This document discusses strategies for product launches and cross-selling existing customers using digital channels. It identifies challenges such as lack of access to decision-makers, lack of customer knowledge about new products, and being seen as the wrong type of supplier. The document presents the "Pipeline Marketing" approach of targeting entire buying organizations with marketing instead of individuals. It provides case studies of how IBM and Vitec increased sales to existing customers by improving positioning, creating urgency with targeted messages, and building knowledge through digital content. The key is helping customers identify new problems, reaching all influencers, and changing perceptions to be seen as the right solution partner.
7. 400+ software, tech and service B2B companies, in 13 countries and 4
continents, growing 50%+ per year, delivering in 100+ countries
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8. 400+ software, tech and service B2B companies, in 13 countries and 4
continents, growing 50%+ per year, delivering in 100+ countries
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Complex deals
Long sale cycles
Many different products
Many markets
Limited target group
…and a limited budget…
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9. Pipeline Marketing™
Agenda
1. Utmaningar/spaningar
Varför är det så svårt att nå ut med tilläggsprodukter och
tjänster hos befintliga kunder?
2. Diskussion
Hur ser det ut i er organisation?
3. Case
Hur några av våra kunder har ökat försäljning på befintlig
kundbas
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”Spaning”
• Varför har så många B2B företag endast ett erbjudande/kund i mer
än hälften av fallen?
• Varför är det så svårt för KAM att nå ut med tilläggs
produkter/tjänster?
• Varför är det svårt att ta förvärvade produkter och tjänster till
befintliga kunder?
Lönsamhet
Konkurrens
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13. Organisation is
easily accesible
Organisation is
easy to buy from
Organisation is
willing to
collaborate with
other suppliers
Widespread
support for the
supplier across
my organisation
Provides the best
value for the best
price
Flexible in adjusting
to unique product
needs
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14. Source: Sales Executive Council research
The Challenger Sales p. 102
Widespread support
for the supplier across
my organisation
Organisation is
easy to buy from
Provides the
best value for
the best price
Widespread support
for the supplier isacross Organisation is
Organisation
easily accesible
willing to collaborate
my organisation
Flexible in adjusting
to unique product needs
with other suppliers
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15. Pipeline Marketing™
100 %
Memory retention
Sales cycles are long, but
customers’ memory is
short….
0%
Meeting
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time
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16. The world is changing =
new demands on marketing
3 billion searches/day on Google
knowledge workers spend 28 hours/week online
writing emails & searching for information by knowledge workers
McKinsey Global Institute 2013
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Source: Agile Marketing, Scott Brinker
18. 60% of the sales decision
is made before clients contact
a vendor
More information - less time
Increased competition
Clients first decide what to change.
Then with whom…
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Customer buying process
Identified
problem
Set
objective
+ strategy
Explore
options
Set vendor
criteria
Examine
alternatives
Plan &
Implement
Measure
result
Validate
Develop
solution
Negotiate &
Close
Implement
Solutions
Measure
results
Sales process
Identify
Qualiify
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20. Pipeline Marketing™
Challenge 2: Lack of knowledge…
• Your products, the full offer
• Their own problems and weaknesses
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23. Diskussion
Vänd dig om och diskutera med grannen till höger i 4 min:
Hur ser matrisen ut hos er?
Hur många % av er kundbas köper hela erbjudandet? Hur många
% köper bara en eller två produkter (50% av erbjudandet eller
mindre)?
Ge er själva en möjlighet till reflektion….
Prata nuläge - gå INTE in på lösningar.
24. Diskussion
Vänd dig om och diskutera med grannen till höger i 4 min:
Fundera på varför ni tagit era existerande produkter till
marknad, vilka är de vanligaste motiven?
Prata nuläge - gå INTE in på lösningar.
26. Solution
How can digital channels be used for product launch
and cross-sales toward existing customers?
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Challenges
1. Lack of access
2. Lack of knowlege
”But you’re not THAT
type of company…”
3. Lack of positioning/wrong position
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28. Long sales cycles - customer lifetime
- frequency
eDM
/E-mail
Meeting
0%
Proposal
Decision
Competitive activity
Website
visit
Customer attention
100%
Cold
call
Vulnerable to competition
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29. Channels & tactics?
• Content Marketing
• Pipeline Marketing
• Marketing Automation
• Sales Intelligence
• Social Selling
• Event
Companies who can
intertwine these
emerging trends with
changing customer
behavior will be able to
achieve sales excellence
• Traditional marketing
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30. First decide what to change
THEN with whom…
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Advertise…
Only to people working in the
organisations you choose.
Marketing towards the buying organisation during the sales cycle
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36. IBM situation (selected banks and insurance companies)
• Already installed footprint – well known
within IT
• War of religions with other IT vendors like
Microsoft and Oracle
• The IBM brand is strongly related to ”tech”
IBM wishes (selected banks and insurance companies)
• Relate IBM with marketing offerings
• Influence the whole decision group
• Educate around IBMs offering
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Download banner promoting 3 reports about
banks (customers and sales/marketing channels)
Marketing towards the buying organisation during the sales cycle
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Situation
• Vitec is a Swedish software company that has been active in the market for
25 years
• business systems and specialized consulting services for real estate
management and energy monitoring- and targeting
• Both public and the private sector
Problem
• How can we persuade our customers to purchase more than just a few
products from our portfolio?
43. Pipeline Marketing™
Which products do existing customers buy
today?
Which products could be sold to which existing
customers in the future?
44. Pipeline Marketing™
One banner was created for each of Vitec’s products in different
customer categories (Energy, Economy, Management etc.)
Vitec/teknisk förvaltning
Vitec/prognos
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One banner was created for each of Vitec’s different customer segment
Vitec/privata fastighetsbolag
Vitec/kommunala bolag
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Targeted advertising…
Only people working in the
organisations you choose.
Marketing towards the buying organisation during the sales cycle
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Targeted advertising with
targeted messages
Different clients need different products = different
messages and “proof of concept”
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Problems/Headaches (urgency!)
References from the customer’s own
industry
Market leadership
Knowledge (articles, films, infographs)
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Targeted digital marketing for product launch
and cross-sales towards existing customers?
1.
Help the customer to identify the right problem
& create an urgency for the problem – “public
oppinion”
2.
Grow the network of contacts – access to all
decision makers
3.
Increase product knowledge (content
marketing, ref case etc.)
4.
Affect your positioning – your “rumour”
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