Increase awareness of PostHog within our ICP and ensure PostHog is a brand that sparks conversation and joy.
Projects
Docs that spark joy (Ian)
- Rationale: Some of our documentation has fallen behind the product and there are pockets that fall well short of our current standards. This is a reputational risk if left unresolved.
 - Contributors: Ian, Andy, Lior + product teams
 - What we'll ship: See issue
 - We'll know we're successful when: Feedback from community / on social that our docs are great, and feedback from product teams.
 
- Rationale: Our strategy is to get in first and AI startups are generally engineering-led, so strongly within our ICP. A significant portion of recent YC batches are AI startups and they have specific needs we need to cater to.
 - Contributors: Lior
 - What we'll ship: See issue
 - We'll know we're successful when: We have 50 customers using the Langfuse integration and strong usage among AI startups in upcoming YC batches.
 
Finish alternatives guides (Andy)
- Rationale: We know these improve visibility and drive signups. We have a long list of guides we can ship and a proven formula we can repeat.
 - Contributors: Andy, Ian, Lior
 - What we'll ship: See issue
 - We'll know we're successful when: We've shipped priority guides.
 
Scale newsletter (James)
- Rationale: We've successfully reached 10k subs and people like the newsletter. We think it can be a big driver of word of mouth growth if we can scale it further.
 - Contributors: James Temperton, Andy, Ian, Lior, James Hawkins. 
 - What we'll ship: (WIP) See issue
 - Transition to 1 new issue per week
 - Improve content promotion on Twitter and LinkedIn
 - Trade way more recommendations with other newsletters
 - Get at least 1 new (or old) post to go viral
 - Improve visibility on the website
 - Do more issues that use our network
 - Land a big interview
 - Continue newsletter sponsorships
 - We'll know we're successful when: We can consistently ship great newsletters every week while maintaining a strong open rate (45% or more) and subscriber growth is accelerating.
 
Level up branding (Lottie)
- Rationale: People love our brand, but it will go stale if don't refresh and create new things that spark joy and conversation.
 - Contributors: Lottie working with Website & Docs
 - What we'll ship: See Lottie's issue
 - We'll know we're successful when: People continue to talk about our brand and sharing the awesome new things we ship.
 
Hiring plan for marketing team (Charles)
- Rationale: Demand on team is rapidly expanding as we launch new products, but this needs to be tempered with hiring correct roles + not over hiring.
 - Contributors: Charles
 - What we'll ship: 12-month hiring plan + budget
 - We'll know we're successful when: We've hired cracked new marketer(s).
 
Side quests
Metrics we care about
- New org signups
 - Newsletter signups
 - Organic SEO visits
 
Marketing dashboard