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Today’s Agenda
• Introductions and Level-set Questions
• The Changing World of Customer Experience
Management

• Barriers to Customer Experience Management
• Case Study: Rotman School of Management, University
of Toronto

• Concluding Thoughts, Questions and Answers

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Introductions and Questions
Randy Woods
•

President, Nonlinear Creations

•

Helping organizations figure out
what to do about this thing called
the internet since 1995

•

16 years experience with datadriven online marketing tactics

•

Past 4 years, has lead Nonlinear’s
engagement with Sitecore Digital
Marketing System

•

@randywoods
Level-Set Questions
By show of hands, how many of you:
1. Have executed A|B or multivariate testing initiatives on
any platform?
2. Are responsible for the business outcomes for your
website?
3. Are making use of Marketing Automation technologies?
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A Short Introduction to the
DMS
The Shift from Ability to Outcomes

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A Shift in Power
Google Trends – “Content Marketing” and “A/B Testing”

8
Digital Pulse Summit - A Report From the Front Lines of CEM - Randy Woods, Non-Linear Creations
The Key Point
Something fundamental is shifting in the relationship
between marketer and marketee
The power has shifted to the victims recipients of
marketing activities

10

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Marketing Infrastructure and
Approach Needs to Change
• Forrester Research – “WCM for Digital Customer
Experiences”
• Gartner Group – “CRM Multichannel Campaign
Management” + “Web Content Management”
• Digital Clarity Group – “Web Content and Customer
Experience Management”
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The Palette of Tactics
Available
Customer Experience Management
Capabilities in Sitecore DMS
• Assess Visitor Engagement

• Explicit Personalization

• Visitor Profiles

• Engagement Plans

• A|B and Multivariate Testing

• Lead Scoring

• Rules-based Implicit Personalization

• Sales Enablement

Not all visitors are equal – score them differently

Put visitors in their place
Find out what works

Target content based on geography, organization…

• Persona- or Profile-based Implicit
Personalization

Target specific content to specific personas

Target content based based on data in your CRM

Automate marketing post initial contact
Rate a lead based on behaviour

Provide sales with insight

• Mobile, Social Integration…….
Sitecore DMS Capabilities
Tactics for the New World of Marketing
• Assess Visitor Engagement

• Explicit Personalization

• Visitor Profiles

• Engagement Plans

Not all visitors are equal – score them differently

Put visitors in their place

• A|B and Multivariate Testing

Target content based based on data in your CRM

Automate marketing post initial contact

• Lead Scoring

Rate a lead based on behaviour

Find out what works

• Rules-based Implicit Personalization

• Sales Enablement

• Persona- or Profile-based Implicit
Personalization

• Mobile, Social Integration…….

Target content based on geography, organization…

Target specific content to specific personas

Provide sales with insight
Time to Impact / Return on Investment
Short Time to Impact
• Rules-based implicit
personalization
• A|B testing
• Engagement plans

Higher ROI
• Profile-based implicit
personalization
• Explicit personalization
• Sales enablement
• Lead scoring
• Engagement value
Scenarios and the Value of Tactics
Short Sales Cycle
• A|B testing
• Multivariate testing
• Rules-based implicit
personalization

Considered Sales Cycle
• Engagement value
• Engagement plan
• Persona-based implicit
personalization
• Lead scoring
• Sales enablement

Repeat Purchase
• Explicit, CRM-driven
personalization
• Engagement plans
• Sales enablement
Barriers to CEM Success
The Barriers
• The sheer array of tactics available can lead to confusion
on where to start
• The ease of implementation means campaigns launch
without an understanding of what success might mean
• Analytic skills or access to resources with analytic
capabilities

• Lack of senior management understanding of the
potential – and the cost – of CEM
• Technical barriers
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Rotman Overcame these Barriers
• The Outcome:
• A 6-18 month DMS roadmap of DMS tactics ordered to deliver
value quickly while building for long term success
• 1-3 tactics implemented and running

• The Process:
•
•
•
•

Deep review of existing analytics
Stakeholder interviews to identify marketing needs and gaps
Analysis and identification of quick wins
Implementation of quick wins
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Rotman Programs – Engagement
Level
Bounce Rate

Pages per visit

Mfin

Mfin

EMBA

EMBA

EP

EP

MBA

MBA

PT MBA

PT MBA

PhD

PhD

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9
MBA Prospects – Interest over Time
Home page visitors going to fees and
expenses - MBA - by visit number
Fourth+ visit
Third time visitors

4.03%

Application deadlines from MBA
Fulltime page
Fourth+ visit

6.54%

6.94%
Third time visitors

Second time visitors

5.67%

8.65%

New Visitors

10.11%

Second time visitors
New Visitors

5.47%
4.42%

Admissions criteria from MBA
Fulltime page
Fourth+ visit
Third time visitors
Second time visitors
New Visitors

7.16%
10.53%
11.09%
13.49%

Interests and information needs vary with number of visits
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May
Initial Campaigns
A|B test for EP 1
A|B test for EP 2
Ambassador Personalization
Mid-Term Campaigns
Geo-IP personalization
Target work permit info on home page
Target international campus info on home page
Highlight International applicants link
Show Toronto-prospects part time info on home page
Visit number personalization
Home page personalization
Company-based personalization
EMBA prospect matching to company alumni
EMBA prospect matching to alumni from vertical
EP prospect matching to companies where custom training is provided
A|B Tests
EP test set A
EP test set A.1
EP test set B
EP test set B.1
Ambassador page test set A
Ambassador page test set A.1
Home page test set A
Home page test set A.1
Full Time MBA test set A
Full Time MBA test set A.1
PT MBA test set A
PT MBA test set A.1
Application Process A
Application Process A.1
EMBA test set A
EMBA test set A.1
Engagment Plans
EP engagement plan one
EP engagement plan two
EP engagement plan three
Engagement Value
Engagement Value implementation

June

July

August

September ctober NovemberDecemberJanuary
O

February March

April

May

June

July

August

September
Longer Term
Digital Pulse Summit - A Report From the Front Lines of CEM - Randy Woods, Non-Linear Creations
A|B Test One
Test A

Test B

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A|B Test 2

Test a

Test b
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Personalization by Geography

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Results
Exit rate – from student services page

Avg. time on page - seconds
13%

All Visitors

All visitors

From China

From China

-43%
0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

No before and after tracking
– best available stand in metric

0
20.0%

25.0%

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40
Geographic Personalization II

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Geographic Personalization II

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Results
Bounce Rate
45%
40%

-23%

35%
30%

Visit Duration (seconds)
350

25%

300

Pages per visit

23%

20%

4.5

15%

250

10%

200

4

14%

3.5

5%
150

0%

Pre-personalization

Post-personalization

3

100

2.5
2

50

1.5

0
Pre-personalization

Post-personalization

1
0.5
0
Pre-personalization

Post-personalization

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Digital Pulse Summit - A Report From the Front Lines of CEM - Randy Woods, Non-Linear Creations
Personalization by Visit Number (V = 1)

Can I get in
and how
much does
it cost?

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Personalization by Visit Number (V=2)

Why should
I choose
Rotman?

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Personalization by Visit Number (V=3)

What will I
learn and from
who?

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Personalization by Visit Number (V=4)

Call to Action

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Results - Bounce Rate
New Users
PrePersonalization
PostPersonalization

Second Visit

Third Visit

Fourth+ visit

49%

44%

42%

53%

51%

45%

45%

47%

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Results - Bounce Rate
New Users
PrePersonalization
PostPersonalization

Second Visit

Third Visit

Fourth+ visit

49%

44%

42%

53%

51%

45%

45%

47%

Only 4+ Visit Figure is statistically valid

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Rotman – Next Steps
• Company matching for EMBA, MFIN, Executive Training
promotions
• Targeting policy research at federal, provincial and
municipal political visitors
• Persona-based personalization based on observed visitor
behaviour

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Closing Thoughts and
Questions
More Information?
www.nonlinearcreations.com

@nonlinear_tweet
@randywoods

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Backup Slides
What are you trying to accomplish?

Reach new
buyers

Sell more to
existing
customers

Influence
media

Influence
influencers

Attract
employees

Reach
investors

44
What are you trying to accomplish?

Reach new
buyers

Sell more to
existing
customers

Influence
media

Influence
influencers

Attract
employees

Reach
investors

45
Simplify: Map the Buying Cycle
Basic
Information
Gathering

Detailed
Information
Gathering

Narrowing
Scope

Validating
Understanding

Close

Negotiating

Selecting a
Contender

46
Map the Buying Cycle
How do these software- as- aservice (Saas) products compare
to the on- premises solutions?

Our HR management system is
down again. There must be
something better out there.

Basic
Information
Gathering

Now I just need to get finance
involved. Oh, and IT to
decommission the old system.

Wow. That took longer than
expected. I’m glad we’re finally live

Can these three SaaS HR solutions
meet our needs? What do they
cost? How stable are they?

Detailed
Information
Gathering

Narrowing
Scope

Validating
Understanding

Close

Negotiating

Selecting a
Contender

The pricing the sales person gave
me seems okay. And the special
only runs until end of quarter

What do the analysts think of
HRX-online? What do current
users think?

47
Where Are We Weakest?
Basic Information Gathering

Close

Detailed Information Gathering

Negotiating

Selecting a Contender

Narrowing Scope

Validating Understanding

48
Our Recommendation
1. Ignore most of the buyers journey
2. Focus your initial efforts where:
1. You are weakest; or
2. You can have the fastest impact; or
3. You can have the biggest impact

3. Don’t do anything if you can’t measure the effectiveness
of your campaign
49

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Identifying tactics: a restaurant
Accurate information in Google
maps |
Localized SEO

Menu available in mobile format |
youtube video – interview with
chef

Develop a mobile site

Basic
Information
Gathering

Detailed
Information
Gathering

Narrowing
Scope

Validating
Understanding

Close

Negotiating

Selecting a
Contender

Social media mentions

Review sites –
Tripadvisor, Urbanspoon
50
Identifying tactics: B2B Software
Personalization of web site content
based on keyword searched

Whitepapers | SEO | Blog content

Basic
Information
Gathering

Call to action based on technical or
business buyer

Detailed
Information
Gathering

Narrowing
Scope

Validating
Understanding

Close

Negotiating

Selecting a
Contender

Email inviting prospect to
download an analyst report
Sales makes qualifying call
51
The “Buying” Cycle:
The Implicit > Explicit Transition

Basic
Information
Gathering

Detailed
Information
Gathering

Narrowing
Scope

Validating
Understanding

Close

Negotiating

Selecting a
Contender

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Short Case Study

53
NLC Online Objectives

Reach new
buyers

Sell more to
existing
customers

Influence
media

Influence
influencers

Attract
employees

Reach
investors

54
Where Are We Weakest?
Basic Information Gathering

Close

Detailed Information Gathering

Negotiating

Selecting a Contender

Narrowing Scope

Validating Understanding

55
Very Broad Lead Generation

56
Downloads!

57
The Engagement Plan

58
The Engagement Plan

59
The Results
The Results

61
The Results

It doesn’t always work…..

62

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Digital Pulse Summit - A Report From the Front Lines of CEM - Randy Woods, Non-Linear Creations

  • 1. Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 2. Today’s Agenda • Introductions and Level-set Questions • The Changing World of Customer Experience Management • Barriers to Customer Experience Management • Case Study: Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto • Concluding Thoughts, Questions and Answers Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 4. Randy Woods • President, Nonlinear Creations • Helping organizations figure out what to do about this thing called the internet since 1995 • 16 years experience with datadriven online marketing tactics • Past 4 years, has lead Nonlinear’s engagement with Sitecore Digital Marketing System • @randywoods
  • 5. Level-Set Questions By show of hands, how many of you: 1. Have executed A|B or multivariate testing initiatives on any platform? 2. Are responsible for the business outcomes for your website? 3. Are making use of Marketing Automation technologies? Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 6. A Short Introduction to the DMS
  • 7. The Shift from Ability to Outcomes Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 8. A Shift in Power Google Trends – “Content Marketing” and “A/B Testing” 8
  • 10. The Key Point Something fundamental is shifting in the relationship between marketer and marketee The power has shifted to the victims recipients of marketing activities 10 Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 11. Marketing Infrastructure and Approach Needs to Change • Forrester Research – “WCM for Digital Customer Experiences” • Gartner Group – “CRM Multichannel Campaign Management” + “Web Content Management” • Digital Clarity Group – “Web Content and Customer Experience Management” Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 12. The Palette of Tactics Available
  • 13. Customer Experience Management Capabilities in Sitecore DMS • Assess Visitor Engagement • Explicit Personalization • Visitor Profiles • Engagement Plans • A|B and Multivariate Testing • Lead Scoring • Rules-based Implicit Personalization • Sales Enablement Not all visitors are equal – score them differently Put visitors in their place Find out what works Target content based on geography, organization… • Persona- or Profile-based Implicit Personalization Target specific content to specific personas Target content based based on data in your CRM Automate marketing post initial contact Rate a lead based on behaviour Provide sales with insight • Mobile, Social Integration…….
  • 14. Sitecore DMS Capabilities Tactics for the New World of Marketing • Assess Visitor Engagement • Explicit Personalization • Visitor Profiles • Engagement Plans Not all visitors are equal – score them differently Put visitors in their place • A|B and Multivariate Testing Target content based based on data in your CRM Automate marketing post initial contact • Lead Scoring Rate a lead based on behaviour Find out what works • Rules-based Implicit Personalization • Sales Enablement • Persona- or Profile-based Implicit Personalization • Mobile, Social Integration……. Target content based on geography, organization… Target specific content to specific personas Provide sales with insight
  • 15. Time to Impact / Return on Investment Short Time to Impact • Rules-based implicit personalization • A|B testing • Engagement plans Higher ROI • Profile-based implicit personalization • Explicit personalization • Sales enablement • Lead scoring • Engagement value
  • 16. Scenarios and the Value of Tactics Short Sales Cycle • A|B testing • Multivariate testing • Rules-based implicit personalization Considered Sales Cycle • Engagement value • Engagement plan • Persona-based implicit personalization • Lead scoring • Sales enablement Repeat Purchase • Explicit, CRM-driven personalization • Engagement plans • Sales enablement
  • 17. Barriers to CEM Success
  • 18. The Barriers • The sheer array of tactics available can lead to confusion on where to start • The ease of implementation means campaigns launch without an understanding of what success might mean • Analytic skills or access to resources with analytic capabilities • Lack of senior management understanding of the potential – and the cost – of CEM • Technical barriers Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 19. Rotman Overcame these Barriers • The Outcome: • A 6-18 month DMS roadmap of DMS tactics ordered to deliver value quickly while building for long term success • 1-3 tactics implemented and running • The Process: • • • • Deep review of existing analytics Stakeholder interviews to identify marketing needs and gaps Analysis and identification of quick wins Implementation of quick wins Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 20. Rotman Programs – Engagement Level Bounce Rate Pages per visit Mfin Mfin EMBA EMBA EP EP MBA MBA PT MBA PT MBA PhD PhD 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
  • 21. MBA Prospects – Interest over Time Home page visitors going to fees and expenses - MBA - by visit number Fourth+ visit Third time visitors 4.03% Application deadlines from MBA Fulltime page Fourth+ visit 6.54% 6.94% Third time visitors Second time visitors 5.67% 8.65% New Visitors 10.11% Second time visitors New Visitors 5.47% 4.42% Admissions criteria from MBA Fulltime page Fourth+ visit Third time visitors Second time visitors New Visitors 7.16% 10.53% 11.09% 13.49% Interests and information needs vary with number of visits Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 22. May Initial Campaigns A|B test for EP 1 A|B test for EP 2 Ambassador Personalization Mid-Term Campaigns Geo-IP personalization Target work permit info on home page Target international campus info on home page Highlight International applicants link Show Toronto-prospects part time info on home page Visit number personalization Home page personalization Company-based personalization EMBA prospect matching to company alumni EMBA prospect matching to alumni from vertical EP prospect matching to companies where custom training is provided A|B Tests EP test set A EP test set A.1 EP test set B EP test set B.1 Ambassador page test set A Ambassador page test set A.1 Home page test set A Home page test set A.1 Full Time MBA test set A Full Time MBA test set A.1 PT MBA test set A PT MBA test set A.1 Application Process A Application Process A.1 EMBA test set A EMBA test set A.1 Engagment Plans EP engagement plan one EP engagement plan two EP engagement plan three Engagement Value Engagement Value implementation June July August September ctober NovemberDecemberJanuary O February March April May June July August September
  • 25. A|B Test One Test A Test B Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 26. A|B Test 2 Test a Test b Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 27. Personalization by Geography Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 28. Results Exit rate – from student services page Avg. time on page - seconds 13% All Visitors All visitors From China From China -43% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% No before and after tracking – best available stand in metric 0 20.0% 25.0% 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
  • 29. Geographic Personalization II Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 30. Geographic Personalization II Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 31. Results Bounce Rate 45% 40% -23% 35% 30% Visit Duration (seconds) 350 25% 300 Pages per visit 23% 20% 4.5 15% 250 10% 200 4 14% 3.5 5% 150 0% Pre-personalization Post-personalization 3 100 2.5 2 50 1.5 0 Pre-personalization Post-personalization 1 0.5 0 Pre-personalization Post-personalization Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 34. Personalization by Visit Number (V = 1) Can I get in and how much does it cost? Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 35. Personalization by Visit Number (V=2) Why should I choose Rotman? Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 36. Personalization by Visit Number (V=3) What will I learn and from who? Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 37. Personalization by Visit Number (V=4) Call to Action Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 38. Results - Bounce Rate New Users PrePersonalization PostPersonalization Second Visit Third Visit Fourth+ visit 49% 44% 42% 53% 51% 45% 45% 47% Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 39. Results - Bounce Rate New Users PrePersonalization PostPersonalization Second Visit Third Visit Fourth+ visit 49% 44% 42% 53% 51% 45% 45% 47% Only 4+ Visit Figure is statistically valid Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 40. Rotman – Next Steps • Company matching for EMBA, MFIN, Executive Training promotions • Targeting policy research at federal, provincial and municipal political visitors • Persona-based personalization based on observed visitor behaviour Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 42. More Information? www.nonlinearcreations.com @nonlinear_tweet @randywoods Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 44. What are you trying to accomplish? Reach new buyers Sell more to existing customers Influence media Influence influencers Attract employees Reach investors 44
  • 45. What are you trying to accomplish? Reach new buyers Sell more to existing customers Influence media Influence influencers Attract employees Reach investors 45
  • 46. Simplify: Map the Buying Cycle Basic Information Gathering Detailed Information Gathering Narrowing Scope Validating Understanding Close Negotiating Selecting a Contender 46
  • 47. Map the Buying Cycle How do these software- as- aservice (Saas) products compare to the on- premises solutions? Our HR management system is down again. There must be something better out there. Basic Information Gathering Now I just need to get finance involved. Oh, and IT to decommission the old system. Wow. That took longer than expected. I’m glad we’re finally live Can these three SaaS HR solutions meet our needs? What do they cost? How stable are they? Detailed Information Gathering Narrowing Scope Validating Understanding Close Negotiating Selecting a Contender The pricing the sales person gave me seems okay. And the special only runs until end of quarter What do the analysts think of HRX-online? What do current users think? 47
  • 48. Where Are We Weakest? Basic Information Gathering Close Detailed Information Gathering Negotiating Selecting a Contender Narrowing Scope Validating Understanding 48
  • 49. Our Recommendation 1. Ignore most of the buyers journey 2. Focus your initial efforts where: 1. You are weakest; or 2. You can have the fastest impact; or 3. You can have the biggest impact 3. Don’t do anything if you can’t measure the effectiveness of your campaign 49 Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 50. Identifying tactics: a restaurant Accurate information in Google maps | Localized SEO Menu available in mobile format | youtube video – interview with chef Develop a mobile site Basic Information Gathering Detailed Information Gathering Narrowing Scope Validating Understanding Close Negotiating Selecting a Contender Social media mentions Review sites – Tripadvisor, Urbanspoon 50
  • 51. Identifying tactics: B2B Software Personalization of web site content based on keyword searched Whitepapers | SEO | Blog content Basic Information Gathering Call to action based on technical or business buyer Detailed Information Gathering Narrowing Scope Validating Understanding Close Negotiating Selecting a Contender Email inviting prospect to download an analyst report Sales makes qualifying call 51
  • 52. The “Buying” Cycle: The Implicit > Explicit Transition Basic Information Gathering Detailed Information Gathering Narrowing Scope Validating Understanding Close Negotiating Selecting a Contender Toronto | Ottawa | New York | Charlotte | San Jose | São Paulo | Calgary
  • 54. NLC Online Objectives Reach new buyers Sell more to existing customers Influence media Influence influencers Attract employees Reach investors 54
  • 55. Where Are We Weakest? Basic Information Gathering Close Detailed Information Gathering Negotiating Selecting a Contender Narrowing Scope Validating Understanding 55
  • 56. Very Broad Lead Generation 56
  • 62. The Results It doesn’t always work….. 62

Editor's Notes

  • #11: Part of the answer to the question “why now”