This document outlines how to run successful customer marketing campaigns to earn lifelong customers. It recommends segmenting customers based on characteristics and goals, creating helpful content in various formats to provide value, and setting up communication channels to deliver the right content to the right customers. Specifically, it provides examples of defining customer segments like "super successful", "not engaged", and "advanced" customers. It also gives ideas for content like ebooks, webinars, videos and blogs to educate and assist customers. Finally, it stresses using data to trigger delivering tailored content through the right channels like email, websites and in-product messages to build retention campaigns. The goal is to anticipate customer needs, drive more value and engagement over the long run.
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How to Run Successful Customer Marketing to Earn Life-Long Customers
1. How to Run Successful
Customer Marketing to
Earn Life-long Customers
Rebecca Corliss
Head of Customer
Marketing, HubSpot
#inbound13
6. What is Good Customer Marketing
1 Help customers get more value out of your product or
service
2 Helps customer stay active and positive
3 Anticipates issues and offers support
4 Drives upsells through a positive experience
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content.
7. Agenda
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Segment Your Customers and Set Your Goal
Make Content That Helps Customers Get More
Value
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Set Up Your Customer Communication Channels
Put it Together to Build Your Retention Campaign
11. Build Different Segments Around Your
Successful Customers
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12. Break it Down: What Defines Each Segment
1 What key characteristics define each segment?
2 What data can you use to recognize each
characteristic?
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3 What support does each segment need to get more
value out of your product or service?
15. Common Characteristics of the Super
Successful Customer
Uses
Product
Regularly
Attends
Training
Classes
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18. Common Characteristics of the Im Just Not
That Into You Customer
Hasnt Logged in
within 60 Days
Not Actively
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21. Common Characteristics of Gold Medal
Customer
Curious About
New Features or
Updates
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and Wants
Even More
Results
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22. YOUR GOAL:
HELP YOUR CUSTOMER
BE MORE ADVANCED.
(UPSELL OPPORTUNITY)
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23. Actions Applicable to Other Industries
Activities
Signs of Satisfaction
Website Visits
Reviews Written
Email Opens
NPS Score
Features Set Up
Repeat Purchases
Videos Watched
Coupons Used
24. Tools for Data Collection
Usage Tracking Software
HubSpot Events Tool
Surveys & Self Identification
AM or Service Logs
29. Checklist for Smart Customer Content
Is it educational and helpful?
Is it in a format thats easy to consume?
Will it help your customer get more value out of your
product or service?
Welcome! How is everyone doing? So excited to be here. This is my second time speaking at INBOUND, Ive been at HubSpot for almost five years, and Ive actually had multiple roles within the marketing department. Including running HubSpots social media group and later running all our primary lead generation channels. And as our team grew and grew, we realized wait a second were putting all of this muscle behind acquiring new customers. Wheres the marketing muscle to help retain them by helping them get more value. So thats how I decided to start my new team. I spun off, and started customer marketing about six months ago. And guess what
Lets use that same inbound marketing machine that weve used to help prospects covert into leads to help customers take the actions that make them happier and get more value.
Thats because the nature of customer marketing is offering helpful content and information that helps them get more value. AT SCALE.
The reason why its so important to break up your customerbase into different segments is so you can more properly cater to their needs and support them the way they want to be supported.
Data what defines a successful customerCharacteristics what does this successful customer do?
Collect this information in your CRM or data collection tool.
Group and create lists.
Content is the bread and butter of ALL marketing -
Financial service company maybe its saving techniques. If you have a different kind of product, maybe itincludesoverviews of how yourmostsatisfiedcustomer uses yourtools.
Webinar is great content for helping someone adopt your product or service for the first time. Its important for more lengthy overview or introduction to a concept. Also great for one-to-many interaction, which can be helpful for building a bond with your customer/
It could include setup tutorials, if youre a service organization, it could walk through what to expect when you work together. It could also include an insight glimpse into the inner workings of your company. These are good because they can be short and sweet, a d
Product updates, testimonials, customer examples, etc. A strong customer blog can be beneficial to keep customers actively in the loop of whats happening with your company.
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Use Smart CTAs to Trigger Experience based on Data