How to Create Cognitive
Nurture Programs
JULY 14TH 10AM PST / 1PM EST
● Accomplished Startup Marketer
● Built & Led Global Marketing Ops at Nitro
● Musician-born Marketer
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● 2013 Oracle-Eloqua Markie Winner
@szinsmeister
Presenters
SEAN ZINSMEISTER
VP of Product Marketing
Infer
● 4+ years at Social Tables
● 100+ person, VC backed startup in D.C.
● Geography buff and serious FIFA player
RAY MILLER
Sr Marketing Operations Manager
Social Tables
@touchofray
sean@infer.com stackandflow.io
ray@socialtables.com
Data Exhaust
“In 2012, we generated 2.5
billion gigabytes of data every
single day.”
IBM Study
“About 75% of the data we
generate is unstructured – in
other words, random, and
difficult to index.”
IBM Study
“Only 9% of B2B Marketers say
they are getting current
customer information, social
insights, market shifts, and
customer development in
real-time.”
CMO Council Study
Too Many
Leads
Too Few
Leads
Too Few
Leads
SPAM
Data
Storage
Missing
Data
Bad
Data
Lead
Quality
Unclear
Segmentation
Poor
Conversion
Rates
Missing
Opportunities
Too Many Prospects
Which are the best fit
to buy?
Too Few Prospects
Are there more
lookalikes?
Missing Opportunities
Which prospects are
most engaged?
Unclear Segmentation
Who is my ideal
customer profile?
Go to Market Challenges
System of Intelligence
SYSTEM OF
INTELLIGENCE
Record
Intelligence
Engagement
Natural
Language
Processing
Machine
Learning
Fuzzy
Matching
Title
Normalization
External Data
Append
Predictive
Modeling
SPAM
Analysis
Sales Performance
Management
Marketing
Efficiency
Data-Driven
Workflows
The Key Components of AI
CRM
Marketing
Automation
Product
Usage
Engagement
Data
Web Crawl
API
Google
Analytics
Proprietary
Data
Science
Send to Sales
Do Not Work
AI is the Line Judge
Primary Inbound Nurture +
Fit Scoring
A-LeadsWeb
Marketing
Automation
Sales
Development
A-Leads B-Leads C-Leads D-Leads
“Contact Me” “Problem Statement”
“Contact Me”
“Problem Statement”
“Customer Credibility”
“Contact Me”
“Problem Statement”
“Customer Credibility”
“Contact Me”
“Product Education”
Recycle Program
NURTURE
PROGRAMS
Primary Inbound Nurture + Fit Scoring
A-LeadsWeb
Marketing
Automation
Sales
Development
A-Leads
Primary Inbound Nurture + Fit Scoring
Primary Inbound Nurture + Fit Scoring
A-LeadsWeb
Marketing
Automation
Sales
Development
A-Leads B-Leads C-Leads D-Leads
Primary Inbound Nurture + Fit Scoring
A-Leads
“Contact Me”
Recycle Program
Primary Inbound Nurture + Fit Scoring
B-Leads
“Problem Statement”
“Contact Me”
Recycle Program
Primary Inbound Nurture + Fit Scoring
C-Leads
“Problem Statement”
“Customer Credibility”
“Contact Me”
Recycle Program
Primary Inbound Nurture + Fit Scoring
D-Leads
“Problem Statement”
“Customer Credibility”
“Contact Me”
“Product Education”
Recycle Program
NURTURE
PROGRAMS
Primary Inbound Nurture + Fit Scoring
A-Leads B-Leads C-Leads D-Leads
“Contact Me” “Problem Statement”
“Contact Me”
“Problem Statement”
“Customer Credibility”
“Contact Me”
“Problem Statement”
“Customer Credibility”
“Contact Me”
“Product Education”
Recycle Program
NURTURE
PROGRAMS
Primary Inbound Nurture + Fit Scoring
A-LeadsWeb
Marketing
Automation
Sales
Development
A-Leads B-Leads C-Leads D-Leads
“Contact Me” “Problem Statement”
“Contact Me”
“Problem Statement”
“Customer Credibility”
“Contact Me”
“Problem Statement”
“Customer Credibility”
“Contact Me”
“Product Education”
Recycle Program
NURTURE
PROGRAMS
DCB
Personalized
Who receives?
A A CB
Trial Ends
Standardized Onboarding
Who receives?
Personalized
Who receives?
Personalized Customer Journey
Trial Ends
At a Glance
+4x
engagement from
top leads
+4x
more quality leads identified
through marketing channels
reached impressive
conversion rates
CUSTOMER SUCCESS SNAPSHOT
5-10%
“The next big step we’re really excited about is
getting smarter with our advertising through
predictive. Infer lets us look at acquisition
channels based on who's coming in, so we can
tell exactly which ones are sending us the most
good-fit and poor-fit leads. We can now look at
more meaningful metrics than volume alone, and
have already identified channels that deliver 50%
Infer A-Leads versus our standard ratio, which is
eight bad leads for every one good lead.”
Measuring Marketing Impact
NICHOLAS HEIM
Director of Inbound Marketing
Ads | Campaigns by Lead Grade
Campaign 1
A C D A B C D
Campaign 2
A C D A B C D
A B C D
Campaign 4
A B C D
A B C D
Campaign 3
A B C D
Fit + Behavior
Fit vs Behavior
Window 1 Window 2 Window 3 Window 4
Fit
Behavior
Time
0
A
3
A
3
A
2
A
1
Fit vs Behavior
Time0
Activity
A
3
A
3
A
2
A
1
Fit vs Behavior
A-LeadsWeb
Marketing
Automation
Sales
Development
Marketing
Nurture Programs
Soft Offer Hard Offer
Primary Inbound Nurture + Behavioral Model
Webinar Registration / Attendee
Content Download
Industry Report
Video Engagement
ROI Calculator
Web / Email Engagement
Soft Offer - Soft Conversion
Soft Offer
Primary Inbound Nurture + Behavioral Model
Request a Quote
Contact Me
Request a Demo
Free Trial
Hard Offer - Hard Conversion
Hard Offer
Primary Inbound Nurture + Behavioral Model
Primary Inbound Nurture + Behavioral Model
A-LeadsWeb
Marketing
Automation
Sales
Development
Marketing
Nurture Programs
Soft Offer Hard Offer
Outbound / ABM Nurture
Zoom
Info
Data.com
Inside
View
Net-New
Accounts
Net-New
Contacts
Good
Prospects
ToutApp
Outreach
AdRoll
DemandBase
Google
Twitter
PFL
MailLift
Facebook
Evenly Distributed
Net-New Good Leads
SEQUENCES/
CADENCES
CUSTOM
AUDIENCES
Sales
Queue
DIRECT
MAIL
Outbound / ABM Nurture
Zoom
Info
Data.com
Inside
View
Net-New
Accounts
Net-New
Contacts
Good
Prospects
ABM Air Cover
Account-Based
Sales Development
Conversions
Outbound / ABM Nurture
Account-Based
Sales Development
Good
Prospects
ToutApp
OutreachSEQUENCES/
CADENCES
Sales
Queue
Outbound / ABM Nurture
CMO
Welcome
“Problem Statement”
Exec Track 02
Exec Track 03
MKT
OPs
Welcome
“Problem Statement”
MOPS Track 02
MOPS Track 03
Sales
Ops
Welcome
“Problem Statement”
SOPS Track 02
SOPS Track 03
MKT
Analyst
Welcome
“Problem Statement”
Analyst
Product Education
Analyst
Customer Credibility
Analyst
“Contact Me”
Recycle Program
Outbound / ABM Nurture
ABM Air Cover Good
Prospects
DemandBase
Google
Twitter
PFL
MailLift
Facebook
Evenly Distributed
Net-New Good Leads
CUSTOM
AUDIENCES
Sales
Queue
DIRECT
MAIL
AdRoll
Outbound / ABM Nurture
Outbound / ABM Nurture
Zoom
Info
Data.com
Inside
View
Net-New
Accounts
Net-New
Contacts
Good
Prospects
ToutApp
Outreach
AdRoll
DemandBase
Google
Twitter
PFL
MailLift
Facebook
Evenly Distributed
Net-New Good Leads
SEQUENCES/
CADENCES
CUSTOM
AUDIENCES
Sales
Queue
DIRECT
MAIL
100+ employees 4,000+ customersEstablished 2011
100+ million
participants
1+ million
events created
1.5+ billion ft2
of
event space drawn
Lead
Management
Collateral AssignmentCapture/N
urture
General Analytics
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Challenge:
Outline
● Too many leads with an unclear definition of marketing qualified lead
● Certain channels were lopsided and produced varying levels of conversion
● New channels opening up and no way to prioritize efforts
Full 14 day
free trial
Producing 3000
submissions
/month with paid
ads
Small sales team >
10 dev reps
following up
2% conversion
rate to
customer
Steady current
channels,
diminishing returns
in CPL
#1 lead
channel
80% of our revenue
from less than 30%
leads, but all had
equal focus
Inconsistent
activity into
leads
Email nurture program
A-LeadsWeb
Marketing
Automation
Sales
Development
A-Leads B-Leads C-Leads D-Leads
“Customer type
specific problem”
Customer type
specific problem”
Customer type case
study
Ecommerce
offer
Ecommerce offer
Monthly
Industry/product
program
NURTURE
PROGRAMS
Demo - customer
specific feature
Demo - customer
specific feature
Learnings
● Layering branded emails and personalized rep emails improves success
● This nurture program decreased conversion time from 62 days to opp to 27
days to opp on average
● Segmenting leads from the start drastically improved sales activity
● Sales had a more targeted offer to follow up on with the offer cadence
Nurturing is not just emails
A / B LeadsWeb
Pardot
Sales
Marketing
Nurture Programs
Retargeting ads
for “sign-up for a
demo of Social
Tables”
A / B / C
Leads
Retargeting ads
for a customer
type specific
ebook
Wait 5 days
AT A GLANCE
+7%
boosted overall
revenue
+10%
increased average
deal size
+$500k/mo
grew opportunity
pipeline
+35%
increased trial
signups
+25%
Expanded MQL
volume
Questions?

How to Create Cognitive Nurture Programs

Editor's Notes

  • #4 Data exhaust refers to the trail of data left by the activities of an Internet user during his/her online activity. An enormous amount of often raw data are created. These data (which can take the form of cookies, temporary files, logfiles etc.) can help to improve the online experience (for example through customized content).
  • #5 Cloud computing made it easier to get the data But there’s too much of it All in disparate systems, nothing is centralized making it hard to make actionable
  • #6 Cloud computing made it easier to get the data But there’s too much of it All in disparate systems, nothing is centralized making it hard to make actionable
  • #7 Cloud computing made it easier to get the data But there’s too much of it All in disparate systems, nothing is centralized making it hard to make actionable
  • #8 Exabyte = one billion gigabytes (that’s a lot of data)
  • #9 Today’s go-to-market professionals have a lot of problems to solve. And as the data increases for sales and marketing, those problems are growing and getting more complex.
  • #13 Nick to speak about MQL definition -- A, B, or C scored leads only.
  • #14 So let’s jump into a demo.
  • #27 So let’s jump into a demo.
  • #35 So let’s jump into a demo.