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Personalization:Whatisit?
What does “Personalization” mean in the context of online
marketing?
• Anefforttodifferentiate yourself,basedonmakingwhat
you’resellinguniquetoeachprospect.
• Interactingwithprospectsonapersonal level:delivering
contentthatspeaksdirectlytotheirneeds.
• Basedontheoriginal conceptof“one-to-one” marketing,
technologyhasmadethisconcepteasiertoexecute.
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Personalization:Whatitneedstobe
To turn visitors into customers, you need to engage them at
every step of their buying journey
• Buyersevolveastheygothrough
thebuyingcycle
• Buyersgetmoresophisticatedin
their knowledgeoftheindustry,
market,productfeatures.
• TruePersonalizationshouldbe
richeranddeeperandengage
thecustomerincontextthrough
anunderstandingoftheir
behavioranddisposition.
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ImportanceofEngagement
Moving people from consideration to commitment is the
most important path of the sales process — also the most
necessary
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WhenistheBestTimetoEngage?
Engaging customers at their point in the buying cycle, with
relevant content that promotes action, is key.
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1. Understandingthecustomer—stepintotheirshoes
2. Alignwiththeirexpectations—understandtheirmindset
3. Knowthembetterthanthemselves—augmentyourdata
UnderstandingContext
Contextisaboutleveraginginformationabouttheprospecttooptimizetheinteraction
andengagementacrossallchannels
“Although the rudiments of context-
aware computing have been around for
some time now, it is a disruptive
technology that has the potential to be a
real ‘game changer’ in terms of
competitive advantage” Gartner 2009
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Step1.UnderstandyourBuyingCycle
Therearetypically5-6stagescustomerspassthrough
fromthepointofneedrecognitiontoapurchase
decision
Understand your customer’s mindset through the buying cycle
journey
Define Buyer
& Buying
Cycle
Understand
Buyer
Dispostion
Profile and
Segment
Align Content
to Profiles
Implement
the
Platforms
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Step2:UnderstandDisposition
Whatarethetriggersandtripwiresthatturnsomeoneintoabuyer?Howdo
youdeterminethem?
• Understandavisitor’s“digitalbodylanguage”
• Useleadscoring,analytics,feedbacktobuildaprofile–whatdid
customerlookatlasttime?Basedonpastbehavior,whatdothey
wanttoseethistime?
• Learnwhichtriggersindicateprospectsarereadytomovetothe
nextstage
Define Buyer
& Buying
Cycle
Understand
Buyer
Dispostion
Profile and
Segment
Align Content
to Profiles
Implement
the
Platforms
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Step2cont’d:UnderstandMotivators
Identify and prioritize your customer’s “pain points or
Motivators”
Some Examples:
Operational Efficiency
Increase Revenue
Cost Savings
Membership Rewards
Compliance
Risk Mitigation
Sell More Rooms/Seats
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Step2cont’d:UnderstandtheTriggers
Onceyouunderstandaprospect’sdisposition,it’stimetomovethem
forward
• Usingtheprofileandleadscoringanalytics,serve specific
contentthatmatchestheprospect’sdisposition.
• Examples:
• Ifaleadisstillintheinformationgatheringphase,serveawhite
paperthatdeliversmoredetailsaboutproductbenefits
• Ifaleadisinthevendorevaluationphase,deliveraWebinaror
Videothattalksaboutyourdifferentiators
Information
Gathering
Vendor Evaluation Purchase Decision
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Step3:ProfileandSegmentyourAudience
Who is buying from you? Understand the distinct
buying groups within your prospect population
Define Buyer
& Buying
Cycle
Understand
Buyer
Dispostion
Profile and
Segment
Align Content
to Profiles
Implement
the
Platforms
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AlterComponentAttributes
TheSitecoreRulesEngineorchestratescomponents
HideComponent
ChangeComponent
ChangeComponent
Data
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Conditions
SitecoreRulesEngineConditionsdeterminewhenaruleisused
Sitecore contains a number of conditions
DMS Profile
Previous site (referrer)
Manual classification of user
Previously triggered “goal”
Location of user (country, city, etc.)
Engagement plan state
Custom condition
And many more…
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ChangeComponentData
Componentsreaddatafromtheir“DataSource”
Pages
Component Data
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StaticPlacementofComponent
Componentstobepersonalizedmustbeplaceddynamically
Dynamic placement
occurs automatically
in the Page Editor
Static placement to
be used for non-
personalized
components
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ComponentFieldswithinHostPage
Embeddingcomponentfieldsinthehostpagereducesflexibilityand
makespersonalizationclunky
Static component
fields lead to static
page structure
Extract component
fields to independent
data source template
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ComponentUsesContextItem
Componentsmustusetheconfigureddatasourcetoallowadifferentdata
sourcetobeprovided
XSLT Renderings
already use data
source if provided
Sublayouts require
code updates
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Output 1
Component 1
Request