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Marketing Process - Go-to-Market Planning
Marketing Process - Demand Creation
Marketing Process - Demand Management
Marketing Process - Website Proposal
Marketing Process – Size of the Market
Marketing Process – Content Messaging
Marketing Process - Buyer Behavior Model
Marketing Process – Lead Follow-up
Marketing Process - Lead Rating Model
Marketing Process - Terminology & Roles
Marketing Process – Sales Conversion
Marketing Process - Compelling Sales Presentation
Marketing Process - Positioning Components
Marketing Process - Differentiation Worksheet
Marketing Process - Differentiation Summary
Marketing Process - Business Canvas
Marketing Process - Sales Process
Marketing Process - Partner Process
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2. REVERSE ENGINEER BOOKINGS!
INTERGATED PLAN!
DATABASE!
CONTACTS!AUTOMATION!
DEMAND MANAGEMENT!
METRICS!
SALES TOOLS!
Demand
Creation
Process!
Measure all steps and incorporate feedback
for optimization.!
Decompose bookings to calculate the number of responses,
MQLs and SQLs required to build the necessary pipeline.!
Build a list of targeted companies.!
Create, buy and rent contact information for
desired title and roles.!SFA, lead scoring and lead nurturing.!
10 touch follow-up methodology.!
Providing the right sales tools to the Sales Reps at
the right time and in the right format.!
SOLUTION!
OFFERS!
Create compelling offers that are relevant for
buyers, with respect for the buying cycle.!
Define the solution and compelling
messaging going to market.!
DEMNAD CREATION !
STRATEGY!
Develop the chase, come, community
and / or co-create approaches.!
Align all Marketing resources to support
the initiative in a comprehensive,
logical and sustained manner.!
MARKET SIZING!
Defining the addressable and served
markets.!
Marketing Process - Demand Creation!
3. PREFERRED LEAD SOURCES!
DRIVE ATTENDANCE!
EVENT PARTICIPATION!
RESEARCH – SOCIAL MEDIA!
CONNECT & SELL!
COMPETITOR ANALYSIS!
ACCOUNTS!
CHECK PIPELINE!
DEMAND MANAGEMENT
PROCESS!
A list of accounts that you and your Sales
Rep are working.!
A disciplined approach to checking preferred lead sources
each hour and day.!
Drive attendance to online and offline
events.!
Work the physical events to place a face to
the name and conduct competitive
analysis.!
Google, LinkedIn backgrounds, Twitter feeds,
YouTube videos and RSS feeds.!
Guaranteed live connections with contacts you
specify.!
Research competitive messaging, products,
customers, events and influencer afffiliation.!
Monitor the qualified opp’s that were handed off to
sales to view progression in the pipeline.!
DATABASE!
RESEARCH - TRADITIONAL!
Hoovers, Tech Crunch, InsideView, Stratascope,
analyst reports, CRUSH reports.!
A database that includes the right titles and
correct contact info for all suspects.!
FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES!
A structured approach to completed
scheduled follow-up activities.!
Marketing Process - Demand Management!
4. TARGET AUDIENCE!
WEBSITE STRATEGIES!
USER EXPERIENCE!
WEBSITE FEATURES!
ENABLING PROCESSES!
SCUCESS MEASURES!
CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS!
BUSINESS OBJECTIVES!
DELIVERABLES!
WEBSITE PLANNING
PROCESS!
These are the key objectives the website must
deliver upon in order to be successful!
These elements include clear definitions of who the website
is intended for, broken down by degrees of priority, and the
unique audience needs the website must address.!
Outlines boundaries of success by
defining how the website must accomplish
the business objectives.!
Outlines, at a high level, the overall
website design strategy, including
considerations for information
architecture and creative design.!
Outlines the short and long-term feature
and content requirements for the website!
Identifies the supporting business processes
required to effectively operate the website.!
Defines how success will be measured once the
redesigned website launches!
Defines how success will be measured once the
redesigned website launches.!
Documents the deliverables generated from the
process.!
Marketing Process - Website Proposal!
5. Marketing Process – Size of the Market!
Over 100K!
50-100K!
25-50K!
10-25K!
5-10K!
!
Total!
# sq. ft.
of DC!
192!
149!
241!
2,931!
2,236!
!
8,556!
Market est.
of the total
# of co’s!
30%!
30%!
30%!
27%!
19%!
% of total
market
opp
available!
17,194,959!
3,215,099!
2,534,404!
11,982,163!
2,174,513!
!
37,101,138!
Sq. ft of
total market
opp
available!
$61,807,200!
$16,768,400!
$16,085,207!
$103,383,922!
$21,592,313!
!
$ 219,637,041!
Revenue $’s
that total
market opp
represents!
58!
45!
73!
789!
419!
!
1,384!
# of co’s in
served
market !
1!
4!
10!
8!
6!
!
29!
Co’s that
already
purchased!
57!
41!
63!
781!
413!
!
1,355!
Revised
opportunity
(# of co’s)!
$1,680,000!
$515,000!
$302,000!
$147,000!
$55,000!
Avg deal
size (list)!
35%!
20%!
15%!
10%!
5%!
Avg
discount!
$1,092,000!
$412,000!
$256,700!
$132,300!
$52,250!
Avg deal
size
(disc)!
$2,184,000!
$2,472,000!
$2,567,000!
$1,323,000!
$209,000!
!
$8,755,000!
Revenue!
Total
Opportunity!
Estimate of Total Market Opportunity Available! Software Deal Size!
FY’ XX!
Estimates!
6. Resources
Specific
Topic
Q1
Unique Selling Prop Value Drivers Differentiators
Core
Msg
Core
Msg
Core
Msg
Persona Persona Persona Unique Unique Holistic
Product Manager
Product/Solution/Industry
Marketing
Public & Analyst Relations
Social Media / Community
Manager
Subject Matter Experts
(Internal)
Professional Services
Customers
Analysts
Influencers
Academia
Writers (paid)
Guest Bloggers
Speaking Opportunity!
Webcast!
Presentations (PPT, Video)!
Blog Post!
White Paper!
Web Pages!
Comments / Reviews!
Analyst Briefing!
Press Release, Advertising!
Demand Creation Programs!
Survey, Research Report!
Case Studies!
Marketing Process – Content Messaging!
7. Marketing Process -
Buyer Behavior
Model !
Initiate!
Evaluate!
IT leads the project!1!
Ops! Finance!
Mktg! Sales!
IT!
§ Budget depends on org size and
structure!
§ Unbudgeted requires “pass the hat”
for funding!
§ Budget for Initiate is usually
budgeted within IT!
§ Regardless, Finance has to release
budget!
§ For Initiate, IT will seek approval
from Ops, Sales and Marketing!
§ For Evaluate, IT needs to provide
its approval!
§ ROI often required!
§ IT typically desire a trial version or
sandbox environment!
• IT asked to
evaluate
solution
proposed by
Operations,
Sales, or
Marketing!
• IT initiates if
they own and
are revamping
partner portal,
or a broad IT
initiative to
reduce costs
or to advance
the IT
architecture!
Typical!
Scenarios!
2! IT pulled into the project!
Self educate
based on a formal,
existing process to
buy tech!
Typically, a formal
process exists to
compare, contrast and
evaluate desired
functionality!
Operations to
support a self
service model to
Sales and
Marketing!
Leverage search
to find specific
information (how it
works) - keywords!
Decrease IT
operational costs
(dollars and people)!
CRM integration!
Increases to
revenue,
productivity, partner
satisfaction &
decreased costs!
Network with technical
peers to get the real
story!
Speed and ease of
deployment and
support!
Desire technical
information & want
to use the product to
see for themselves!
Will perform a
comparative review
of solutions vs build
vs repurpose!
Convert labor
intensive manual
tasks with
automation!
Want proof that it
works and how it
works, from trusted
sources!
Hosting
Infrastructure!
Contact technical
resources at
current sales
automation
provider!
Provide a user
experience that
engages partners
and makes doing
their job easier,
faster, better!
Trigger! Search! Consider! Choose! Buy!
Operational costs,
TCO!
Reduce IT burden
by providing a high
level of self service!
Conduct a competitive
and comparative review!
8. New Lead !
Created!
Lead Status!
§ Disqualified!
§ Developing!
§ Working!
§ New!
§ Nurture!
30 Day 10 Touch Model!
Qualified Opportunity!
Initial meeting has taken place with clear next steps established!
Project appears to be within the capabilities of the offering!
A verbal that budget is available (or will be available) when technical
decision is made.!
Project timeline (award within six-months)!
Competitive landscape (if known)!
Key decision makers, sponsors and approvers identified!
Understanding of compelling event (if available) !
Marketing!
§ Website!
§ Programs!
§ SEO/PPC!
§ Lists!
§ Events!
§ Seminars!
§ Web Visitors!
§ Social Media!
SF Automation!
InsideView!
LinkedIn!
Google!
PeopleMaps!
SalesGenius!
Hoovers!
iProfile!
LinkedIn!
Blogs!
Tweets!
Lead
Assigned
to:!
§ BDR!
§ ISR!
§ Sales Rep!
Marketing
Automation!
DB Updates!
Scored
Suspect!
Dead!
Marketing Process – Lead Follow-up!
30 Day 10 Touch Calendar!Content! Hot! Nurture! Cold!
Topical! Yes!Yes!Possible!
Bridge! Yes!Yes!Yes!Possible!
Solution! Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Possible!
Product! Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!
Validate! Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!
T2!
T1! E1!
Wk 2!
Wk 3! E3!
Wk4! E4!T4!
Wk 5! T5!
Wk 6! E5!
Wk 1!
E2!
T3!
Response!
Response!
Response!
Response!
Response!
No response!
No response!
No response!
No response!
No response!
No
response!
No
response!
No
response!
No
response!
No
response!
Update Activity!
Email #1
Next Day!
Email #2
Next Day!
Email #3
Next Day!
Email #4
Next Day!
Email #5
Next Day!
Call #1
w/i 24
hours!
Call #2
w/i 3
days!
Call #3
w/i 5
days!
Call #4
w/I 7 !
days!
Call #5
w/I 9!
days!
Other
Contacts,
Same Co!
Week! Mon! Fri!Wed! Thu!Tue!
Stage 5! Stage 4! Stage 3! Stage 2! Stage 1!
Scoring!
Routing!
Nurture!
Lead Updated!
& Appended!
Lead Alert!
Sent!
9. Marketing Process - Lead Rating Model!
Secondary Qualification Questions!
Question !
All!
Scenario 1!
IT Budget,
Title, DM role!
Scenario 2!
Role in decision
making!
Approve, decide, recommend, influence ! Y! Y!
Meets any 2
out of the 4
criteria!
IT Budget,
Title, Vendor!
Scenario 3!
All!
Scenario 4!
IT budget, Title,
DM role, Vendor!
Scenario 5!Criteria!
SP, $, Empl,
B2X!
Scenario 6!
All!
Scenario 7!
# SP sites! How many SharePoint sites up at your company?! Y!
Group that
manages SP!
What group manages the SharePoint site?! Y!
What internal and/or external groups use the
SP site?!
Who uses!
SP site?!
Y!
Are your company total revenues !
>= $250 M!
Revenue! Y!
Does your company employ >= 1,000
employees globally !
# of
employees!
Y!
B2B or B2C!Business! Y!
Budget to !
purchase software!
What is the size of your budget to
purchase software?!
Y! Y! Y!
Title! Is your title a C level or VP level?! Y! Y! Y!
Technology /
vendors!
Are X, Y and Z strategic partners! Y! Y!
Meets any 3
out of the 6
criteria!
Meets any 2
out of the 4
criteria!
Meets any 3
out of the 6
criteria!
Meets any 1
out of the 4
criteria!
Meets any
<=2 out of
the 6 criteria!
LEAD GRADE – Scoring based on secondary questions! A! A! A! A! B! B! C!
Primary Qualification Questions!
Criteria!
Project budget,
Timeframe, Web 2.0,
Opportunity!
Scenario 1!
Budget, Timeframe,
Web 2.0!
Scenario 2!
Web 2.0
Components!
§ Are you currently using Bogging, RSS, feeds and/or
a Wiki!
Y! Y!
Budget, Timeframe,
Opportunity!
Scenario 3!
Opportunity! § Is your company actively using SharePoint! Y! Y!
Budget,
Timeframe!
Scenario 4!
Timeframe!
§ Do you have plans (<=180 days) to incorporate
Web 2.0 (B/W/R)!
Y! Y! § Y!
§
Y
Budget!
§ Do you have budget for a web 2.0 project
(<=180 days)!
Y! Y! Y! Y! Y!
Budget!
Scenario 5!
A! A! A! A! A!LEAD GRADE – Scoring based on primary questions!
Question!
10. Marketing Process - Terminology & Roles!
Database!
– Data entry, contact development!
– Build, update and clean database!
!
Demand Generation Vehicles!
– Inbound and outbound!
Automation!
– Lead scoring, ranking and nurturing!
!
Sales Development!
– Prospecting!
– Lead Qualification!
– Set Meetings!
!
Sales!
– Inside Sales!
– Outside Sales!
– Partners!
!
Marketing!
Sales!
Suspect!
Response!
Marketing Qualified Lead!
Sales Accepted Lead!
Sales Qualified Lead!
Qualified Sales Opp!
Forecast!
Closed Won / Lost!
11. § Lead routing!
§ Sales force automation system!
§ Marketing automation system!
§ Corporate fact sheet!
§ Nurture paths!
§ Account research!
§ Prospecting emails and scripts!
§ Sales portal!
§ Presentation!
§ Data sheet!
§ Brochure!
§ Quick reference guide!
§ Success Story!
§ White papers!
§ Analyst reports!
§ Sales playbook!
§ Competitive, market trends and industry
statistics!
§ Use cases!
§ RFP database!
§ Demo's!
§ ROI!
§ POC!
§ Strategy demonstration!
§ Project management demonstration!
§ Configurator!
§ Pricing & Quote!
§ References!
§ Executive assurance!
§ Onsite visits!
§ Implementation process!
Sales Stages!
Marketing Qualified!
Lead 5%!
Sales Qualified!
Lead 20%!
Upside Leaning!
40%!
Closure Most!
Likely 60%!
Sales Requirements!
Marketing Process – Sales Conversion!
§ Legal !
§ Executive management !
In Purchasing!
80%!
§ Onboarding!
Closed Won!
100%!
§ Target names and titles ID‘d!
§ Right industry, geo and size!
§ Potential for business pain suspected!
§ Have agreed to meet!
§ Willing to engage in a meaningful
conversation!
Sales Tools!
§ A live project identified !
§ Solving the business problem is high on
their priority list!
§ Business & technical requirements
Cometitive review in progress!
§ Building a business case!
§ Action plan agreed upon by the Client!
§ Competition identified, on shortlist!
§ Have met with the sponsor !
§ 50%+ chance of winning!
§ Have access to executive sponsor and
other key influencers!
§ Technical win confirmed by sponsor!
§ Commercial win confirmed by sponsor !
§ Have met w/Exec Sponsor!
§ Agreed on the next steps to complete the
PO and/or contact !
§ Time line is well known!
§ Decision in our favor !
§ Pricing and terms negotiated and
complete !
§ In procurement stage!
§ Timing known!
§ Purchase Order and/or contract received!
§ Accepted by finance and revenue-able!
12. Communicate
your
understanding of
the market,
competitive
forces and the
company at
hand
Discuss
traditional
approaches to
solving the
problem
Inroduce your
innovative
approach to the
problem (a new
lens and the
financial impact)
Plant landmines
by embedding
your
differentiators in
the mind of the
prospect as key
evaluation
criteria
How does your
company apply
technology to
solve this
business
problem
Talk about the
customers
success stories
or anectodiets
Demonstrate
Industry &
Company
Knowledge
Review Current
Approaches
Introduce The
Twist
Articulate
What‘s Really
Important
Introduce Your
Approach
Provide
Vicarious
Validation
The Story You Are Trying to Tell
Marketing Process - Compelling Sales Presentation!
13. Marketing Process - Positioning!
Market Analysis!
External analysis
of market forces
and influencers!
Competitor
Analysis
Analysis of
communications
and products of
key competitors!
Customer
Analysis
Analysis of
customers,
perceptions and
actions!
Company
Analysis!
nternal analysis of
communications,
content, people
and product!
Draft & Testing!
Draft competitive
positioning and
market messages
are tested!
Refinement!
Competitive
positioning and
market messages
are adjusted!
Phase 1! Phase 2! Phase 3! Phase 4! Phase 5! Phase 6!
An iterative, agile, parallel, living process!
Launch
Competitive
positioning and
market messages
are externally
communicated!
Phase 7!
14. Marketing Process - Positioning Components!
Component! Description! Example!
For! • For... defines who the customer is in
terms they can identify with!
§ Exchange of data is necessary; possibly own
data needs to be exposed!
§ Competitor has extended information!
Who! § Who ... describes the customers’ problem,
the compelling reason to buy your org’s
solution!
Provides! § Provides ... describes what you bring to
market to solve the customers’ problems!
§ Application of results to the own company is
difficult!
§ Research and exchange of data (data transfer) is
complex and time-consuming!
Unlike! § Unlike ... contrasts what competitors do
and credibly positions them relative to
your organization!
Only your organization! Only your organization ... highlights the key
differentiators of your company’s solution
relative to other market players!
§ Application of results to the own company is
difficult!
§ Research and exchange of data (data transfer) is
complex and time-consuming!
15. Required Market Capabilities Us
Co
X
Co
Y
Co
Z
Importanc
e to
Market
Level of
Difficulty
Reporting 7 5
Dashboards 9 5
Ad hoc Report / Query 6 5
Mobile 9 8
Interactive Visualization 8 9
Embedded Advanced Analytics 8 9
Online Analytical Processing 6 6
Metadata Management 5 7
Data Mash-up & Modeling 8 7
Development Tools 5 6
Collaboration! 7 8
Support for Big Data Sources 9 9
Marketing Process - Differentiation Worksheet!
16. Marketing Process - Differentiation Summary!
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§ Point 2!
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Your
Organization’s
Offering Score!
Competitor 1 !
Score!
Delta!
Importance Rank !
to Customer (1-10)!
Key Points to !
Communicate!
Scorecard!
Criteria 5!
Criteria 4!
Criteria 3!
Criteria 2!
Criteria 1!
17. ! ! ! !
Technical Criteria (Non-selling)! Business Criteria (Selling)!
Exploring!
§ Prequalifying!
§ Research!
§ Profiling!
§ Learning the
organization!
Sponsoring!
§ Right person!
§ Right agenda!
§ Right time!
§ Dimension!
§ Value (process)!
Leveraging!
§ Vendor of choice!
§ Hard results!
§ Soft results!
§ Impact (repp)!
Marketing Process - Sales Process!
Functions!
(manual)!
Uncovering the
unknown!
Recommender!
Features!
(components)!
Intro knowledge
relevant to the
subject at hand!
Influencer!
Advantages!
(the edge)!
Map our ideas to their
personal and
professional interests!
Decision Maker!
Benefits!
(results)!
Value of
partnership!
Approver!
Prospects
Focus!
Sales
Activity!
Sales!
Mode!
Initiating!
§ Data gathering!
§ Documenting!
§ Requirements!
§ Learn Bridges!
18. Marketing Process - Business Canvas!
Partners!
§ Twitter community!
§ FaceBook
community!
§ LinkedIn
community!
!
• After initial success
formal partnership
with Accenture!
Value Proposition!
Simple Application to
Manage, Track Goals
and Objectives in
Real-Time !
Customer Segments!
§ Business
Executives in
Large to Medium
Enterprises!
§ Consumer –
Competitive
Sports, Mommy
Bloggers!
!
§ School – Learning
Objectives!
Cost!
§ Development – Enhancements & New Platforms!
§ Marketing !
§ Delivery operations cost!
Revenue Streams!
§ SaaS model!
§ Try and buy model, pricing $20/month/seat for business!
§ Fremium model for cosumers, advanced version at $25/
year!
Description 2!
Customer
Relationship!
§ This is a
placeholder text. !
§ This is a place-
holder text.!
§ Placeholder text.!
§ Your text.!
Channels!
§ Social!
§ Web | SEO!
§ Email Mrktg!
§ Blog | Authority!
Activities!
§ UI/UX!
§ Development!
§ Marketing!
Resources!
§ Reliable rolodex
and network!
19. Marketing Process - Partner Process!
§ Identify areas for
partnering!
§ Define partner
capabilities!
§ Identify potential
partner profiles
by using partner
selection criteria!
§ Create interest
among the
potetnial
partners!
§ Apply partner
selection criteria
for value of
partner!
§ Develop a win/
win value
propostion!
§ Develop a
mutual
agreement on
technology,
sales,
marketing,
implementation
and support!
Define! identify! Market! Screen! Sell! Plan & Agree!
A living process driven by a strategic agreement that is regulated by formalized daily
operations!