If you're not using your CRM system to help improve online conversions you are missing out on a huge opportunity. Using data you already have about your prospects, you can dynamically adjust the length of your online forms. Eliminating fields like title or industry can increase the form-fill rate and give you the freedom to test the addition of new qualification fields that could boost acceptance rates of leads by your sales team. Learn how to implement these techniques on your site—without being creepy.
5. “Which way we ought to go…”
Using Smart Forms we can
increase conversion rate at
both the form and the sale.
• Field Science
• Marketing Automation
• Progressive Profiling
• Action Points
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15. 2. Use Progressive Profiling
• Design for 3 layers, with at least 1
qualification question on each.
• 1 layer = 1 engagement
– Each form layer increases the
amount of successful engagement
needed
• Add more layers for bonus
questions, but at some point you
can give away content.
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16. 3. Connect Sales & Marketing
• Realign Goals
– Agree to needed info
for a SQL
• Create Recurring
Meetings
• Don’t Hoard
Information Gathered
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Gotthard Base Tunnel
17. 4. Avoid Speed Dating Prospects
• Issue: Asking for too much information
upfront increases risk of bounces & bad
data (lies).
• Remove: State, Country, Zip
• Rethink: Last Name, Phone Number,
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19. Action Points in Review
1. Get Marketing Automation – Shop around and pick the tool
that’s right for you.
2. Use Progressive Profiling – Design for 3 engagements.
3. Bridge the Gap - Coordinate a Sales & Marketing
connection.
4. Avoid Speed Dating Your Prospects - Consider the
relationship when asking types of questions.
5. Don’t Be Creepy – Avoid populating known fields with data.
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Enter marketing automation. To solve the sea saw problem, we capture everyone, no matter what point they are in the sales cycle- yes even the very early ones, and then using a system to automatically nurture prospects with highly relevant email content.
Sirius Decisions recently released a study showing that only 16% of all B2B companies in North America are using marketing automation.
Forrester reports that 65% of people lie when asked for their phone number. Asking for it later on in a relationship increases the chances that it’s accurate- usually because people are okay at that point with a phone call.