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3 X Planning frameworks
Framework When to use it Where it’s from
1. SOSTAC®
A planning and operations process
Situation Analysis > Objective setting
Strategy > Tactics > Action > Control
• Annual Business or Marketing Plan
• Digital Marketing Plan
• Action plan for improving ANY
process or activity
• Your summary on Friday?
• PR Smith
(www.prsmith.org)
• Emarketing Excellence
• SmartInsights.com
2. RACE Planning Framework
The customer lifecycle / Marketing
Funnel. Overall Plan, then:
Reach > Act > Convert > Engage
• Improving Digital Marketing tactics
• Auditing digital capabilities to
improve
• Evaluating performance using KPIs
• Integrated with a SOSTAC® review
• SmartInsights.com
• 5 X 5 = 25 breakdown
3. Campaign planning brief
Insight > Goals > Target audience >
Message/offer > Media Strategy and
Schedule, Media Buying >
Implementation
• Creating a campaign plan you’re
responsible for
• Briefing an agency
• Integrated with RACE Planning
• Running Effective
Campaigns workshops
• SmartInsights.com
Campaign planning
guide and template
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Mapping personas to lifecycle
Source: HubSpot Persona content mapping template download
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Title
Details need for an effective
persona:
• A. Characteristics
• B. Motivations and
Buyer behaviour
• C. Customer journey/
content mapping
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Mistake 2. B2B Tracking and goal-setting
You need:
• Google Analytics
• Goals set for all
outcomes
• Goal value estimated
for each
• Call-tracking solution
integrated to AdWords
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Mistake 3. Not defining OVPs?
Audience use of
website > Personas
Commercial goals >
Customer
engagement
> OVP
Branded
Content Marketing
Strategy
Integrated
Marketing
Communications
Strategy
Integrated
Digital platform
tactics and tools
OVP = Online Value Proposition
= Brand Adding Value to Audiences
Help me Buy!
Help me Use products
Help me do my job / live my life
Help me develop / learn
Make me look good (to colleagues or family)
Entertain Me!
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B2B: Next Best Content example
Melinda Cormier, Sr. Director of Digital
Marketing & Brand Strategy, and the
Nuxeo team used and continues to use
Evergage to regularly test an algorithmic
recipe that recommends additional blog
posts, personalized at the one-to-one
level for each blog reader.
As a result, the team saw a 34%
lift in blog engagement (measured as
views of 2+ blog posts) and a 2.4%
decrease in bounce rate.
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Automation 5. Use a layered targeting
email system with dynamic content
Email 'Type' Customer Lifecycle Segmentation
Prospects Nursery Development Lapsing Lapsed
Lifecycle P2C programme Nursery programme Spot the winners Prevent Lapsing programme Lapsed programme
Behavioural Triggered by customer behaviour: ABBA, BnB, Accessories etc (max.1 email per week for each programme)
Newsletter Sent wk. 1 each month to all contacts with personalised content
Feature Email Sent wk. 2 each month to all contacts
Offers and Deals Sent wk. 3 each month to all contacts
NPI Sent wk. 4 each month to all contacts
Source: Harriet Mitchell Smart Insights Digital Impact conference
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Hero banner
Customised content: (Customer Profile)
• EDE (Electronic Design Engineers)
• Non-EDE (Electronic Design Engineers)
• Promo Excluded (Key and Corporates)
CLC Module
Customised content: (Customer Lifecycle)
• Nursery
• Development
• Acquisition
BEH Module
Customised content: (Behavioural data)
• Abandoned Baskets
• Browsed Not Bought
• Propensity to Buy (A recommendations model)
• Top Sellers
Product modules can vary in number and format.
Maximum of 8 modules per email.
Product Modules
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