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Product Marketing

PMM is the discipline that turns 'what we built' into 'why someone would buy it.' Positioning docs, messaging hierarchy, competitive intel, customer interviews, launches, win/loss, sales enablement, pricing and packaging.

28 lessons·4 Beginner·11 Intermediate·13 Advanced·~4 hr read
Beginner
4 lessons

Start here. No prior knowledge needed.

Intermediate
11 lessons

Build on the fundamentals.

1

The Positioning Doc

April Dunford framework: the one doc that aligns everyone.

9 min
2

Messaging Hierarchy

From core promise to feature one-liner, in one structured doc.

7 min
3

Competitive Intelligence

How to systematically know more about your competitors than they do.

8 min
4

Customer Interviews

The most valuable hour a PMM can spend.

7 min
5

Product Launches

Tier 1, 2, 3 launches and how to scale launch effort to launch size.

11 min
6

Sales Enablement

Decks, battlecards, training. The 50 percent of PMM that touches sales.

11 min
7

Beta Programs

Early access as a marketing channel: how to structure a beta that creates advocates.

11 min
8

Battlecard Design & Sales Rep Adoption

Design a battlecard reps actually open mid-call, then close the adoption gap with the delivery tactics that separate a used battlecard from a dead file.

6 min
9

Expansion & Cross-Sell Messaging for Existing Customers

Why messaging existing customers to buy more is a different skill than acquisition, and how to time and frame the ask so it reads as help, not a cash grab.

5 min
10

Renewal Marketing: Messaging for Contract Renewal Season

Why getting a customer to simply renew is a different messaging problem than getting them to buy more, and how to time and prove value so the renewal is a formality.

5 min
11

PMM Metrics & Scorecards: Proving Product Marketing's Business Impact

A practical scorecard framework for product marketers to prove business impact to skeptical executives, using real 2026 benchmarks on win rate, enablement adoption, and launch quality.

6 min
Advanced
13 lessons

Tactics for experienced marketers.

1

Win/Loss Analysis

Why you lost is a leading indicator. Find out systematically.

10 min
2

Pricing and Packaging

Plan tiers, feature gates, and the math behind a price page.

9 min
3

Category Creation

When to invent a category vs play in an existing one.

12 min
4

PMM Org Models

Centralized, product-aligned, segment-aligned. The tradeoffs.

10 min
5

Analyst Relations

Gartner Magic Quadrant, Forrester Wave: the B2B credibility loop and how to win it.

6 min
6

Customer Advisory Boards

The 8-customer council that aligns product and marketing, and how to run one that works.

7 min
7

Category Creation GTM Playbook

Stop entering crowded markets. Build a new category: define the problem, name the space, and design the Salesforce/Drift GTM playbook.

6 min
8

GTM Engineering: Automating the Revenue Stack

Clay, Apollo, n8n: the technical discipline of automating outbound, enrichment, and lead routing at scale.

6 min
9

Developer Marketing and DevRel: Reaching Technical Buyers

Docs, SDKs, sandboxes, GitHub presence: why developers hate marketing and how Stripe, Twilio, and Vercel won them anyway.

5 min
10

Partner and Ecosystem Marketing: Building a GTM Motion That Scales

How to build partner programs, run co-marketing campaigns, and measure partner-sourced pipeline as your company scales.

7 min
11

Positioning AI-Powered Products: Beyond 'AI-Powered'

How to position AI features so buyers care about outcomes, not just the technology. Three stances and when to use each.

9 min
12

Product-Led Sales: The PMM's Role When the Product Sells Itself

Master the hybrid model where product-led growth generates pipeline and sales converts enterprise accounts.

5 min
13

Vertical SaaS Go-to-Market

Why software built for one industry needs a different GTM playbook: trust-building, regulation-aware sales cycles, and community-first distribution.

5 min