Building a Lead
Management Process
Today
A Simplified Guide
edynamic is an award
winning global digital
marketing and
technology agency
focused on customer
experience
3
• Sitecore Gold Partner, since 2003
• Over 200 Sitecore projects successfully
delivered
• Over 40 ongoing clients
• 150+ trained Sitecore resources
• 4 Sitecore MVP’s
• Reusable Sitecore connectors built to extend
the ecosystem
• Industry accelerators and reusable frameworks
WE STARTED OUT AS SITECORE SPECIALISTS
Key Partnerships and Supported Platforms
edynamic has marketing cloud partnerships with industry leading
marketing automation solutions
OUR SERVICES DRIVE GREAT CX OUTCOMES
5
• Demand Generation Managed Services
• Content Strategy & Production
• Personalization Strategy
• UX Research
• Customer Journey Mapping
• Multi-Device, Multi-Channel experience design
EXPERIENCEMARKETING
• Platform Selection
• Mobile Readiness
• Marketing Automation
• Social Listening
• Content Management Systems
• CRM Platforms
• Platform Coaching and Training
• Analytics and Business
Intelligence
• ROI Attribution
• eCommerce Platforms
TECHNOLOGY
What is Lead Management?
Lead management is the process of
capturing leads, nurturing them
through the buyer’s journey,
qualifying and scoring them, and
passing them on to the sales team
with all relevant information.
Lead Nurturing and Outbound
Marketing Strategy
Advertising, Content
Marketing and Inbound
Marketing Strategy
Opportunity/Deal Management
Cross Sell/Upsell Strategy
The Ubiquitous Lead Funnel
Anonymous Website
Traffic
Track and profile
Inbound Personalization
Lead Capture
Lead Assignement
Sales Qualified Lead
Identified Opportunity
Opportunity Stage Messaging
Top of Funnel Middle of Funnel Bottom of Funnel
Identifying
Event (Form
Submit)
Known Contact
Lead Nurturing
Lead Scoring
Marketing Qualified Lead
Qualified
Response
Sales’ Unqualified Leads and Closed-
Lost Opps are recycled, NOT dropped!
Starting a Simple Lead
Management Process
Lead Stage Mapping:
Fully Mature, Best Practices Version
$$ - Closed
Revenue -$$
Nurture
Marketing
Qualified
Lead
Sales
Accepted
Lead (SAL)
Prospect Sales Qualified
Lead
Customer’s
Buying Process
New
Customer
Onboarding
Raving Fan
Acquisition Onboarding
Service
and
Retaining
Re-
Purchase
Sales &
Marketing
Process
Campaigns to Lead Stage Alignment
How are you Advancing the Conversation at Each Stage?
Purpose
•Solve a problem
•Solicit pain points
•Become SME
Sample Messages
•Did you know
•How to
•Use Cases
•Tips & tricks
Purpose
•Features/benefits
•Brand promise/valProp
Sample Messages
•Comparison
•Reiterate value prop
•Include relevant case
studies, testimonials
•Provide analysis tools
Purpose
•Remove roadblocks
•Speed purchase
decision
•Close deal
Sample Messages
•Provide decision tools
(calculators)
•How create a business
case/
•Convince your boss,
mom, husband, friend
Purpose
•Thank customers
•Reiterate brand
promise
•Clearly state next step
Sample Messages
•Thank you
•Highlight value of
purchase Feel good
about your purchase
•Identify next steps –
what now?
•Surveys – are you
satisfied?
Purpose
•Retain, develop, and
expand customer
lifetime value
•Customer engagement
Sample Messages
•Reiterate purchase/
relationship benefit
•Seek
feedback/information
•Tips/tricks to get most
of product
•Exclusive content
•Reward schemes
Purpose
•Brand induction
•Recognize relationship
w/target
•Identify interests
Sample Messages
•Brand promise/
reiterate benefits of
purchase/subscription
(why us)
•What to expect
•Subscription service
content
Lead Stage
Supporting
Campaign
Your First Lead Stage Funnel
SQLNew Lead Engaged Lead
Prospects (NOT
leads yet!)
MQLLead
Capture
Pass to
CRM
Setup Your Infrastructure
Nurture Campaign Elements in MarketingAutomation
Element Value
Emails Sender (“From”)
Message
Format
Call To Action
Landing Pages Form?
What Fields?
Pre-populated?
Qualified Response
(MQL threshold)?
Click?
Form Submit?
Call?
Path for Warm Leads
(Non MQLs)
Wait and repeat?
Send to different Campaign?
Lead Management Elements
Element Value
Lead Stage Picklist New
Warm
MQL
SQL
CRM Integration Calls Create Lead
Update Lead
Activity History
Lead Assignment Round Robin?
Regional?
Other?
Non-SQL/Closed Lost
reason picklist
No Budget, Wrong Product, Wrong time
Not right person in account, etc.
Quick Example

Build a Lead Management Process Today!

  • 1.
    Building a Lead ManagementProcess Today A Simplified Guide
  • 2.
    edynamic is anaward winning global digital marketing and technology agency focused on customer experience
  • 3.
    3 • Sitecore GoldPartner, since 2003 • Over 200 Sitecore projects successfully delivered • Over 40 ongoing clients • 150+ trained Sitecore resources • 4 Sitecore MVP’s • Reusable Sitecore connectors built to extend the ecosystem • Industry accelerators and reusable frameworks WE STARTED OUT AS SITECORE SPECIALISTS
  • 4.
    Key Partnerships andSupported Platforms edynamic has marketing cloud partnerships with industry leading marketing automation solutions
  • 5.
    OUR SERVICES DRIVEGREAT CX OUTCOMES 5 • Demand Generation Managed Services • Content Strategy & Production • Personalization Strategy • UX Research • Customer Journey Mapping • Multi-Device, Multi-Channel experience design EXPERIENCEMARKETING • Platform Selection • Mobile Readiness • Marketing Automation • Social Listening • Content Management Systems • CRM Platforms • Platform Coaching and Training • Analytics and Business Intelligence • ROI Attribution • eCommerce Platforms TECHNOLOGY
  • 6.
    What is LeadManagement?
  • 7.
    Lead management isthe process of capturing leads, nurturing them through the buyer’s journey, qualifying and scoring them, and passing them on to the sales team with all relevant information.
  • 8.
    Lead Nurturing andOutbound Marketing Strategy Advertising, Content Marketing and Inbound Marketing Strategy Opportunity/Deal Management Cross Sell/Upsell Strategy The Ubiquitous Lead Funnel Anonymous Website Traffic Track and profile Inbound Personalization Lead Capture Lead Assignement Sales Qualified Lead Identified Opportunity Opportunity Stage Messaging Top of Funnel Middle of Funnel Bottom of Funnel Identifying Event (Form Submit) Known Contact Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Lead Qualified Response Sales’ Unqualified Leads and Closed- Lost Opps are recycled, NOT dropped!
  • 9.
    Starting a SimpleLead Management Process
  • 10.
    Lead Stage Mapping: FullyMature, Best Practices Version $$ - Closed Revenue -$$ Nurture Marketing Qualified Lead Sales Accepted Lead (SAL) Prospect Sales Qualified Lead Customer’s Buying Process New Customer Onboarding Raving Fan Acquisition Onboarding Service and Retaining Re- Purchase Sales & Marketing Process
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    Campaigns to LeadStage Alignment How are you Advancing the Conversation at Each Stage? Purpose •Solve a problem •Solicit pain points •Become SME Sample Messages •Did you know •How to •Use Cases •Tips & tricks Purpose •Features/benefits •Brand promise/valProp Sample Messages •Comparison •Reiterate value prop •Include relevant case studies, testimonials •Provide analysis tools Purpose •Remove roadblocks •Speed purchase decision •Close deal Sample Messages •Provide decision tools (calculators) •How create a business case/ •Convince your boss, mom, husband, friend Purpose •Thank customers •Reiterate brand promise •Clearly state next step Sample Messages •Thank you •Highlight value of purchase Feel good about your purchase •Identify next steps – what now? •Surveys – are you satisfied? Purpose •Retain, develop, and expand customer lifetime value •Customer engagement Sample Messages •Reiterate purchase/ relationship benefit •Seek feedback/information •Tips/tricks to get most of product •Exclusive content •Reward schemes Purpose •Brand induction •Recognize relationship w/target •Identify interests Sample Messages •Brand promise/ reiterate benefits of purchase/subscription (why us) •What to expect •Subscription service content Lead Stage Supporting Campaign
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    Your First LeadStage Funnel SQLNew Lead Engaged Lead Prospects (NOT leads yet!) MQLLead Capture Pass to CRM
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    Nurture Campaign Elementsin MarketingAutomation Element Value Emails Sender (“From”) Message Format Call To Action Landing Pages Form? What Fields? Pre-populated? Qualified Response (MQL threshold)? Click? Form Submit? Call? Path for Warm Leads (Non MQLs) Wait and repeat? Send to different Campaign?
  • 15.
    Lead Management Elements ElementValue Lead Stage Picklist New Warm MQL SQL CRM Integration Calls Create Lead Update Lead Activity History Lead Assignment Round Robin? Regional? Other? Non-SQL/Closed Lost reason picklist No Budget, Wrong Product, Wrong time Not right person in account, etc.
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Editor's Notes

  • #5 Key message—who do we partner with? Work across different platforms
  • #9 This high level view of a fully integrated CX funnel shows the traditional sales and marketing funnel, with the various technologies and objectives that should be in place, surrounded by some of the tactics and processes that would be happening within each platform.
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  • #12 Lots of different types of nurturing campaigns. For any nurture campaign (or campaign in general) must know: What are the goals Who is the target audience –what’s their motivation? What stage are they in? What do they want to know? How are they making decisions? Review your personas to help identify the answers to these questions. (Also helps identify appropriate tactics)
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