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Page 1: Stefan Tornquist Research Director MarketingSherpa Inc. Email Marketing.pdf · B2B Email for Lead Generation, ... • Creating and Targeting w/Compelling Content • Best Practices

© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

B2B Email for Lead Generation, Lead Nurturing and Customer 

Retention

Stefan Tornquist

Research Director

MarketingSherpa Inc.

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Today’s Session

• Context for B‐to‐B Email Marketing in 2009

• Creating and Targeting w/Compelling Content

• Best Practices for Growing Opt‐in Lists

• Q&A

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Priorities for 2009

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Pain Points

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Marketing in 2009: More w/Less

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Today…and a Year Ago

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

The Downturn: Email ‘Benefits’

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Lead Nurturing Tactics

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Lead Generation Tactics

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Problems w/Email? Look Internally

Large B2B: 36%

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Poor Attitude = Poor Email Programs

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Creating Great Email Content and its Role in Lead Generation 

and Nurturing

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Nurturing Leads a Sore Spot

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Who’s it for? – Growing Committees

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Who’s it for? Segmenting by Stages

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Segmentation Matrix

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Benefits of Automation

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

What Do They Want to Read?

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

What Do They Want to Read?

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

On Sharing Pricing…

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Best Practices for Growing Opt‐ins

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Opt‐in Sources: Volume vs. Quality

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

A Lesson from Consumer Marketers

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Avoiding Banner Blindness

Source: MarketingSherpa and Eyetools, November 2007

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Design for Reality

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

VS

The Number #1 Test

47% Lift

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Don’t Ask – They Won’t Tell

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Your Questions

Stefan Tornquist

Research Director

MarketingSherpa

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© 2001 – 2009 MarketingSherpa Inc. All Rights Reserved.