The document discusses how to understand customer intentions in the digital world based on lessons from 700 customers. It recommends using digital body language to understand where customers find information and what stage of the buying process they are in. Companies should share information freely on the customer's timeframe instead of trying to sell. Data on customers needs to be clean and consistent to understand their interests and buying phases. Marketing should focus on the buying process instead of selling and build a culture of analytics to continually improve engagement with new types of customers.
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2. Transformative shifts in marketing
Distribution becomes free
Content creation can be
decentralize
ed
Map display on-the-fly
y
allows new information
layers
Information is free; sales is
not informat
tion conduit
3. What do we know?
Wants information on his/her timefram
me,
not ours.
Does not want to be sold to Wants a
to. access to
sales only when ready to buy.
Our data on him/her is inconsistent and
messy.
Will likely interact with us multiple tim
mes
before buying
4. How should we interact with the new buyer
Sales and Marketing Alignment Campaign Management
Use digital body language to understand who is U di it l body language to understand buyers
Use digital b d l t d t db
ready to buy Deliver the right message to the right person at the right time
Connect sales with those who are, nurture those Use automation to respond on his/her timeframe, not ours
who arent
Marketing Analysis Data Management
Use digital body language to understand Model the phases of buying process
campaign influence Use digital body language to see when a buyer is at which
Understand the phases of the buying phase
process Keep data clean and consistent
5. Communication
Prospect wants information on his/her timeframe, not ours
n
1. Listen:
1 Li
Know where your buye ers
find information
2. Share:
Set your information frree
3. Reciprocate:
Dont forget to ask for
g
something in return
6. Sales Alignment
Prospect does not want to be sold to. Wants access to sales only
d
when ready to buy
1. Empathize:
p R
Recognition
Understand the buyers buying process
Evaluate
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2. Target:
g
Right Person, Right Time for sa
ales S
Sample
3. Respond: Integrate
I
Build a response
process around T
Test
one prospect;
scale that to all D
Deploy
prospects
7. Data
Our data on him/her is inconsisten and messy
nt
1. Cleanse:
Build a Contact Washing Machine
2. Model:
Model all aspects of the buying g
process
3. Understand:
Build activity/interest into your
360 view; plug leaky funnel
8. Analytics
Prospect will likely interact with us multiple times before buying
s
1. Socialize:
Culture of analytics is more
important than absolutes
2. Sequence:
Analyze conversions of each
stage in funnel
3. Rebuild:
Use analytics to break down
Sales/Marketing silos
9. How can we engage w this new buyer?
with
Set your information free; watch
prospects digital body langu
uage
Thi k i t
Think in terms of a buying p
f b i process
NOT a selling process
Focus on your data; underst
tand
your prospects interest
Build a culture of analytics
10. Thank you
More Information:
Digital Body Language (Amazon)
Digital Body Language blog
http://digitalbodylanguage.blogspot.com
Email: steven.woods@eloqua.co
om
Twitter: @stevewoods