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Presentation covers:
Mastering the Basics- Role of the Contact - Building Campaigns - Tracking Lead Source - Importance of the Primary Campaign Source - Campaign Influencers - Understanding the Analytics - Myth of Leads v. Contacts - Importance of GOOD DATA - Rigorous data hygiene protocols
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10 things marketers should be doing in salesforce (but aren't)
1. 10 Things Marketers Should be
Doing in Salesforce (But Aren’t)
Presented by
Cathy Otocka of MTI Solutions &
Consulting
&
Henry Schuck of DiscoverOrg
2. 10 Things You Should Know
Master the Basic Concepts/Understanding Campaign Influence
Build Campaigns
Role of the Contact
Tracking primary Lead Source
Importance of the Primary Campaign Source
Understanding the Analytics
The myth of Leads vs. Contacts
Importance of good data
Rigorous data hygiene protocols
Key takeaways
3. A little about me
Functional expertise in sales/marketing/finance
operations
10 years of experience with salesforce.com
Irrationally passionate about marketing analytics
4. Ground Rules
Don’t
Think you are smarter than Salesforce
Try to rebuild the Campaign connections in
Salesforce
Challenge the structure of the data
Do’s
Be smart about interpreting the metrics to make
them actionable
5. Mastering the Basics
Salesforce Terms
Campaign – Marketing Program
Lead – Salesforce record that is a person. Not to be confused with a
Prospect
Lead Source –
A field on the contact and lead. Name of the Campaign that brings that
name into the SF for the very first time.
A field on the Opportunity
Primary Campaign Source – Last Marketing Campaign the contact
participated in when the opportunity was created.
Campaign Influence – All of the campaigns that the contact participated in
during the influence period
6. Campaign Influence Settings = 6
months
Nov
2012
• Cathy is added to the database from DiscoverOrg
• Contact Lead Source = DiscoverOrg
Dec
2012
• Cathy Participates in an Webinar – not part of the influence
March
2013
• Cathy downloads a whitepaper
July
2013
• Rep creates an opportunity in SF
• Sets Primary Campaign Source = Whitepaper
7. Campaign Influence Settings
Aug
2013
• Cathy stops by Tradeshow booth
Sept
2013
• Cathy downloads analyst brief
Oct
2013
• Cathy becomes an Opportunity – Closed Won!
Nov
2013
• Cathy attends Customer User Group – Not part of the
influence
8. Building a Campaigns
Campaigns = records that represent your marketing
programs
Include $$
Types and hierarchies make analytics easier
9. Campaigns
Campaign Members = Participants
Member Statuses can be customized
Standardization of statuses is IMPORTANT
Sample Campaign Status for Webinars
Default status – Invited
Responded status – Registered
Responded status - Attended
11. Role of the Contact
Contacts and Leads are members of campaigns
Allow you to relate opportunities to campaigns
Associate pipeline and closed won $$$
Without Contact you lose mechanism for
accurate ROI metrics
12. Role of the Contact – cont-
Contacts get associated with Opportunities via
the CONTACT ROLES related list
Designation of PRIMARY contact is relevant to
the PRIMARY CAMPAIGN SOURCE
Salesforce can be configured in several ways to
ensure that a contact is attached to each
opportunity
13. Lead Source v. Primary Campaign
Source
Lead Source – The Campaign that FIRST brought
the name into the database
Added to the records at the time of entry into the
database either by marketing, the end user or by data
integrations
Lead source on Opportunities should be discontinued
when you adopt the use of Campaigns
Primary Campaign Source – The LAST Campaign
before an Opportunity
Will be populated by salesforce.com. Should NOT be
something chosen by an end user
14. Analytics
Key elements are easily measured when ALL your
programs and data adhere to this
structure/process
Complete view of the funnel
Campaign Participants
Campaign
Respondents
# of
Opportunitie
s Created
Won
15. Analytics – cont -
Uncover:
1. How many campaigns does the average person
respond to during the sales cycle?
2. Which campaigns are effective:
Bringing new names into the database – Lead Source
Which start sales cycles – Primary Campaign Source
16. Clean data has to be a priority
How the data ends up in Salesforce is essential to its
usefulness
33% of sales/marketing professionals expressed data
accuracy as their biggest concern
58% of users rely on Sales team to keep CRM data
current
No Duplicate Accounts and Contacts is essential
Every product you use that integrates with salesforce
(marketing automation and DiscoverOrg) map using
email addresses. EACH EMAIL ADDRESS CAN ONLY BE
IN SF ONE TIME!
18. Why “Leads” Ruin Your Analytics
Leads “database” is a separate from the
Accounts/Contacts database
Sacrifice cohesive campaign analytics
Lack of context = lack of usefulness to sales
19. The Myth of “Conversion”
The core of most marketing metrics hinges on
the grey “convert” button in Salesforce
Artificial significance in the business process and
related analytics
20. Key Takeaway Points
Organize your Campaigns well
Make sure a contact is attached to each
opportunity
Clean, well organized data is essential
Adopt a process of 100% Lead conversion
21. Questions and Follow Up
Cathy Otocka –
cathy.otocka@misstheiceberg.com
Henry Schuck – hschuck@discoverorg.com