8. #B2BMX
What going “all in” means to us….
Named Account Territories
Equally weighted patches
Efficiencies in Time & Investment focus on accounts that are most likely to
become customers
Aligned Marketing for Demand Gen- w outbound direction from Sales
Clear guidelines for Sales & Partner Generated Demand
9. #B2BMX
Integrated Team Structured by Buyer’s Journey
Unengaged
Engaged
Inquiry
MQL
Pipeline
Win
TOFU
MIFU
Customer
*Hotel California Nurture + Insufficient Data= 3,070
10. #B2BMX
ENGAGEMENT
A digital sign of intent
HANDRAISE
Unqualified response to a marketing tactic
INQUIRY
Response to marketing tactic from a target
account
MQL
Marketing Qualified Lead
PIPELINE
Multi-stage (2-5) progression of an opportunity
SAL
Sales Accepted Lead
AWARENESS
Target Accounts & Influencers
CLOSED/WON
TARGET ACCOUNTS
Unengaged to engaged –
20% of Demand Spend
Engaged to Inquiry –
30% of Demand Spend
Inquiry to Qualified Lead –
45% of Demand Spend
Qualified Lead to Pipeline –
5% of Demand Spend
11. #B2BMX
MQL: Marketing Qualified Lead
A saleable appointment with
The right company
The right person (an influencer or decision
maker)
Who understands they have a business
problem
Who knows Plex may be able to help them
address this problem
Who is willing to have a meeting with a rep
to discuss next steps
Handraises
Inquiries
MQL
SAL
Pipe
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Handraises
Inquiries
MQL
SAL
Pipeline
Win
ACCOUNTS
15. #B2BMX
The New Plex.com
Industry IP Targeting
Automotive IP Served Generic Auto Banner
Quality Banner and CTA in Grey Bar Increased Conversion
F&B Homepage for Process visitors
18. #B2BMX
Web Programs –Remarketing by Segment
Visitors that have not converted
on Plex.com are served Plex ads
across various networks
Automotive
General
19. #B2BMX
TOFU Campaign Structure
Automotive DX
Progressive
Profiling
Gen Manf DX F&B DX DemandCaster Hotel California
Weekly/Bi-Weekly Email sends by industry On-going Nurture Drip
Content Syndication
SEO/SEM/YouTube
Re-targeting
Sales Intro Kits
Social
Outbound Calling by BDRs based on Engagement Score
3rd Party Advertising in Industry Pubs
Content Targeting
Industry Events
20. #B2BMX
Plex.com Traffic 2014-2016
• YOY - December web
traffic declined 13%
due to:
– PPC traffic was realigned
to drive relevant traffic
and declined by 57%
– December traffic last
year was driven from
Centro display network
(bad traffic source)
• Month over Month
traffic increased by 4%
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21. #B2BMX
Target Accounts Website Visits
Year over Year
• December target traffic
increased by 22%*
Month over Month
• Traffic increased 30%
• Target breakdown
• Pipeline 29%
• Prospects -9%
• Customers 5%
* Feb16 list upload issues
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Web Traffic - Target Accounts
Customer Target Pipeline Total
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22. BOOST AWARENESS AS CLOUD LEADER Target
Volume of Coverage Articles/blog posts, research & mentions 30 Articles/Quarter (10 earned/20 placed)
Sentiment Top 20 Ind Analyst Rel. & Analyst Content G:>8 + Content KPI; Y: Miss1; R: Miss 2
Web Visits to plex.com All Quarterly Web Visits 15% Increase Y/Y (quarterly numbers)
Social Impressions/Content Reach Audience Growth + Engagement G: Meeting 1% & 10% Y: Miss 1; R: Miss 2
ACCELERATE GROWTH ACROSS PIPELINE SEGMENTS Target
Demand Creation (New Logo) Quarterly Handraise & Inquiry Targets To Plan
Pipeline Contribution (New Logo) Quarterly MQL/SAL Targets To Plan
Web Visits from Target Accounts Prospect, Pipeline and Customer Visits 25% Increase Y/Y (Quarterly numbers)
Reach- DB Health Contact Coverage on Target Accounts G: <=17% Empty Accounts; Y: 18-22%; R: >=23%
Marketing Influence on Wins Won Opportunities w Mktg Touches 100% of New Logo Wins
IGNITE & LEVERAGE CUSTOMER LOYALTY Target
PLEX Customer Community Engagement Increase Participation G: >7% , Y: 5-7%, R: Less than 5%
Reference Customers Increase of Mktg References in DB 8 New Per Quarter + 3 Enterprise Customer
Customer Assets New Customer Assets per Qtr 25+ New Per Quarter
INFRASTRUCTURE & PROCESS TO SCALE Target
People:Programs Ratio People : Programs Ratio 50:50
Budget Mgmt Accuracy Against Final Qtrly Forecast +/- 2%
Employee Retention Maintenance of Resource Capacity 100%
Cloud City Engagement Employee Participation Engagement Target 154
2016 Marketing Dashboard
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4Achievement
14/30
8.97
-3%
1.04% & 4%
120%
86%
39%
22%
57/43
-0.3%
90%
183
6%
8 & 3
27
95%
Volume of Coverage: GREEN: 14/30: In Q4 2016, we secured 14 pieces of earned coverage in a variety of industry and trade publications including Forbes, Plant Engineering, The Fabricator, Assembly Magazine, TechTarget, Robotics and Automation News, and Advanced Manufacturing News. We completed only one press release for the quarter, however, we were able to build on existing relationships with the media to continue to share our customers’ story, as well as our own. We’re going into 2017 with great momentum, with several company announcements to share in January, as well as two already scheduled media interviews with customers. In addition to our earned coverage, we leveraged our owned content channels on CIO.com, Industry Week and the Plex website by placing more than 30 pieces of content in Q4.
Sentiment: YELLOW: Average Score of 8.97: The average "Top 20" sentiment score for Q4 is 8.97 (the goal is to maintain a score of 8 or better at all times). The slight decrease from Q3 is attributable to a lull in engagements throughout Q4. Overall, the analyst sentiment is still very positive and we have a plan in place for maintaining a more regular cadence of analyst activity throughout 2017. 5 out of 15 Assets: We define asset as any content that is both A) a direct result of this program’s efforts and B) has the potential to be leveraged in future marketing or sales activity. This quarter, the program generated 5 assets – falling short of our goal of 15, which is attributable to the cancellation of the Analyst Summit: 3 Articles from Vinnie Mirchandani, 1 Guest blog post from Cindy Jutras, 1 Article from Constellation Research mentioning Plex’s panel participation at Connected Enterprise
Web Visits to plex.com: RED: -3%: In Q4 web visits decreased YOY by -3% for Q4 15 vs Q4 16. Q4 15 web traffic reached 347,465 visits while Q4 16 web traffic reached 338,195 visits. Most significant decrease was attributed to the Display channel which decreased by -22% from the prior year. An anomaly with Centro where we received highest traffic volume for that quarter.
Social Impressions/Content Reach: YELLOW: 1.04% Engagement & 4% Growth. Increased LinkedIn and Twitter audience to 11,453, a 4% increase in audience size. Average engagement rate on Twitter and LinkedIn is 1.04%. While the audience size on Twitter has been fluctuating, the engagement of our followers has increased dramatically with a daily average of 1.2% on Twitter throughout Q4. To increase our audience size, we may need to invest in a paid social campaign.
Demand Creation (New Logo): GREEN 120%: Overachieved on Handraises 4986 on a target of 2990 (167%); 3112 Inquires on a target of 2598 (120%).
Pipeline Creation (New Logo): YELLOW: 86%: 130 MQL’s on a target of 150 (86%); 129 SAL’s on a target of 147 (87%)
Web Visits from Target Accounts: GREEN: 39%: Q3 15 vs Q3 16 target audience web engagement increased by 39%. Q3 15 total targets 12045 vs Q3 16 total targets 16,281.Q3 15 Customers 7365 vs Q3 16 Customers 10,766 which saw a +35% increase. Q3 15 Targets 4438 vs Q3 16 Targets 5055 saw a 14% increase.Q3 15 Pipeline 242 vs Q3 16 Pipeline 460 saw a 90% increase.
Reach – DB Health: YELLOW: 22%: Added 1086 process accounts and over 20K contacts in Q4.
Marketing Influence on Wins: YELLOW: 95%: Marketing influenced 95% of the closed won new logo deals in Q4. Sourcing of 21 deals: Marketing 14 (67%), Partner 3 (14%), Sales 4 (19%). The one deal we didn’t influence was a partner deal from Mexico that was opened as an opportunity and closed in 16 days.
Plex Customer Community Engagement: GREEN: 6%: Increased overall participation in the Plex Community by 6% (3,636 vs. 3,845); decreased the number of unanswered questions by 4% (1,178 questions remain unanswered as of Dec.31). Customers and employees are using the Plex Community as a place for collaboration and sharing best practices.
Reference Customers: GREEN: 11 (8 regular/3 enterprise)reference customers: including HK Metalcraft, Shank’s Extracts, MFC Netform, Cadillac Products, ASK Power (DemandCaster), North American Lighting, Trojan Battery, Saunders, G&W, MPI and Accuride for marketing opportunities. While this number meets the quarter’s goal, only six of the customers (MPI, HK Metalcraft, NAL, Shank’s, Trojan and ASK Power) are new to the reference program. In other instances, we expanded relationships with our referenceable customers and leveraged their story in blogs, videos, media interviews and more.
Customer Assets: GREEN: 27/quarter: In Q4 2016, we created 27 customer assets including blogs, customer quotes for media opportunities, award submissions. We will continue to increase this volume in 2017 with a strategic approach to PR and customer loyalty.
People: Program Ratio: YELLOW: 57/43 4Q was 57% People / 43% Programs (FY 16 is 55% People / 45% Programs), vs 50/50 Target Comment: I am not too concerned with 4Q since the Program Spend is weighted toward the first half of the year. Overall for the year, we are weighted a little heavily toward People, though after normalizing for PowerPlex and BDRs, the ratio for the year is 53/47
Budget Mgmnt: GREEN: -.03%%. 4Q was 0.3% under Budget (within the target of 2%), and for the full-year we are 0.5% under Budget (within the target of 2%) (includes people and program dollars)
Employee Retention: YELLOW: 90% Target is 100% Employee Retention and there was 5 terminations in 4Q. Q4 started with 42 employees and ended with 38, all from the BDR Team: 2 were internal promotion / transfers (i.e., career advancement opportunities);2 left Plex to pursue other opportunities;1 was a BDR hired and terminated in 4Q
Cloud City Engagement: GREEN: 183 This metric changed from participation to engagement for the 2H. Targeting an index KPI of 154 which is an average provided by Jive. A good increase from Q3 (153) and getting closer to Jive’s Best-in-Class metric of 210. Total Active users (minus EPAM): 1,296: - Oct: 422- Nov: 431- Dec: 438. Total Engagement Activities (anything beyond just logging in and looking at something): 237,227
- Oct: 81,073- Nov: 86,553- Dec: 69,601.