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Increasing Response to your
B2B Email Marketing Programs
A Marketo Best Practices eBook
The Problem with Lead Generation
As B2B marketers, we spend a lot of
time and money generating leads to
create a pipeline for sales. But as you
know, sales isn’t always enamored of
the leads passed to them. Why?
Only 25% of new leads are salesready.
25% are immediately disqualified.
The remaining 50% needs to be
nurtured.

Typical Lead Quality, Among All Leads
Generated By Respondent Companies

% Leads
Considered
Sales-Ready
(N = 390)

% Leads Requiring
Further Nurturing
(N = 390)

% Leads
Disqualified
(N = 405)

% Respondents

Source: “What’s Working in Lead Generation,” RainToday
© 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
Lead Nurturing
The most common – and most
effective – way to nurture these leads
is through email marketing. Most
companies, if they nurture at all, do it
by sending newsletters to their entire
database.
Newsletters have a place in your
marketing program, but they’re not
sufficient by themselves. To effectively
nurture leads, marketers need to
follow email marketing best practices
and take advantage of other types of
email campaigns that may be more
relevant.
© 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
8 Tips for B2B Email Marketing Success
For a nurturing program to be effective, you need your email
marketing skills to be top-notch. Some need a refresher, while
others need basic information. To that end, here are
8 Tips for B2B Email Marketing Success:
1.
Content is King
2.
Consider Email Clients
3.
Best Content to Use
4.
Subject Lines and Titles
5.
The Right Target
6.
The Right Time
7.
Start a Dialog
8.
Automate

© 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
1. Content is King
Content is king, but only if you
know what works. Studies by
MarketingSherpa have shown
that having fewer calls to action
works better than multiple
options.
Other content tips:
Focus on your top call to
action to increase click
through.
Bullets are heavily read. Use
them.
Source: MarketingSherpa Email Marketing Benchmark 2008 &
NextStage Evolution, February 2008. Decrease of 32% clickthrough
from 1 to 2 calls to action; 90% decrease with 3.
© 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
2. Consider Email Clients
Email clients render HTML differently,
so keep that in mind. Test in Outlook,
Google, and others. And make your
email top-heavy, content-wise. Many
readers use the viewers in their email
clients, and they use the top portion of
the email to decide whether to read
further.
And 64% of decision makers view
email on mobile devices, so optimize
for Blackberry, Treo, iPhone, etc.
Source: MarketingSherpa Email Marketing
Benchmark Guide 2008
© 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
3. Best Content to Use
Content that helps your targets do
their jobs or shows them how your
customers are using your product
tend to be popular. These include:
Tactical “how to” articles
Customer case studies
Best practice lists, such as “Top
10 Ways…”
Strategic articles and interviews
with analysts and business
leaders

Source: MarketingSherpa Business Technology
Marketing Benchmark Guide 2007-08
© 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
4. Subject Lines & Titles
The subject line of your email, along with the title inside the email,
determines whether your email will be opened. Some tips:
Use four to six words in your subject. Absolute max: nine words
The “from” line tells them who it’s from, so don’t waste space
saying it again
You only have two seconds to get their attention, so use action
words such as “Download” or “Watch”
Test to learn what types of subject lines work for you

Source: MarketingSherpa Email Marketing
Benchmark Guide 2008
© 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
5. The Right Target
Targeting the message by
segmenting your existing database
into specific email marketing targets
can increase your opens by 200%
or more.
Send targeted messages according
to job title, geography, industry, and
stage in your marketing and sales
process.

Source: MarketingSherpa Email Marketing
Benchmark Guide 2008
© 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
6. The Right Time
Use behaviors to determine
which links are clicked or what
web actions are taken, then
automatically deliver the right
message to move your target
through the funnel. A 3-5x
improvement is possible with
even a simple campaign.

Source: David Daniels, Jupiter Research, Dec 2006. Conversion
rate increased from 1.1% to 3.9% for emails targeted using web
click data.
© 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
7. Start a Dialog
The goal of an email marketing
program is to start a dialog with your
leads. B2B buying is a complex
decision, so you need to build the
relationship over time rather than just
popping the question.
Starting a dialog with your leads
through sophisticated, planned
nurturing paths builds trust and helps
them self-identify as prospects
through demographics and
behaviors.

© 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
8. Automate
Following these email marketing best practices – especially using
segmentation and triggered campaigns – can quickly overwhelm
marketers without the right tools. Most email marketing solutions
don’t solve the problem since they don’t automate the dialog
marketing functionality that B2B marketers need to build
relationships.
Fortunately, there are now on-demand marketing automation
solutions that are optimized for B2B marketers. Unlike the prior
generation of marketing solutions, today’s tools are easy to buy,
easy to own, and easy to use.

© 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
Marketo Lead Management
Marketo Lead Management automates lead generation campaigns
and lead management activities to help marketers generate and
qualify sales leads, shorten sales cycles, and improve conversion
rates. Unlike any other solution, it has an insanely easy to use
interface and an on-demand model that gets customers up and
running in just days, with no charges for set-up, integration and
training.
“Without a great knowledge of HTML, I can sit down,
design my landing page, I can design the email, and I
can launch the whole thing within an hour – including
the time it would take for people to look at and approve
it! So, I’ve gone from possibly a two and a half week
turnaround time from start to launch for an email
campaign to just about two and a half hours.”
─ Joyce Feltham, Trimble MRM
© 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
Marketo Email Marketing










Create triggered and multi-step email
campaigns that automatically deepen
prospect relationships over time
Design emails using templates, our
WYSIWYG editor, or by importing your
own HTML
Get email to the inbox using the latest
deliverability technology
Send personalized emails on behalf of
sales reps; track who opens and clicks on
each email
Learn what works with robust reporting
and A/B testing

© 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
About Marketo
Marketo provides sophisticated yet easy on-demand marketing
software that helps mid-market and enterprise B2B marketing
professionals drive revenue and improve marketing accountability.
Marketo Lead Management includes:
email marketing
lead nurturing
lead scoring
landing page optimization
marketing analytics

© 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
Learn More
Learn more about Marketo Lead Management
 Call 650-655-4830
 Email sales@marketo.com
 Visit www.marketo.com

© 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
Resources
Learn more about email marketing:
MarketingSherpa: www.marketingsherpa.com
Modern B2B Marketing: blog.marketo.com
Email Marketing Reports: www.email-marketing-reports.com
Jupiter Research: www.jupiterresearch.com
StrongMail: www.strongmail.com

© 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Increasing response to your B2B email marketing campaign

  • 1. Increasing Response to your B2B Email Marketing Programs A Marketo Best Practices eBook
  • 2. The Problem with Lead Generation As B2B marketers, we spend a lot of time and money generating leads to create a pipeline for sales. But as you know, sales isn’t always enamored of the leads passed to them. Why? Only 25% of new leads are salesready. 25% are immediately disqualified. The remaining 50% needs to be nurtured. Typical Lead Quality, Among All Leads Generated By Respondent Companies % Leads Considered Sales-Ready (N = 390) % Leads Requiring Further Nurturing (N = 390) % Leads Disqualified (N = 405) % Respondents Source: “What’s Working in Lead Generation,” RainToday © 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 3. Lead Nurturing The most common – and most effective – way to nurture these leads is through email marketing. Most companies, if they nurture at all, do it by sending newsletters to their entire database. Newsletters have a place in your marketing program, but they’re not sufficient by themselves. To effectively nurture leads, marketers need to follow email marketing best practices and take advantage of other types of email campaigns that may be more relevant. © 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 4. 8 Tips for B2B Email Marketing Success For a nurturing program to be effective, you need your email marketing skills to be top-notch. Some need a refresher, while others need basic information. To that end, here are 8 Tips for B2B Email Marketing Success: 1. Content is King 2. Consider Email Clients 3. Best Content to Use 4. Subject Lines and Titles 5. The Right Target 6. The Right Time 7. Start a Dialog 8. Automate © 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 5. 1. Content is King Content is king, but only if you know what works. Studies by MarketingSherpa have shown that having fewer calls to action works better than multiple options. Other content tips: Focus on your top call to action to increase click through. Bullets are heavily read. Use them. Source: MarketingSherpa Email Marketing Benchmark 2008 & NextStage Evolution, February 2008. Decrease of 32% clickthrough from 1 to 2 calls to action; 90% decrease with 3. © 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 6. 2. Consider Email Clients Email clients render HTML differently, so keep that in mind. Test in Outlook, Google, and others. And make your email top-heavy, content-wise. Many readers use the viewers in their email clients, and they use the top portion of the email to decide whether to read further. And 64% of decision makers view email on mobile devices, so optimize for Blackberry, Treo, iPhone, etc. Source: MarketingSherpa Email Marketing Benchmark Guide 2008 © 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 7. 3. Best Content to Use Content that helps your targets do their jobs or shows them how your customers are using your product tend to be popular. These include: Tactical “how to” articles Customer case studies Best practice lists, such as “Top 10 Ways…” Strategic articles and interviews with analysts and business leaders Source: MarketingSherpa Business Technology Marketing Benchmark Guide 2007-08 © 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 8. 4. Subject Lines & Titles The subject line of your email, along with the title inside the email, determines whether your email will be opened. Some tips: Use four to six words in your subject. Absolute max: nine words The “from” line tells them who it’s from, so don’t waste space saying it again You only have two seconds to get their attention, so use action words such as “Download” or “Watch” Test to learn what types of subject lines work for you Source: MarketingSherpa Email Marketing Benchmark Guide 2008 © 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 9. 5. The Right Target Targeting the message by segmenting your existing database into specific email marketing targets can increase your opens by 200% or more. Send targeted messages according to job title, geography, industry, and stage in your marketing and sales process. Source: MarketingSherpa Email Marketing Benchmark Guide 2008 © 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 10. 6. The Right Time Use behaviors to determine which links are clicked or what web actions are taken, then automatically deliver the right message to move your target through the funnel. A 3-5x improvement is possible with even a simple campaign. Source: David Daniels, Jupiter Research, Dec 2006. Conversion rate increased from 1.1% to 3.9% for emails targeted using web click data. © 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 11. 7. Start a Dialog The goal of an email marketing program is to start a dialog with your leads. B2B buying is a complex decision, so you need to build the relationship over time rather than just popping the question. Starting a dialog with your leads through sophisticated, planned nurturing paths builds trust and helps them self-identify as prospects through demographics and behaviors. © 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 12. 8. Automate Following these email marketing best practices – especially using segmentation and triggered campaigns – can quickly overwhelm marketers without the right tools. Most email marketing solutions don’t solve the problem since they don’t automate the dialog marketing functionality that B2B marketers need to build relationships. Fortunately, there are now on-demand marketing automation solutions that are optimized for B2B marketers. Unlike the prior generation of marketing solutions, today’s tools are easy to buy, easy to own, and easy to use. © 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 13. Marketo Lead Management Marketo Lead Management automates lead generation campaigns and lead management activities to help marketers generate and qualify sales leads, shorten sales cycles, and improve conversion rates. Unlike any other solution, it has an insanely easy to use interface and an on-demand model that gets customers up and running in just days, with no charges for set-up, integration and training. “Without a great knowledge of HTML, I can sit down, design my landing page, I can design the email, and I can launch the whole thing within an hour – including the time it would take for people to look at and approve it! So, I’ve gone from possibly a two and a half week turnaround time from start to launch for an email campaign to just about two and a half hours.” ─ Joyce Feltham, Trimble MRM © 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 14. Marketo Email Marketing      Create triggered and multi-step email campaigns that automatically deepen prospect relationships over time Design emails using templates, our WYSIWYG editor, or by importing your own HTML Get email to the inbox using the latest deliverability technology Send personalized emails on behalf of sales reps; track who opens and clicks on each email Learn what works with robust reporting and A/B testing © 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 15. About Marketo Marketo provides sophisticated yet easy on-demand marketing software that helps mid-market and enterprise B2B marketing professionals drive revenue and improve marketing accountability. Marketo Lead Management includes: email marketing lead nurturing lead scoring landing page optimization marketing analytics © 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 16. Learn More Learn more about Marketo Lead Management  Call 650-655-4830  Email sales@marketo.com  Visit www.marketo.com © 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 17. Resources Learn more about email marketing: MarketingSherpa: www.marketingsherpa.com Modern B2B Marketing: blog.marketo.com Email Marketing Reports: www.email-marketing-reports.com Jupiter Research: www.jupiterresearch.com StrongMail: www.strongmail.com © 2008 Marketo, Inc. All rights reserved.