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MARKETING TRANSFORMATION

SALES AND MARKETING ALIGNMENT

Alignment vs CollaborationMarketing Transformation

Balancing PrioritiesMeasuring Success

Takeaways

Agenda

collaborationnounthe action of working with someone to produce something.

alignmentnouna state of agreement or cooperation among persons, groups, nations, etc., with a common cause or viewpoint.

Marketing had a great year!

Low High

No of Responses No of Interactions

No of Leads Cost per Lead

Low High

Low High HighCost

LowCost

And Sales?

Competitive Differentiator

Source: SiriusDecisions

Why Do Companies Grow?

Alignment

Competitiveness+

Efficiency

Market Growth

5% - 36%

12% - 34%

48% - 79%

To grow faster than peers requires alignment

Revenue is the best way to measure Sales and Marketing alignmentRevenue growth remains the #1 metric to measure impact of Sales and Marketing alignment

Source: LinkedIn

01

02

Buy Side: Buying Patterns

Sell Side: Marketing Technology

Agility &Innovation

Drivers of Change

Rethinkingthe sales cycle

Contact with vendor

65%Online ResearchSocialDiscussion with peersTeam Influence

Fact or

Myth?

ValueVolume

Marketing Leadership

Brand vs Demand

Source: IPA Databank

Marketing to the ‘Digital Natives’

Your Picture HereAlign with

buyer journey within a

campaign construct Your Picture Here

Increase coverage and

drive down costs

Your Picture HerePersonalize messaging

Be a bad party guest

“Arrive Early Stay Late”

Interaction type preference varies among personas

Credits: SiriusDecisions

ITE

xecu

tive

Buying Phase

Buying Phase

Digital

In Person

Digital

In Person

1

Display / Social

3Customer Reference

2IT

Conference

4

Free Trial / Whitepaper

Inside Sales Call

Analyst Report

6

5 7Executive

Event

1

Display / Social

2

Executive Blog

3Customer Reference

5Executive

Roundtable

7Executive

Event

6Hospitality

4

Infographics / Whitepaper

Non – Linear Buyer Journey

Non – Linear Buyer Journey

B-to-B Buyer Interactions

Source: SiriusDecisions

7

7

Independent

14

8

10

Consensus

18

12

12

Committee

24

Digital

In-Person

One size does not fit all

Source: SiriusDecisions

Identifying Appropriate Demand Creation Approaches

HIGH

HIGHLOW

Volu

me

of D

eals

Revenue per Deal

Self – Service

Sales – Led

• Focused on efficiency and scale for sellers and ease of purchase for buyers

• Demand creation focused on reaching buyers & driving them through the buying process to purchase

• Focused on maximizing value of each inquiry and lead

• Demand creation focused on finding and qualifying leads and handing them off to sales to close

ACQUISITION

ENGAGEMENT

CONVERSION

Top of Funnel

Middle of Funnel

Bottom of Funnel

• Unique visits• Addressable

Audience• Net New Contacts• Inbound enquiries• # of touches• Engagement Score• Lead Score

• Marketing Leads (ML)• ML/SL Conv.• Pipeline $, #

Marketing Effectiveness M

etrics (RO

MI

etc.)

KPIs

Measurement

Successful alignment – keep it simple

Agree on what Success looks like

Design for your unique GTM mix

Align with shared goals/ Get leadership buy-in

Balance Brand and Demand

THANK YOU

sandeep.pal@citrix.com