...the Good, The Bad and the Pretty Cool
1:49pm - Maneeza Aminy of Marvel Marketers up next!
2:01 - Marketing Automation is the unheard Giant
2011-2014 Massive explosion
2014-2016 Massive consolidation
Marketo Acquired for $2B
2:05pm - Understanding Demand Generation -> The Funnel is the foundation of marketing automation
Entry points
Mechanics
lead scoring
Tracking
Sales Rep
Win/Loss
2:08 - "Automation is quite manual. It takes a lot of human interaction to tell a computer how to interpret human engagement."
Automation Provides transparency - Connects marketing to bottom line revenue
2:15 - Exercise #1 Draw your funnel
What does your business life cycle actually look like?
Helps to identify pain points & successes
Phases (Attraction, Nurture, Scoring/Prioritization, Selling, Measure/Learn)
"How many times is the right amount to post to social media? There is no answer. A/B test and find your own answer. It will be different for every audience, and it will change over time."
Exercise #1.5 - Draw your marketing tactics against each stage
Tools used at each stage
Social can be used in each stage
Social extends the funnel out for more attraction
Marketing technology is complex and crowded:
"70-80% of buying occurs outside your funnel" - a case for social!
Exercise #2 - What is your brand?
Write it down
What people say when you're not in the room?
Exercise 3#: Count the number of entry points in your funnel
Metrics that matter
Manually:
# of followers
# of retweets
# of likes
Assume correlation between numbers and conversion
Automation;
Conversion from social
# of new names from social
# of MQLs resulting from social
Social Lift
Specific Social Martech (specific tools)
Q&A
What are realistic onboarding expectations for migrating to an automation platform?
90 days (Plus or minus based on Team Engagement, size of company, complexity of funnels)
Would you recommend a marketing person to get a certain level of content, seo, etc, before jumping into automation?
If you do the prep work of defining your funnel, you should not see disruption.
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