The document discusses how marketing and sales can be united through a common goal and continuous process using the Salesforce platform. It provides examples of how marketing and sales alignment can improve key metrics like revenue growth, customer retention, and close rates. Aligning the two functions allows for joint planning, understanding customers through their data, and driving pipeline through opportunities, content, and partners. The Salesforce platform allows for this unity through features like funnel analysis and a 360-degree view of customer interactions.
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Marketing and Sales
United With a Common Goal
Keri Brooke, Product Marketing – salesforce.com
Morgan Kazan, Senior Marketing Manager –
DonorsChoose.org
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The Future of
Marketing is 1:1
Customer Journeys
Service
Sales
Apps
Analytics
Marketing
Community
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The Only Platform for 1:1 Customer Journeys
Across Sales, Service, and Marketing
Mobile
Interactive
Experiences
Sell to
Businesses
Market to Millions
of Customers
Support all of
Your Customers
B2B & B2C Customer Support
Sales & Lead Management
Journey Builder for Connected Customers
Shared Customer Data
Salesforce 1 Customer Platform
Engage Every
Customer
Sales & Lead
Management
B2B & B2C
Customer
Support
Automated,
Personalized
Journeys
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123 billion
emails are
sent
every hour
How can you
be sure they
have the best
chance of
making it to
the goal line?
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The Marketing and Sales Mix Varies Between Industries
Restaurants.com Embraer
MARKETING
PARTNERS
SALES
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But What Is The Common Goal Between Marketing and Sales
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38%
of CMOs say that
aligning and integrating
sales and marketing is a
top priority for 2014
CMO Council
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Content : Click Through Rates : Leads Qualified Leads : Opportunities : Close Rates
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Bridging The Gap With One Continuous Process
Content
Click Through Rates
Leads
Qualified Leads
Opportunities
Close Rates
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Alignment
Funnel Management
Math marketing / Sirius Decisions / MarketingProfs
24% faster three-year revenue growth
36% higher customer retention rates
60% increase in follow-up within 24hrs
67% improvement in close rates
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Bridging
The
Gap
Makes
Marketing
More
Successful
Funnel
Analysis
Compelling
Content
Understand
Customers
Market
Opportunities
Understand
Partners
Understand
Competitors
Joint
Planning
?
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Getting It Right
Blast Profile Personal Behavior Interactio
n
4%
3%
0%
Engagement
2%
1%
1.1%
CONVERSION RATE
2.8%
CONVERSION RATE
3.9%
CONVERSION RATE
5%
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Funnel Analysis Drives ROI
Tracking customers back to digital programs
Sales can understand what is driving pipe
Real time updates to programs
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Understanding customers = better content
Content can be driven by:
Customer stories
Support and service information
Orders
Pipe
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Know The Customer
What is the order history
What is the case history
Driving Customer marketing
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Opportunity Marketing
Customer stories
Previous orders
What makes up the pipe
Support information
Competitive advantages
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Connecting To Your Customers Through Partners
Understanding the partner landscape
Driving pipeline
Creating communities
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Making Planning Valuable
Collaborative planning
Full cost and revenue analysis
360 view of campaigns
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CUSTOMER JOURNEY
SHOWCASE
MARKETING
THOUGHT LEADERS
EMAIL MARKETING PRODUCT STRATEGY
& ROADMAP
PERSONAL
TRANSFORMATION
& GROWTH
SOCIAL MARKETING MOBILE & WEB
MARKETING
DEVELOPERS HANDS-ON
TRAINING
INDUSTRY
TRENDSETTERS
CREATIVITY &
INNOVATION
SALESFORCE FOR
MARKETERS
ROUNDTABLES
Right Message
Right Person
Right Time
And relevance is Revenue
Sending the right message via the right channel at the right time. It’s about creating that golden moment for them, and helping them achieve their best.
Research shows When transactional messages are personalized, sales conversion rates can increase up to 25%
With the Integration, you can improve interaction, conversion rates