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What Customer Success Leaders Wish Marketing Knew About Retention
Learn how customer success leaders view retention and what they wish marketing teams understood to improve alignment and outcomes.
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Joshua Zerkel · Sep 22nd, 2025
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What Sales Leaders Wish Product Teams Knew About GTM
Explore five lessons sales leaders want product teams to understand about go-to-market. Insights and tactics to strengthen cross-functional alignment.
# Sales & Revenue
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Joshua Zerkel · Dec 4th, 2025
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Professional Growth Through Community Roles
Hear Josh Zerkel, Gradual's in-house community expert, share how community roles evolve into career paths, from generalist beginnings to leadership opportunities.
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What Product Leaders Wish Community Builders Knew About Roadmaps
Explore what product leaders want community builders to understand about roadmaps, and how the two functions can partner for GTM success.
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Joshua Zerkel · Dec 4th, 2025
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Why Advocacy Beats Advertising
An exploration of why advocacy outperforms advertising, and how GTM leaders can harness it for growth.
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Joshua Zerkel · Dec 4th, 2025
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Speaking to Technical Buyers: Lessons From Sales Engineers
Learn what sales engineers want marketing teams to understand about technical buyers, and how these insights can improve GTM alignment.
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Joshua Zerkel · Dec 4th, 2025
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Community Leaders on What GTM Teams Overlook About Customers
Discover what community leaders see that GTM teams often miss, and how those insights can improve strategy, adoption, and retention.
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Joshua Zerkel · Dec 4th, 2025
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What Founders Wish Marketers Knew About GTM
Explore five lessons founders wish marketers understood about go-to-market. Practical insights and tactics for stronger cross-functional alignment.
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Joshua Zerkel · Dec 4th, 2025
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Planning as a Leadership Skill for Community and GTM Leaders
How planning choices made early in the year influence leadership credibility, team behavior, and cross-functional trust.
# GTM Strategy
# Format: Thought Leadership
# Marketing & Growth

Joshua Zerkel · Jan 28th, 2026
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Playbook: Positioning Community as a Business Function
A practical playbook for positioning community as a business function by aligning it to executive priorities, org structure, and real outcomes.
# Community
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Dani Weinstein & Joshua Zerkel · Feb 18th, 2026
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Playbook: Operating Community in a Community-Everywhere World
A practical guide to operating B2B community programs across platforms, in-person spaces, and distributed conversations.
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Dani Weinstein & Joshua Zerkel · Feb 20th, 2026
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