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AMA: MyFitnessPal VP of PMM, Katie Levinson on Consumer Product Marketing

May 7 @ 9:00AM PST
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MyFitnessPal VP of PMM, Katie Levinson on Consumer Product Marketing
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Katie Levinson
MyFitnessPal Vice President Product MarketingMay 8
Since I work in B2C organizations, we don't actually have a B2B PMMs (or any other b2b marketers). I've seen consumer product marketing organized in a few different ways: * By vertical/business unit * By audience (if there are multiple different consumers the org serves that are different ......Read More
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Katie Levinson
Katie Levinson
MyFitnessPal Vice President Product MarketingMay 8
I have found that people who come from a customer-facing role in the past, or roles that combine the analytical with the creative, make for good hires. Specifically, I look for: * Consumer-centric mindset and empathy: when thinking about problems to solve, do you put your audience at the cen......Read More
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Katie Levinson
MyFitnessPal Vice President Product MarketingMay 8
As someone who started in consumer brand, then went to B2B2C product marketing, then back to B2C product marketing, these are the areas of overlap I’ve seen between the two: * Competitive landscape and audience insights: Deep understanding of both the competitive landscape and your target au......Read More
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Katie Levinson
MyFitnessPal Vice President Product MarketingMay 8
One of the things I love most about product marketing is the opportunity to help shape the consumer experience, both in product and through various marketing channels. It’s a true end-to-end lifecycle role, starting with research, developing positioning and messaging, and setting GTM strategy tha......Read More
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Katie Levinson
Katie Levinson
MyFitnessPal Vice President Product MarketingMay 8
Partnerships can have a great multiplier effect on your product marketing efforts, depending on how strategic the partnership is and also what you’re hoping to get out of it. But, your GTM strategy, your value propositions, messaging and overall marketing and product strategy have to be solid fir......Read More
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Katie Levinson
Katie Levinson
MyFitnessPal Vice President Product MarketingMay 8
One: talk to as many different product marketers as you can across a wide variety of company sizes and industries. What you’ll hear from each of them is that product marketing means different things at different companies, and they aren’t kidding. It’s good to get a sense of what the role entails......Read More
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