Marketing is Dead (long live product marketing)
I gave the keynote talk at ProductCamp Amsterdam last weekend on the changing nature of buying and selling and how Product Marketing can save Marketing from itself.
Startups often spend way too much time worrying about the minute details of features and functions that their competitors deliver. In my opinion the only way that startups should look at their competition is through the eyes of their customers and feature/function checklists don’t matter.
Product Marketing and Product Management are disciplines where the theory is easily understood but practical execution is really hard. I asked Tim Johnson to share a couple of his favorite “from the trenches” stories to illustrate how shifting the focus from “product features” to “value to the customer” can make a huge difference.
Key questions to ask customers at the early stages of a startup when you are identifying the problem to solve, the key features of the solution and the customer segments that are the right fit for the solution.