The Marchitect

by The Compete Network by Klue

The tide has turned, b2b buyers and sellers interactions have changed… and in the Marchitect, CMOs and leaders in product marketing, content marketing, and enablement share how they build impactful teams that interlock with their GTM peers, optimize their GTM efforts, and enable customer-facing teams to create, capture, and convert demand.

Produced by The Compete Network by Klue.

Podcast episodes

  • Season 4

  • How to Sharpen Your Homepage Positioning and Messaging w/ Anthony Pierri & Robert Kaminski | S4 E2

    How to Sharpen Your Homepage Positioning and Messaging w/ Anthony Pierri & Robert Kaminski | S4 E2

    Anthony Pierri and Rob Kaminski are the people you want building your homepage. They don’t mess around when it comes to positioning and messaging in product marketing and it’s why they’re on The Marchitect for this unmissable episode. Unfortunately, there’s no place where companies lose their positioning and messaging more than their homepage. We’re here to fix that. Credits: The Compete Network by Klue is your home for the best content, events, and resources on competing. From building your first battlecards to enabling thousands of reps to product marketing at a Fortune 500, the Compete Network brings together the biggest names in the competitive enablement and competitive intelligence community. Guests: Sangram Vajre, Trinity Nguyen and Yi Lin Pei Producer: Grayson Ottenbreit Editor: Stephen Despins Timestamps: TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:19) Introduction (00:04:44) What is positioning? (00:06:20) The difference between positioning, messaging, and copywriting (00:10:17) How to segment your audience (00:18:20) Positioning based on category maturity (00:28:55) Positioning multiple products (00:37:54) Homepage best practices (00:46:26) Tearing down a real Homepage (00:50:48) Audience Questions (00:55:23) Key Takeaways

  • Are You a (Modern) Product Marketing Leader? w/ Sangram Vagre, Yi Lin Pei & Trinity Nguyen | S4 E1

    Are You a (Modern) Product Marketing Leader? w/ Sangram Vagre, Yi Lin Pei & Trinity Nguyen | S4 E1

    There’s so much confusion around what a modern go-to-market is, and what marketing’s role is in developing and executing against a successful GTM strategy. In the first episode of The Marchitect, Sangram Vajre, Founder at GTM Partners, Trinity Nguyen, VP Marketing at UserGems, and Yi Lin Pei, Founder at Courageous Careers share: the modern go-to-market, and the role of the CMO and their PMM leader the difference between marketing the business, and the business of marketing the key characteristics of a modern CMO & PMM leader what GTM motions should be top of mind for modern marketers Credits: The Compete Network by Klue is your home for the best content, events, and resources on competing. From building your first battlecards to enabling thousands of reps to product marketing at a Fortune 500, the Compete Network brings together the biggest names in the competitive enablement and competitive intelligence community. Guests: Sangram Vajre, Trinity Nguyen and Yi Lin Pei Producer: Grayson Ottenbreit Editor: Stephen Despins

  • Season 3

  • S3 E9: Navigating Sales & Marketing Alignment with Kevin "KD" Dorsey

    S3 E9: Navigating Sales & Marketing Alignment with Kevin "KD" Dorsey

    When was the last time your marketing team talked to an actual customer? It’s time to change that. And Kevin ‘KD’ Dorsey is here to tell you why. With over a decade of experience in sales and marketing, current SVP of Sales & Marketing at Bench Consulting, KD is well-versed in how to elevate your sales and marketing alignment. From driving urgency to strengthening your sales and marketing alignment, KD has tips, practical advice, and real-life stories to share. You won’t want to miss this one. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why you can never know too much about your customers How to multithread your sales process and speak to each person on the buying committee And understand the connection between urgency and conversion. Jump into the conversation: [02:40] Why you MUST understand your customer [05:40] KD’s 6 must-ask questions [09:40] Optimizing conversion with ‘want’ [12:09] What is multithreading? [24:30] The friend zone of sales Connect with KD: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kddorsey3/ Connect with Rowan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rowan-noronha/ Product Marketing Community: https://www.productmarketingcommunity.co/ Presented by Pavillion https://www.joinpavilion.com/ Powered by Casted https://www.casted.us/ Produced by Share Your Genius https://www.shareyourgenius.com/

  • REPLAY: Pricing with Confidence with Kyle Poyar (OpenView), Mark Stiving (Impact Pricing), & Jason Oakley (Productive PMM)

    REPLAY: Pricing with Confidence with Kyle Poyar (OpenView), Mark Stiving (Impact Pricing), & Jason Oakley (Productive PMM)

    In this replay episode, join our host, Rowan Noronha, as he discusses how to price with confidence with Jason Oakley (Founder, Productive PMM), Mark Stiving (Founder, Impact Pricing), and Kyle Poyar (Operating Partner, OpenView). Your pricing structure is your top profit lever. It can boost profits much more than increasing sales or cutting costs can. But most companies leave money on the table because they don’t charge the right price. Why is pricing underdeveloped in most companies? And how can companies do better? In this episode, pricing gurus Mark and Kyle explain which function should own pricing (cough, product marketing) and how to choose the right pricing strategy.

  • S3 E8: Product Launch 101 with Jason Oakley & Yi Lin Pei

    S3 E8: Product Launch 101 with Jason Oakley & Yi Lin Pei

    “Product marketing needs to captain your product launch.” A bold statement. And one that our host, Rowan Noronha, and our guests, Jason Oakley and Yi Lin Pei stand behind wholeheartedly. There are so many misunderstandings when it comes to the product marketing team’s execution—from their role in early development to planning and executing a release versus a launch. And without a successful product marketing launch, your business’ growth can’t create its maximum impact. Jason Oakley, founder of Productive PMM, and Yi Lin Pei, Career Coach and founder of TechGrowthCoach, are both seasoned product marketers who share their own personal experiences and journeys in the field of product marketing, as well as their passion for driving diversity and growth within the industry. Jason and Yi Lin share their frameworks and step-by-step instructions to help product marketers get the most impact from a product launch.