Ann Stanley delivers a comprehensive overview of marketing automation; providing useful instruction on how to use marketing automation software to its full potential, the different types of suppliers/software and the costings plus a brief overview of the broad range of features which are available. And there are a lot.
The Marketing Automation Club presents a fantastic opportunity for businesses across the UK. For non-members you can get the software for as little as £200 and for existing members you can get exclusive discounts and on-going training to make sure the software has been set up correctly and you get the most from it. Plus, you can try it for a month before you commit to a contract. Visit www.anicca.co.uk/marketing-automation-clob.htm for more details
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What is Marketing Automation?
• A software platform used for automation and integration of marketing tasks
• Mainly used for lead generation and nurturing by B2B companies,
particularly where there is a long buying cycle
Source: http://themarketingnetwork.com.au/services/strategy/marketing-automation
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How the buying cycle has changed
Marketing needs to spend more time interacting with anonymous
visitors and nurturing leads, before sales become involved!
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Choosing a supplier
• Your business objectives
• Third party reviews
• Feature lists
• Deal breaking criteria e.g. integration with existing CRM
• Price per user/month
• Scaleability
• Demos
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How much does it cost?
<£500/month:
• InfusionSoft
• Act-on
• Constant Contact Toolkit
£500-£1000/month
• Salesfusion
• Hubspot (lite versions)
£1000+
• Marketo
• Pardot
• eTrigue
• Eloqua
Alternative pricing info at :
http://blog.capterra.com/2014-
marketing-automation-software-
pricing-guide/
Source: Third Door Media
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Our selection criteria
Deal breakers
• Price for Anicca and clients had to be less than £250/month per
company
• Integrated CRM and contact management
• CRM connectors – e.g. integration with Salesforce
• AdWords integration
• Clients have full access to system
• Unlimited users per client
• >5000 contacts per company
• >5000 emails per month per user
• Blog hosted on our/clients site not through MAS
Nice to have
• API to connect with other software
• UK office
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How does an anonymous visitor become a
“known” contact or lead?
• Completed a form on your website
• Visited a page on your website after receiving an email
• Click a link from an email you have sent out
• Click a link from a social media post you have created
• Note: Not all software uses the same methods
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Initial set-up of MAS
All packages
• Customise account settings e.g. for location
• Tag website with relevant tracking code
• Set-up staff users and profiles
• Use API Connectors to link to other software eg CRM, AdWords,
WordPress
• Upload your logos and branding
• Create website forms
• Import lists (via CSV), map field names, add unsubscribes
Some packages
• Create Opportunity stages (for the sales process)
• Set up campaigns (where did you hear about us?)
• Use Social Connectors eg Twitter, LinkedIn (if applicable)
• Set-up competitors’ websites and social profiles
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Coming soon
• Social publishing and other social features
• UK currency and addresses
• Gmail integration (possible through Zapier integration
tool)
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Other features not covered today
• Landing page tests – link with Unbounce
• Events and webinars – link with GotoMeeting or
WebEx
• Integration with other CRM systems such as
Salesforce
• Shopping cart integration – using different
tracking code to link sales with contacts
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MAS boot camp - training and set-up
Monday - Software set-up, tracking and customisation
• Overview of tracking and Analytics functionality
• Set-up of tracking on your website (including the use of Google tag manager)
• Creation of custom fields relating to contacts and forms
• Creation of contact forms for your website
• Other customisation (lead scores, ''how did you hear about us'' etc.)
• Practical session to set-up tracking code, customised fields, create a contact
form and other customisation
Tuesday - Contact management and CRM
• How to import contacts and an overview of contact management
• Uploading contacts from a CSV and mapping standard and custom lead fields
• Creating lists and filters
• Using the in-built CRM and contact management functionality
• Understanding who has been to your site (anonymous vs. known users)
• Practical session to import your contacts database from a pre-prepared CSV file,
create lists and familiarise yourself with the contacts manager module
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MAS boot camp - training and set-up
Wednesday - Email broadcasting
• Use of email templates and creation of emails
• Sending and scheduling of emails
• Understanding the reporting
• Practical session to create and send emails using the platform
Thursday - Opportunities and task management
• What are Opportunities and how can you use them for tracking potential
enquiries/projects for a product or service
• Customising Opportunity stages and custom fields
• Creating an Opportunity
• Using the Pipeline functionality
• Using the Opportunities Won functionality
• Introduction to client management, tasks and calendar integration
• Practical session to set-up Opportunities
Friday - Advanced features and integration 3rd party software
• Introduction to advanced features
• Work flows for drip and automated tasks or campaigns
• Integration with AdWords
• Integration with other CRM systems
• Practical session to work with our team on any other aspects of the software
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MAS boot camp dates and details
• Leicester (Anicca's office on King Street) –
• £750 for clients, £1,000 for non-clients
• 4th August
• 27th October
• London (venue TBC) – £1,250 for client, £1,500 for non-clients*
• 20th October
• Followed by 1 months free trial of the software
*Note that due to increased venue and running costs, an
additional fee will apply for the London course.
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Club Membership
• Non-member use of the software - £250/month
• Full membership - £200/month for boot camp attendees
and previous Anicca clients (with or without attending the
boot camp)
• Current Client discount - £150/month for existing clients
(with a current management fee of less than £1000/month)
• Current Client premium discount - £100/month for existing
clients (with a current management fee of more than
£1000/month)