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Build a More Effective Go-to-Market Strategy

Maximize Go-to-Market success through deeper market and buyer understanding, competitive differentiation, and launch team readiness that delivers target revenues.

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Thought Model: Build a More Effective Go-to-Market Strategy

Member Challenge

  • A weak or poorly defined Go-to-Market strategy is often the root cause of slow product revenue growth or missed product revenue targets.
  • Many agile-driven product teams rush to release, skipping key GTM steps leaving Sales and Marketing misaligned and not ready to fully monetize precious product investments.
  • Guessing at buyer persona and journey or competitive SWOT analyses – two key deliverables of an effective GTM strategy – cause poor marketing and sales outcomes.
  • Without the sales and product-aligned business case for launch called for in a successful GTM strategy, companies see low buyer adoption, wasted sales and marketing investments, and a failure to claim product and launch campaign success.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

  • Having an updated and compelling Go-to-Market strategy is a critical capability – as important as financial strategy, sales operations, and even corporate business development, given its huge impact on the many drivers of sustainable growth.
  • Establishing alignment through the GTM process builds long-term operational strength.
  • With a sound GTM strategy, marketers give themselves a 50% greater chance of product launch success.

Impact and Result

  • Align stakeholders on a common vision and execution plan prior to the Build and Launch phases.
  • Build a foundation of buyer and competitive understanding to drive a successful product hypothesis, then validate with buyers.
  • Deliver a team-aligned launch plan that enables launch readiness and outlines commercial success.

Research & Tools

Build Your Go-to-Market Strategy

Use this storyboard and its deliverables to build a baseline market, understand your buyer, and gain competitive insights. It will also help you design your initial product and business case, and align stakeholder plans to prep for build.

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Build a More Effective Go-to-Market Strategy – Phases 1-3
Go-to-Market Strategy Presentation Template
Go-to-Market Strategy RACI and Launch Checklist Workbook
Product Market Opportunity Sizing Workbook
Go-to-Market Strategy Cost Budget and Revenue Forecast Workbook
Build a More Effective Go-to-Market Strategy – Executive Brief
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