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Product marketers is a game of checkers, not chess. Creating makes progress.

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Introducing a self-paced version of our top-rated product marketing course.

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The Overview #89

This week: Interview for mindset, survey the right way, marketing vs product

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Product marketing is a thankless role

It may be thankless... but product marketing is also the most rewarding role in marketing too.

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Align your differentiators with the buyer journey

Showcase the right differentiators, to the right stakeholders, at the right time, with this framework.

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The Overview #88

This week: Prioritisation as negotiation, PMF fundamentals, "make something people want"

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Some reflections on my word of the year.

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Introducing an AI chatbot for product marketing advice.

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Analysis: 16 years of Zendesk positioning

What we can learn from Zendesk's positioning evolution over the last 16 years

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The Overview #87

This week: Driving impact, measuring PMM, and it's always momentum.

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Branding, positioning, and product marketing

A case study, and my tips on how product marketers can connect positioning fundamentals to visual identity.

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The Overview #86

This week: GTM mistakes, cost-center to revenue-center, numbers to win the lottery, don't market with consensus.

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Move fast and prove fast, with Minimum Viable Product Marketing

Break your work down, be more transparent, test and learn - apply these three questions to your work.

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The Overview #85

This week: ban 'enable', write better case studies, do good work.

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Build memeable positioning

Your positioning needs to be a meme, and transmit ideas, visions, emotions, and reactions.

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The Overview #84

This week: Art and science, talk to customers, B2B messaging narrative structures.

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10+ ways to get closer to your customers this week

Improve your intuition and take small steps to deepen your customer understanding with these tips.

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The Overview #83

This week: An AI tool to help you understand WTF a company actually does

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Don’t build a process, build a system

Find out why processes might be to blame for slow marketing teams, and how system-thinking can speed up results.

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