Ryan Ball
HEAD OF ENTERPRISE SALES EMEA
HubSpot
Conversations,
not Campaigns:
How to Create Profitable Relationships With
Clients Through Context
Ryan L. Ball
Head of Enterprise Sales (EMEA) @ HubSpot
@ryanlball
ie.linkedin.com/in/ryanlball
Ryan L. Ball
@ryanlball
Marketers are not loved
Less Lovable More Lovable
Stockbrokers lawyers
Marketers
We use budget to interrupt people’s lives.
THAT MARKETING PLAYBOOK IS
BROKEN.
86%
skip TV ads
91%
unsubscribe
from email
200M
on the
Do Not Call list
44%
of direct mail is
never opened
Our Inbound Marketing
Methodology
Source - http://www.hubspot.com/products/inbound-marketing/
Create content that adds
value,
Create content that adds
value, solves a pain
point,
Create content that adds
value, solves a pain
point, or just
entertains.
3
Create
Marketing
Assets
Create a
Content
Machine23
Context to
Personalise your
Funnel
USE CONTEXT
TO
PERSONALISE
As marketers we want more traffic, leads,
customers.
As marketers we want more traffic, leads,
customers.
But, in marketing we talk a lot about the crowd.
Your customers don’t want to feel like
they are part of the crowd.
They have different challenges and
are at various stages of the buying cycle.
We’ve talked about how we use
personas and content to attract the right visitors.
How can we use context to personalise
their experience across the funnel?
Email marketing
tools allow us to do
some context
marketing.
Email Marketing
Relevant List
Segment
Dynamic Subject Line
Dynamic Body Copy
Dynamic CTA
The results are in!
Click through rates: 14%+
Conversion rates: 10%+
The results are in!
But it’s 2015, is context in email
really the best we can do?
The Broad Context Marketing Strategy
Buyer Persona
Personalised
Email Content
Personalised
Lead Nurturing
Personalised
Website
Content
Personalised
Landing Pages
Personalised
Social Media
Engagement
Mobile Optimised
The 3 Keys to
Context Marketing
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing
1 Gather
2 Personalise
3 Sell
1 Gather information
across all touch points.
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing
Gather demographic data
Capture demographic data

The 3 Keys to Context Marketing
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing
Gather demographic data
Capture demographic data

The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Gather
Gather demographic data
Demographic Data
Name
Email & Phone
Role & Department
Company & Industry
Employees / Team
Challenges / Goals
Geographic location
Behavioural Data
Blog articles read
Forms completed
Content downloaded
Website visits
Emails opened
Social media actions
Videos watched
Behavioural Data
Blog articles read
Forms filled
Content downloaded
Website visits
Emails opened
Social media actions
Videos watched
Demographic Data
Name
Email & Phone
Role & Department
Company & Industry
Employees / Team
Challenges / Goals
Geographic location
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Gather
Build a 360° view of every contact
Who they are
Behavioural Data
Blog articles read
Forms filled
Content downloaded
Website visits
Emails opened
Social media actions
Videos watched
Demographic Data
Name
Email & Phone
Role & Department
Company & Industry
Employees / Team
Challenges / Goals
Geographic location
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Gather
Build a 360° view of every contact
Who they are
What they are interested in
Personalise the experience
across every interaction.2

and combine with behavioral data to build lead
profiles.
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise
Persona
Driven
Personal goes beyond knowing someone’s First
Name.
Personalised
Email Content
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise
Personalised
Lead Nurturing
Personal goes beyond email marketing.
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise
Personalised
Website
Content
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise
Personalised
Website
Content
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise
Personalised
Landing Pages

and takes into consideration where and when
they consume content.
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise
Personalised
Social Media
Engagement
Personal caters for people preferences.
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise
Mobile
Optimised
What about the people
we don’t know?
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise
Personalise the experience for all of your visitors - even
if they are not in your database yet!
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise
Use context
to sell.3
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing – Use Context to Sell
Complete visibility into
interaction with our
marketing & sales material.
Notifications on key activities.
Direct to my inbox.
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing – Use Context to Sell
Monitor and engage with my
prospects on social media.
Analyse and report on your
specific Accounts (Companies)
to further guide your efforts
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing – Use Context to Sell
The 3 Keys to Context Marketing
1
2
3
Gather
Personalise
Sell
Pulling It Together
The right content,
to the right person,
at the right time.
Stop speaking to our audience like
they are part of the crowd.
Start speaking to them,
as an audience of one.
THANK YOU.

On target 2015, Ryan Ball, HubSpot

  • 1.
    Ryan Ball HEAD OFENTERPRISE SALES EMEA HubSpot
  • 2.
    Conversations, not Campaigns: How toCreate Profitable Relationships With Clients Through Context Ryan L. Ball Head of Enterprise Sales (EMEA) @ HubSpot @ryanlball ie.linkedin.com/in/ryanlball
  • 3.
  • 4.
    Marketers are notloved Less Lovable More Lovable Stockbrokers lawyers Marketers
  • 5.
    We use budgetto interrupt people’s lives.
  • 6.
    THAT MARKETING PLAYBOOKIS BROKEN. 86% skip TV ads 91% unsubscribe from email 200M on the Do Not Call list 44% of direct mail is never opened
  • 7.
    Our Inbound Marketing Methodology Source- http://www.hubspot.com/products/inbound-marketing/
  • 8.
  • 9.
    Create content thatadds value, solves a pain point,
  • 10.
    Create content thatadds value, solves a pain point, or just entertains.
  • 11.
  • 12.
    As marketers wewant more traffic, leads, customers.
  • 13.
    As marketers wewant more traffic, leads, customers. But, in marketing we talk a lot about the crowd.
  • 14.
    Your customers don’twant to feel like they are part of the crowd.
  • 15.
    They have differentchallenges and are at various stages of the buying cycle.
  • 16.
    We’ve talked abouthow we use personas and content to attract the right visitors.
  • 17.
    How can weuse context to personalise their experience across the funnel?
  • 18.
    Email marketing tools allowus to do some context marketing. Email Marketing Relevant List Segment Dynamic Subject Line Dynamic Body Copy Dynamic CTA
  • 19.
  • 20.
    Click through rates:14%+ Conversion rates: 10%+ The results are in!
  • 21.
    But it’s 2015,is context in email really the best we can do?
  • 23.
    The Broad ContextMarketing Strategy Buyer Persona Personalised Email Content Personalised Lead Nurturing Personalised Website Content Personalised Landing Pages Personalised Social Media Engagement Mobile Optimised
  • 24.
    The 3 Keysto Context Marketing
  • 25.
    The 3 Keysto Context Marketing 1 Gather 2 Personalise 3 Sell
  • 26.
    1 Gather information acrossall touch points. The 3 Keys to Context Marketing
  • 28.
    Gather demographic data Capturedemographic data
 The 3 Keys to Context Marketing
  • 29.
    The 3 Keysto Context Marketing Gather demographic data Capture demographic data

  • 30.
    The 3 Keysto Context Marketing - Gather Gather demographic data Demographic Data Name Email & Phone Role & Department Company & Industry Employees / Team Challenges / Goals Geographic location Behavioural Data Blog articles read Forms completed Content downloaded Website visits Emails opened Social media actions Videos watched
  • 31.
    Behavioural Data Blog articlesread Forms filled Content downloaded Website visits Emails opened Social media actions Videos watched Demographic Data Name Email & Phone Role & Department Company & Industry Employees / Team Challenges / Goals Geographic location The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Gather Build a 360° view of every contact Who they are
  • 32.
    Behavioural Data Blog articlesread Forms filled Content downloaded Website visits Emails opened Social media actions Videos watched Demographic Data Name Email & Phone Role & Department Company & Industry Employees / Team Challenges / Goals Geographic location The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Gather Build a 360° view of every contact Who they are What they are interested in
  • 33.
  • 34.
    
and combine withbehavioral data to build lead profiles. The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise Persona Driven
  • 35.
    Personal goes beyondknowing someone’s First Name. Personalised Email Content The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise
  • 36.
    The 3 Keysto Context Marketing - Personalise Personalised Lead Nurturing
  • 38.
    Personal goes beyondemail marketing. The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise Personalised Website Content
  • 39.
    The 3 Keysto Context Marketing - Personalise Personalised Website Content
  • 40.
    The 3 Keysto Context Marketing - Personalise Personalised Landing Pages
  • 41.
    
and takes intoconsideration where and when they consume content. The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise Personalised Social Media Engagement
  • 42.
    Personal caters forpeople preferences. The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise Mobile Optimised
  • 44.
    What about thepeople we don’t know? The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise
  • 45.
    Personalise the experiencefor all of your visitors - even if they are not in your database yet! The 3 Keys to Context Marketing - Personalise
  • 46.
  • 48.
    The 3 Keysto Context Marketing – Use Context to Sell Complete visibility into interaction with our marketing & sales material.
  • 49.
    Notifications on keyactivities. Direct to my inbox. The 3 Keys to Context Marketing – Use Context to Sell
  • 50.
    Monitor and engagewith my prospects on social media. Analyse and report on your specific Accounts (Companies) to further guide your efforts The 3 Keys to Context Marketing – Use Context to Sell
  • 52.
    The 3 Keysto Context Marketing 1 2 3 Gather Personalise Sell Pulling It Together
  • 53.
    The right content, tothe right person, at the right time.
  • 55.
    Stop speaking toour audience like they are part of the crowd.
  • 56.
    Start speaking tothem, as an audience of one.
  • 57.

Editor's Notes

  • #46  Of course to make this happen we need an integrated system