SaaStr

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In this latest episode of CRO Confidential , Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund and former CRO at Brex, sits down with the CRO of Zapier, Giancarlo Lionetti (GC), to chat about Product-Led Growth (PLG) and Go-To-Market (GTM). First, we’ve talked about this a lot at SaaStr: product-led or sales-led, which is right?

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

But, increasingly, the Apple hype-fests are a marketing—not a product—showcase. For product launches, long-term success relies on cornerstones of marketing research and execution, like a strong value proposition and full-funnel campaign. Yet while product launches are a risk, they’re not as risky as you think.

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Hubspot

MARCH 25, 2020

There are few times more exciting in a company than during a product launch. Anticipation brews and a sense of optimism emerges around the prospect of a growth in market share. Still, a question always arises when a new product launches: do enough people know about this product launch for it to be successful?

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Martech

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In B2B SaaS, efficiency can make or break a company’s financial health, and in today’s economic climate, GTM (go-to-market) efficiency has become a key indicator of overall stability. Higher win rate due to known customer behavior and product usage patterns. Siloed communication between sales, marketing and customer success.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 25, 2021

An effective product launch strategy helps you generate awareness, build intrigue, and validate your product positioning. The best product launches take into account the product lifecycle—understanding where it fits into the bigger picture, and how to transition through each phase.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

GTMnow is the media brand of GTMfund – sharing go-to-market advice from the top 1% of revenue operators including the 350 executives behind the fund, news, and our viewpoints from working with hundreds of portfolio companies. Product : HG Insights. Pocus – launched their AI Strategy tool to the general public.

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Martech

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This article outlines four steps essential to undertake at the start of your go-to-market effort before you even mention your product. They are the basis of a powerful GTM plan that builds unmatched market impact and unlimited revenue potential. Educate This doesn’t mean education about your product. Get MarTech!

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Key Takeaways Product training is essential for anyone responsible for taking a product to market. 77% of B2B buyers found their most recent purchase very complex or difficult, emphasizing the need for in-depth product knowledge. Product training techniques like gamification keep teams motivated. Probably not.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

GTMnow is the media brand of GTMfund – sharing go-to-market advice from the top 1% of revenue operators including the 350 executives behind the fund, news, and our viewpoints from working with hundreds of portfolio companies. Product : HG Insights. Product-led SEO. Feeling that AI FOMO? You’re not alone.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

You have enough product maturity to actually serve enterprise needs – not just feature requests you can handle “soon.” Going Enterprise Is a Company-Wide Decision The #1 mistake? Thinking enterprise is just a go-to-market play. You have to go all in.” It’s not.

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SaaStr

MARCH 2, 2025

.” Growth Tactic #2: The Compound Startup Approach to Product Expansion Rippling has expanded from 4 products to 30+ in just a few years, exemplifying what Parker Conrad calls the “compound startup” approach continuously launching new products to drive expansion.

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SaaStr

MARCH 16, 2025

The One Thing Every Marketing Team Needs to Master: Focus When it comes to marketing, the most common mistake is trying to do too much at once. Alex Rosenblatt, CMO at Datadog who joined as their first go-to-market employee and stayed for over eight years, learned this lesson the hard way. The problem?

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Hubspot

AUGUST 5, 2016

If your product team is working on the next big thing , there ought to be an equally awesome launch plan in the works to accompany it. And that's where the product launch comes in. At HubSpot, I work on the product marketing team, and we're responsible for launching all of HubSpot's new products.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2024

2022 was a foundation-building year, fixing a very leaky bucket where the product crushed it with the right customers, but they were closing a lot of poor-fit customers. They’ll become more concerned about the quality of deals from sales to onboarding to launch. They needed to get their hands on early churn.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The classic lifespan of successful products is a story in four parts: Introduction Growth Maturity Decline. How this story plays out has a lot to do with the type of product and how it’s improved over time, if at all. In this article, we’ll look at the different stages of the product lifecycle through the lens of marketing.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 11, 2024

GTMnow is the media brand of GTMfund – sharing go-to-market advice from the top 1% of revenue operators including the 350 executives behind the fund, news, and our viewpoints from working with hundreds of portfolio companies. Product : Vanta Your deal is almost closed, and all that’s left is the security review.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Product marketing is today’s most critical marketing function. The best way to think about it: product marketing is strategy. Product marketers work to understand the market and what motivates customers. They choose the market segments to target. Start with product features.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Amazon is still the space to launch brands despite intense competition. For brands, that means it’s still the place to launch products and connect with customers. The amount of competition on Amazon can be discouraging for new brands, but the payoff from executing the right launch strategy can be rewarding.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Product management is in charge of anticipating and meeting customer’s emerging needs. Dig deeper: 5 secrets to cross-functional collaboration in marketing Cross-functional VOC programs give the customer a seat at the table Go-to-market strategies, especially in marketing, often fall victim to magpie syndrome.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

CRO Confidential podcast host Sam Blond chats with the CEO and co-founder of Clay, Kareem Amin, about two major topics: The evolution of Go-To-Market systems: where we are today with the incorporation of AI, and where we’re headed. It blends AI and SaaS and can speed up the outbound Go-To-Market process.

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SaaStr

MAY 5, 2021

If there’s one lesson I’ve learned from leading product at fast-growing startups, it’s that there’s no one way to lead product. You do, however, need to be intentional about how you lead product. Here’s some advice for other product leaders from our journey at Pendo: $0-5M ARR: All hands on deck. 5-25M: Hire a CPO early.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The classic graph for the product lifecycle is a sales curve that progresses through stages: a sharp rise from the x-axis as a product transitions from Introduction to the Growth phase; a sustained, rounded peak in Maturity; and a gradual Decline that portends its withdrawal from the market. What is product lifecycle marketing?

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Martech

AUGUST 13, 2024

Off to the races We spoke with Kevin Wang, Braze’s chief product officer, about composability just as Braze launched a new offering, the Braze Data Platform. “Those guys are going to market with a composable CDP as well. Iterable has integrations with a number of established CDPs.

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Hubspot

JUNE 11, 2019

Even when you put great amounts of effort, time, money, and resources into developing a new product or service, a poorly-planned go-to-market strategy could cause your project to flop. Some of the biggest brands have even experienced go-to-market failures. Go-To-Market Plan Template. Example Eddy.

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Martech

MARCH 29, 2023

Almost lost in the excitement following Adobe’s generative AI announcements at last week’s Summit (Adobe Firefly and Sensei Gen AI) were a raft of other product updates, especially those surrounding B2B marketing, Adobe Real-Time CDP and Adobe Product Analytics. We asked Brian Glover to share some highlights.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 21, 2023

To have a successful product launch, you need to craft a thoughtful, actionable, effective go-to-market (GTM) strategy framework. To make the process easier to navigate, I’m going to walk you through everything you need to know to build a killer go-to-market strategy in this article.

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Highspot

AUGUST 21, 2024

You’ve been gearing up for your new product launch over the course of weeks, months, or maybe years––and it’s quickly approaching. This launch of new innovation is an opportunity to inspire the organization, deepen customer satisfaction, engage new buyers, and generate revenue for the business.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The Startup Stage: Finding Product-Market Fit The startup stage is the foundation of any SaaS companys journey. During this phase, the primary focus is on building a product that meets a specific market need and ensuring that early users validate its core functionality.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Whether you’re launching a new business or a new product, competition is fierce, resources are limited, and market preferences can change in a moment. . With over 700 companies competing in this highly saturated market, getting lost is easy. A go-to-market strategy framework is a blueprint for growth.

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SaaStr

JULY 5, 2023

Let’s find out the go-to-market models Divvy used to go from zero to a $2.5B How could they, as a revenue team, make sure the things they were advocating for their product and engineering partners to build were the right things? The post Go to Market Strategies That Led To Divvy’s $2.5B

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Highspot

OCTOBER 23, 2023

You’ve put months of hard work into developing your new product, and now it’s time for its much-awaited debut. However, launching your product is not just another item on your to-do list; it’s a defining moment that can make or break your business. Nearly 30,000 new products are released into the market every year.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Transitioning from mid-market selling to enterprise selling isn’t easy. In our first post we focused on how to be product- and market-ready, but that’s still only part of the solution. Takeaway: The role of product marketing is more complex/nuanced if you are selling to enterprise.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

To succeed in today’s crowded market, you need to harmonize product marketing and brand marketing. In this article, you’ll learn the difference between brand marketing and product marketing, and how to balance both to stand out above the crowd. Brand vs product marketing: Friends or foe?

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ClickFunnels

AUGUST 8, 2021

A lead is a potential customer who has: Expressed an interest in your product or service. Alternatively, a lead can be someone who has not given you their contact information but has expressed an interest in your product or service once you reached out to them. Has given you their contact information (typically an email address).

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Ali Schwanke is founder of Simple Strat, a marketing and sales consultancy and a Diamond HubSpot Solutions partner. She’s the host of the popular and long-running HubSpot Hacks series on YouTube and more recently launched a more general series on marketing challenges, Marketing Deconstructed.

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Highspot

JANUARY 22, 2024

Having a well-defined go-to-market (GTM) strategy is crucial for the success of any product or service. A successful GTM strategy involves a series of coordinated steps aimed at bringing a new product to market effectively. It’s a myriad of factors, but one of the most critical reasons being poor planning.

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Highspot

JANUARY 22, 2024

Having a well-defined go-to-market (GTM) strategy is crucial for the success of any product or service. A successful GTM strategy involves a series of coordinated steps aimed at bringing a new product to market effectively. It’s a myriad of factors, but one of the most critical reasons being poor planning.

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