Notes from the work

Short, practical writing on positioning, go-to-market, pricing, and talking to customers.

Positioning

Positioning is not a tagline

If your positioning work ends with a clever sentence on the homepage, you skipped the part that changes revenue. Here's what actually belongs in the document.

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Go-to-Market

The GTM plan nobody reads

Most go-to-market strategy dies in slide 42. A plan people actually use fits on one page and names owners, sequencing, and what you're saying no to.

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Pricing

Pick the value metric before you pick the price

Price changes fail when the underlying unit is wrong. Start with what grows as your customer succeeds, then argue about the number.

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Research

How to run win/loss interviews people answer

Buyers will tell you why you lost — if you ask like a curious person, not a salesperson looking for a second chance. A practical script and the traps to avoid.

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Careers

Hiring your first product marketer

The first PMM hire fails more often than it should — usually because the role was written as 'everything marketing does not own yet.' Here's a better scope.

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Positioning

Test your messaging in a week, not a quarter

You don't need a research vendor to know if your new message lands. Five customer calls and one honest scorecard will tell you most of it.

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