Online Marketing & Lead Nurturing in the Era of Social CRM

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Social CRM (SCRM) leverages the power of social media by integrating it with existing marketing processes and systems, such as CRM platforms and marketing automation platforms. The power of this approach makes it easier for marketers to manage and monitor the effectiveness of social media marketing campaigns and understand what’s working and why.

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Online Marketing &

Lead Nurturing in the

Era of Social CRM

Mike Volpe

Twitter: @mvolpe

Jeanne Hopkins

Twitter: @JeanneHopkins

Who is HubSpot?

160+ Employees in Cambridge, MA (MIT)

$33m in VC (3 rounds)

Software for Marketing at $3K-18K/year

Complicated &

Confusing

Easy &

Integrated

Email

Lead

Nurturing

Social

Media SEO

Blog

Analytics

Sales

Tools

Landing

Pages

Website

Growth

3,000

Customers

Q1 2007 Q2 2010

OLD Stages of Buying Process

Awareness of Need

Information Search

Evaluation of

Alternatives

Buy

Cold Calls, Tradeshows

Direct Mail, Advertising

Info from Salesperson,

Industry Analysts

Demos by Sales

References from Sales

Pay Upfront

Linear Process

Controlled by Salesperson

NEW Stages of Buying Process

Awareness of Need

Information Search

Evaluation of

Alternatives

Buy

Blogs, videos, peers

Social media info

Info from peers

Social media sharing

Peer references/reviews

Social media opinions

Rent product /

Buy as a service

Dynamic Process

Controlled by Customer

Marketing is Changing

1950 - 2000 2000 - 2050

The Good News…

Inbound Marketing:Get Found using Google,

Social Media and Blogs

Top 5 Web Marketing

Book on Amazon

InboundBook.com

The Great News…

Source: survey of hundreds of businesses: HubSpot.com/ROI

Agenda

Awareness of Need

Information Search

Evaluation of

Alternatives

Buy

The internet and

social media have

changed each of

these steps.

As a marketer,

what should you

do differently at

each stage?

Agenda

Awareness of Need

Information Search

Evaluation of

Alternatives

Buy

OLD Awareness Building

Building Awareness Today

Get Found Part of Inbound Marketing

• Create Content

• Optimize the Content

• Promote the Content

Publish Everything

• Blog

• Podcast

• Videos

• Photos

• Presentations

• eBooks

• News Releases

Compose and Optimize Blog Content

Blogging Attracts More Visitors

Source: Data from over 1,500 small businesses - http://hub.tm/BlogROI

SEO = Context and Authority

Ranking Algorithm:f(n): Context + Authority

Pick the Best Keywords for SEO

On-Page SEO (Context)

• Page Title

• Clean URL

• Headers & Content

• Description

Optimize Content for SEO

SEO Authority is Determined by Links

Auto-Post Blog Content to Social & Email

New Blog Post: A CEO’s

Guide to Internet Marketing

Engage in Relevant Conversations

Social Media = Leads and Sales

Source: survey of hundreds of businesses: HubSpot.com/ROI

Agenda

Awareness of Need

Information Search

Evaluation of

Alternatives

Buy

OLD Information Search

• View trade magazine ads

• Read direct mail brochure

• Call salesperson

• Get brochure

• Visit static “brochure website”

• Talk at tradeshow

NEW! Information Search

• Search on Google or Bing

• Search in social media (Facebook,

Twitter, LinkedIn)

• Search YouTube videos

• Search in blogosphere

• Search for relevant vendor website

Information Search Today

• Optimize the Content for key search

terms

• Promote the Content in all relevant

channels

• Convert Website Visitors to Leads

• Convert Leads to Customers

No Call to Action

Good Homepage Call to Action

Landing Pages Convert

Landing Pages & Forms

Engage Leads with Social Media

Monitor Your Brand Mentions

Social Media = The NEW Database

Opt-ins via Social Media

Opt-ins via Social Media

Agenda

Awareness of Need

Information Search

Evaluation of

Alternatives

Buy

OLD Evaluation

• In person

demonstration

• Customer

references from

salesperson

NEW! Evaluation

• Online demo or free trial

• Find your own references

Showcase Your Great References

http://twitter.com/hubspot/favorites

Lead Alerts

Re-Engage with Email Marketing

Re-Engage with Lead Nurturing

Agenda

Awareness of Need

Information Search

Evaluation of

Alternatives

Buy Measurement

Benchmarking vs. Competition

Closed Loop Marketing Analytics

• Assess the effectiveness of your marketing on a

campaign-by-campaign level

• Optimize resource allocation to maximize sales

Measure by Channel or Source

Visitors Leads Sales

SEO

Social

Media

What’s the Next Step?

You don’t need 5+ marketing tools

You need just ONE

Everything discussed today is

possible using HubSpot software

Complicated &

Confusing

Easy &

Integrated

Email

Lead

Nurturing

Social

Media SEO

Blog

Analytics

Sales

Tools

Landing

Pages

Website

Growth

3,000

Customers

Q1 2007 Q2 2010

Proven ROI by 3,000+ Customers

Cilk Arts Increases Leads 500%

Makana Solutions 3x Leads, 2x Conversions

Vocio Pays for HubSpot 30x Over with New Leads

Objective Management Group Grows Leads 360%

Bridge Group Doubles Online Leads

www.HubSpot.com/ROI

Q & AFree Trial: www.HubSpot.com/free-trial

Mike Volpe

Twitter: @mvolpe

Jeanne Hopkins

Twitter: @JeanneHopkins