MARKETO’S SECRET SAUCE: SMARTER MARKETING FOR
BETTER RESULTS
Jon Miller
VP, Product Marketing & Co-Founder
Marketo
@jonmiller #SugarCon
INFORMATION SCARCITY
WE USED TO LIVE IN A WORLD OF
ABUNDANCEINFORMATION
Source: The Corporate Executive Board Company, “The Digital Evolution in B2B Marketing,” 2012.
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Exposed to us via content, brand, or word of mouth
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Feels a relationship and trust with us
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Names are just names.
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Meaningful interaction with us
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Qualified potential customer Nurture until sales ready
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Marketing qualified lead (score > 100) – Sales Development Rep (SDR) reach-out
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Qualified as sales-ready by Sales Development Rep (SDR)
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Accepted and actively worked by sales:marketing quota attainment
Top of the Funnel
Blog, e-books, research data, funny videos, curated lists, infographics, webinars
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Thought leadership and enjoyable content to build brand, awareness, and desire
Tools that help buyers find you when they are looking for solutions
Company-specific information to help evaluate and reaffirm selection
Buying guides, RFP templates, ROI calculators, definitive guides, analyst reports
Pricing, demos, services information, 3rd party reviews, customer case studies
Gated?Early Stage
Middle Stage
Late Stage
Source: Marketo data, Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics. Does not include all sources.
Source: Marketo data, Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics. Does not include all sources.
Source: Marketo data, Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics. Does not include all sources.
Inbound creates the best leads by far: high conversion, high velocity
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Customized messaging for visitors who use other marketing automation
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For visitors in B2C industries
Source: Marketo data, Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics. Does not include all sources.
But we also use a Portfolio of programs
JUNEDATE:
Source: Marketo data, Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics. Does not include all sources.
Sponsored Email builds the database, but low conversion
Source: Marketo data, Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics. Does not include all sources.
Webinar, tradeshow, PPC, and virtual tradeshow are top paid TOFU
Source: Marketo data, Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics. Does not include all sources.
Paid Social & Display Ad drive brand and amplify inbound as well
Middle of the Funnel
Sales doesn’t want
names – they want
“Win Ready” leads
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Sales Ready
Source: RainToday
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Need More Nurturing
Disqualified
Source: Marketo data, Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics. Does not include all sources.
Average days to Opportunity: 327 days
Lead Nurturing: Building relationships with
qualified prospects regardless of their timing to buy
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Relevance
Get the “Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing”marketo.com/DG2LN
More Targeted Emails are More Relevant
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Source: 100s of Marketo campaigns
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Stages
1. BUYING STAGES• Early: Be a Better Marketer• Mid: Why Marketing Automation• Late: Why Marketo• Customer: Success
2. BUYING PROFILES• Marketing• Sales• Exec
Industry, Geography, Company Size, Customer
vs. Prospect, etc.
The Key to Relevance is Behavioral Targeting
Top Tactics to Increase Email Engagement
Example: Topic of Interest Triggers
• Attends event• Downloads content• Click email• Fills out form• Score is changed
Social
Content
Technology
Standard Nurture Triggered Interests Lift
Open % 21.7% Open % 34.0% 57%
Click to Open % 23.4% Click to Open % 37.1% 59%
Click % 5.1% Click % 12.6% 147%
Scoring and Lead Management
Lead Scoring Defined“Shared sales and marketing methodology for ranking leads in order to
determine their sales readiness”
Nurture Nurture DisqualifyPass to Sales
Pass to Sales
Fit Interest Buying Stage
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Demographic “Fit” Score
Positive Demographic Score• e.g., Marketing Manager title, known CRM customer,
known competitive solution customer
Negative Demographic Score• e.g., Generic email address, illegitimate phone number,
non-existent company (unemployed, self, looking)
Data Augmentation, Not Forms
Form Completion for Data Augmentation
Hidden Fields
• Early stage content +3• Attend webinar: +5• Visit any webpage /
blog : +1• Visit careers pages: -10• Decay inactivity:
-1, -5, -10
Latent Behaviors (Engagement)
• Pricing pages: +10 • Watch demos:
• +5 overview • +10 detailed
• Mid-stage content +8• Late-stage content +12• Searches for branded
keyword “Marketo” +8
Active Behaviors(Buying Intent)
Get The “Definitive Guide to Lead Scoring”http://marketo.com/DG2LS
One Way to Identify Marketing Qualified Leads
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Fit
Behaviors
No Lead Left Behind: Service Level Agreements
Revenue Analytics
Accurately Tracking “Investment” vs Budget
Why Measuring Return is Hard
• Multiple touches. Seven touches needed to convert a cold lead into a sale
• Multiple influencers. Typical buying committee has 5-21 people
Track All Touches Across People
Screenshot: Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics
Track All Touches Across People
Screenshot: Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics
Example: Multi-Touch Attribution
A deal worth $100,000 recently closed. Three people were involved in the deal: • Person A attended Seminar A and Trade Show B• Person B attended Trade Show B• Person C was sent Direct Mail C
$100,000 Revenue
$25,000 $25,000 $25,000 $25,000
Seminar A$25,000
Tradeshow B$50,000
Direct Mail C$25,000
Source: Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics, Apr 2014* Percentage of all programs in channel that achieve MT Ratio > 5
Source: Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics, Apr 2014* Percentage of all programs in channel that achieve MT Ratio > 5
Inbound + Nurture = 58% of (MT) PipelinePaid Programs = 42% of (MT) Pipeline
Source: Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics, Apr 2014* Percentage of all programs in channel that achieve MT Ratio > 5
(MT) Ratio = Pipeline / Investment
>10 is Great and <5 is FailSponsored Email = 12.8, Tradeshow = 10.6, PPC = 13.0, Webinars = 25.4, Field Events =
6.6, Content Syndication 7.7
Source: Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics, Apr 2014* Percentage of all programs in channel that achieve MT Ratio > 5
% Programs with MT Ratio > 5e.g. Tradeshow has good average but 49%
programs “fail”
Revenue Cycle Modeler
Screenshot: Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics
Filter/Drill into data, e.g. by Program Type, Business Unit, Geography, etc.
Key topic areas:• Balance (Reach)• Flow• Conversion• Velocity Trends over time
Screenshot: Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics
Use Metrics to Set & Justify Budgets
New Targets
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InventoryOf ActiveTargets
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New MQLsScore>100
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Inventory of Active MQLs
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New Opps*
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*Opps is bigger than SQLs because includes outbound and partner referrals
SDR capacity driven
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Marketing Forecasts
Get The “Definitive Guide to Marketing Metrics & ROI”
http://marketo.com/DG2MM
Tweetable Takeaways
1. The way buyers buy has changed forever – the way we market and sell must change as well
2. Define the stages of the buying cycle, in alignment with sales
3. Map content and marketing to the buyer’s journey: early, mid, late stage
4. Most leads are not “sales ready” – nurture relationships over time, use online body language to score leads
5. Use analytics to turn marketing from a cost center into a revenue driver
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