In high-touch, complex industries customers still rely on trusted advisors to make purchasing decisions. These sales associates ask questions and observe customer behavior to personalize the experience and usher the customer to a sale. Learn how one retailer is leveraging the power of Predictive Intelligence online to help visitors find the perfect piece and become a customer for life.
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Personalized Experience: Bring the
Offline Relationship into the Digital
World with Predictive Intelligence
Fred Meyer Jewelers: Caitlin Leonard,
Marketing Director
ExactTarget: Matt Coffman,
Director of Product Management, Web Products
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Goals – Presentation Overview
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Online Customer
Engagement is More
Needed and More
Challenging than
Ever Before
Replicating the
In-store Experience
from a Trusted Sales
Consultant in an
Online Environment
Application Features
that Provide
Automation and
Other Enhancements
for Marketers
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Online Engagement Challenges
• Access to unlimited choices –
hyperchoice
• Consumers are always connected
and constantly shopping
• Multiple access points
(store, web, mobile, etc)
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Transformation in Thinking
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Digital Marketers’ Perspective on Personalization
Feel most
challenged by
personalization
Strongly agree that they
use machine-learning and
algorithms to personalize
Currently use
predictive algorithms
to Personalize
A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Salesforce ExactTarget Marketing Cloud, April 2014
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Personalization efforts impact:
Commissioned Independent Research Report, Forrester, 2014
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We Used to See Customers Like This…
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Now We See Customers Like This…
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In-store, 1:1 Sales Strategies
Trusted Sales Consultants:
• Get to know the customer
• Develop a relationship
• Personalize recommendations
• Use wisdom gained to tailor the next pitch
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Translate the 1:1 Experience to Online
Gather data on your customer
• Observe behaviors
• Ask lifestyle-based questions
• Pull data from other online sources
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Power of Predictive Intelligence
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• 324 fine jewelry stores and an extensive online selection
• Opened in 1973; merged with Kroger Company in 1999
• $98.4 billion in total sales in 2013
• 375,000 associates company-wide
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Your Website Can be a Trusted Sales Consultant
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Predictive Recommendations
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Predictive Intelligence at Fred Meyer
• Reads signals of customers (implicit)
• Asks questions (explicit)
• Drives revenue, but preserves
average order value
• Highlight Littman jewelry line
• Emphasize protection plans
• Enhance visibility of Watch
Protection Plans (Rule Manager)
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Fred Meyer Results
eCommerce is up 47%
year over year
Watch Protection Plan revenue
grew 150%
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Future Enhancements
• Implementation
and optimization
flow improvements
• Email Banner
Personalization
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Future Enhancements
• Implementation
and optimization
flow improvements
• Email Banner
Personalization
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Future Enhancements
• Implementation
and optimization
flow improvements
• Email Banner
Personalization
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Future Enhancements
• Implementation
and optimization
flow improvements
• Email Banner
Personalization
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Future Enhancements
• Drag-and-drop configurations
for email and cloud pages
• Catalog-agnostic
recommendations
• Rule engine enhancements
• New page/campaign wizard
• In-app page/campaign reporting
and trend metrics
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Future Enhancements
• Drag-and-drop configurations
for email and cloud pages
• Catalog-agnostic
recommendations
• Rule engine enhancements
• New page/campaign wizard
• In-app page/campaign reporting
and trend metrics
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Future Enhancements
• Drag-and-drop configurations
for email and cloud pages
• Catalog-agnostic
recommendations
• Rule engine enhancements
• New page/campaign wizard
• In-app page/campaign reporting
and trend metrics
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Overcoming the
Challenge of
Engaging Customers
Online is Possible
with Predictive
Content
Fred Meyer
Successfully
Replicates the
In-store Experience
with Online
Customers
New Features and
Upcoming
Enhancements Make
Automation and
Customization
Possible for
Marketers
Recap Slide
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CUSTOMER JOURNEY
SHOWCASE
MARKETING
THOUGHT LEADERS
EMAIL MARKETING PRODUCT STRATEGY
& ROADMAP
PERSONAL
TRANSFORMATION
& GROWTH
SOCIAL MARKETING MOBILE & WEB
MARKETING
DEVELOPERS HANDS-ON
TRAINING
INDUSTRY
TRENDSETTERS
CREATIVITY &
INNOVATION
SALESFORCE FOR
MARKETERS
ROUNDTABLES
The solution is about putting the right recommendations in front of the right individual to create trust, shorten the sales cycle, and increase order values.
Online, the ultimate objective in personalization is to give customers the ability to interact with your website as if it were a trusted sales consultant as they are led through a series of choices that pinpoint the best, most customized content.
New Features and Upcoming Enhancements Make Automation and Customization Possible for Marketers