Reflections on my First Oktane

This post aims to capture key lessons from my time leading a product launch at Oktane, with a few additional entries drawing from broader responsibilities I had.

The Overlooked Use Case of Messaging

Though messaging is often linked to go-to-market efforts, it can play a critical role in the discovery of new value creation for customers, early on in the product development process. Keep reading to learn more about how messaging tactics can support product validation, drive product adoption, and the ideas discussed in this post were applied to a real world product.

It’s Time to Ditch the Product Triad

With companies launching new products and services faster than ever, it’s time we rethink the traditional Product Triad. Now more than ever, Product Marketing must play an active role in the early stages of the product development process.

Burning Out

Overworking in the absence of self care is a recipe for burnout. If your brain is feeling like absolute mush, you certainly are not alone. Keep reading to learn more about burnout, why overworking is practically programmed into us, and how you can start to relinquish the perpetual feeling of exhaustion.

Five Skills Every Product Marketer Should Master

Product Marketing is such an expansive role. However, over the past three years, I’ve pulled together what I believe are the five key skills any PMM should focus on to be successful.

The Dreaded Imposter Syndrome

Success can sometimes come with an unexpected cost. The added responsibility of a new role, overachieving, or receiving a lot of public praise can counterintuitively, cause someone to deal with Imposter Syndrome. Keep reading to learn why it’s crucial to overcome Imposter Syndrome in a new role, what the basis of the struggle is, and how to go about fending it off.