Amplify Your Impact: A Starter AI Toolkit for Product Marketers / by Wade Burrell

The rise of artificial intelligence is ushering in a new era for marketing and, most importantly, product marketers. 

You’ve seen the news. You’ve seen the hype. While we haven’t necessarily made it to what we’ve seen in science fiction (shutters thinking about SkyNet), we have AI capabilities available to us that can streamline workflows, enhance creativity, supercharge research, and ultimately amplify our impact. We’re pretty lucky when you think about it. . 

I truly believe that in this AI-driven age, those who adopt and leverage these cutting-edge technologies will gain a significant competitive advantage.

Thinking about it from a product marketing perspective, we have an obligation to stay ahead of the curve and harness AI's potential to its fullest. We can use it to craft more compelling messaging to accelerate content creation to unearthing richer customer insights, AI offers an array of tools to enhance our performance and the quality of our output. Embracing AI is no longer an option, but an imperative for modern product marketing leaders.

To help get you started, I’ve put together this (hopefully) useful checklist on how to utilize AI in your day-to-day. This is just the beginning, but it’s a good place to start.

Crafting Messaging and Positioning:

  • Use AI writing assistants like Copy.ai, Jasper, CopySmith to generate initial drafts of positioning statements, value propositions, elevator pitches based on inputs about your product/market.

  • Utilize AI tools like copy.ai's "Product Description" tool to quickly create benefit-oriented product descriptions and differentiated messaging by providing product details.

  • Experiment with more creative messaging variants using AI brainstorming tool.

  • Tools: Copy.ai, Jasper, CopySmith, Copy.Shark

Creating and Optimizing Content:

  • Use AI writing assistants like Jasper to draft blog posts, ebooks, video scripts and other content based on outlined topics/briefs.

  • Leverage GPT-3 tools like Copy.ai's "Gmail Wizard" to generate personalized email templates and sequences.

  • Utilize AI text optimization tools like Rytr to analyze and improve content quality, clarity, and message match.

  • Tools: Jasper, Copy.ai, Rytr, ChatGPT

Synthesizing Research and Data:

  • Feed customer review data, survey responses, and other voice-of-customer inputs into AI summarization tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT to surface key insights.

  • Use AI research assistants like Anthropic's Claude to quickly gather data, synthesize reports, and analyze competitive landscapes based on queries.

  • Leverage AI question-answering tools like ChatGPT to get concise responses synthesizing information across multiple data sources.

  • Tools: ChatGPT, Claude, Quillbot

Streamlining Workflows:

  • Utilize AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude to draft outlines, plans, templates and frameworks to streamline go-to-market planning processes.

  • Integrate AI writing tools into existing content workflow tools to auto-generate first drafts, reducing manual creation time.

  • Use AI task automation tools like Taskmate.io to streamline administrative busywork across workflows.

  • Tools: ChatGPT, Claude, Copy.ai, Jasper, Taskmate.io

In today's rapidly evolving landscape, AI is a force-multiplier that can catapult product marketing performance. Don't get left behind - start experimenting with these AI capabilities today to gain a competitive edge. Continuously assess how AI can optimize every facet of your workflow, from research to messaging to execution. Those who fully capitalize on AI's potential will be the Product Marketing leaders propelling their organizations forward.

Interested in exploring how to strategically integrate and scale AI capabilities into your workflows - accelerating research, elevating messaging, optimizing execution and amplifying impact - along with learning many other key strategies to take your product marketing team to the next level?

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