oakley built a website with 100s of examples and categorized them into different areas: https://lnkd.in/e6aywS34
Examples
Don’t try to say everything at once. Just open doors. Emma Stratton explained that when writing one-sentence value propositions, you should not try to say everything. Just think of them as the door opener, warm welcome, or invitation to learn more. This is so true, in my opinion, for any short content or intro section of a longer piece. https://lnkd.in/dPWdcSRZ
Copywriting
Content
Try this new free course on positioning Jess Petrella just launched: https://lnkd.in/dteVu5_9
Course
AI
Get inspired from these examples of great Product Marketing: Mary Sheehan shared recent examples of product marketing campaigns and content: https://lnkd.in/da_8-He5.
Examples
Acquisition
Create your learning plan - nobody will do it for you: Being a product marketer, you can't go without constant learning, especially when it comes to picking up new trends and ideas. Aatir Abdul Rauf shared a selection of materials: https://lnkd.in/d6T5zXMu
Resources
Make sure your target market is the right one early on: Maja Voje explained that if you have problems with pricing, positioning, and messaging, often it's because your target market is wrong: https://lnkd.in/dkEQN5vA.
Market
Pricing
Positioning
Messaging
Create an Excel sheet MVP before building: A smart way to start a product is by creating and selling something before even starting to build (consultancy, ebook, email course, etc.). Niklas Olsson started by offering spreadsheets: https://lnkd.in/deC46FpH
MVP
Launch
Let’s start differentiating between long-form and deep content: Now, with the rise of AI, writing long-form content which is just long means less than ever before. But writing deep content matters. Use this terminology to clearly label and differentiate between the content you produce that is just long and the one which brings deep value. Maybe just wordplay, but maybe it helps when communicating it with your content teams Shared by Kabue Muriithi: https://lnkd.in/e9kyedBm
AI
Content
Build a free tool for what competitors charge for: Neil Patel’s ‘best strategy he ever implemented’, was that he built (and then even acquired tools) and offered them for free. He didn’t just build a random new tool and then hoped people would come. He copied what was already successful on the market and provided it for free - a no-brainer: https://lnkd.in/eWW8dsVa
Growth
Demand
Use cheap animation for your cheat sheet posts: If you look at this animated architecture comparison shared by Nelson Djalo, you can see how very little can bring a static image to life. So next time you create a cheat sheet or a framework for Linkedin, add a quick, simple animation which helps to explain it. See the simple animation: https://lnkd.in/e9DK7cdB
Linkedin
Content
Plan different acquisition models based on user sizes: Simon Høiberg starts SaaS businesses with 2 acquisition models - for the first 5 users and for the first 100 users: https://lnkd.in/ejNzyb9R
Launch
Acquisition
Startup
GTM
Start with Reddit for Product Research: Reddit is a great place to do market research, especially if you are in B2C. Taylor Scher recommends using it also for keyword research: https://lnkd.in/eu7pPMnt
Reddit
Research
I would go even further. As I have mentioned multiple times in my newsletter, I am really into testing as soon as possible - even before you start writing a line of code. So instead of doing your GTM in a waterfall way, start testing the market as soon as possible right after initial research. This is especially true for B2C, but I believe it can be applied to B2B in some way too.
GTM
Launch
If you want Product Market Fit, how can you build a product first and then fit it to the market? It makes no sense. Aatir Abdul Rauf recommends running GTM and product development in parallel instead (image attached): https://lnkd.in/evTQBhYW
GTM
Launch
What are some other ways to promote and test the market before your product is even ready? I put together the promo activities you can do pre-launch: https://lnkd.in/eR7fSWbJ
GTM
Launch
MVP
Promotion
Demand
Kyle Poyar shared a great cheatsheet with key SaaS benchmarks categorized into 4 areas: SaaS Value Drivers, Finance KPIs, Team KPIs, Go-to-Market KPIs: https://lnkd.in/ephZbYjE
Metrics
Why do all B2B businesses sound the same? Because they use the same wording: "streamline businesses", "increase efficiencies", "democratize data", and so on... That's why Emma Stratton recommends creating a document with a blacklist of the white noise terms: https://lnkd.in/ekpzFaCf
Copywriting
Messaging
We often learn from large businesses. I think we should take more inspiration from the small ones. They are different. The focus is especially on speed and quick feedback loops. Pierre Herubel listed what matters the most for early-stage businesses: https://lnkd.in/ef-yn5eu
Startup
Product Management
Product Market Fit
Marketing reporting can be hard to set up and understand. Luckily, Fran Langham made a comprehensive summary of 5 key areas to track:
1. Marketing spend versus the financial plan
2. Marketing efficiency against key KPIs
3. Conversion rates through the funnel
4. Demand creation
5. Demand capture
https://lnkd.in/eFtp9s9m
Metrics
Reporting
CMO
Strategy
Yulia Olennikova shared the first things she would do if she were hired as a new CMO:
1. Have a fresh look at your reporting
2. Review cross-functional alignment
3. Identify and fix the most evident inefficiencies
4. Identify and implement the lowest-hanging fruit
5. Document everything
https://lnkd.in/eWGhchrH
CMO
Just hired
#B2Bmarketing is changing. Artem Pogosov summed it up perfectly: B2B buying isn’t just a matter of a few sales conversations anymore. Today, buyers prefer having complete control over their search for a solution. I couldn’t agree more. Here are the things you should focus on:
- Clear value proposition in all materials
- Build trust by sharing knowledge and helping
- Prove the product's reliability with real customer case - studies, testimonials, reviews, etc.
- Educate the market on your strateg
Growth
Sales
PMM Core
Looking for a new successful growth project to work on? What about making your demo interactive directly on a website? It’s almost a guaranteed way to improve conversions. Now, you only need one hour to learn everything for free from Jason Oakley: https://lnkd.in/eUTNyraq
PLG
Maja Voje launched her Go-to-Market Strategist book after a year of hard work. It’s on pre-sale and will be available in four days. It’s already a bestseller! https://lnkd.in/ebeduJhk
GTM
Book
Resources
Mary Sheehan created this hashtag#gotomarket checklist. It’s the ultimate resource if you want to manage GTM. You just need to sign up for Reforge to access it: https://lnkd.in/ermUyHjQ
GTM
Do you ask for an email address before people access your product? Kyle Poyar is sharing some numbers on why you should stop: https://lnkd.in/eQBv9bdj
PLG
Onboarding
Eugene Segal clearly explained the difference between product and growth teams: https://lnkd.in/eKXTneWr
Growth
Product Management
Do you use UX storyboarding? Vitaly Friedman explains you can use it instead of user's journey. A great addition to your work on personas: https://lnkd.in/emTs8m-m
UX
We've been discussing April Dunford's Sales Pitch framework quite a bit. But we can finally see a real example. Here's how Derek Osgood built his pitch around it: https://lnkd.in/eiDkyDMX
Sales Pitch
George Coudounaris says there's one content type you shouldn't outsource - a video podcast. He proposed a simple framework to build your content around it: https://lnkd.in/e3XWvbFm
Video
Positioning doesn't have to be complicated. Tamara Grominsky summed up the positioning framework by April Dunford into a few slides: https://lnkd.in/eVB2f8rP
Positioning
Sales has changed. Instead of selling to everybody, companies sell to people in-market. But how to find them? Pierre Herubel shared 30 buying intent signals: https://lnkd.in/expmBQA7
Account Based Marketing
Demand
Acquisition
Have you ever talked about positioning, POV, category design, only to see a blank stare? John Rougeux explains how to talk about them in a way people get it: https://lnkd.in/exbm7SfR
Positioning
Category
Point of View
PMM Core
Emma Stratton shared a powerful copywriting technique to help you stand out. Lead with the personal aspirations of your target audience, then follow by explaining how you help them achieve it: https://lnkd.in/eQna_pTD
Copywriting
Content
If your boss told you that you should be more proactive, this is what you should do. Aatir Abdul Rauf shared what differentiates a fallback product marketer from a progressive one: https://lnkd.in/e_S9BDYs
Productivity
Nobody want's to be involved when it's too late. Jason Oakley shared how the product release process and launch process should align to ensure that product marketers can bring more value (image attached): https://lnkd.in/eHdk8z6A
Launch
Release
Ken Oestreich now offers a 2-week intensive workshop for achieving Product Market Fit: https://lnkd.in/eriGNjdG
Product Market Fit
Jonathan Bland recommends using these 4 “product marketing ad formats” focused on before/after, capability, question, problem: https://lnkd.in/e-Smuksa
Ads
Copywriting
Content
Olga Denisova shared her useful 30-60-90 plan she uses when she joins a new company. The phases are focused on: connecting, putting out fires, data availability, long-term things: https://lnkd.in/ebBcHYWu
Just hired
Productivity
Yi Lin Pei shared 3 common mistakes startups make when hiring the first PMM: hiring too late, hiring the wrong profile, hiring without clear KPIs for success. Make sure you are not going to be one of these if you are going through the hiring process: https://lnkd.in/eZE6BynF
Hiring PMM
Just hired
Productivity
And if you are into sales efficiency and sales tools, Alexis- Martial shared 40+ tools for Sales. https://lnkd.in/eD5eYqSA
Sales
Tal Baker-Phillips compared 30 cold email tools. Only 3 had a perfect score: https://lnkd.in/ehcgRdFa
Sales
Account Based Marketing
Demand
Vitaly Friedman shared the Laws of UX, such as Doherty Threshold, Miller’s Law, Law of Prägnanz, in the form of a nice poster: https://lnkd.in/eEkNBYaJ
UX
David Blinov shared 10 areas of a marketing foundation before doing anything else: brand, positioning, segmentation, ICP, value propositions, messaging, content, distribution, alignment, internal buy-in: https://lnkd.in/eAKcFmyN
PMM Core
We discussed the 2 different sales pitch approaches last week (April Dunford’s and Andy Rashkin’s). Alexander Estner shared his template, which I really like: https://lnkd.in/eS-gc3RK It’s clear, gets to the point, and explains what is needed.
Sales Pitch
Great work from Aatir Abdul Rauf with putting together the 11 key growth loops. These are at the core of what growth marketers do: https://lnkd.in/ePTT2pQg
Growth
GTM
Demand
Enzo Avigo shared a cheat sheet (image attached) for achieving Product Market Fit. It lists the goals you should be achieving in each stage. Finally, something with numbers we can refer to: https://lnkd.in/eaw_FU7t
Product Market Fit
Did you know about the timeline feature in Google Sheets? I didn't. Perfect for launch or content planning. Thanks, Jason Oakley https://lnkd.in/eFid2i67
Productivity
Jonathan Anderson has a point: What would your home page look like if you made heatmaps for living? He shares an example of Hotjar's home page. How attractive is each section? I want to click on everything: https://lnkd.in/eA_3M8zc
Website
Hanna Larsson shared how, instead of being one family, Netflix considers themselves a professional sports team: https://lnkd.in/eW6ZJTdU
Culture
⚡️Harvey Lee ⚡️shared how he spots a rockstar product marketer. Do you want to be a rockstar? Do these 6 things: https://lnkd.in/e23YT89n
Hiring PMM
Productivity
Renée Shaw shared her repeatable framework on how to do programmatic SEO: https://lnkd.in/eg9MP-h2
SEO
There's a lot of talk about SaaS tools that want to grow more than their core product allows, so they want to become end-to-end. A frowned-upon approach by product marketers because it removes the original focus and opens up space for new competitors. Adam Schoenfeld shares some examples: https://lnkd.in/eKrqfa-h
Positioning
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Gab Bujold shared 5 quick wins you can start with as a product marketer if you joined a new company: https://lnkd.in/eqKEwNf9
Just hired
Productivity
Which framework to use for your sales pitch? Here’s my comparison of April Dunford’s and Andy Raskin’s approaches. Join the discussion: https://lnkd.in/e4ig5gVp
Sales Pitch
Paweł Huryn 🇺🇦 shared his Google Drive full of product templates (image attached): https://lnkd.in/ee4HUzTs
Product Management
Michel Lieben 🧠 💭 is recommending a tool for searching for email addresses if you are into cold outreach https://lnkd.in/eeQgJj39
Sales
Account Based Marketing
Demand
Andrea Bosoni shared his marketing learnings such as that emails still have the best ROI https://lnkd.in/egM8UWrD
Startup
PMM Core
Yi Lin Pei shared the number 1 reason to become a manager and I couldn’t agree more https://lnkd.in/ewxgh2H4
Nate Nasralla shared his template for a press release: https://lnkd.in/e74hTJtM
Pricing
GTM
Launch
Pierre Herubel shared this beautiful cheatsheet with top marketing mistakes. Check if you don’t do any of them: https://lnkd.in/eM2-i4CQ
PMM Core
Anthony Pierri 🎸 pointed out that websites of SaaS startups are getting more unclear as the company grows: due to more stakeholders, more use cases, switch of messaging to visionary brand story. https://lnkd.in/eVGC8crB Even a bigger problem is when small startups take inspiration from them.
Website
Messaging
Use Case
Richard King shared the top 100 product marketing books. I have so much to catch up https://lnkd.in/ejJNWbgw
Book
Resources
How to design a strategic narrative? Marc Eric Wallner ✌️ shared this strategy narrative 101 (attached img) https://lnkd.in/efYCpapQ
Narrative
Storytelling
Nathan Baugh shared the top top 10 storytelling mistakes: https://lnkd.in/e_h-z6TF
Storytelling
If you are a new Product Marketer, here are 4 key things you should do, as shared by ⚡️Harvey Lee ⚡️: https://lnkd.in/eMvEswSj
Productivity
PMM Core
Just hired
Eric Holland and his team were clever. Instead of joining a tradeshow, they hosted a big party for the participants after the event: https://lnkd.in/eeim-2tT
Events
Acquisition
Demand
Alex Vacca shared a clever cold outreach toolset if you want to up your game: https://lnkd.in/eQuNjYkU
Sales
Account Based Marketing
Now we have a Gartner-like product marketing hype cycle created by Rahim Kaba. I think this will resonate with you: https://lnkd.in/eyDxfskE
PMM Core
How to fix your revenue? Pierre Herubel shared 11 common revenue bottlenecks - really valuable: https://lnkd.in/ea2hD-vd
PMM Core
What's your PMM IQ? Richard King shared this test created by Product Marketing Alliance to assess your product marketing abilities and create a nice visualization of your PMM specialization: https://lnkd.in/eQdcfcTJ
PMM Core
Last time, you all liked the JTBD framework by Brian Rhea 🌱 , so he decided to please the crowd and build a bigger and better one! Now with an interview template (attached img), job map starter, opportunity identification and more : https://lnkd.in/eQ7xKRrf
JTBD
Andrea Bosoni shared a simple tip on how to uncover the acquisition strategy of your competitors: https://lnkd.in/eYk9bfke
Competitors
Richard King shared this list of customer experience and engagement tools: https://lnkd.in/ekrYx4wp
Tool
Customers
If you are looking to find a Product Marketing job, you should create your personal messaging. Yi Lin Pei shared a useful framework: https://lnkd.in/eXDTyXXm
Finding job
Paweł Huryn 🇺🇦 shared an overview with north star metrics of top startups: https://lnkd.in/eVd-Pr-p
Metrics
Startup
PMM Core
Pierre-Jean Hillion shared this practical growth experiments template: https://lnkd.in/eAGMCXVe
Growth
Trish Seidel ✨shared key traits of a growth marketer: https://lnkd.in/ezvhNxVv
Growth
Yamon Y. shared how to do a competitor comparison landing page after making dozens of them: https://lnkd.in/e9hfH7mP
Website
Pierre Herubel shared this useful overview of insight sources for content creation. There are 3 areas: your experimentation, conversations, and research: https://lnkd.in/ewSiA3uy
Content
Emir Atli pointed out that also small effective teams can build high-growth startups. I’m sure we will see more of these with the current AI revolution: https://lnkd.in/eFBPACps
Culture
Startup
Kévin Moënne-Loccoz shared this useful cheatsheet with tips on content ideas to get you started when posting on Linkedin: https://lnkd.in/e_krAjrV
Linkedin
Jason Oakley summed up his learnings from this year's PMM Summit in San Francisco. Read it if you haven't attended: https://lnkd.in/eHs58jDr
PMM Core
This list is gold. 🇺🇦 Vlad Oleksiienko shared his 55+ ideas on how to grow a SaaS company (attached gif). How come this post didn’t become viral? Let’s give it one more try: https://lnkd.in/eqv_XvuP and here are his 6 types of growth loops: https://lnkd.in/evHVbaC6
Startup
Growth
PLG
Demand
Thinking of joining a startup? Here are 40 questions you should ask them first re-shared by David Sym-Smith from Y Combinator: https://lnkd.in/eWtKxvTJ
Finding job
Ankur Jaiswal nicely summed the pros and cons of hiring former founders as product managers: https://lnkd.in/eZctHpH5
Hiring PMM
Aatir Abdul Rauf warns against building personas with irrelevant details such as interests, hobbies, and often also demographics: https://lnkd.in/emzqGn5S I couldn’t agree more.
Persona
So what is the difference between a product marketer role based on the company stage? It's bit, and Yi Lin Pei summed it up really well: https://lnkd.in/etTmFYaw
Hiring PMM
Productivity
Finding job
Elena Madrigal 🚀 is explaining how to softly say 'No' to your CEO: https://lnkd.in/efTgyMSj
Productivity
We all love Anthony Pierri 🎸 's awesome frameworks. Now he appeared on another podcast to talk about common positioning and messaging mistakes: https://lnkd.in/eFPzih2B
Positioning
Messaging
Value Proposition
Hibba Imran Hibba Imran points out that WhatsApp (with its API) is a great channel for B2B https://lnkd.in/eQQNCfZz
Growth
Demand
Diandra Escobar revealed a trick for growing YouTube. Did you know that, unlike most PPC, on YouTube, you can target your competitor channels? https://lnkd.in/eCaquRej
Youtube
Video
Growth
Pierre Herubel shared a 6-level framework to fix your marketing problems: https://lnkd.in/eDvHsj4x
PMM Core
Filipa Canelas shared a cheatsheet for how to grow Linkedin (attached image): https://lnkd.in/eauvngtp
Linkedin
What are dark design patterns? Robert Meza explained it: https://lnkd.in/eXaU6Rk9
UX
Working on the next big website redesign? Tas Bober has worked on 400+ redesigns and she shared the process: https://lnkd.in/evFPV9fS
Website
Content
Olena Ivashchenko shared how having a 2-year-old toddler taught her a lot about product marketing. PMM is a transferable skill after all: https://lnkd.in/ewpsvGyb
PMM Core
Dan Winer shared why he doesn't like to spend time building personas. Instead, he focuses on the transformation the customer desires: https://lnkd.in/eDjxa3D4
Persona
This one simple picture shared by Chase Dimond explains to me how sales will be changing on LinkedIn over the next years: https://lnkd.in/e4CB-Sn9
Linkedin
Aatir Abdul Rauf shared his recommendation for the first 30 days as a product manager. Some of it can apply to PMMs too, such as: process wiki, clean up the metrics, compose an end-of-week memo: https://lnkd.in/eNu6qbYS
Just hired
🐶 Jacco van der Kooij explained that startups go through a planned phase shift every 18 months. But this time, the entire market is going through unexpected phase shifts in the areas of finance, technology, GTM, and culture: https://lnkd.in/eK2t8XBw
Startup
Tamara Grominsky explained how to manage up and deal with your boss: https://lnkd.in/eTTz4Wzt
Productivity
Culture
Gab Bujold talks to many startup leaders when he does PMM consulting. Here is a list of what startup leaders think they need vs. what product marketing can offer them: https://lnkd.in/e7KiQaC6
PMM Core
Yi Lin Pei shared the communication process for managing your next launch: https://lnkd.in/eUNirQ3m
Launch
For PMMs who are starting out or want to keep learning (so all PMMs), Mary Sheehan shared a really good list of learning and networking resources: https://lnkd.in/eaKYcGy4
Resources
Anthony Pierri 🎸shared this clever re-positioning matrix: https://lnkd.in/ebzR9_yr
Positioning
Jason Oakley is sharing this awesome Jobs-to-be-Done research template created by Brian Rhea (image attached), and he's sharing 6 categories you should answer: job context, pain points, emotional aspects, social aspects, desired outcomes, and differentiators: https://lnkd.in/eYWTQw4x
JTBD
Here’s a tip for using Reddit for keyword research by Taylor Scher: https://lnkd.in/et2HR_yR
Reddit
Research
Adamou Boubacar Amadou shared a key resource when thinking about brand storytelling: https://lnkd.in/e7M4Kk3E
Storytelling
Simon Høiberg talks about building a factory for creating SaaS businesses Same applies to work of product marketers. If you have any repeatable work, make the modules reusable for the future: https://lnkd.in/e4znJDq8
Productivity
Yulia Olennikova shared how to start with ABM and 3 key campaigns you should start with such as in-market, engaged and pipeline campaign: https://lnkd.in/ewuQkWJE
Account Based Marketing
I mentioned the challenge of being a non-native English speaker in the last newsletter. Julien Sauvage has a great point; being non-native English speaker unlocked things he wouldn’t have otherwise, which are also the traits of successful storytelling: https://lnkd.in/eTxB6HnG
Ivan Hoo is saying VCs are back. And he shared a checklist of items a startup should have ready when applying for capital. It’s a lot of stuff :) https://lnkd.in/eMjAPkFN
Startup
Yi Lin Pei is saying it’s time to stop saying product marketing is misunderstood. Totally! And she proposes to proactively identify the challenges the company is facing and prepare a plan how to tackle them. Read her 7 step plan: https://lnkd.in/enQtYbaR
PMM Core
Henry Wang shared a super simple and clear way to do positioning. I really like how he mapped the benefits and value propositions to existing pain points. He also explained a simple messaging framework: https://lnkd.in/etXsWPFD
Positioning
Vitaly Friedman updated his free UX Research pack. You will find useful templates for card sorting, gap analysis, jobs to be done, shadowing, stakeholder walkthrough, tree testing, and usability testing here: https://lnkd.in/eUrTSkfA
JTBD
UX
Research
Here's another gem from Lenny about how B2B startups got their first 10 customers: https://lnkd.in/eF3rC663
Acquisition
Startup
Pierre Herubel shared another from his awesome cheatsheets (see the attached image). Now for copywriters: https://lnkd.in/er4-vcxp
Copywriting
Misho Zghuladze explained a simple storytelling framework you can apply to your startup https://lnkd.in/equdgTRM
Storytelling
Benjamin Lasson explained that JTBD (Jobs-to-be-Done) can be very valuable throughout many product and marketing stages, including segmentation, onboarding, content creation, positioning, and messaging https://lnkd.in/erhQpG-Q
JTBD
Collin Mayjack is reminding you that you need a Point of View. He's proposing 4 ways to develop one: 1. attack the modus operandi, 2. speak to human problems, 3. instill doubt in the magic solution 4. find common enemies https://lnkd.in/enFd6t5E
Point of View
Messaging
Content
Madison Leonard 🕶 is sharing a reminder that having a free trial doesn't mean you do PLG. There's more to it https://lnkd.in/ebkBtTca
PLG
If you are working on your PLG (Product Led Growth) motion, Kyle Poyar talked to the VP of Growth at Pleo. He shared a lot of actionable advice https://lnkd.in/emnMaDQv
PLG
Do you have a cartoon character on your website's homepage? Olena Bomko is reminding you that you don't sell cartoons :D and she's sharing a really good list of what to use instead: UI screenshots of your software, customer testimonials, product videos, and many others https://lnkd.in/e8qqi_uF
Website
Content
Jason Oakley rebranded his newsletter and now shares short videos packed with examples of good product marketing. Check it out. https://lnkd.in/eenGzyXz
Examples
Matthew Reeves shared his process for crafting strong differentiators. It starts with looking at competitive alternatives, and yes, you need to do interviews as well :) https://lnkd.in/eGyXDjxU
Differentiation
Positioning
Value Proposition
How to create your TAM (Total Addressable Market)? Tim Davidson shared a super specific process they followed to list 7,149 companies https://lnkd.in/ekER2SQC
Market
Research
Stuti Dutt shared how Product Marketers can deliver ROI. She also included tactics on how to demonstrate the value of PMM in the organization. A very valuable resource. https://lnkd.in/emhNVpbN
PMM Core
Are you into UX? (You should be) Here are the top 40 people on Linkedin to follow - shared by Simonas Maciulis https://lnkd.in/e9CMePsS
UX
Matt Lerner is pointing out that going with PLG is a serious decision and shouldn't be taken lightly because it costs more than advertising: https://lnkd.in/eiX8KH3h
PLG
Emma Stratton 👊 shared a nice tip on how to use negativity in a positive way for copywriting :) https://lnkd.in/e9ce4trt
Copywriting
Ken Oestreich shared a cheatsheet with the dimensions of ICP (Ideal Customer Profile) creation. https://lnkd.in/eAAWUapN
ICP
Olena Bomko shared her Customer Research Report on Product Hunt. It’s a set of templates to help you conduct customer research. Go and support her with an upvote: https://lnkd.in/eregcS6j
Product Hunt
Jess Petrella has released v2 of her AI tools for product marketers. I promise I will test them out! https://lnkd.in/e3F32rwB
Tool
Nick Broekema shared this actionable list of types of content you should be covering for each stage of the funnel. You will only find highly useful content topics there... no 'why data democratization is important' kind of stuff: https://lnkd.in/ebeNWaeQ
Content
Yi Lin Pei shared her 5-step framework (attached img) for product launches. She mentioned a PMM would spend about 30% of time on product launches. With 20% on research, 30% on communicating value (from her previous posts), there’s only 20% left… let’s see what it’s going to be. I’m counting so we don't exceed 100%… we all need work-life balance :) https://lnkd.in/emJDjYRv
Launch
GTM
If you are just starting out as a startup, Robert Kaminski 🎯 is recommending to consider using just one marketing channel and leaving the rest for now https://lnkd.in/eg6fHcg3
PMM Core
Demand
NPS score received so much negative feedback lately. I almost feel sorry for it. Kyle Poyar is sharing some data on why it doesn’t work for predicting retention and he’s sharing some alternatives you can use instead https://lnkd.in/eSFYN7fS
Metrics
Yi Lin Pei shared one of the most valuable pieces of advice for PMMs in general. Influence = value + recognition. She recommends spending 70% of time building and adding value and 30% of the time showing and communicating the value you brought https://lnkd.in/ex2HP3nt
Productivity
Culture
🌱 Léa Samrani shared how she increased MRR by 50% by following the right approach. She started by tracking trustworthy data. Then she ran JTBD interviews. Her favorite tools are Amplitude and Purchasely, which allowed her to move fast https://lnkd.in/eQ5RiN5Y
JTBD
Tool
PMM Core
Content marketers, print out this content circle on the wall. What a nice cheat sheet listing many useful content types based on topic - shared by Marc Eric Wallner ✌️ https://lnkd.in/eqW9YdCV
PMM Core
And how to start with personal branding? Easy. Start by collecting all useful information into a swipe file to build your knowledge database. Thanks Jason Oakley for sharing how you do it https://lnkd.in/eAbU5zkY
Productivity
Snoop Dogg has created his own NFTs. Earlier on he bought a house on Metaverse. Now he’s big into personal branding on Linkedin. He knows jumping on the next big thing usually works. But this time personal branding is not just a fad. So just a reminder to build your personal brand. Now is the time https://lnkd.in/eJtFyMtN
Linkedin
Richard King updated the Product Marketing Alliance's tools of choice for Product Marketers. If that’s too many, check out the ones Richard tagged in his post https://lnkd.in/euunfjs5
Tool
Pierre Herubel shared a valuable cheat sheet with 47 landing page tips. If you are building a new landing page check out the checklist section with 13 must-haves so you don’t forget anything https://lnkd.in/eBTTWnAD
Website
Demand
Don’t announce price increases like Spotify. Announce how ChatGPT would do it. A clever post by Jeff Su. https://lnkd.in/eYrtTvb8
Pricing
What if prospects don’t want to talk to sales but they don’t want to try the free trial? Jason Oakley is saying that interactive demos are the solution. https://lnkd.in/eMfnWrEv)
PLG
Onboarding
Cisco is training all their employees how to be Linkedin influencers. And your company should do the same. I am sure this is the right answer to the oversaturation of content out there for all B2B companies. Thanks Jacob Warren 🤖 for sharing. https://lnkd.in/eCVEGqnG
Linkedin
Here's what Gaetano Nino DiNardi 🇺🇦 found out when he actually tested their messaging. A lot of stuff that gives sense to me; users want to see the “how” behind the claims, they want to see the product, they don’t believe the claims companies make, they are skeptical about the testimonials on the website https://lnkd.in/epmsDp5j
Messaging
When doing launches, do you always have a go/no-go session? Shared by Richard King from Jordana Mozer's talk, the video explains why you should, even if you decide on the go. If the product is not fully ready, it helps the executive team to understand the risks and limitations https://lnkd.in/eA9XWmV6
Launch
If you are preparing for a job interview as a PM this is a great resource. Here are the top questions with top answers shared by Aakash Gupta https://lnkd.in/efZwrycY
Finding job
Product Management
Here are 6 clever ways to easily get customer feedback shared by Andrei Țiț: support chat, user reviews, surveys, social media, email marketing, community. https://lnkd.in/eptWemAs
Customers
Research
Pierre Herubel shared this simple cheat sheet to get you first 100 customers in 90 days. I like his 4 main objectives: https://lnkd.in/eXkwfKmU
Growth
Launch
GTM
Leah Tharin offers a 40 minute free introduction crash course into PLG https://lnkd.in/eEZMyBe6
PLG
Robert Kaminski 🎯 uses a simple but powerful framework to review hashtag#startup positioning. Now, with the help of the framework, he explained how different startups have differentiated their products. https://lnkd.in/eFMF98AJ
Positioning
Jason Oakley has a point that when working on your messaging, it's easy to focus efforts on the website and written content, while there are salespeople talking to people, sending emails, and interacting on Linkedin. So just a reminder, sales is also where messaging happens. https://lnkd.in/eded4N95
Messaging
Sales
Yi Lin Pei shared an overview of her PMM hiring process. So how to get the upper hand when looking for a job? Contact a manager on Linkedin, do homework on the company and show great communication, system-level thinking, and thoroughness. https://lnkd.in/eUMYs5Fr
Finding job
How Notion managed to grow from 100k to 1+ million users? It was due to user feedback loops, focus on UX/UI, Word-of-Mouth, educational content, and more. Shared by Emma Yagmurova https://lnkd.in/eC_u6MKF
Growth
UX
Do you rewatch user sessions as they use your tool? Aatir Abdul Rauf shared a cheatsheet to do it efficiently. https://lnkd.in/ew87Vr_Y
Customers
Research
There are so many AI startups now that their market overview now took a form of an AI circle! Shared by Anna C Mallon ⚡⚡⚡. https://lnkd.in/eUAUiA-C
AI
Kyle Poyar shared how to increase prices the right way while getting more revenue coming in right away. https://lnkd.in/e7eCwEyb
Pricing
Vitaly Friedman shared an ebook on how to manage stakeholders the right way. https://lnkd.in/e5JyBBJu
Productivity
Do you have a portfolio as a PMM? Henry Wang is saying not only designers should have it. He shared how he built his. https://lnkd.in/eY5_V7C7
Finding job
Aakash Gupta shared 10 frameworks for product managers he finds most valuable. I love the simplicity of all of these. https://lnkd.in/emgTeM79
Product Management
Gauthier Gallin shared his super useful LinkedIn ad strategy cheatsheet. Have a look at what types of content types and objectives work per a funnel phase: awareness, consideration, conversion. https://lnkd.in/eYDpwtJN
Ads
Hannah McGrath shared this super valuable product and PLG report done on 1000+ product respondents with a lot of benchmarks. https://lnkd.in/eGRYzemH
PLG
What about trying out some AI chatbots? Anna Horoneskul picked her top ones. https://lnkd.in/eUT6er7m
Tool
AI
Chase Dimond recommends using "broken sentences" in your copy. It's easier to read.
Copywriting
Peter Yang shared that Spotify deleted 12,000 meetings this year. He pointed out: "A meeting is a bug that some other process didn't work out." https://lnkd.in/eSfiniej
Productivity
Culture
Yi Lin Pei knows how critical it is to pick your next job based on your future manager. She shared how to find the right one. It's about asking the right questions at the job interview, asking their team members about them, and doing due diligence by asking their past colleagues. https://lnkd.in/enTK_ZyC
Finding job
Hila Segal shared six ways to help you grow your PMM career. Some are: get very close to $$$ revenue, work for a hashtag#startup , manage x-functional projects. https://lnkd.in/eVNYaDQM
PMM Core
ChatGPT can now do for you what a data scientist would. Aakash Gupta shared 15 ways how you can use it. https://lnkd.in/e5HNTXQ3
Product Management
Javier Rincon is recommending that you don't target the Early Majority with your early product because they expect a more complete product. Instead, go after Early Adopters. https://lnkd.in/e4ASg8VD
Product Management
Pierre Herubel shared three stages of growth with the most important activities for each. https://lnkd.in/eBMWZfJe I also found his 99 growth tips super useful. https://lnkd.in/eSjnFMhQ
Growth
Don't fall into the PLG trap. Mark Roberge stated that PLG companies are 5–10% less profitable than public SLG companies and that PLG companies stall at a $5B valuation or less, while others break out to $20B or more. https://lnkd.in/etDWhRpC
PLG
Emilia Korczynska interviewed dozens of PMMs. She noticed that the ones who were laid off were from sales-led companies, and their role wasn't directly tied to any metric they would have sole responsibility for. https://lnkd.in/ez4KeunP
PMM Core
Just hired
Ankit Shukla shared his favourite 2000 words guide on Jobs to Be Done https://lnkd.in/eQ_WrzKB
JTBD
Does your UI design work for people with dyslexia? Read through this and surprise your UI/UX designer with how smart you are. Shared by Vitaly Friedman https://lnkd.in/eg4sRjNk
UX
GTM motion shouldn't be led by Sales & Marketing. It's company-wide, as shared by Gab Bujold https://lnkd.in/eyuCrNxX
GTM
Use proxy storytelling with your business. Tell not your own stories, but stories of your customers. Shared by Marc Eric Wallner ✌️https://lnkd.in/e3ct9S8z
Storytelling
Start the onboarding process right on the website even before asking for email, just like Drift does. Shared by Andrew Capland. It will likely become a standard soon https://lnkd.in/eV5txNwT
Onboarding
How to start using AI as a PMM? Jess Petrella shared a cheatsheet https://lnkd.in/e6iZD5eh
AI
Aatir Abdul Rauf shared an extensive competitor research cheatsheet https://lnkd.in/eX34teT2
Competitors
Research
Maxim Poulsen explained how closed loop works to attract customers with Product-Led Growth like Loom https://lnkd.in/eCtSMWjy He also shared this campaign that proves B2B can be fun https://lnkd.in/eU6sdgGu
Growth
How to turn your app users into paid users? Overwhelm them with entry points like Duolingo, as recommended by Rosie Hoggmascall 🐝 https://lnkd.in/eZMpEPD9
PLG
Should PMM sit in product or marketing? It depends on 2 factors based on Yi Lin Pei https://lnkd.in/epNpaP-C
Culture
Productivity
Jason Oakley shared 4 ways on how to be able to say No https://lnkd.in/eZqS3hP3
Culture
Productivity
Pierre Herubel shared 20 marketing tactics based on 2 criteria: investment needs and time needed to get significant results https://lnkd.in/e6d7hSGG
Lashay J. Lewis shared her 11 step process to write great content https://lnkd.in/eg7_w4hk
Copywriting
Content
What are 5 biggest mistakes of a CMOs which deserve them to be replaced? David Fallarme shared: https://lnkd.in/e3uRdpj5
CMO
Mary Keough shared which 3 main KPIs she reports to her CEO: https://lnkd.in/eeJdVkJP
Metrics
CMO
Leah Tharin explained how it really was with Airbnb “removing” the PM function: https://lnkd.in/e9edbnVB
Product Management
PMM Core
Culture
Aakash Gupta published a new book: The Ultimate Guide to Getting a PM Job https://lnkd.in/erMif_cT
Product Management
Finding job
Andy Pearson, VP of Creative at Liquid Death shared how they made hate comments shared about their brand into a 90’s vinyl. I wish B2B companies had just 0.1% more of creativity and POV like Liquid Death. https://lnkd.in/e_PR6nxZ
Strategy
Ads
How to fix your product launch? Andrew Hatfield shared 6 reasons launches are not successful: https://lnkd.in/em4y6vpP
Launch
GTM
Tamara Grominsky has 5 last spots to join her secret society of product marketers: https://lnkd.in/eKYXfBmP
Resources
Nathan Baugh shared 22 rules of storytelling by Pixar https://lnkd.in/esYdXTcR
Storytelling
I appeared on a podcast Inside the Product Marketing Mind where I talk about Visual Storytelling: https://lnkd.in/eVaacxVh Thanks for linking the post and listening :)
Storytelling
PMM Core
Value Proposition
Video
Kyle Asay suggests that instead of just sharing case studies, you should tell them as stories https://lnkd.in/e_38zh3k
Storytelling
Content
Hila Segal shared valuable tips for new PMMs and beyond https://lnkd.in/eVKfKpd6
PMM Core
Productivity
Just hired
Career
Aatir Abdul Rauf shared 8 dimensions of a successful PMM.
PMM Core
Productivity
Career
Gab Bujold has a simple trick to quickly fix your homepage messaging https://lnkd.in/eXHnUSD4
Website
Messaging
Content
Joshua Fryszer explains why you shouldn't niche down too early https://lnkd.in/eihmhHHc
Product Market Fit
Market
Product Management
Startup
PMM Core
Yi Lin Pei explains how to answer the top interview question for PMMs: "Tell me about a time when you launched a product." https://lnkd.in/edR4Webq
Finding job
Career
Ken Oestreich shared a list to quickly find out if you don't have a Product Marketing Fit https://lnkd.in/eiWRPPiJ
Product Market Fit
Jess Petrella Jess Petrella has created a free mini course on how to use Notion AI for Product Marketing https://lnkd.in/egjbJp3a
Course
Resources
AI
Jason Oakley has started a coaching program, offering a unique chance to grow as a PMM https://lnkd.in/e8y6NHV4
Resources
Even Elon Musk commented under top software products of each year from 1977 by Aakash Gupta https://lnkd.in/eixzqZeX
Product Management
Here's a very useful sales cheatsheet shared by Anton Dobrzhanskiy https://lnkd.in/eKMKyr-8
Sales
How to know you have a Product Market Fit? Learn from this short video: https://lnkd.in/erCK4xcd
Product Market Fit
Emma Stratton 👊 advises you to resist adding "one more thing", when deciding on adding more benefits to your messaging. https://lnkd.in/e3cDxQnz
Copywriting
Messaging
Emily Kramer wants to retire the term MQL because Marketing and Sales should finally start working together. https://lnkd.in/eYPRfEDt
Sales
Strategy
Do your content marketers talk to customers? Brendan Hufford says they should. https://lnkd.in/e3_VBixX
Content
Gab Bujold has shared a useful list of things most startups need to improve. Basically this is a to do list for a product marketer in a startup. https://lnkd.in/ewiinzsr
PMM Core
Career
Just hired
Productivity
Jason Oakley is recommending 10 ways to differentiate other than with your product. https://lnkd.in/emXRw-ve
Differentiation
Value Proposition
What is your Positioning Anchor? Anthony Pierri 🎸 is explaining why you need to have it. https://lnkd.in/ekTz_jUB
Positioning
Value Proposition
So many companies get category creation wrong. April Dunford has clarified why Apple have done it right with their "Spatial Computing" category. https://lnkd.in/eU398VB2
Category
How to implement visual storytelling? Hold something real in your bare hands like Richard Branson (not tagging him 😂) https://lnkd.in/eyCmdR5p
Storytelling
Henry Wang explained the practical basics of a go-to-market strategy https://lnkd.in/ePC_jhw2
GTM
How to keep people interested after the hook? Neal O'Grady 🍉 talks about the power of the curiosity gap. https://lnkd.in/eib4V6B2
Copywriting
Messaging
Content
This simple narrative framework of talking about pain points, then features, only after that benefits, seems quite useful - shared by Lashay J. Lewis https://lnkd.in/eQeyab-D
Narrative
Storytelling
Messaging
Step by step, niche by niche - that's how you access big markets, as advised by Anthony Pierri 🎸 https://lnkd.in/ep3ryPgG
PMM Core
Strategy
Startup
Do you want to get into product marketing or grow your career? Yi Lin Pei is the best person to listen to https://lnkd.in/e9KYchKw
Career
Finding job
Are you a product marketer? Do product marketing on yourself as explained by Gab Bujold and Eric Holland https://lnkd.in/eTidwyGk
Career
Want to improve your writing? Read these 5 books recommended by Nathan Baugh https://lnkd.in/ekXNe4kU
Book
Resources
If you are working on your homepage, don’t clutter your homepage with every persona and use case. Pick the main one and place the rest on other pages - from Anthony Pierri 🎸 https://lnkd.in/ecpmdPd4
Website
Content
Persona
Use Case
Misho Zghuladze re-shared this information-packed framework for scaling B2B startups https://lnkd.in/eeDjFXpM
Startup
Strategy
When doing your next customer research get inspired by these 10 areas recommended by Yi Lin Pei https://lnkd.in/e7SquN_q
Customers
Research
Are you pressured more and more to drive revenue? Andrew Hatfield shares 4 clear areas you should focus on https://lnkd.in/eZDy9icy
Startup
Check out these 5 easy-to-apply storytelling tips by Tyler Fyfe https://lnkd.in/eVhgQyKq
Storytelling
Content
What growth hacking product tools to build? Get inspired by free tools created by Adobe lately, as shared by Ramli John https://lnkd.in/e7HeAT7H
Growth
Should you focus on acquisition, retention, or monetization? That depends on the growth stage you are in - as explained by Leah Tharin https://lnkd.in/ebuuNrEB
PLG
Here are the top Product Market Fit myths shared by Ken Oestreich He hit the nail... Do you agree? https://lnkd.in/efRWSBT9
Product Market Fit
Henry Wang made this free Product Marketing quiz to test yourself. I got 8 of 10… it could be worse :) https://lnkd.in/ei3-Bu3g
Resources
Anthony Pierri 🎸 is telling you your website sucks https://lnkd.in/egWhWiMn
Website
Brendan Hufford invites marketers to join his marketing community https://lnkd.in/ewu2ka_7
Resources
George Avetisov launched a beta of an AI-based tool to track competitors 1up ai (the url is 1up dot ai)
AI
Tool
Yi Lin Pei shared her 10 career lessons. I cannot even pick one to highlight... all resonate with me https://lnkd.in/eqWdFXQt
Career
Fred Melanson shared this super useful messaging checklist https://lnkd.in/eN2GXwMj
Messaging
Robert Kaminski 🎯 proposed to use this matrix of use case and persona for building product messaging. I find this exercise so critical. I’ve seen early startups with a lot of benefits and features, but if they have many personas, they don’t know which ones matter to whom when talking to different people. https://lnkd.in/ejyJt52N
Use Case
Persona
Value Proposition
Messaging
Launching something new? Print this pocket guide with key Y Combinator tips, and keep it in your pocket. https://lnkd.in/e9DrWeAX
Launch
Startup
Here's a 4-step framework for PLG messaging from Anthony Pierri 🎸 https://lnkd.in/e2mF2QYr
PLG
Messaging
Ken Oestreich is organizing a webinar to explain how to achieve Product Market Fit. https://lnkd.in/eEUWMtif
Product Market Fit
How to create new awesome things when you don’t have time? Deliver quick wins and work simultaneously on the long-term and strategy, what Harvey Lee calls ‘Eat’ and ‘Dream’. https://lnkd.in/ebiBCSJh
Project Management
I totally agree with Kyle Poyar when he says: “Stop saying time savings is our value proposition.” There’s no differentiation, no urgency, no pricing power. All of those are the things you need to sell during a recession. https://lnkd.in/e9TvWzbF
Value Proposition
Jess Petrella launched an AI tool made especially for Product Marketers. 1000 have tried it already. Maybe you should too. https://lnkd.in/eEPz8_De
AI
Eugene Segal shared some hashtag#podcasts great for PMMs. I need to check them out some are new to me as well https://lnkd.in/eWGNeDvf
Resources
Anthony Pierri 🎸 is on a mission against taglines in B2B https://lnkd.in/ekBCJAb3
Copywriting
Messaging
Ezzedine Cherif shared valuable hashtag#startup advice from YCombinator https://lnkd.in/e3X9ppvY The most important one: Launch your product right away -> don't get obsessed with research and start testing the real market.
Startup
Launch
“And then what happened?” Those, he says, should be the first words a reader says if your story is stopped at any point. Nathan Baugh shared this awesome tip for more engaging hashtag#storytelling https://lnkd.in/ernJ3NKW
Storytelling
TAM is way too wide for targeting, and now ICP is too wide as well… according to Benjamin Alliguié it’s the ‘in-market’ most hashtag#B2B companies should focus on. They should target accounts who are actually looking for a solution - by collecting and scoring intent signals https://lnkd.in/e4eQwEvJ
Account Based Marketing
Can you pass a beginner hashtag#ProductManagement test shared by Paweł Huryn 🇺🇦 ? I got 18 out of 20 right. Not bad https://lnkd.in/esacF3xr
Product Management
Yi Lin Pei explained in a cheatsheet what to do as a PMM the first 30 days (listen and share your learning), 90 days (execute on quick wins), and after https://lnkd.in/ehGchdci