digital strategy, simplicity through complexity

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Marti is the Director of E-Commerce at the Master Lock Company and has been with the company since 1999. Recently, he’s been focused on implementing numerous cloud-based sales & marketing platforms, mobile applications, and social media across their global business units. To learn more about the Insight Summit Series please visit http://www.insightsummitseries.com

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Digital Marketing: Our Keys to Effectiveness

Insights thru Analysis

Focus on User Experience

Maximizing Mobile

Exploring Innovation

Simplicity thru Complexity

The Master Lock Company - 92 years of security solutions for home, family

& business

1921 - 1928The world’s first laminated padlock invented. Trainloads shipped to New York City during prohibition.

2004New corporate headquarters established in Oak Creek.

2012President Obama visits Master Lock to discuss American manufacturing.

A wide range of products for CONSUMERS

Thousands of Consumer products where the purchase decision is driven mainly by emotion & product design

Keeping your home, family & possessions protected & safe

A wide range of products for BUSINESS

Hundreds of thousands of products for Business & Gov’t where purchases are driven by worker safety & regulatory specifications

Keeping the workplace safe & compliant with OSHA requirements & regulations

We market our products across 25 global web sites…. in 7 different languages

INSIGHTS THRU ANALYTICS

Insights thru Analytics

Everything we do in Digital is measured

It’s how we answer the question What Next?

Youtube Demographics YTD

• What impact are my Youtube videos having on our SEO strategy?

• Why are consumption rates of our instructional videos so high on phones?

• Are promotional sweepstakes delivering valuable impressions – or just feeding an insatiable demand for “Free Stuff” on promo aggregator sites?

Goal: Take a well-rounded approach that goes beyond just traditional measures like Visitor Traffic &

Page Views……FOCUS firmly on emerging trends

Questions I’m researching..

Tools we Use:• Foresee Results for

visitor insights• Google analytics• Google Adwords data• Google 52 week

keyword data• Facebook metrics data• Youtube Channel data• Internal sales

conversion data • Contact center data

(emails & phone calls)• App Store metrics

from Apple, Droid and Amazon Markets

• Customer POS data • Channel partner data

“External” Metrics

“Internal” Metrics

Trends AnalysisIs it a trend or an

anomaly?

Compiled Monthly

Optimizing for those trends

Lastly….some sage advice on when to stop

“If you torture numbers long enough – they’ll confess to anything!”

Keep your analysis Short, Simple & Actionable!

FOCUS ON USER EXPERIENCE

The Problem: typical results page on a broad query from keyword search:

Many of our products look very similar & the differentiators are not plainly visible….

We needed a better way to connect users with the Right Lock for their need

Consumer input helped us refine…

Our Solution > PARAMETRIC search Simplicity thru Complexity

Survey data from site users was clear:• Consumers viewed us as

the Lock Experts• They were duly impressed

with our tremendous variety of products…

• BUT….they didn’t want to learn all about LOCKS & become experts themselves!

They were feeling a bit overwhelmed!

Extensive product knowledge built into the algorithms get users to the right product for their specific need via 3 simple

questions…

We were forced to look at our product assortment quite differently:

• Needed to design new data filters & algorithms

• Needed to create new logic rules for the relationships between products

• Needed new product attributes for which we had no data

It’s now the 2nd most visited area on our site – with the highest conversion rate

Challenges to Implementing

3KALF

MAXIMIZING MOBILE

Mobile sites & Apps….

We support 4 App platforms & also

Responsive Design

Connecting thru mobile….

Users consume our content differently depending on where they are & which screen they’re

viewing….

The majority of our sites are now optimized for mobile.

This changes consumer behavior dramatically.

• Browsing is optional, but action is where it’s at!

• Speed & flexibility are at a premium when it comes to the UX.

• “Consumption patterns” are changing fast.

Much more “Direct” interaction on phones….

We stick to the basics – show them our products, where they can buy them and how to get answers

Typical User Experience:

Standing in a store looking at a shelf full of locks….

• “I have a simple question – don’t make me hunt for an answer!”

• “I’ll watch your videos some other time, maybe from home – thank you.”

• “My phone screen is 3” wide! Don’t make me try to click on your teeny, tiny nav. buttons.

http://m.masterlock.com

Multiple screens > multiple paths to purchase

* Aug, 2012 “The New Multi-Screen World”; Google, Sterling Brands & IPSOS

Where do QR Codes fit in?

They have a place in the marketing mix, but it’s a small niche – not a wide-open highway.

Product Pkg. w/Tag Micro-Mobile Site

EXPLORING INNOVATION

Augmented Reality – watching & testing…

Layar.com

Proof of Concept

Layers of Media Served up “On Demand”

A magical user experience for consumers

Blippar.com

But adoption may emerge faster in business markets - because the ROI could be substantial

Vuzix's Eyewear for IndustryThe Vuzix M2000AR displays content from a connected device over a video stream of real-world content, which could be perfect for managers or employees who need to access technical data or repair procedures while in the field.

Increased efficiency & productivity ADD VALUE for the

end user

“Connected Products” that bridge the gap between physical & digital…….adding Value for consumers

Solving that age-old problem: “I Lost my Combination!”

Final thoughts…on the growing demands of digital marketing….

Faster speed to market

Increasingly complex & diverse technology layers

Increasing consumer expectations

THANK YOU!

Marti Gahlmanmgahlman@mlock.com

@martigahlman 414-248-3584

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