Extracting Maximum Value out of Marketing Automation
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Marketing and Technology Solutions
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A Success Plan for Extracting Maximum
Value out of Marketing Automation
A Webinar
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1. The Challenge withMarketing Automation technologies
2. Our Approach
3. Key Components ina Success Plan
Agenda
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85 The percentage of b-to-b marketers that describe themselves as
“self-taught” professionals.
81 The percentage of b-to-b organizations that spend $1,000 or less
per year on marketing skills development.
25 The percentage of organizations that have purchased marketing
automation that are utilizing it to the fullest.
7x The gap in waterfall performance (inquiry-to-close ratio) between
average and best-in-class organizations.
B2B marketing – a reality check
Only 25% of organizations are fully realizing the potential of their
Marketing Automation Platform – Sirius Decisions
- Sirius Decisions
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The Reward of Higher Revenue
Best-in-Class Organizations deliver a 79% improved company
wide revenue growth
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It’s a Journey!
To build a fully optimized and automated marketing machine
that drives revenue you need a roadmap
Random Acts of Marketing
Disconnected Processes and Tactics
Low visibility into effectiveness
Where you are today
Where you want to be
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Job#1 – Blueprint and Framework
Current State:
Understand & document Current State
How do your customers decide to buy today?
How are sales leads generated today?
What does a good lead look like to sales?
What is marketing's role in this process?
How are leads qualified for inside/field sales?
What happens to dormant/inactive leads?
Future State: Design an Achievable & Measurable Future State
Where do you want to be in 1,2,3 years?
Buyer Needs, Organization, Processes, Metrics, Technology
Getting There:
Steps & Milestones along the way with measurable progress
Creating the Roadmap
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Our Approach
Create a strong foundation for lead management based on a
deep understanding of business needs
ActivitiesDeliverables
• Project Vision
• Requirements
• Business
process
design
• Install and
integrate
systems
• Documentation
• Campaigns
• Campaigns
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Typical Roadmap
Q1 Q2 Q3
Strategy and Planning
Plan and Design Demand Gen Framework
Campaigns
Launch
Lead Forward/Revenue Back Database Analysis
CM (Customer) Campaign Planning
Vertical-specific (Acquisition) Campaign Planning
Install and Integrate
Launch Campaigns
Evaluate and Optimize
Plan and Design Reporting/Analysis Framework
Ongoing Refinement
Lead Management
Marketing Measurement
Campaign Management
Initial Planning and Installation
Install and Configure Marketing Automation
• Data Model
• Email Templates
• Form and Landing Pages
• Lead Scoring V1.0
• Web Form Integration
• CRM Integration
Vertical-specific (Acquisition) Campaign
CM Campaign
Real-time Sales Alerts
Sales Lead Queues
Scoring and Routing
Closed-loop Reporting
Lead Scoring Review and Adjustment
Evaluate Sales Impact and Adoption
Add new campaigns
Process Adjustment
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1. Who is the Customer?
2. What does the Buying Process look like?
3. Content Strategy
4. Lead Management Architecture
5. Where does Marketing Automation Fit? (Integration)
6. Campaign Planning
7. Track, Measure and Optimize
Key Components of the Framework
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1. A Lead Forward, Revenue back analysis will not only
provide insights into a lead management process but will
also tell you who your ideal customer is
2. Criteria:
Technical Buyer, Economic Buyer, User Buyer, Coach
Job Role/Function
Industry
Motivations
Pain Points
Who is Your Customer?
Define your Ideal Customer Profile
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Understand the Buying Process
By identifying who our customers are and how they buy will
help us segment and map out the way we engage with them
$$Prospect
Qualified
Lead
Sales
Accepted
Lead (SAL)
Suspect
Sales
Qualified
Opportunity
(SQO)
Evaluate PurchaseLearn JustifyInterest
Customer’s
Buying
Process
Sales &
Marketing
Process
Marketing
validates
quality of
interest
Marketing
nurtures to
sales ready
Sales
validates and
accepts
ownership
Sales
validates
BANT criteria
Sales closes
revenue
opportunity
COLD WARM HOT
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Develop a Content Strategy
Content…with a purpose: Assemble and categorize content by
objective
Attract Qualify Nurture
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Lead Management Architecture
Create an Automated Lead Management System that nurtures
and moves prospects through the buying cycle to close
Lead
Creation
Thank
You
Follow-up
Pre-
Qual
Score
Sales
(Qual)
Nurture
I
Nurture
II
Nurture
III
Nurture
IV
LOSS
ND
YES
NO NO
CONTACT
ME
CONTACT
ME
CONTACT
ME
CONTACT
ME
Close
CONTACT
ME
CONTACT
ME
Whitepapers
Facebook/PPC/DM/Telesales/Banners to site
General website
Outbound Programs
Online Events
Tradeshows
Intro I
CONTACT
ME
Other sources
( D&B List Buy, Association Lists, Partner Channels)
SFDC MAP
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Lead Management Architecture
Continue to communicate to Customers with relevant,
personalized and timely communications
Data
Standardize
+ Segment Email?
Other
Channels
Drive to
Web
CM
Nurture
I
CM
Nurture
II
NO
Yes
Customer
Referral
SFDC MAPData
Feed
Data
Sign Up
CM
Nurture
III
• Communicate changes in program / product terms &
conditions via targeted email
• Execute servicing & marketing client level
communications via email
• Advocacy and Referral Campaigns
• Email Opt-in/Preference Center
• Bill Paper-off Campaigns
• Delinquency alerts
WEB
• Benefits:
• Reduce costs across all communications;
improved ROI
• Improve customer experience through
relevancy of communications to clients
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Create a Calendar of Activities
Volume and Velocity of activity is critical as multiple interactions
result in better scoring and identifies highly engaged prospects
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400
100
50
17
Looking at the Numbers
Lead Management by the numbers: Without Pre-qualification
Sales Stage Volumes Required Conversion Rate
Prospects
Qualified Leads
Sales Accepted Leads
Sales Opps
Closed Won
2%
25%
50%
35%
$1.7 Million in revenue
Assumption: $100K Value of Closed Business
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20000
1000
250
125
44
Looking at the Numbers
Lead Management by the numbers: Focus on pre-qualifying at
the top
Sales Stage Volumes Required Conversion Rate
Prospects
Qualified Leads
Sales Accepted Leads
Sales Opps
Closed Won
5%
25%
50%
35%
$4 Million in revenue
Assumption: $100K Value of Closed Business
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20000
1000
650
325
114
Looking at the Numbers
Lead Management by the numbers: Common definitions of
Qualification Criteria between Marketing and Sales
Sales Stage Volumes Required Conversion Rate
Prospects
Qualified Leads
Sales Accepted Leads
Sales Opps
Closed Won
5%
65%
50%
35%
$11 Million in revenue
Assumption: $100K Value of Closed Business
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Finally… but most important
Empower your sales team
Courtesy: Eloqua Discover for Salesforce
But the benefits of doing it right are enormous. Engaging your customer with personalized messaging and timely communications generates a 2 to 3 times
For best in class organizations, average performance in terms of revenue was 59%.
If you look at the industry average, the average performance increase was just 9%
So the question then is how do you there?