Love at First Site: Charm Customers into Loving Your Brand

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Today’s customers are always on, and always interacting. They’ve embraced cloud, social, mobile, and connected products, and they expect the companies with whom they do business to communicate with them when, where, and how they prefer. That's why now is the time to take your digital marketing campaigns to the next level. The first step is acquiring new subscribers—so you can continue the conversation, begin building new relationships, and maximize your return on marketing investment. Register for future webinars in the The Future is Now Webinar Series: pages.exacttarget.com/thefutureisnow

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Love at First Site:Charming Customers

Into Loving Your Brand

August 21, 2014

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Today’s Presenters

Matthew HutchisonSr. Director, Product Marketing

ExactTarget Journey Management

Sean MorrisonSr. Marketing Consultant

ExactTarget Marketing Cloud

@gethutch@smorrison0

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Topics We’ll Cover

Charmed Customers Journey ManagersAudience Developers

What best practices are used to acquire new members?

How do they deliver a consistent, engaging experience?

Who are they, and what motivates them to join?

The journey of

a thousand miles begins

with a single step.

− Lao-Tse

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A Journey of a thousand interactions…

The KISS Army runs on new recruits. I am the Uncle Sam ofrock and roll.

− Gene Simmons

to deliver great content.

YOU WANT ME

To buy what I’m selling.

I WANT YOU

17%

83%

ConnectedStores Connected

Call Center

ConnectedAssociates

ConnectedProducts

ConnectedCommunities

THE CONNECTED CUSTOMER

Engagement

Website

Search

Social

Other Sites

App

unknown known connected

Customer Service

Media/ Promotions

Retail

ConnectedDevices

It’s all about the journey

Of customer interactions happen during a multi-event, multi-channel journey.Source: McKinsey Research: Customer Journey Transformation, September 2013

>50%

Significant Business impact

Journey-led transformations deliver impact across many key business metrics.

More revenue, happier customers, at a lower cost.

Source: McKinsey Research: Customer Journey Transformation, September 2013

Improve Customer Satisfaction

20%

Fuel Revenue Growth

10-15%

Lower Cost to Serve

15-20%

Engage Employees

20-30%

1. Don’t Acquire in a Vaccuum2. Think Cross-Channel3. Every Interaction is an Opportunity4. Measure and Test

4 Key Themes:

WantvsNeed

3

2

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• Add ad hoc profile data through polls in email and on-site

• Encourage customers to update their preferences in every email

Profile Updates

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1. Don’t Acquire in a Vaccuum2. Think Cross-Channel3. Every Interaction is an Opportunity4. Measure and Test

4 Key Themes:

Social Integration• Automated shopping via your

Twitter stream

• Create value in creating linkages

Social Integration• Badges are earned for

shopping and saving. No check-in required.

• Friends’ badges, purchases and savings are displayed (linked via Facebook)

Social Networks

Hawaii-based Outrigger Hotels and Resorts offers superior service and deluxe ocean-front accommodations at hotels and resorts throughout the Pacific Rim

Identify high-value customer segments based on bookings history and recent email engagement

Using ExactTarget Active Audiences lookalike, Outrigger drove conversion of new email subscribers

Acquired new members at 2x the likely opt-in rate, beating CPA goal by 89%

Outrigger Resorts Attracts New Email Subscribers with Active Audiences

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business organization representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions.

Using ExactTarget Active Audiences, the US Chamber of Commerce identified a set of customer segments and enabled dynamic targeting on Facebook or Twitter

Reduced the CPC goal by 53%

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Efficiently Drove Online Opt-in with Active Audiences

1. Don’t Acquire in a Vaccuum2. Think Cross-Channel3. Every Interaction is an Opportunity4. Measure and Test

4 Key Themes:

Make it easyCreate a seamless experience for customers using a mobile device. Interstitial provides instant opt-in without need for typing on touchscreen.

Opt In email opened on mobile device

Interstitial provides one-click opt-in

Interstitial provides instant confirmation

Welcome email delivered moments later

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Every Interaction

Every Interaction

Every Interaction

Every Interaction

1. Don’t Acquire in a Vaccuum2. Think Cross-Channel3. Every Interaction is an Opportunity4. Measure and Test

4 Key Themes:

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Define Goals / MetricsWhat does success look like?

Define VariablesWhat can change results?

Implement VariationsHow do we make this work?

Read ResultsHow did we do?

Refine ApproachWhat can we do better?

Test. Test. Test.

54%More likely to allocate 5% of budget for testing

36%More likely to leverage automation

88%More likely to leverage different departments

Top 20% of Marketers

Experience

LifecycleStages

Advertising

Partners, Groups, Corp.

Website

Paid Media

Facebook Ads & Content

Events & Sponsorships

Referrals

Search

Communities

Call Center

Social Sites & Blogs

Social Listening

Welcome Direct Mail

New Member Orientation: -educate & inform value-progressive profiling-influence online behavior-deepen engagement thru other channels

Newsletters

Brand/PR Communication

Post Visit: Confirmations, Receipts, Surveys

Pre Visit: Scheduling, Reminders, Information

Retargeting

Former Member Win-back

Testing & OptimizationDirect Mail

Online Portal

Claims & Customer Serv.

Pro-Active Re-engage Drip for Low Engaged Members

Renewal Countdown

A Cohesive Strategy for Engagement

Website Opt-in

Day of Visit: Alerts, Member Experience

Expired Policy Trigger

Print

AwarenessAwareness AcquireAcquire On-boardOn-board RetainRetain

SMS Text to Join at Events

EngageEngage

50% multi-channel, multi-event journeys!

Journey Builder

Customer Journey Management Platformempowers marketers to plan, personalize and optimize 1:1 customer interactions across channels and devices.

Orchestrate Engagement with Journey Builder

Maps

Chart & manage a customer’s entire journey

Interactions

Leverage x-channel touches to drive business goals

Metrics

Track & optimize goal performance over time

PLAN PERSONALIZE OPTIMIZE

Plan the Customer Lifecycle with Maps

• Canvas for marketers to map customer journeys

• Illustrate touch points across lifecycle stages

• Prioritize engagement

Personalize the Customer Experience with Interactions

• Timeline-based canvas

• Data, random & engagement splits

• Predictive Intelligence Event Triggers for Cart Abandon, Browse Abandon, Product Purchase and Affinity Change

• Email, SMS, mobile push and API for creating custom online or offline channels

Events Goals Activities

Optimize the Performance with Metrics

• Test and monitor the effectiveness of every interaction and campaign

• “Last touch” goal attribution by day & path

• Visualize which channels, messages and days are performing best

Key Points

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Charmed Customers Journey ManagersAudience Developers

What best practices are used to acquire new members?

How do they deliver a consistent, engaging experience?

Who are they, and what motivates them to join?

Questions?

Matthew HutchisonSr. Director, Product Marketing

ExactTarget Journey Management

Sean MorrisonSr. Marketing Consultant

ExactTarget Marketing Cloud

@gethutch@smorrison0

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Power the Customer JourneyText “JOURNEY” to 56237

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