179 - MaaS (Marketing as a System) Step #10: GTM Strategy
Dec 18, 2023
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In this episode, the podcast explores Step 10 of the MaaS process, which is Go-to-Market Strategy. It covers the significance of integrating previous work, prioritizing marketing channels, developing content, and creating a one-page marketing plan. The episode also provides tips for creating valuable content, highlighting the importance of original thinking, research, and content creation strategies.
A go-to-market strategy is essential for early-stage startups, involving company-wide alignment on target market, buyer persona, and positioning.
A content tilt sets the brand's content apart by providing original thinking and value to audiences.
Deep dives
The importance of a go-to-market strategy
A go-to-market strategy is a crucial part of a comprehensive marketing plan for early-stage startups. It goes beyond just marketing and involves aligning the entire company on aspects like target market, buyer persona, positioning, and competitors. By ensuring company-wide alignment, there is consistency in messaging, better understanding on the buyer side, and cleaner attribution. The marketer typically leads the development of the go-to-market strategy, collaborating with senior leadership for input and buy-in. To create an effective go-to-market strategy, it is vital to build on the foundational work of customer research, marketing foundation deck, keyword research, brand design, website wireframes, case studies, and more. The strategy includes prioritizing marketing channels and crafting a content strategy centered around unique value propositions. The one-page marketing plan helps track goals and ensures a thoughtful and measured approach to marketing.
Developing a content tilt for your marketing strategy
A content tilt is a unique angle or original thinking that sets the brand's content apart. It provides value to audiences and differentiates the content from competitors. To identify a content tilt, a content audit can be conducted to leverage internal data for original research. Developing a strong point of view, conducting keyword research, utilizing Google Trends, exploring questions on platforms like Quora and social media hashtags, and creating a list of target buyer questions can all contribute to finding a content tilt. The content tilt should inform the content strategy, ensuring that it aligns with the target audience's interests and needs. By incorporating a content tilt into the marketing strategy, the content produced will have more value and resonate better with the target audience.
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It's Season 4 of the Modern Startup Marketing podcast and this episode is me continuing to share MaaS (Marketing as a System) which is the systematic approach to marketing that I built over almost 4 years of working with VC-backed early stage startups.
In this episode I cover Step 10: GTM Strategy including what it is, why it's important, who should own this work, and how to do it right. This is the last step of the MaaS process! Let me know if you ever want to dig deeper into any of the steps #1-#10, happy to do that.
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