Building a Revenue Engine

        Joe Gelata
Building a Revenue Engine

Blog: www.revenue-engineer.com
   Twitter: @RevenueEngineer
         Hashtag: #RevEng
Email: joe@revenue-engineer.com
Introduction
•   Sales, Field Marketing, Operations
•   Focused on revenue
•   Marketing & Sales Operations at Coreworx
•   B2B Software
Agenda
• Overview of Revenue Funnel
  – Sales
  – Demand Generation
  – Social
• Marketing Automation
• Revenue Performance Management
• Organizational Models
  – Marketing Operations Centre of Excellence
  – Revenue Office
Definitions
• Revenue Engine: system and processes that
  drive revenue from suspect to deal close
• Funnel: A group of measurable stages within a
  process, each further qualifying a prospect
• SCRM: Social Customer Relationship
  Management
• KPI: Key Performance Indicator
• RPM: Revenue Performance Management
Survey
• How many of you have:
  – CRM?
  – Marketing Automation?
  – Social Media Strategy?
OVERVIEW OF REVENUE FUNNEL
Stage 1: Sales
    •   1:1
    •   Qualified Prospect
    •   Many Sales Models
    •   CRM Technology
Stage 2: Demand Gen
       • 1:N
       • Demand/Lead Gen
       • Sirius Decisions
         Waterfall Model
       • Marketing Automation
Stage 3: Social
     •   N:N
     •   Topic is you
     •   Social media
     •   You can join
     •   Revenue generation
     •   Social CRM
Stage Interaction
      • Marketing does more
        qualification
      • Social influence grows
      • Social > Demand Gen
      • Demand Gen > Sales
MARKETING AUTOMATION
Marketing Automation

Challenges                                                     Adoption



Generate higher volume of leads                                                    Plan
                                                                                   17%


                                                                    Full/Partial
                                                                        53%
Marketing to growing number of                                                            No Plan
            people                                                                         30%




    Generate high-quality leads




                                  0%   20%   40%   60%   80%
Marketing Automation
• Features                    – Event Automation
  –   Contact Database        – Automated Data Cleanse
  –   Contact Segmentation    – Dynamic Content
  –   Email Engine            – Progressive Profiling
  –   Forms & Landing Pages   – Contact Level Activity
  –   Personalization           Tracking
  –   Lead Nurturing          – Marketing Dashboard
  –   Lead Scoring            – Integration with CRM
  –   A/B Testing             – Integration with 3rd
                                Party Apps
Marketing Automation
• Vendors                  –   Marketo
  –   Aprimo               –   Neolane
  –   Eloqua               –   Net-Results
  –   Genius               –   Pardot
  –   Loopfuse             –   SilverPOP
  –   Manticore            –   Others...
Marketing Automation


                      • Only ¼ of Marketing
Failure
            Success     Automation
                        implementations hit
                        their goal
Marketing Automation
•   Document Lead Management Process
•   Standardize Terminology with Sales
•   Determine KPIs
•   KPIs are Metrics, Metrics are NOT KPIs
•   You get what you pay for
Marketing Automation
•   Give yourself sufficient time
•   Build technology to support business
•   Internal & external resource
•   Build it backwards
•   Don’t launch before it’s done
•   Get trained
•   Continued enhancements
REVENUE PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT
RPM
• “A systematic approach to identifying the
  drivers and impediments to
  revenue, rigorously measuring them, and then
  pulling the economic levers that will optimize
  top line growth”
• One view of the truth
• Marketo & Eloqua
RPM
• Focus on KPIs
  – Campaign Attribution
  – Time in Stage
  – Funnel Leakage
  – Rejection Reasons
  – Weighted Pipeline
  – Total Revenue Conversion
RPM
• Case Study: Platts
  – Lead to Opportunity conversion: 23% to 31%
  – Marketing contribution to revenue: 22% to 28%
RPM

Revenue Growth
2007 to 2010
•S&P 500: 15%
•Eloqua Customers: 34%
•RPM Users: 58%
ORGANIZATIONAL MODELS
Organizational Models
• Marketing Operations Centre of Excellence
  – Reports to CMO
  – Manages process & infrastructure
  – Build campaigns
  – Best practice standardization and training
  – Deep understanding of data
  – Targeted resources
Organizational Models
• Marketing Operations Centre of Excellence

               Chief Marketing Officer                  VP Sales


    Product                                Market
                  Field Marketing                        Sales
   Marketing                             Development

                                                         Sales
                         Marketing Operations
                                                       Operations
Organizational Models
• Revenue Office
  – Reports to CRO
  – Marketing & Sales Operations combined
  – Ensures consistent process flow
  – Focused on revenue
  – Removes Marketing/Sales Alignment issues
Organizational Models
• Revenue Office

                     Chief Revenue Officer


    Product                           Market
               Field Marketing                        Sales
   Marketing                        Development


                                 Revenue Operations
Summary
• Overview of Revenue Funnel
  – Sales
  – Demand Generation
  – Social
• Marketing Automation
• Revenue Performance Management
• Organizational Models
  – Marketing Operations Centre of Excellence
  – Revenue Office
Questions
Contact
       Joe Gelata
joe@revenue-engineer.com
   @RevenueEngineer
www.revenue-engineer.com

Building a Revenue Engine - Revenue Engineer

  • 1.
    Building a RevenueEngine Joe Gelata
  • 2.
    Building a RevenueEngine Blog: www.revenue-engineer.com Twitter: @RevenueEngineer Hashtag: #RevEng Email: [email protected]
  • 3.
    Introduction • Sales, Field Marketing, Operations • Focused on revenue • Marketing & Sales Operations at Coreworx • B2B Software
  • 4.
    Agenda • Overview ofRevenue Funnel – Sales – Demand Generation – Social • Marketing Automation • Revenue Performance Management • Organizational Models – Marketing Operations Centre of Excellence – Revenue Office
  • 5.
    Definitions • Revenue Engine:system and processes that drive revenue from suspect to deal close • Funnel: A group of measurable stages within a process, each further qualifying a prospect • SCRM: Social Customer Relationship Management • KPI: Key Performance Indicator • RPM: Revenue Performance Management
  • 6.
    Survey • How manyof you have: – CRM? – Marketing Automation? – Social Media Strategy?
  • 7.
  • 8.
    Stage 1: Sales • 1:1 • Qualified Prospect • Many Sales Models • CRM Technology
  • 9.
    Stage 2: DemandGen • 1:N • Demand/Lead Gen • Sirius Decisions Waterfall Model • Marketing Automation
  • 10.
    Stage 3: Social • N:N • Topic is you • Social media • You can join • Revenue generation • Social CRM
  • 11.
    Stage Interaction • Marketing does more qualification • Social influence grows • Social > Demand Gen • Demand Gen > Sales
  • 12.
  • 13.
    Marketing Automation Challenges Adoption Generate higher volume of leads Plan 17% Full/Partial 53% Marketing to growing number of No Plan people 30% Generate high-quality leads 0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
  • 14.
    Marketing Automation • Features – Event Automation – Contact Database – Automated Data Cleanse – Contact Segmentation – Dynamic Content – Email Engine – Progressive Profiling – Forms & Landing Pages – Contact Level Activity – Personalization Tracking – Lead Nurturing – Marketing Dashboard – Lead Scoring – Integration with CRM – A/B Testing – Integration with 3rd Party Apps
  • 15.
    Marketing Automation • Vendors – Marketo – Aprimo – Neolane – Eloqua – Net-Results – Genius – Pardot – Loopfuse – SilverPOP – Manticore – Others...
  • 16.
    Marketing Automation • Only ¼ of Marketing Failure Success Automation implementations hit their goal
  • 17.
    Marketing Automation • Document Lead Management Process • Standardize Terminology with Sales • Determine KPIs • KPIs are Metrics, Metrics are NOT KPIs • You get what you pay for
  • 18.
    Marketing Automation • Give yourself sufficient time • Build technology to support business • Internal & external resource • Build it backwards • Don’t launch before it’s done • Get trained • Continued enhancements
  • 19.
  • 20.
    RPM • “A systematicapproach to identifying the drivers and impediments to revenue, rigorously measuring them, and then pulling the economic levers that will optimize top line growth” • One view of the truth • Marketo & Eloqua
  • 21.
    RPM • Focus onKPIs – Campaign Attribution – Time in Stage – Funnel Leakage – Rejection Reasons – Weighted Pipeline – Total Revenue Conversion
  • 22.
    RPM • Case Study:Platts – Lead to Opportunity conversion: 23% to 31% – Marketing contribution to revenue: 22% to 28%
  • 23.
    RPM Revenue Growth 2007 to2010 •S&P 500: 15% •Eloqua Customers: 34% •RPM Users: 58%
  • 24.
  • 25.
    Organizational Models • MarketingOperations Centre of Excellence – Reports to CMO – Manages process & infrastructure – Build campaigns – Best practice standardization and training – Deep understanding of data – Targeted resources
  • 26.
    Organizational Models • MarketingOperations Centre of Excellence Chief Marketing Officer VP Sales Product Market Field Marketing Sales Marketing Development Sales Marketing Operations Operations
  • 27.
    Organizational Models • RevenueOffice – Reports to CRO – Marketing & Sales Operations combined – Ensures consistent process flow – Focused on revenue – Removes Marketing/Sales Alignment issues
  • 28.
    Organizational Models • RevenueOffice Chief Revenue Officer Product Market Field Marketing Sales Marketing Development Revenue Operations
  • 29.
    Summary • Overview ofRevenue Funnel – Sales – Demand Generation – Social • Marketing Automation • Revenue Performance Management • Organizational Models – Marketing Operations Centre of Excellence – Revenue Office
  • 30.
  • 31.
    Contact Joe Gelata [email protected] @RevenueEngineer www.revenue-engineer.com