In early 2017, the ServiceMax marketing team was faced with a daunting challenge: aggressive pipeline goals and a fixed budget. In this session, Pat Oldenburg will share his learnings and insights around leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and real-time intent to see out-of-this-world results. From identifying the right accounts to personalizing the web experience for each visitor, you’ll hear how AI helped the ServiceMax strategy take ff.
AI and ABM Supercharges Business Growth for ServiceMax
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The Platform for Field Service
April 12, 2018
AI and ABM Supercharges Pipeline
Growth for ServiceMax
Pat Oldenburg
Sr. Director, Digital Marketing and Operations
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• The leader in Field Service Management
• 100% cloud-based; built on
Salesforce App Cloud
• 400+ customers in 40 countries
• Comprehensive product suite
ServiceMax: We are
Field Born, Field Tested
• Ecosystem of technology partners & SIs
• 150 million assets managed
• 2.5+ million mobile syncs each day
• Used at 30 million locations
The premier field service software solution
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A COMMON SITUATION
INCREASED TARGETS
FOR SALES BOOKINGS
FLAT BUDGET
HC AND PROGRAMS
REFINED STRATEGY
ENTERPRISE ACCOUNTS
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REVISED STRATEGY
Drive Awareness | Source New Pipeline | Nurture Customers
ALIGNING MARKETING EFFORTS
CONVERSION
OPTIMIZATION
REPORTING
ABILITY
EFFICIENT
OPERATIONS
TARGET
ACCOUNTS
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Focus on Finite Set of Accounts
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ADDRESSABLE MARKET & RESOURCE
PLANNING
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• Start with TAM
• Break out into core industries
and conduct market sizing
• Partner with Sales Ops on top-
down and bottom up planning
Source: Gartner, 2016 data (published April 2017)
Banking &
Securities
12%
Communications,
Media & Services
19%
Education
3%
Government
11%
Healthcare
Providers
6%
Home
0%
Insurance
5%
Manufacturing &
Natural Resources
25%
Retail
7%
Transportation
4%
Utilities
6%
Wholesale Trade
2%
10.1%
3.3%
12.8%
6.3%
7.7%
10.0%
-1.4%
15.6%
-0.3%
10.2%
Eastern Europe
Latin America
North America
Western Europe
GreaterChina
Middle East and North
Africa
Eurasia
Mature Asia/Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Emerging Asia/Pacific
Geographic
Growth Rate
Vertical
Segmentation
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NAMED ACCOUNT NOMINATIONS
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Identifying the highest-value
accounts
• Enterprise customer accounts
• Existing pipeline
• Sales nomination
• +Top-tier intent accounts
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ACCOUNT SELECTION SETUP
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Buyer Identification Buyer Interests Customer Base
üCommon phrases
üServiceMax features
üField service terminology
üTitles
üJob functions
üIndustry roles
üIdeal profile
üFirmographic match
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Simple, Collaborative Process
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ACCOUNT SELECTION OUTPUT
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• Stack-ranked accounts
• Related products
• On-site engagement
• Off-site intent
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INITIAL CLEANUP- LEAD TO ACCOUNT MATCH
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• Tag existing leads to target
accounts
• Bulk-convert leads to contacts
for customers
• Workflow for future leads
Accounts
Associated
Contacts
Related
Leads
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INITIAL CLEANUP- FILLING OUT ACCOUNTS
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• Partner with ISR team to
prospect and build accounts
CFO CIODir Ops Dir FS Dir IT
Accounts
Associated
Contacts
Related
Leads
Dir Services
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Improve Operational Efficiency
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ROUTING STRATEGY
• Does an Account exist?
• Type of Account?
• Is there an active opportunity?
• Does it match with a target
account?
• Assign to Account /
Opportunity owner or Round
Robin based on above criteria
Business Logic Descriptors
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LEAD SCORING ADJUSTMENTS
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• Demographic/Firmographics
• Number of Field Technicians
• Number of Company Employees
• Job Functions
• Industry/SIC
• Annual Revenue
• Named Account Activity
• Engagement
• Nurture Emails
• Website
• Webinars
• Events & Tradeshows
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REAL-TIME SALES NOTIFICATIONS
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• Interesting moments created
for named accounts
• Sends to ISR and AE for all
known visits
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Optimize Funnel Conversion
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DIGITAL MARKETING FUNNEL
Interact with users at each step
of the customer journey
• Brand awareness initiatives
increase visibility and drive
new users to the site
• Nurturing efforts generate
awareness with an audience
that has initial product
awareness
• Build brand loyalty
• Closing channels are most
likely to convert and have likely
had multiple touch points with
the brand
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ACCOUNT BASED ADVERTISING
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• Programmatic Display
• Stage-Progression
• Personalized Display
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INDUSTRY-BASED SEGMENTATION
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• Pre-opportunity & stage
progression focus
• Industry specific landing
page to increase conversion
rates
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PERSONALIZED DISPLAY ADS
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• 377% improved click-thru rate over standard display
• Top 5 accounts per region
• A/B testing creative / CTA
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Based on SIC & NAICS
Anonymous/known traffic
Industry value statement
Customized content
Relevant use cases
KEY INDUSTRY PERSONALIZATION
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KEY INDUSTRY PERSONALIZATION
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• Machine-learning engine based on:
• Unique Visitors Web Behavior:
Historical traffic and user
behavior (last visit date, frequency,
bounce rate, time period, etc.)
• Company Data:
Account, industry, location, size, and
40+ firmographics
• Business Internet:
What sites/content your accounts
are consuming on other websites
ALGORITHM-BASED CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS
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Results
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HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY
+2,800
LEADS
Matched and mapped to existing
accounts in Salesforce in a single
batch action
SAVED 334-779 HOURS IN MANUAL ROUTING OF LEADS
Reps never get leads
that belong to someone
else’s account
Reduction in
manual research on
lead information
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ACCOUNT
ENGAGEMENT
Pipeline sourced from
website channel
FY17 / FY16+61%
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WEBSITE
CONVERSION
RATE
When users interact
with AI-based content
FY17 / FY16
+266%
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MARKETING-
SOURCED
PIPELINE
Last-touch attribution
FY17 / FY16
+200%
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AND…
INCREASED BOOKINGS
TARGETS!