7. Inbound Marketing – One Strategy not Three
Blog SEO Social Media
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8. Inbound Leads Cost 60% Less Than Outbound Leads
Source: survey of hundreds of businesses: HubSpot.com/ROI
9. Reading List Suggestion
Inbound Marketing:
Get Found using Google,
Social Media and Blogs
Top 5 Web Marketing
Book on Amazon
InboundBook.com
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10. Action Items - Inbound Demand Generation
1. Develop a publishing muscle
2. Define a thought leadership
committee
3. Start a blog
4. Participate in your prospect’s
communities
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11. Agenda
I. Inbound Demand Generation
II. Sales and Marketing Alignment
III. Science of Sales
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12. Use Science Not Gut to Determine Sales-Ready Leads
SEO BLOG Social Media
Visitors Visitors Visitors
Leads Leads Leads
SEO Customers Blog Customers Social Media Customers
[LTV of SEO [LTV of Blog [LTV of Social Media
Customers] Customers] Customers]
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13. Hold Marketing Accountable to Lead Quality and Quantity
• MTD Rejected New Lead Rate (target < 5%): 4.6%
• MTD 7 Day Lead to Opportunity Conv (target > 33%): 44%
• MTD % Leads from B2B >1K employees (target > 20%): 23%
13 * Data has been altered from actual HubSpot data for the purposes of this presentation
14. Use Science, Not Gut, to Find Optimal Attempts per Lead
8
6
LTV / COCA
4
2
0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13
Attempt #
All Leads 1-10 employees 11-25 employees
26-50 employees 51+ employees
15. Hold Sales Accountable to Attempt Quantity and Quality
* Data has been altered from
actual HubSpot data for the
purposes of this presentation
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16. Action Items – Sales & Marketing Alignment
1. Define your Marketing SLA
2. Define your Sales SLA
3. Implement processes to hold sales
and marketing accountable
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17. Agenda
I. Inbound Demand Generation
II. Sales and Marketing Alignment
III. Science of Sales
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18. Mission as a Sales Scientist
MISSION
Predictable, scalable revenue growth
STRATEGY
If I can…
Hire the same type of sales person
Train them in the same way
Provide them with the same quantity and quality of leads
Have them work the leads using the same process
…then I will achieve my goal.
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20. Predictable Sales Training
What we saw
Shadow a senior sales rep for 1 week
Read a 2 page sales manual
What we did
Train your sales people as consultants or experts. Give them
hands on experience if possible.
Use tests and certification programs.
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21. Predictable Lead Quantity and Quality
• MTD Rejected New Lead Rate (target < 5%): 4.6%
• MTD 7 Day Lead to Opportunity Conv (target > 33%): 44%
• MTD % Leads from B2B >1K employees (target > 20%): 23%
21 * Data has been altered from actual HubSpot data for the purposes of this presentation
22. Predicable Sales Funnel Process
Bad Lead
1. RESEARCH
Prepare for the sales process
Too Big No Fit
Queue Queue
Marketing Int’l 2. PROSPECT
LEAD
Queue Queue
Get to a connect
Unable to
Qualify
3. CONNECT
Schedule the assessment
Unqualified
4. QUALIFY
Determine worthiness for demo
OPPORTUNITY
Closed Lost
5. DEMO
Illustrate value of software
Closed Lost
6. OBJECTIONS & CLOSE
Sign up new customer
23. Use Data to Hold Sales Accountable to the Process
Each Color
Represents a
Different
Sales Rep
* Data has been altered from actual HubSpot data for the purposes of this presentation
24. 3.11
“Peal Back the Onion” to Diagnose Issues
Lead-Worked-to-Connect Ratio
Connect-to-Demo Ratio
* Data has been altered from actual HubSpot data for the
purposes of this presentation
25. Action Items – Science of Sales
1. Implement your sales
candidate score sheet
2. Add exams and certifications to
your sales training process
3. Define the sales process and
use data to hold sales
accountable
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26. Additional Resources
Grade your website at
www.WebsiteGrader.com
Read the Inbound Marketing Book
www.InboundBook.com
Inbound Marketing
www.inboundmarketing.com
Start your free trial of HubSpot software
www.HubSpot.com/free-trial