THE MARKETING CHALLENGE:
TURNING INSIGHTS IN TO ACTION
ANGELO SASSO
THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD
SPARK
TRACKMAVEN
MAY 18, 2017
WHO ARE WE?
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Established in 1928, LHW is a remarkably
uncommon collection of over 380
independent luxury hotels in 75 countries
around the world
Leading is a community of people where
those who cherish unordinary and
unexpected story-worthy travel moments
and those who craft them unite
WHO AM I?
Angelo Sasso
Sr. Director, Business Analytics and Customer Insights
The Leading Hotels of theWorld
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HOW?
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Source: Forrester Research
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AGE OF CUSTOMER CREATES NEW
CHALLENGES
Too much data – What is the right data?
Not enough action – What are the insights?
Many possibilities – Which actions?
Maintain feedback loop – What worked?
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WHAT ARE YOUR CHALLENGES?
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PROCESS CULTURE
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PROCESS
Create forums
Share insights
Activity planning process
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CULTURE
Storytelling is key
Make data safe, fun, and easy
Balance of art and science
Integrate analytics team
Three key components of our insights to action plan
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Marketing
Dashboard
Reviews
Marketing
Activity
Planning
Campaign
& Activity
Reviews
Three key components of our insights to action plan
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Marketing
Dashboard
Reviews
Marketing
Activity
Planning
Campaign
& Activity
Reviews
MARKETING DASHBOARD CREATION
• Interviewed stakeholders
• Created dynamic dashboard that
combines data from several sources
• Require business units to do “shallow
dives”
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Multi DimensionalViews
Data Source “Training Wheels”
Exploration Capabilities
NOT ABOUT THE TOOL, BUT ABOUT
THE PROCESS
• Meetings where business unit owners
review drivers of performance
• Cohesive narrative
• Challenge team to find the “so what”
• Allow hypothesis - what did / did not work
• Output – activity plans
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Three key components of our insights to action plan
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Marketing
Dashboard
Reviews
Marketing
Activity
Planning
Campaign
& Activity
Reviews
MARKETING ACTIVITY PLANNING
PROCESS
• Review actions before taking them
• Share best practices
• Infuse insights to planning process
• Ensure goal setting
• Understand sweat to equity
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Campaign
Ideation
& Brief
Campaign
Strategy Review &
Prioritization
Channel Strategy,
Planning &
Execution
1 2 3
Campaign
Insights Sharing
4
MAP PROCESS OVERVIEW
MAP TEAM STRUCTURE
Evangelizes
the process
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Executive
Sponsor
Process
Champion
Process
Owner
Review
Team
Activity
Owner
Drive cross
team
alignment
Owns
operational
process
A collective
of decision
makers
Drives the
activity from
to execution
CAMPAIGN EXECUTION MEETINGS
• Weekly with tactical teams
• Review activities to synchronize
efforts
• Learnings shared to increase
efficiency
• Review results and best practices
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Three key components of our insights to action plan
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Marketing
Dashboard
Reviews
Marketing
Activity
Planning
Campaign
& Activity
Reviews
CAMPAIGN & ACTIVITY REVIEWS
• Track at regular cadence
• Tracking across all touchpoints
• Deeper reviews quarterly
• Leverage insights sharing platform
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WHAT WE REVIEW
• Standardized set of KPIs across campaigns
• Activity owners trained on analytical tools
• Activity owner + analytics team to tease out
deeper insights
• Analytics team responsible for consolidating
learnings
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REVIEW STANDARD KPIS ACROSS ALL
CHANNELS
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MAKE SHARING OF INSIGHTS EASY
Reinforce use of an insights sharing tool by placing relevant analysis,
reports, and dashboards in the tool
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Three key components of our insights to action plan
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Marketing
Dashboard
Reviews
Marketing
Activity
Planning
Campaign
& Activity
Reviews
 Find an executive sponsor
 Enroll marketing leadership
 Ease teams in to commentary over time
 Assign a handful of “analytics champions”
 Keep the narrative tight and interesting
CULTURE CHANGE CHECKLIST
TANGIBLE RESULTS
Higher revenue
Greater efficiency
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Spark 2017: The Marketing Challenge: Putting Insights In To Action by Angelo Sasso

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    THE MARKETING CHALLENGE: TURNINGINSIGHTS IN TO ACTION ANGELO SASSO THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD SPARK TRACKMAVEN MAY 18, 2017
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    WHO ARE WE? 2017THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 2 Established in 1928, LHW is a remarkably uncommon collection of over 380 independent luxury hotels in 75 countries around the world Leading is a community of people where those who cherish unordinary and unexpected story-worthy travel moments and those who craft them unite
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    WHO AM I? AngeloSasso Sr. Director, Business Analytics and Customer Insights The Leading Hotels of theWorld 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 3
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    2015 THE LEADINGHOTELS OF THE WORLD 5 Source: Forrester Research
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    AGE OF CUSTOMERCREATES NEW CHALLENGES Too much data – What is the right data? Not enough action – What are the insights? Many possibilities – Which actions? Maintain feedback loop – What worked? 2015 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 7
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    WHAT ARE YOURCHALLENGES? 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 8
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    2017 THE LEADINGHOTELS OF THE WORLD 10 PROCESS CULTURE
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    2017 THE LEADINGHOTELS OF THE WORLD 11 PROCESS Create forums Share insights Activity planning process
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    THE LEADING HOTELSOF THE WORLD 12 CULTURE Storytelling is key Make data safe, fun, and easy Balance of art and science Integrate analytics team
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    Three key componentsof our insights to action plan 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 13 Marketing Dashboard Reviews Marketing Activity Planning Campaign & Activity Reviews
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    Three key componentsof our insights to action plan 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 14 Marketing Dashboard Reviews Marketing Activity Planning Campaign & Activity Reviews
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    MARKETING DASHBOARD CREATION •Interviewed stakeholders • Created dynamic dashboard that combines data from several sources • Require business units to do “shallow dives” 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 15 Multi DimensionalViews Data Source “Training Wheels” Exploration Capabilities
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    NOT ABOUT THETOOL, BUT ABOUT THE PROCESS • Meetings where business unit owners review drivers of performance • Cohesive narrative • Challenge team to find the “so what” • Allow hypothesis - what did / did not work • Output – activity plans 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 16
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    Three key componentsof our insights to action plan 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 17 Marketing Dashboard Reviews Marketing Activity Planning Campaign & Activity Reviews
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    MARKETING ACTIVITY PLANNING PROCESS •Review actions before taking them • Share best practices • Infuse insights to planning process • Ensure goal setting • Understand sweat to equity 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 18
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    THE LEADING HOTELSOF THE WORLD 19 Campaign Ideation & Brief Campaign Strategy Review & Prioritization Channel Strategy, Planning & Execution 1 2 3 Campaign Insights Sharing 4 MAP PROCESS OVERVIEW
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    MAP TEAM STRUCTURE Evangelizes theprocess 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 20 Executive Sponsor Process Champion Process Owner Review Team Activity Owner Drive cross team alignment Owns operational process A collective of decision makers Drives the activity from to execution
  • 21.
    CAMPAIGN EXECUTION MEETINGS •Weekly with tactical teams • Review activities to synchronize efforts • Learnings shared to increase efficiency • Review results and best practices 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 21
  • 22.
    Three key componentsof our insights to action plan 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 22 Marketing Dashboard Reviews Marketing Activity Planning Campaign & Activity Reviews
  • 23.
    CAMPAIGN & ACTIVITYREVIEWS • Track at regular cadence • Tracking across all touchpoints • Deeper reviews quarterly • Leverage insights sharing platform 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 23
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    WHAT WE REVIEW •Standardized set of KPIs across campaigns • Activity owners trained on analytical tools • Activity owner + analytics team to tease out deeper insights • Analytics team responsible for consolidating learnings 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 24
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    REVIEW STANDARD KPISACROSS ALL CHANNELS 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 25
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    MAKE SHARING OFINSIGHTS EASY Reinforce use of an insights sharing tool by placing relevant analysis, reports, and dashboards in the tool 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 26
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    Three key componentsof our insights to action plan 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 27 Marketing Dashboard Reviews Marketing Activity Planning Campaign & Activity Reviews
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     Find anexecutive sponsor  Enroll marketing leadership  Ease teams in to commentary over time  Assign a handful of “analytics champions”  Keep the narrative tight and interesting CULTURE CHANGE CHECKLIST
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    TANGIBLE RESULTS Higher revenue Greaterefficiency 2017 THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD 30
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