advocate marketing case study: act-on
Post on 14-Sep-2014
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Jeff from Act-On tells his story about using their AdvocateHub, ALUV to shatter referral records beating outTRANSCRIPT
How Act-On Got Its Fans to Refer 200+ Awesome Sales Leads
Meet Jeff
(He’s this guy)
Meet Jeff
Jeff’s the product marketing manager at Act-On
“I’m a pretty easygoing guy. Married to a great wife with 2 girls. Love the outdoors, mountain biking, cooking and traveling.”
Act-On is the marketing platform for fast growing businesses of all sizes
Act-On's success and growth is tied to how customers share their positive experiences with its products. The best sales leads are the ones that existing customers proactively refer to the company. Jeff needed MORE of those leads.
Jeff was concerned he was relying on the same customers too often
The last thing he wanted was to burn out his most loyal customers.
Jeff needed a more fun and natural way to build relationships with Act-On’s customers.
Jeff discovered Influitive, the leader in advocate marketing solutions.
With Influitive, Act-On could now…
Integrate with salesforce.com and other products
Give back to their top advocates
Deploy fun challenges around social campaigns, surveys, reviews, and referrals
Organize advocates
Jeff set out to create an army of Act-On fans and advocates
Act-On rewarded sales and customer success team members for inviting customers to join Influitive.
Jeff started a dialog with his customers to see if they were listening. He created a survey and sent it through Influitive and his e-newsletter.
With Influitive: 103 responses in 48 hrs.Without Influitive: 2 responses
Points for completing challenges
Badges (there are more than 75!)
Redeemable rewards
SuperstarJeff recognized and thanked his advocates with…
“Everybody is busy today. But if you make things fun, engaging, and challenging, it makes advocating more exciting.”
Then Jeff had a stellar idea – generate more sales opportunities through Influitive.
Advocates can easily refer a friend at any time with Influitive
He launched a referral challenge asking advocates for a warm email or phone introduction.
With Influitive’s Linkedin integration, Jeff can see who his advocates are connected to, which makes asking for referrals a much less awkward experience.
LinkedIn Connections
The results??
209 high quality leads
“The most untapped resource is your existing customer base.”
$175,000 in pipeline ($60,000 closed business)This made for one happy sales team!
“We wanted to knock the ball out of the park, so we tapped into our existing customers. It’s the true
power of advocacy.”
Act-On’s referral leads close at nearly 5%. More than 500% higher than the industry standard
“What Influitive is doing is the new world of advocacy in an electronic form.”
First, find your advocates – the fans that love your company
Start with small ‘asks’ (like the survey) before jumping into the referral request
Make it fun with challenges, points and rewards!
Make it easy – the Linkedin integration helps advocates find referrals in their network
Set expectations and always follow-up with advocates to let them know the outcome
Jeff’s best practices for a successful referral program:
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How Act-On’s marketing department thinks today: “I have a marketing initiative, how can our advocates help?”
“When you think of customer marketing and customer advocacy - think Influitive.”
Jeff knew his customers loved Act-On.
What can Influitive do for you? Visit influitive.com to get started.Influitive helped him tap into it.