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Product Analytics

Using product usage data to inform GTM decisions, identify expansion opportunities, and prevent churn.

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Using Analytics to Benchmark Against Competitors You Can't See

Using Analytics to Benchmark Against Competitors You Can't See

You can't access competitor analytics dashboards. Here's how to use your own data and public signals to understand where you stand competitively.

November 14, 2025 7 min read
Choosing the Right Analytics Tool: What PMMs Actually Need vs. What Sales Pitch

Choosing the Right Analytics Tool: What PMMs Actually Need vs. What Sales Pitch

Analytics vendors promise everything. Here's how to cut through the noise and select tools that actually serve product marketing needs.

November 13, 2025 7 min read
Communicating Analytics Insights to Stakeholders Who Don't Care About Data

Communicating Analytics Insights to Stakeholders Who Don't Care About Data

Your analysis is solid, but executives glaze over when you present dashboards. Here's how to communicate analytics in ways that actually drive decisions.

November 12, 2025 7 min read
Product Analytics for Non-Technical PMMs: Where to Start When You're Not a Data Person

Product Analytics for Non-Technical PMMs: Where to Start When You're Not a Data Person

You don't need to write SQL or build dashboards from scratch to use analytics effectively. Here's how to leverage data as a non-technical product marketer.

November 11, 2025 7 min read
Product-Led Growth Metrics: What to Track When Your Product is the Channel

Product-Led Growth Metrics: What to Track When Your Product is the Channel

Product-led growth requires different metrics than sales-led growth. Here's what to measure when your product drives acquisition and expansion.

November 10, 2025 7 min read
Using Analytics to Make Smarter Pricing Decisions

Using Analytics to Make Smarter Pricing Decisions

Most pricing decisions are based on competitor research and gut feel. Here's how to use product analytics to find the pricing model customers will actually pay for.

November 9, 2025 7 min read
7 Product Analytics Mistakes That Lead to Bad Decisions

7 Product Analytics Mistakes That Lead to Bad Decisions

Most analytics implementations make these same preventable mistakes. Here's how to avoid the traps that turn data into misinformation.

November 8, 2025 7 min read
Feature Adoption Analysis: What to Build Next Based on Data, Not Opinions

Feature Adoption Analysis: What to Build Next Based on Data, Not Opinions

Most roadmap decisions are based on who lobbies loudest. Here's how to use feature adoption data to prioritize what actually drives business outcomes.

November 7, 2025 7 min read
Customer Segmentation with Analytics: Finding Your Power Users

Customer Segmentation with Analytics: Finding Your Power Users

Not all users are created equal. Here's how to use analytics to identify your most valuable segments and double down on what works.

November 6, 2025 7 min read
Event Tracking Strategy: What to Instrument and What to Ignore

Event Tracking Strategy: What to Instrument and What to Ignore

Most teams track too many events and miss the ones that matter. Here's how to build an event tracking strategy that actually drives decisions.

November 5, 2025 7 min read
Finding What Actually Drives Retention: A Data-Driven Playbook

Finding What Actually Drives Retention: A Data-Driven Playbook

Most retention analysis looks at lagging indicators. Here's how to identify the specific behaviors that predict long-term customer success.

November 4, 2025 7 min read
A/B Testing for Product Marketers: What to Test and How to Read Results

A/B Testing for Product Marketers: What to Test and How to Read Results

Most A/B tests either test the wrong things or misinterpret results. Here's what PMMs should test and how to know when results actually matter.

November 3, 2025 7 min read
Funnel Analysis That Actually Improves Conversion Rates

Funnel Analysis That Actually Improves Conversion Rates

Most teams analyze funnels wrong—focusing on averages instead of segments. Here's how to find the drop-off points that actually matter.

November 2, 2025 7 min read
Cohort Analysis for PMMs: Finding Patterns That Predict Success

Cohort Analysis for PMMs: Finding Patterns That Predict Success

Averages hide the truth about product performance. Cohort analysis reveals which user groups succeed and which struggle—and what to do about it.

November 1, 2025 7 min read
Dashboard Design That Actually Gets Used: Less is More

Dashboard Design That Actually Gets Used: Less is More

Most analytics dashboards are cluttered, confusing, and ignored. Here's how to design dashboards that stakeholders check daily.

October 30, 2025 7 min read
Stop Tracking Vanity Metrics: How to Choose Analytics That Actually Matter

Stop Tracking Vanity Metrics: How to Choose Analytics That Actually Matter

Most product teams track dozens of metrics that look impressive but don't drive decisions. Here's how to identify the 3-5 metrics that actually matter.

October 29, 2025 7 min read
Turning Analytics into Stories That Executives Actually Care About

Turning Analytics into Stories That Executives Actually Care About

Raw data doesn't drive decisions. Stories do. Here's how to transform product analytics into narratives that move leadership to action.

October 28, 2025 7 min read
Product Analytics for Product Marketers: How to Use Data to Inform GTM Strategy

Product Analytics for Product Marketers: How to Use Data to Inform GTM Strategy

Most PMMs ignore product analytics. Here's how to use usage data to improve launches, messaging, and positioning.

April 16, 2024 7 min read
Product Analytics for Product Marketers: The Metrics That Actually Matter

Product Analytics for Product Marketers: The Metrics That Actually Matter

Product analytics dashboards are overwhelming. Here's which metrics PMMs should actually track and why.

July 14, 2023 7 min read
Product Analytics For Marketers: How to Use Product Usage Data to Drive Better GTM Decisions

Product Analytics For Marketers: How to Use Product Usage Data to Drive Better GTM Decisions

You rely on surveys for product feedback. Here's how to use actual usage data to make smarter marketing decisions.

October 30, 2022 8 min read

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Strategy

Frameworks for positioning, competitive strategy, and market analysis that drive long-term GTM success.

Go-to-Market

Tactical playbooks for coordinating cross-functional launches, aligning teams, and executing GTM motions.

Product Launch

Launch planning, timing, and execution strategies that maximize impact and drive adoption.

Sales Enablement

Battlecards, training programs, and sales tools that turn reps into product experts.

Messaging & Positioning

Crafting value propositions and messaging that resonates with buyers and differentiates from competitors.

Pricing & Packaging

Pricing strategy, packaging decisions, and monetization models that optimize revenue.

AI Agent Optimization

Optimizing product content, documentation, and data for AI agents like ChatGPT and Claude that recommend products to buyers.

Win/Loss Analysis

Systematic approaches to understanding why deals are won or lost and feeding insights back to product and GTM.

Customer Research

Methods for gathering customer insights through interviews, surveys, and jobs-to-be-done research.

Demand Generation

Lead generation strategies, campaign planning, and lifecycle marketing that drives pipeline.

Content Marketing

Content strategy and distribution frameworks that drive qualified leads and revenue.

Market Research

Primary and secondary research methodologies for understanding markets, competitors, and customer needs.

Partner & Channel Marketing

Co-marketing programs, partner enablement, and channel strategies that drive revenue through partnerships.

Product-Led Growth

Self-serve onboarding, free trial optimization, and PLG strategies that turn users into paying customers.

Customer Marketing

Retention programs, advocacy initiatives, and expansion campaigns that grow revenue from existing customers.

Competitive Intelligence

Building competitive monitoring systems, positioning frameworks, and battle cards that help you win against competitors.

Product Marketing Operations

Team structure, tech stack, processes, and KPIs that make product marketing teams more effective and efficient.

Developer & Technical Marketing

Marketing to developers and technical buyers through docs, community, advocacy, and technical content.

International GTM

Strategies for international expansion, localization, regional planning, and managing global product launches.

Platform & Ecosystem Marketing

App marketplaces, developer platforms, partner programs, and ecosystem growth strategies for multi-sided platforms.

Founding PMMs

For the first PMM hire: building the function from scratch, proving value, working with limited resources, and establishing credibility.

Marketers at Scale-ups/Series A

Transitioning from startup to scale-up: building teams, standardizing processes, managing complexity, and driving systematic growth.

Product Marketing Frameworks

Proven frameworks, models, and methodologies that product marketers use to structure thinking, drive decisions, and execute consistently.

RevOps & PMM Alignment

Building partnerships with revenue operations to drive attribution, forecasting, pipeline management, and cross-functional GTM execution.

Event Marketing & Field PMM

Trade shows, conferences, webinars, and field marketing strategies that drive pipeline and build brand presence in target markets.

Product Adoption & Onboarding

Strategies to drive user activation, reduce time-to-value, increase feature adoption, and build product-led growth flywheels.

Executive Communication

Communicating with C-suite and board members through executive briefs, presentations, storytelling, and strategic influence.

PMM Visibility & Impact

Dashboard frameworks, attribution models, political navigation, and career strategies that help PMMs prove value and build executive influence.

Budget Season

Q4 planning strategies, budget defense tactics, and ROI frameworks for protecting PMM resources during annual planning cycles. Navigate finance scrutiny and prove necessity.

Pragmatic Framework

Practical guides for implementing the Pragmatic Institute framework, from market and focus to programs and readiness, helping PMMs get the most value from this popular methodology.

Future of PMM

How AI, product-led growth, and evolving buyer behaviors are reshaping product marketing. What skills, tools, and career paths will define PMMs in 2030.

Industry Marketing

Go-to-market strategies tailored for specific industries and verticals. How PMM approaches differ across SaaS, fintech, construction tech, healthcare, and other specialized markets.

Buyers Guides

Practical guides for choosing PMM tools and platforms. Evaluating competitive intelligence, messaging frameworks, and launch management solutions that consolidate workflows and save time.