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Buying has changed forever
• The B2B buying process has fundamentally changed.
• Prospects are spending more time on the web doing independent research, obtaining information from their peers and other third parties.
• Engaging early-stage leads is premature, prospective buyers only want to meet in the last third of the buying process.
• Nurturing leads allow brand to build trust and authority
Buying Stages
Awareness:Identifies a business need
Consideration:Determine possible solutions
Research:Evaluate different
solutions
Purchase:Select a solution
& negotiate purchase
Buying has changed
Information Scarcity1960’s - recent
Information AbundanceToday
Media
Sales Team
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Consideration
Research
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Marketing & Sales Collaboration
• 3 key areas for Marketing and Sales alignment:
– The definition of a sales-ready lead derived from co-defined lead scoring values
– The appropriate type of customer communication, associated cues and optimal timings
– The lead profile and history that is most interesting and valuable to sales, especially for recycled leads
Lead Nurturing – What is it?
• Most leads that are generated are not yet ready to buy or engage with sales reps
• Lead nurturing is the process of developing relationships with qualified prospects regardless of their timing to buy, with goal of earning their business when they are ready.
– Customer willingness to buy = Your willingness to sell to them
Lead Scoring
• We need to agree a common scoring strategy that acknowledges the importance of all leads
– We need assign values to the attributes of potential leads not exclusions
• There are two types of scoring we can apply to leads:
– Explicit Lead Scoring: Based on information the prospect tells you or otherwise directly identifiable information.
– Implicit Lead Scoring: Based on information that you have observed about the prospect, such as their online behaviour
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Revenue CycleStage Description Example
All names Names are just names – they are not leads
Bought lists
Engagement Meaningful interaction with us
View key web content, subscription, RSS
Prospects & Recycled
Qualified, engaged potential buyers
Demographic, Firmographics, Lead source, BANT, behavioural attributes
Nurturing Do we have permission to nurture relationship
Lead processing, Stay in touch, Accelerator, Lead Life Cycle Campaigns
Lead Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) - Showing buying signs or significant engagement
Lead scoring (e.g. Data profiling, response to emails, “high value” web pages, colleagues)
Sales Lead Sales Authorised Lead (SAL) - Qualified as sales-ready by human
Lead Hand-off, lead status qualified by Sales Team and either feedback for recycling or taken to Sales.
Opportunity Sales Qualified Lead (SQL) Accepted & actively worked by sales
Lead Hand-off, Sales engagement, Timely engagement SLA, Lead Recycled if required
Customer Sales closed – time to work on up/cross-sell etc.
New Customer campaigns, product & service education, cross/up-sell opportunities
Lead Nurturing Campaigns
• Incoming Lead Processing Campaigns
• Stay in Touch Campaigns
Incoming Lead Processing Campaign
Lead Scoring
• Define the profile of a ideal customer and lead scoring methodology. For example:
– Demographic attributes (company size, role, industry)
– Lead source & offer
– Budget, Authority, Need & Timeline (BANT)
– Completeness of data profile
– Behavioural Attributes (number of responses, overall engagement, etc.)
• Lead scoring enables you to qualify and categorise leads to help determine if the are sales-ready or not
Automated Marketing
• Automated Marketing technology can be configured to score leads. For example:
– Does the prospect visit your site?
– What search terms did the prospect use to find more information about you?
– Have other prospects come from the same company visited your website?
– How has the prospect responded to your email campaign or offers?
– What interactions has the your sales team had with the prospects and when?
Explicit Scores
Implicit Behavioural Scores (1 of 2)
Implicit Behavioural Scores (2 of 2)
Lead scoring framework
ExplicitWhat the prospect tells you
InferredWhat you observe or infer
FitAre you interested in them?
- Demographics- Firmographics- BANT
- Data Quality- Corporate vs personal email- Data.com data
InterestAre they interested in you?
- BANT -Latent Behaviour (Engagement)- Active behaviours (Sales readiness)
Establishing Permission for Nurturing
Pros Cons
CAN-SPAM Only
- Minimal effort- Lead source and offer-“Legal” in the eye’s of government regulators (USA Law)- Grows database quickly
-Risks poor deliverability score and bad reputation- despite database growth, relationship quality will not improve
Single Opt-in Approach
-Demonstrates pro-active concern for permission- Prospects might remember that they opted-in-Increase deliverability and sender reputation scores
- Still assumes that just because prospects requested information once, they want to hear from you again
Double Opt-in Approach
-Demonstrates the most concern for privacy and relevancy- Subscribers truly want to hear from you- Increases deliverability rates and send reputation score
- Adds another layer of complexity and communications with potential subscribers- Risks losing subscribers in the confirmation process
Determine Preferences
• How often would you like to receive communications from us?
• Which types of communications would you like to receive? (e.g. Email, direct mail, text messages, etc)
• What are your primary interests? (offer multiple check boxes that apply to your products or services offerings)
Staying in Touch Campaign
• Buyer Roles
• Buyer Stages
• Content
• Timing
Buyer Roles
• Identify the clients “Buying Committee” – the people who will be involved in the purchase decision
– Champion: a user with purchasing authority
– Influencer: a person without purchase authority but with significant input (e.g. Consultant, middle manager or user)
– C-Suite: a member of the executive staff
• Layer additional content as required (e.g company information, what content they consume)
• Produce content for each role
Buying Stages
• Awareness: Identify a business need
• Consideration: Determine possible solutions
• Research: Evaluate different solutions
• Purchase: Select a solution and negotiate purchase
Content
• Buyer Role: Prospects find content targeted to their role or industry much more valuable than generic content.
– 82% of prospects say content targeted to their specific industry is more valuable
– 67% say content targeted to their job function is more valuable
– 49% say the same for content targeted to their company size
– 29% prefer content targeted to their geography
» SOURCE: Marketing Sherpa
Content
• Buyer Stage: The content someone would find relevant changes as they move through the buying process.
– Educational pieces work well during the early awareness stages. With these pieces, you are simply educating and sharing best pratice
– Industry-oriented pieces work well just as prospects start looking for a solution. Examples can be industry overviews, analyst reports, buyers guides.
– Solution oriented and company-focused materials are appropriate for prospects engaged in an active buying cycle.
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• Brand awareness 78%
• Customer retention/Loyalty 69%
• Lead Generation 63%
• Website Traffic 55%
• Thought Leadership 52%
• Sales 51%
• Lead Nurturing 37%
» Source: MarketingProfs
Biggest Content Marketing Challenge
• Producing Engaging Content 36%
• Producing Enough Content 21%
• Budget to Produce Content 20%
• Lack of C-Level Buy-in 11%
• Producing a variety of Content 9%
• No Answer 3%
» Source: MarketingProfs