Customers expect businesses to roll out the red carpet for them at every stage of their journey and on every channel they interact with. However, as most marketers know, creating this experience is easier said than done. So, how can marketers equip themselves with the right tools to help build an outstanding customer experience?
Watch Kate Adams, Sr. Director of Demand Generation at Drift, and Tim Ozmina, Sr. Marketing Specialist at Marketo, for our webinar, Create Incredible Customer Experiences Using Conversational Marketing, as they discussed how to incorporate web chat tools into your marketing strategy to benefit your customers and prospects, no matter where they are in the marketing funnel.
Create Incredible Customer Experiences Using Conversational Marketing
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2. Create Incredible Customer
Experiences Using Conversational
Marketing
Kate Adams, Sr. Director of Demand Generation, Drift
Tim Ozmina, Sr. Marketing Specialist, Marketo
3. Meet the Speakers
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Hayley Ferrante
Sr. MarketingSpecialist, Commercial
Demand Generation
Tim Ozmina
Sr. MarketingSpecialist, Commercial
Demand Generation
Kate Adams
Sr. Director of Demand Generation
4. Housekeeping
• This webinar is being recorded! Slides and recording will be sent to
you once the webinar concludes
• Have a question? Use the chat box and we’ll answer your questions
after the webinar
• Posting to social media? Use our hashtag #mktgnation
7. #MARKETO+DRIFT@DRIFT
Sources: $5.12B – US B2B Digital Ad Spending – eMarketer; 2.3% average landing page conversion rate from Search Engine Land; 81% of tech buyers don’t convert
– LinkedIn survey; 58% of companies never follow up with website leads – 2018 Lead; 10x decrease in contact rate after first 5 minutes – InsideSales.com & HBR
study
16. @DRIFT #MARKETO+DRIFT
15 Conversational Marketing Examples
1.The Second Net
2.The Tour Guide
3.The Pricing Page
Concierge
4.The Demo Bot
5.The Email List
Supercharger
6.The Event Registration Bot
7.The Paid Traffic Converter
8.The Lead Magnet
9. The Swag Bot
10. The Competitive Concierge
11. The “You Come Here Often” Bot
12. The Fast Lane Bot
13. The Dream Client Finder aka The ABM
Bot
14. The Conversations Starter
15. The Conversational Homepage
PS. Don’t worry about notes. I’ll share how to get all these examples at the end.
18. Why ConversationalMarketing?
CustomerExperience
Greet visitors as they come to the website
Help guide people to what they’re looking for
Make it easier for people to get in contact with a human
Efficiency
Auto qualify/disqualify site visitors
24/7 365 – even holidays!
Scale
Reach every site visitor
1,000,00033,333 per day1,388 per hour23 a minute
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19. The Marketo+ Drift IntegrationIs Awesome
Create and update contacts in Marketo when they interact with Drift
Push conversation, qualificationscore updates, and new meeting activities to Marketo
Identify unknown visitors usingMarketo Munchkin Cookies
Upload targeted listsfrom Marketo into Drift
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20. How DoWeUse Our ChatBot?
TopofFunnel
Welcome
Awareness
Lead generation
MiddleofFunnel
Nurture site visitors
More targeted chat plays
BottomofFunnel
Book Meetings
Route conversations
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Handoffto Sales
BoFu
MoFu
ToFu
22. Wait, MultipleChannels?!
What ChannelsPair Well?
Email
Digital
Web
Social
How?
Personally greet visitors, whateverchannel they comefrom
Give more context around what they just clicked on
Keepthe conversation alive, and live
Gives the consumer direct accessto Sales/Support
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23. It’s About the Process(How WeRun Drift)
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Our Learnings:
Version 1:
Veryrigid and not conversational
Wild wild west for SDRs
Average response time: ~1 minute
Developed a baseline
Version 2:
Started testing:
Added emojis
More conversational
Created routing rules
Average response time: ~49 seconds
24. WhereAre WeNow?
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During the Business Day:
Two SDRs online daily
Can only viewand chat on conversations routed to them
Average response time: 32 seconds
Average meetings booked: 3 per day
During the Weekend and at Night:
0 SDRs online
Calendars automatically drop
Book ~1 meeting pernight
26. What ShouldYou CareAbout?
KPI’s You Should Track:
Conversations sent
Conversations had
Goals reached
Meetings booked
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Emails captured
Opportunities influenced
Conversion ratios between all of the metrics
27. Results SoFar
Just over 12 months:
Had 8,000+ conversations
Generated 2,500+ conversation-qualified leads (CQLS)
Hundreds of meetings and opportunities
~3 Meetings bookedperday
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28. Lookingto the future
Evenmore segmentation
Onboard AE teams for Named Accounts
Use chat to promote events
More cross team initiatives
More A/B testing
Incorporate video into the chat bot
Continue optimizing for maximum success
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Conversational marketing is the fastest way to move buyers through your marketing and sales funnels through the power of real-time conversations. It builds relationships and creates authentic experiences with customers and buyers. It’s the best way to start conversations with buyers and customers.
Instead of forcing people to go through lead capture forms and wait days for a response, conversational marketing uses targeted messaging and intelligent chatbots to engage with people when they’re on your website. Making it easier for people to engage with your business will help you convert more of the right leads faster. Which means happier customers and a happier company.
Only 43% of people answer cold calls
The average email open rate has fallen to 20%
The average landing page conversion rate is only 2.35%
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Based on the number of conversations that get routed per day, we can determine the proper amount of people to handle the volume
Based on the number of conversations that get routed per day, we can determine the proper amount of people to handle the volume