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Marketing's Methods That
Improve Retention & Experience 
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Principal Transformation Advisor
at Oracle Marketing Cloud
Previously
•  VP Research, Customer Success at TSIA
•  Director of Customer Success at BMC Software
•  Director of Premier Support at Eloqua
•  Customer Success Architect at CA Technologies
Oracle Marketing Cloud offers a suite of powerful
solutions that provides marketers with a comprehensive
view of customer interactions, orchestration of the right
experience for each customer, and the ability to attract
ideal customers who spend more, stay loyal, and become
brand advocates.
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The future masters of technology will have to be light-
hearted and intelligent.
The machine easily masters the grim and the dumb.
Marshall McLuhan, 1969
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A couple of board metrics
• Customer Retention
• Customer Growth
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Retention = Superior Value + Trust + High Switching
Cost Boston Consulting Group
•  Can you make this equation work for your customers?
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Growth = Superior Value + Trust + High Switching
Cost + Business Need Peter Armaly
•  Get the first part of the equation
right and the other variable depends
on your ability to match your
solution with the customer’s needs
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Customer experience matters
•  Improved customer experience can grow revenue by five to 10% — and cost 15
to 20% less—over a span of 3 years. VisionCritical – June 2016
•  97% of global consumers cite customer service as important in their brand
choice and loyalty. VisionCritical – June 2016
•  US banks would improve their NPS score by an average of 12% if they reached
the level of mobile and online banking usage of their counterparts in the
Netherlands, which adopted digital channels years ago. Bain & Co.; Running the Business
through Your Customer's Eyes, Feb 2017
•  Loyal customers drive 80% of revenue. Surprising Facts about Customer Loyalty Marketing,
www.marketingprofs.com
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So why is it so hard?
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Only 37.5% of organizations have a formal adoption framework
TSIA - 2017 Customer Success Technology Stack Research Report
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You know who’s good at this stuff?
Ø Marketing
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Some variables to consider
•  Product complexity
•  Product pricing
•  Product quality
•  Customer apathy
•  Customer skills
•  Competing customer priorities
•  Vendor/client relationship
•  Vendor Support
•  Customer Success efficacy
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Marketing’s Strengths Customer Success’ Struggles
Scale Scale
Why buyers buy Awareness of buyer’s motivations
Personalization Intimate knowledge of customer preferences
Data science, predictive analytics Data science, predictive analytics
Qualifying and nurturing leads Nurturing renewal and growth leads
Lead Scoring Contact Scoring
Storytelling; Content Management; Dynamic Content Content creation; Programmatic content delivery
Driving business through advocates Driving business through advocates
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Marketing methods that could help Customer
Success
•  Lead Management
•  Profile Management
•  Personalization
•  Content Management
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Lead Management for Marketers
Lead Management processes take in unqualified
contacts and opportunities from a variety of sources,
which may include:
•  web campaigns
•  direct-mail campaigns
•  email marketing campaigns
•  multichannel campaigns
•  database marketing
•  third-party leased lists
•  social media
•  trade shows
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Lead Management for Customer Success adoption
efforts
A whole lot easier since you already know who the leads are. It’s like the pre-sales
funnel but much narrower. You just need to:
•  Identify adoption milestones in the customer’s post-sales journey (Product
Management should lead on this point)
•  Determine appropriate messaging for each
•  Build corresponding content (repurpose from Marketing, Product Management,
Support)
•  Automate nurturing to guide customer to higher levels of adoption and eventually
renewal
•  Gauge propensity for further investment
•  Pass to Sales
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Profile Management for Customer Success
Enhance the existing account record in your Customer Success tool with these signals. These
can be considered as milestones in the post-sales journey:
•  Onboarding status
•  First email
•  First ticket opened
•  Ticket opened for x days
•  Projects statuses
•  QBRs
•  Education/Training consumed
•  Renewals
•  Additional investment
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Contact Personalization for Customer Success
Enhance contact record in the CRM:
•  Role
•  Whitepaper downloads
•  Website visits
•  Help Center/Product page visits
•  Videos viewed
•  Training/certification
•  Sentiment (NPS, social, etc)
•  Community platform participation
•  Offline activities (Meetups,
conferences, etc)
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Content Management for Customer Success
Messaging for each point in journey
compiled from Profiles and
Personalization efforts.
•  Videos
•  How-to posts
•  Links to community articles
•  Support pages
•  Product marketing pages
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Oracle Retention Results
•  Small segment of Oracle Marketing Cloud’s
customer base - 1200 unique customers
served; 90% still customers
•  50% less churn (annualized churn rate versus
customers not targeted by enhanced
services)
•  9% higher retention rate for customers
targeted vs overall
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Oracle Engagement Results
•  66% increase in Participating Users
•  70% increase in Active Users
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Take-away/Lessons Learned
•  What were the most surprising lessons?
•  The higher than expected effect it had on retention and customer sat
•  What do you think is the most important lesson?
•  Focus on customer’s perception of quality and relevance
•  What would you do differently if you could do it again?
•  Be more aggressive with the scope of the effort
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Q&A

Marketing's Methods that Improve Retention & Experience

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    PRODUCED BY Principal TransformationAdvisor at Oracle Marketing Cloud Previously •  VP Research, Customer Success at TSIA •  Director of Customer Success at BMC Software •  Director of Premier Support at Eloqua •  Customer Success Architect at CA Technologies Oracle Marketing Cloud offers a suite of powerful solutions that provides marketers with a comprehensive view of customer interactions, orchestration of the right experience for each customer, and the ability to attract ideal customers who spend more, stay loyal, and become brand advocates.
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    PRODUCED BY The futuremasters of technology will have to be light- hearted and intelligent. The machine easily masters the grim and the dumb. Marshall McLuhan, 1969
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    PRODUCED BY A coupleof board metrics • Customer Retention • Customer Growth
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    PRODUCED BYPRODUCED BY Retention= Superior Value + Trust + High Switching Cost Boston Consulting Group •  Can you make this equation work for your customers?
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    PRODUCED BY Growth =Superior Value + Trust + High Switching Cost + Business Need Peter Armaly •  Get the first part of the equation right and the other variable depends on your ability to match your solution with the customer’s needs
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    PRODUCED BYPRODUCED BY Customerexperience matters •  Improved customer experience can grow revenue by five to 10% — and cost 15 to 20% less—over a span of 3 years. VisionCritical – June 2016 •  97% of global consumers cite customer service as important in their brand choice and loyalty. VisionCritical – June 2016 •  US banks would improve their NPS score by an average of 12% if they reached the level of mobile and online banking usage of their counterparts in the Netherlands, which adopted digital channels years ago. Bain & Co.; Running the Business through Your Customer's Eyes, Feb 2017 •  Loyal customers drive 80% of revenue. Surprising Facts about Customer Loyalty Marketing, www.marketingprofs.com
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    PRODUCED BYPRODUCED BY Sowhy is it so hard?
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    PRODUCED BYPRODUCED BY Only37.5% of organizations have a formal adoption framework TSIA - 2017 Customer Success Technology Stack Research Report
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    PRODUCED BY You knowwho’s good at this stuff? Ø Marketing
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    PRODUCED BYPRODUCED BY Somevariables to consider •  Product complexity •  Product pricing •  Product quality •  Customer apathy •  Customer skills •  Competing customer priorities •  Vendor/client relationship •  Vendor Support •  Customer Success efficacy
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    PRODUCED BYPRODUCED BY Marketing’sStrengths Customer Success’ Struggles Scale Scale Why buyers buy Awareness of buyer’s motivations Personalization Intimate knowledge of customer preferences Data science, predictive analytics Data science, predictive analytics Qualifying and nurturing leads Nurturing renewal and growth leads Lead Scoring Contact Scoring Storytelling; Content Management; Dynamic Content Content creation; Programmatic content delivery Driving business through advocates Driving business through advocates
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    PRODUCED BYPRODUCED BY Marketingmethods that could help Customer Success •  Lead Management •  Profile Management •  Personalization •  Content Management
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    PRODUCED BYPRODUCED BY LeadManagement for Marketers Lead Management processes take in unqualified contacts and opportunities from a variety of sources, which may include: •  web campaigns •  direct-mail campaigns •  email marketing campaigns •  multichannel campaigns •  database marketing •  third-party leased lists •  social media •  trade shows
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    PRODUCED BYPRODUCED BY LeadManagement for Customer Success adoption efforts A whole lot easier since you already know who the leads are. It’s like the pre-sales funnel but much narrower. You just need to: •  Identify adoption milestones in the customer’s post-sales journey (Product Management should lead on this point) •  Determine appropriate messaging for each •  Build corresponding content (repurpose from Marketing, Product Management, Support) •  Automate nurturing to guide customer to higher levels of adoption and eventually renewal •  Gauge propensity for further investment •  Pass to Sales
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    PRODUCED BYPRODUCED BY ProfileManagement for Customer Success Enhance the existing account record in your Customer Success tool with these signals. These can be considered as milestones in the post-sales journey: •  Onboarding status •  First email •  First ticket opened •  Ticket opened for x days •  Projects statuses •  QBRs •  Education/Training consumed •  Renewals •  Additional investment
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    PRODUCED BYPRODUCED BY ContactPersonalization for Customer Success Enhance contact record in the CRM: •  Role •  Whitepaper downloads •  Website visits •  Help Center/Product page visits •  Videos viewed •  Training/certification •  Sentiment (NPS, social, etc) •  Community platform participation •  Offline activities (Meetups, conferences, etc)
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    PRODUCED BYPRODUCED BY ContentManagement for Customer Success Messaging for each point in journey compiled from Profiles and Personalization efforts. •  Videos •  How-to posts •  Links to community articles •  Support pages •  Product marketing pages
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    PRODUCED BYPRODUCED BY OracleRetention Results •  Small segment of Oracle Marketing Cloud’s customer base - 1200 unique customers served; 90% still customers •  50% less churn (annualized churn rate versus customers not targeted by enhanced services) •  9% higher retention rate for customers targeted vs overall
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    PRODUCED BYPRODUCED BY OracleEngagement Results •  66% increase in Participating Users •  70% increase in Active Users
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    PRODUCED BYPRODUCED BY Take-away/LessonsLearned •  What were the most surprising lessons? •  The higher than expected effect it had on retention and customer sat •  What do you think is the most important lesson? •  Focus on customer’s perception of quality and relevance •  What would you do differently if you could do it again? •  Be more aggressive with the scope of the effort
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