Digital Body Language
    and the Revenue Engine
    Buying and Selling in 2011

    Steven Woods
    CTO, Eloqua
    @stevewoods


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Buying: Simplified


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Status Quo




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Interest is Piqued




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The Ask

           I want more
          web analytics
              magic




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Research




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Social Influencers




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Solution Options




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Web Presence




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Visualization




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Mobile Options




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Whitepapers




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Social Community




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Implementation Questions

       Will it
     integrate?




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Technical Research




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Social Media Questions


               Can I
             integrate
            everything?




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Social Engagement




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Blog Content




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Webinars




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Team Consensus


        It’s good




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Purchase Attempt


         Can we
         buy it?




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Decision Making




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An optimally timed sales call


           We’re here
            for you




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Finance


            Looks
          worthwhile




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Undiscovered Stakeholders

        Gonna take
        your RSS
          budget




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Objection Hunting




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Support Portals




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Consensus Again


                  We want
                  Webtrends




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The Purchase


          Let’s get
          started




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Buying Observations



     • It’s online
     • It’s about the buyer
     • It’s complicated




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Buying Observations



     • It’s online
     • It’s about the buyer
     • It’s complicated




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Changing World of Sales




      Product
       Price
     Personality   “SPIN Selling”
                         –
                   Neil Rachman      “Hope is not a
                                    Strategy” – Rick
                                         Page
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Time with Sales is Decreasing

 78% of business decision makers reporting a decrease in
  time with sales reps


ABM’s Digital Transformation study




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Buyer Honesty is Low




              Buyers Do Not Tell
              The Truth on Web
                   Forms




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Online: Bob The Buyer’s Journey


          Bob the Buyer


                                                      Vendor comparison

            Website:
              Data                        Inquiry:
                          Community      Whitepaper
          visualization      Site:       download
                          Extensions

                                                       Deep Dive:
                                                        Product
  Search                   “Champion”                    Pages
  “vendor                    behavior
comparison”                  (content
                           forwarding)
                                                                Social:
                                                               Resolving
                                                               objections




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Buying Observations



     • It’s online
     • It’s about the buyer
     • It’s complicated




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Economic Filters on Information




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Filters and Mass Availability




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But Something Went Wrong




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Biggest Users of Social Media




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How do Buyers discover information



           Passive:
                                                            Influenced:
     I happened to be ___
        and I noticed…                                I trust ____ and he/she
                                                               says…

                            Discovery…


                                    Active:
                             I was looking for ___,
                                 and I found…
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Revenue Engine: Be Discoverable

         How will you get   Paid                     Earned
               attention?

How is the
buyer looking?
Active                      SEM,                     SEO,
                            Tradeshows               Quora Participation,
                                                     Twitter Engagement,
                                                     Support Communities
Passive                     Advertising,             Content Marketing,
                            Remarketing,             LinkedIn Groups,
                            Tradeshows,              Viral Videos
                            Email
Influenced                  Klout,                   Social Media Relations,
                            Foursquare Promotions,   Analyst Relations
                            Promoted Tweets

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Social vs Business


How do


“Tools for Apoptosis, Cytotoxicity, and
  Cell Proliferation”

 become talked about?




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Buying Observations



     • It’s online
     • It’s about the buyer
     • It’s complicated




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• Manufacturing plant




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Why is instrumenting interesting?




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Systematize


• How do buyers learn?
• Are we present there?
• When do they need our help?
• Where can we improve?




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How do buyers learn?


• What’s important?
     •   Audience
     •   Share of Conversation
     •   Traffic
     •   Inquiries
     •   Qualified




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B2B and Social – really?




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When do buyers need our help?




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Analysis in All Industries




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Moneyball Marketing




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How many buyers need help?




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Why not talk to everyone?




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Optimize lead qualification?



• Is the team following up with leads?
• Is it a follow up issue or a quality issue?




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Compatibility


• How do we predict?
• Data beats intuition




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Data Beats Intuition




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Optimize buying audience?


• Buyer behavior and stuck deals




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To Recap


Buying:             Selling:
It’s online          Instrument everything
It’s about the buyer Be discoverable
It’s complicated     Systematize processes


      Build a Revenue Engine
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Thank you




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Digital Body Language and the Revenue Engine