A major Health Industry Super Fund was struggling with the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns for government co-contributions due to legislative changes. They worked with Digital Logic to implement a solution using Salesforce Marketing Cloud integrated with Printid, Digital Logic's push-to-print solution. This allowed them to first target members through email, then automatically send direct mail to non-responders. This optimized their spending by using the most cost-effective channels first. The results were an 89% open rate for emails, with 70.5% of opens spending time reading the content. The solution delivered $130k in additional value by maximizing exposure through targeted, automated channels.
2. A major Health Industry Super Fund
gained greater control of their
marketing spend by embracing
Printid - Digital Logics push-to-print
solution from within the Salesforce
Marketing Cloud.
Super Returns with Printid
3. Challenge
Communicate time-sensitive offer using most cost-effective channels to
eligible members
Solution
Leverage data management, eDM and Printid features of Salesforce
Marketing Cloud to optimise timely response
Results
財 Maximised offer exposure
財 Investment reduced by using most cost-effective channels first
財 Greater control and visibility of campaign activity
財 Tight timeframes were met due to automation of all processes
4. The Super Fund
Serving more than 770,000 members and employing
more than 150,000 people providing competitive
superannuation and education services, they are
Australias leading industry super fund for health
and community services.
5. The Challenge
In July 2003, the Australian Government introduced
the superannuation co-contribution scheme to
encourage middle to lower income earners to make
personal post-tax contributions to their superannu-
ation funds by matching these payments with $1.50
for every $1 contributed, up to a limit of $1500 per
year.
In 2013 significant changes were made to this
legislation which not only lowered the co-contri-
bution value (50%), but the maximum contribution
ceiling ($500) and income threshold as well (from
$61K to $49K).
The legislation change had a huge effect on the
number of members eligible for government
co-contribution.
This meant previously successful DM campaigns run
by the Fund, were proving less and less effective, as
not only did it affect the strength of their offer but
also who they were able to target with it.
Various attempts were made to improve the
response rate of their campaigns, such as running
competitions to encourage member response,
but despite their best efforts, the responses to
their co-contribution DM campaigns continued to
dwindle, affecting company revenues and ROI.
The Fund still wanted to be able to communicate the
offer to their members but they needed to watch
ROI at the same time. They wanted to find out if
there was a simple way to use more cost-effective
channels of communication first, before committing
to another DM campaign and with the end of
financial year looming, they had to move fast.
6. The Discovery
Having worked with Digital Logic before on a range
of cross-channel direct marketing campaigns,
the Fund was already familiar with the companys
strengths in linking the offline and online worlds
as well as their commitment to customer service.
At the same time, the Fund were using Salesforce
Marketing Cloud independently of their campaigns
with Digital Logic. However, it wasnt until a serendip-
itous conversation that the penny dropped for
Digital Logic Commercial Director Terry Messervy.
We knew the Fund wasnt having much luck with
their co-contribution DM campaign. And we knew
that they loved using Salesforce Marketing Cloud for
their online campaigns. It seemed obvious that our
Printid solution would be the misssing piece in the
puzzle as it would simply allow them to push-to-print
from within their existing platform, enabling them to
target these members in the most cost-effective and
flexible way.
7. More specifically, members could be emailed first
then the non-responders and hard bouncers
would automatically be sent printed DMs as a
second course of action, maximising the eDM
channel first, before triggering a DM response.
As Printid allowed one set of the Funds business
rules to be created at the outset to drive both eDM
and DM, it would minimise the investment required
by exhausting the most cost-effective channels first.
For the Fund, it was a solution that also offered
them the simplicity they were looking for. With the
automation of all campaign components, their
campaign deadline was well within reach.
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The Solution - Salesforce
Marketing Cloud with Printid
The final solution was rolled out across a database
of eligible members and involved a combination of
printed DM and eDM components fully integrated,
on-brand and automated from within Salesforce
Marketing Cloud.
財 Business rules and data triggers were set up
front, reducing the need for manual intervention
once the metrics were in place.
財 Hard bounce emails triggered an immediate DM
response.
財 A second email was automatically launched after
two weeks, with a DM follow up a fortnight later
for non-responders.
財 The additional information gained from the
campaign data allowed the Fund to react to the
market immediately during the campaign period,
eliminating waste and improving ROI.
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1. Members database centrally housed within
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
2. Printed DM sent to members without email
addresses
3. eDM to users with email addresses
4. Hard bounce automatically send DM
5. Non-responders sent additional eDM after two
weeks
6. Non-responders sent printed DM after another
two weeks
Plus:
財 All processes were seamlessly automated from
within Salesforce Marketing Cloud
財 No manual intervention was necessary once
campaign metrics were created
財 All digital components were mobile optimised
10. The Results
The eDM component of the campaign (which
represented 64% of the database) received
an 89% open rate. Of these opens, 70.5%
spent time reading the email as opposed to
just opening it and deleting it. This meant that
the campaign message received maximum
possible exposure with minimal investment
from the Fund as the use of printed DM was
limited to those who didnt have an email
address or didnt open the email. Simply
put, the Fund was able to reach their entire
database using the most effective channels
available while measuring members response
and adapting to it during the campaign period.
Ultimately, Printid≒s channel prioritisation
delivered value in the vicinity of $130K for the
Fund, offering a much greater return on their
marketing investment.
Printid is transforming the
way DM campaigns are planned
and run. The seamless integration
of email and print means marketers
now have a simple yet powerful direct
marketing solution.
11. Cost:
Ease:
Flexibility:
Control:
Speed:
Simplicity:
Responsiveness:
Security:
Uses most effective channels first, reducing waste and maximising ROI
Operates from within Salesforce Marketing Cloud a single platform to
deploy all digital and print communications
Allows you to react to market response during the campaign period
Lets you preset campaign parameters to suit your budget
Automates all processes in real time, reducing timelines as a result
Requires only one contact, one brief, one set of data, one set of business
rules and one platform, for all your cross-channel marketing campaigns
Responds to and records your customers digital body language
All data housed within the one safe environment of Salesforce Marketing
Cloud
8 ways that Printid gives
you greater control of your
marketing:
12. Digital Logic Marketing Solutions
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