This document discusses the evolution and importance of marketing automation and databases. It explains that marketing automation allows companies to use customer behavior data from various digital channels to send personalized, triggered communications through email, mobile, and social media. This personalized, multi-channel approach delivers better results than traditional email blasts. The key is having a centralized database that combines transactional, demographic, and engagement data to develop a single customer view. Case studies show how behavioral email campaigns driven by this data can significantly increase engagement metrics like open and click-through rates, leading to higher conversion rates and ROI.
1. Intro to marketing automation –
the importance of the database
Mark Patron 12th May 2014
2. 2
Agenda
• What is marketing automation?
• Marketing automation applications
• Case studies
3. 3
Evolution of marketing automation
Database
Marketing
Target best
customers
RFM data
Direct mail
CRM
Direct mail
targeting
Lifestyle data
Phone
Digital
Marketing
Multichannel
campaign
management
Transactional
data
Search
Email
ROI
1980’s 1990’s 2000’s 2010’s
Marketing
Automation
Personalisation
Event triggered
Behavioural
Data
Mobile
Social
4. 4
Why B2C marketing automation is growing
As number of campaigns overtake available marketing dept. resources
marketing automation and campaign management become necessary
5. 5
Evolution of email marketing
Starting Out Optimisation Marketing Automation
Win by Volume Content Data
Key Metrics List Size
Send Volume
Opens
Clicks
Conversions
Engaged Subscribers
Churn
Key
Activities
Build list
Send frequently
Content
Subject Lines
Contact Strategy
RFM Analysis
Market Basket Analysis
ESP
selection
Cost Deliverability
Reporting
Integration
Segmentation
Automation
Segmentation None Basic
Email - based
Advanced
Purchase history
Web history
Automation None Subscriber Welcome
Series
Abandon Cart
Post Purchase Welcome
Win Back Campaigns
Cross Merchandising
Reviews
Source: Nathan Decker Evo.com at eTail West
6. 6
What do we mean by marketing automation?
• Email marketing
• Web analytics
• Multi-channel
• CRM integration
• Landing pages
• Campaign management
• Reporting
= Marketing automation
7. 7
Database is central to marketing automation
Website Behaviour
Email Engagement
Database
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Email
Mobile
Social
Call Centre
Single customer view
enables relevant
marketing
communications
8. 8
Behavioural Database - our USP
OUTPUTSINPUTS
TRANSACTIONAL
Sales, Registrations
DEMOGRAPHIC
Gender, Age, Family
EMAIL ENGAGEMENT
Sent, Bounce, Open, Click
BEHAVIOURAL
Pages & Products Viewed
CAMPAIGN
Search phrase, Source site
EMAIL
WEBSITE
SMS
SOCIAL MEDIA
CALL CENTRE
PROCESSING
Single
customer view
database
RedEye database
containing Big Data
9. 9
More accurate data = better targeting
Competitors
• Jane Taylor opened the email
and clicked on link 214/A
RedEye
• Jane Taylor opened the email and
clicked on link 214/A
• She first went to the website 4 months
ago and 5 visits later registered.
• She has visited 3 pages on product
XYZ and 2 pages on product ABC using
her tablet, smartphone and a shared PC
• 2 of those visits have been as a result
of the search term “low cost XYZ” and 2
visits as a result of “best quality ABC”
10. 10
Agenda
• What is marketing automation?
• Marketing automation applications
• Case studies
18. 18
Multichannel marketing
• Martini effect – consumers expect
anytime, any place, anywhere
• Consistent customer experience
• Multichannel buyers are two to three times more
valuable
• More effective results
• Measureable and accountable
19. 19
Personalisation
• Improved customer experience
• 74% of marketers know that personalisation increases
customer engagement
• Better results
• Increases conversions
• Gives marketers more control
• Keeps the website fresh
20. 20
How to implement cost effectively
• Think big, start small and move fast
• To de-risk B2C marketing automation implementation use a phased
approach, for example:
1. Start with two or three email triggers to prove ROI. For example
basket and browser abandonment. Cost £2k to £3k/month
2. Once the first trigger emails have proven their value the next phase
is to add more triggered emails
3. Consolidate your email marketing on one marketing automation
platform
4. Start to combine other channels such as SMS and call centre
5. Personalise website content so it is more relevant to the consumer
21. 21
Agenda
• What is marketing automation?
• Marketing automation applications
• Case studies
23. 23
Cosmos
1. Abandon search
2. Abandon search follow up
3. Abandon booking
4. Ancillary (holiday extras)
5. Concierge
6. Welcome home
7. Anniversary
Using RedEye’s integrated database Cosmos was able target their
customers based on different types of online behaviour:
Despite behavioural emails only accounting for 4% of email volume,
50% email revenue now comes from these campaigns
24. 24
Sainsbury’s Bank
Using data collected through the offline purchase by customers using a
nectar card, Sainsbury’s Bank was able to target opted-in users with a
relevant insurance product via email marketing.
• 43.2% open rate
• 11.6% click through rate
• 6% conversion rate
25. Summary
• The future of digital and email marketing is relevant
communications:
• Right offer, right person, right time, right channel
• Relevance is achieved through:
• Personalisation, segmentation and targeting
• Behavioural data
• The enabling technologies are:
• Marketing automation
• A good database