ACCOUNT-BASED MARKETING
IN ACTION
MARKETING
INNOVATION
SUMMIT
FOR B2B
presented by
#B2BSummit | @Demandbase
April 29-30, 2015 | AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA
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Demandbase Confidential.
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Account-Based Marketing To-Do’s
ü  Introduction to ABM
ü  Create a Segmentation Plan
ü  Build Analytics Skills
ü  Learn Advertising, Personalization & Landing Page
Best Practices
ü  Setup Tests and Experiments
q Find out how the best B2B companies are doing it
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Demandbase Confidential.
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Keep in mind…
§  Different journeys
§  Crawl-Walk-Run
§  Data-Driven
§  Segmentation
§  Account lists
MARKETING
INNOVATION
SUMMIT
FOR B2B
presented by
INFOBLOX
April 29-30, 2015 | AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA
ABM IN ACTION
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Infoblox – Controlling the network
CHALLENGES:
§  Measure performance
§  Marketing & Sales
alignment
§  Attract and engage
key accounts
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State of ABM at Infoblox
§  Defined Target Account list
§  Documented reporting
process
§  Launched Account-Based
Advertising
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Using Analytics to Drive Insights
§  Custom reports on
engagement from
key segments and
target accounts
§  Insight into
opportunities for more
targeted attraction,
engagement, and
conversion
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ABM Results – Account-Based Advertising
RESULTS
56%
ACCOUNT LIFT
(AVG. = 25-30%)
82%
NET NEW
COMPANIES
(62% came from
Demandbase Ads)
392%
INCREASED
PAGEVIEWS
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Demandbase Confidential.
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What’s next?
1.  Double down on Advertising!
900 target accounts, “always on”
2.  Enhancing CRM
Demandbase Sales Accelerator
3.  Expand on website
optimization and ABM
strategies with continuous
insights to leadership
MARKETING
INNOVATION
SUMMIT
FOR B2B
presented by
DELL
ABM IN ACTION
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Demandbase Confidential.
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Dell – Customization for B2B
CHALLENGES:
§  Filter and capitalize on
homepage traffic from
B2B companies
§  Engage B2B traffic with
relevant, personalized
experience
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The Pilot – A/B Test with Adobe Target
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The Result
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The future is bright with ABM
1.  Additional tests deeper in the site:
20% lift in content engagement
2.  Track B2B visitors in analytics and
define buying activity
3.  Account-Based Advertising:
Drive the right traffic to the site
4.  Short forms (w/ hidden company
data) to increase conversions
MARKETING
INNOVATION
SUMMIT
FOR B2B
presented by
SURESCRIPTS
ABM IN ACTION
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Surescripts - Targeted Awareness
CHALLENGES:
§  Increase awareness
§  Relevant messages to
sub-industries
§  Generate demand with
net new companies
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Using Analytics to Drive Insights
4%
14%
13%
12%
4%
3%4%
9%
2%
4%
6%
5%
20%
Unknown
$1 - $1M
$1M - $5M
$5M - $10M
$10M - $25M
$25M - $50M
$50M - $100M
$100M - $250M
$250M - $500M
$500M - $1B
$1B - $2.5B
$2.5B - $5B
Over $5B
3%
34%
24%
39%
Unknown
1-99 Emp
100-999 Emp
1000+ Emp
COMPANY TRAFFIC BY ANNUAL REVENUE COMPANY TRAFFIC BY # OF EMPLOYEES
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ABM Advertising at Surescripts
Target Account List:
§  336 companies
§  Hospitals, Pharmacies, EHR
Advertising Objectives:
§  Surescripts awareness
§  Hospitals - Immunization services
DISPLAY BANNER AD CAMPAIGN LANDING PAGE
PRODUCT PAGE
Retargeting
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Results – Account-Based Advertising
§  Attracted 165 new Companies
§  Increased page views for
Immunization targets by 35%
§  Increase page views for branding
targets by 124%
§  Increased awareness by
approximately 30%
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Demandbase Confidential.
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What’s next?
§  Increase volume of
target companies for
Account-Based Advertising
§  Personalization on tap
§  Align ABM action plan with
strategic marketing initiatives
MARKETING
INNOVATION
SUMMIT
FOR B2B
presented by
RGIS
ABM IN ACTION
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Demandbase Confidential.
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RGIS – Doing more with less
CHALLENGES:
§  Limited Marketing budget
§  Increase awareness
beyond retail
§  Static/limited website
experience
§  Lack of digital experience
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Demandbase Confidential.
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State of ABM – Evolving Strategy
§  Account lists created for
high-value industry
segments
§  Sales Enablement
§  Beginning ABM Analytics
consulting engagement
Crawl Walk Run
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Demandbase Confidential.
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Using Analytics to Drive Insights
§  Custom reports on
engagement from
key segments and target
accounts
§  Insight into opportunities
for more targeted
attraction, engagement,
and conversion
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Demandbase Confidential.
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Customer-Centric Website Redesign and Forms
2
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Demandbase Confidential.
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ABM Strategy in action
TARGET INDUSTRY: Utilities
§  E-mail campaign to 12,761 contacts
§  Initial result: 2 form submits
ABM HIDDEN INSIGHT:
§  47 identified Utility Companies visited
RGIS.com but have yet raise their hand
(fill out a form)
§  Awareness in the Energy & Utilities sector
increased 235% and website traffic
increased 467% following e-mail campaign
2
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Demandbase Confidential.
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What’s next?
§  Deeper dive into analytics
(with ABM expert consulting)
§  Optimize new website, focused on personalized,
customer-centric experience
§  Connect marketing with sales
SFDC opportunity data in Performance Manager
to help uncover “hidden opportunities”
§  Exploring Targeted Advertising to specific companies
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Demandbase Confidential.
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THANK YOU!

Account-Based Marketing in Action

  • 1.
    ACCOUNT-BASED MARKETING IN ACTION MARKETING INNOVATION SUMMIT FORB2B presented by #B2BSummit | @Demandbase April 29-30, 2015 | AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA
  • 2.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 2 Account-Based Marketing To-Do’s ü  Introduction to ABM ü  Create a Segmentation Plan ü  Build Analytics Skills ü  Learn Advertising, Personalization & Landing Page Best Practices ü  Setup Tests and Experiments q Find out how the best B2B companies are doing it
  • 3.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 3 Keep in mind… §  Different journeys §  Crawl-Walk-Run §  Data-Driven §  Segmentation §  Account lists
  • 4.
    MARKETING INNOVATION SUMMIT FOR B2B presented by INFOBLOX April29-30, 2015 | AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA ABM IN ACTION
  • 5.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 5 Infoblox – Controlling the network CHALLENGES: §  Measure performance §  Marketing & Sales alignment §  Attract and engage key accounts
  • 6.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 6 State of ABM at Infoblox §  Defined Target Account list §  Documented reporting process §  Launched Account-Based Advertising
  • 7.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 7 Using Analytics to Drive Insights §  Custom reports on engagement from key segments and target accounts §  Insight into opportunities for more targeted attraction, engagement, and conversion
  • 8.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 8 ABM Results – Account-Based Advertising RESULTS 56% ACCOUNT LIFT (AVG. = 25-30%) 82% NET NEW COMPANIES (62% came from Demandbase Ads) 392% INCREASED PAGEVIEWS
  • 9.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 9 What’s next? 1.  Double down on Advertising! 900 target accounts, “always on” 2.  Enhancing CRM Demandbase Sales Accelerator 3.  Expand on website optimization and ABM strategies with continuous insights to leadership
  • 10.
  • 11.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 11 Dell – Customization for B2B CHALLENGES: §  Filter and capitalize on homepage traffic from B2B companies §  Engage B2B traffic with relevant, personalized experience
  • 12.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 12 The Pilot – A/B Test with Adobe Target
  • 13.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 13 The Result
  • 14.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 14 The future is bright with ABM 1.  Additional tests deeper in the site: 20% lift in content engagement 2.  Track B2B visitors in analytics and define buying activity 3.  Account-Based Advertising: Drive the right traffic to the site 4.  Short forms (w/ hidden company data) to increase conversions
  • 15.
  • 16.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 16 Surescripts - Targeted Awareness CHALLENGES: §  Increase awareness §  Relevant messages to sub-industries §  Generate demand with net new companies
  • 17.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 17 Using Analytics to Drive Insights 4% 14% 13% 12% 4% 3%4% 9% 2% 4% 6% 5% 20% Unknown $1 - $1M $1M - $5M $5M - $10M $10M - $25M $25M - $50M $50M - $100M $100M - $250M $250M - $500M $500M - $1B $1B - $2.5B $2.5B - $5B Over $5B 3% 34% 24% 39% Unknown 1-99 Emp 100-999 Emp 1000+ Emp COMPANY TRAFFIC BY ANNUAL REVENUE COMPANY TRAFFIC BY # OF EMPLOYEES
  • 18.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 18 ABM Advertising at Surescripts Target Account List: §  336 companies §  Hospitals, Pharmacies, EHR Advertising Objectives: §  Surescripts awareness §  Hospitals - Immunization services DISPLAY BANNER AD CAMPAIGN LANDING PAGE PRODUCT PAGE Retargeting
  • 19.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 19 Results – Account-Based Advertising §  Attracted 165 new Companies §  Increased page views for Immunization targets by 35% §  Increase page views for branding targets by 124% §  Increased awareness by approximately 30%
  • 20.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 20 What’s next? §  Increase volume of target companies for Account-Based Advertising §  Personalization on tap §  Align ABM action plan with strategic marketing initiatives
  • 21.
  • 22.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 22 RGIS – Doing more with less CHALLENGES: §  Limited Marketing budget §  Increase awareness beyond retail §  Static/limited website experience §  Lack of digital experience
  • 23.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 23 State of ABM – Evolving Strategy §  Account lists created for high-value industry segments §  Sales Enablement §  Beginning ABM Analytics consulting engagement Crawl Walk Run
  • 24.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 24 Using Analytics to Drive Insights §  Custom reports on engagement from key segments and target accounts §  Insight into opportunities for more targeted attraction, engagement, and conversion
  • 25.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 25 Customer-Centric Website Redesign and Forms 2
  • 26.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 26 ABM Strategy in action TARGET INDUSTRY: Utilities §  E-mail campaign to 12,761 contacts §  Initial result: 2 form submits ABM HIDDEN INSIGHT: §  47 identified Utility Companies visited RGIS.com but have yet raise their hand (fill out a form) §  Awareness in the Energy & Utilities sector increased 235% and website traffic increased 467% following e-mail campaign 2
  • 27.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 27 What’s next? §  Deeper dive into analytics (with ABM expert consulting) §  Optimize new website, focused on personalized, customer-centric experience §  Connect marketing with sales SFDC opportunity data in Performance Manager to help uncover “hidden opportunities” §  Exploring Targeted Advertising to specific companies
  • 28.
    © 2015 CopyrightDemandbase, Inc. Demandbase Confidential. 28 THANK YOU!