For Higher B2B Sales Don’t Just Scrub Your Data

Posted by Dan McDade

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on Dec 21, 2017 6:14:29 PM

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With today’s business instability and volatility, B2B marketers are well aware that business marketing data degrades quickly. Although correcting basic data fields is an ongoing commitment of time and resources, it’s critical to lead generation success that marketers  execute data segmentation and prioritization activities on an ongoing basis as well. Holding on to prospect information that’s incorrect, poorly segmented and lacking prioritization can obstruct marketing efforts and conceal sales opportunities. 

To reveal segments with higher probability of generating leads, compare your marketing database, which could number several thousand contacts, to your customer database. For example, after sorting your customers into categories, you may find that most of them fall into three SICs and one revenue range. Next, extract contacts from your marketing database with the matching three SICs into separate test groups in addition to one or two other groups that seem like they should perform well.

Break each of the resulting segments into small discrete lists of a few hundred names, test each segment with marketing calls. The categories that match your customers have priority. Rank by other pre-determined classification, such as company type or region. Focus on the top two segmented and prioritized lists, then move down.

The sales opportunities generated from these small tests will reveal predictable segments that warrant building full marketing programs. The test phase confirms the market segments that are more likely to buy, and are therefore worthy of marketing investment and resources.

The process doesn’t end with a single round of data cleanup, segmentation and prioritization. Ongoing testing to differentiate characteristics reveals the most valuable segments. This knowledge can be predictively applied to generate higher return on future programs.

So, instead of contacting all names in the databases or tossing out every name and starting over, use segmentation and prioritization techniques to focus on the quality list segments and predict the likely success of B2B marketing programs. Continued deployment of this predictive relational equation helps marketers:

      • Balance return against investment and determine optimal program deployment
      • Develop the intelligence to fully fund the right model for future programs

The PointClear Relational Segmentation (PCRS) approach provides companies with the market intelligence they need to fully fund and roll out programs targeted to high-return segments. This model has increased individual campaign results at PointClear by up to 50 percent and simultaneously decreased costs by as much as 35 percent.

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