Customize and target content based on the buyer's journey, says Mark Ogne, CMO at MRP

Mark Ogne
Personalization is one of the key aspect of ABM, however it can be challenging when it comes to multi-channel messaging. Mark Ogne, CMO at MRP, sheds light on the transformation in B2B space, personalization in ABM and provides a vision for a substantial ABM strategy.

I like to say that relevance is in the eyes of the beholder of your messages. They, not you, define what they’re interested in.

MEDIA 7: You have been active in the B2B space for about three decades and have driven revenue for various organizations. Being a CMO of MRP, how do you look at the transformation of the B2B market?
MARK OGNE:
The complexity and speed of B2B marketing continue to accelerate, particularly for the enterprise. Digital is at the center stage, which has forced marketers to reevaluate every aspect of their programs - from data management and intent to channel orchestration, sales hand-off, and close. At the same time, marketers must support go-to-market changes, new product lines and new regions, and prepare for changing economic conditions while making sense of the ripple effects of the massive disruption caused by the COVID pandemic. It’s an incredibly dynamic time - but also an exciting one!

The competition for attention is fierce as marketers must learn to stand out amidst thousands of daily digital messages. Companies must demonstrate an understanding of their audience’s needs on a more granular level than ever before. To make meaningful connections with prospects and customers amidst these changes, ABM initiatives need to shift their focus from trying to define needs, a top/down vision, to instead identifying needs at the account, and now even buying center level, and use those insights to deliver truly personalized experiences. Ones that are defined by the audiences, a bottom/up vision. Demonstrating relevance at this depth, at scale, and globally, is a steep challenge – but the definitive opportunity in the market right now. I like to say that relevance is in the eyes of the beholder of your messages. They, not you, define what they’re interested in. As a marketer, it’s your responsibility to identify those needs and to use them to make it easier for buyers to do what they do best buy.

One major positive trend is that account-based strategies are rapidly maturing as a practice – and not a moment too soon. Primary research from MRP and Demand Metric finds that the percentage of companies who consider their ABM programs to be fully adopted versus experimental has grown to 45% – up a third compared with 2020. Yet revenue impact can remain elusive, 83% of enterprise marketers report the pace of their campaigns has intensified over the past year. And, as the channel mix continues to change and data management intensifies, more than a third (42%) admit they’re still struggling to execute successfully.


M7: How do you target content to your audience, and what challenges do you face while producing effective content?
MO:
High-performing ABM is - has always been - about the audience, their needs, and their experiences. High-performing content is content that’s personalized based on the needs of each account, and adapts to fit changing concerns during lengthy buying processes.  It’s also tightly orchestrated, personalized across channels and platforms, cutting through siloed data and channels to ensure that all messages work together to create a symphony, not distorted, discordant noise.

When it comes to delivering on this promise, we face many of the same challenges as our enterprise client base. We are a large, global company with several hundred employees in 11 global offices, and 40% of our clients are based outside of North America. So we are very attuned to the needs for sophisticated personalization, advanced orchestration, and multi language support, to name a few. Looking at our content strategy as part of true omnichannel engagement, we’re laser focused on controlling ABM processes across teams and real-time triggered connections.  We invest in the creation and versioning of content that specifically addresses the needs of each target account, the languages of their region, and adapting that content across the course of their buying process.

We use our own MRP Prelytix platform to train AI/ML models to prescribe recommended content and channels, as well as prescribe the next best action step and trigger that response. Prelytix also allows us to create dynamic audiences, and segments, and then automatically trigger engagement action in multiple channels, as well as control personalization of the content and messaging across these channels. We’ve been extremely successful with this approach, and espouse it to our client base, yet we aren’t totally alone at using this approach.  In fact, high-performing marketers are 3X more likely to use a platform that automatically changes content across channels as target account needs change or the target account advances in their buying journey.

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Approach ABM as a team sport and ensure a mix of job roles and teams across the organization are involved in program execution.

M7: As an industry professional with extensive experience in Marketing, according to you, what are some of the different ways an Account-Based Marketing platform like MRP Prelytix helps businesses expand their businesses into untapped marketable sectors?
MO:
Despite their long history, ABM platforms have largely focused on solving simple top of funnel needs for an SMB organization. Creating a new array of siloes in the tech stack, these technologies lack a solid connection with other platforms, focused on channels, and have a tremendous bias against regions outside of North America.  Creating new acronyms, like ABX, hasn’t changed this siloed, top/down vision, especially for the enterprise, where they don’t address their core challenges at all. Large organizations typically hold abundant data sets on their target accounts. Unfortunately, this data, the most important of all data, is disconnected from their ABM efforts and left unused in the process of creating insights necessary to discover target account needs, drive impactful orchestrations, and measure actual target account engagement as it exists across the enterprise.

Next-generation ABM platforms like MRP Prelytix allow enterprise marketers to simplify the enterprise operating environment, take control of data, and leverage every channel at their disposal to connect with target accounts and surface new opportunities. With Prelytix, marketers can harness account intelligence beyond intent data, in multiple languages, with full geographic context, to indicate buyer location and buyer centers, with predictive analytics and account scoring to prioritize accounts and identify and time the next best action across all their channels. Marketers using MRP can act on this intelligence in milliseconds, connecting with newly identified target accounts and buyers almost instantaneously, with the right message to engage their goals and interests. For example, in milliseconds, a B2B marketer can bid, win and personalize display advertising while simultaneously personalizing website content to reflect a buyer’s location, language, stage and interests for a seamless, high-value experience as a buyer progresses along the purchase path.


M7: How has MRP's Channel Enablement been delivering results in the channel for the largest and most complex companies in the world?
MO:
Everything I said about increased B2B marketing complexity is amplified in the channel environment. Here, you have what can be called “two-step ABM.” That is, instead of the enterprise marketer having an array of product-level constituents on one side and an audience on the other… they also have another set of constituents between them and their accounts, their partners. An unrestricted stream of intelligence is the only means to make ABM work in the channel environment. This means a single shared data source with open lines of communication between sales and marketing, both at partner and vendor levels.

MRP has been delivering results in the channel for the largest and most sophisticated companies in the world, since our inception 20 years ago. Through the MRP Prelytix platform, innovative omnichannel programs target new partners and support existing ones based on account level intent and predictive scoring, as well as renewal or competitive data. Programs can be executed across 8 channels, performance tracked directly into a CRM system, delivering full control of MDF, conversion, and pipeline objectives.

One great example is our work with a major global technology brand to transform their channel marketing program to a digital-first approach. When COVID-19 pandemic first hit, this company’s channel partners lost their main engine for driving success: in-person interactions with prospects at events. Working with MRP, the company executed a new virtual program, now considered its best-performing National Solution Provider (NSP) campaign to that date, that delivered over $33.9 Million in deal registrations for one category and a 94% increase in year-over-year deal registrations across all partners.

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To ensure cohesion and control at every stage, marketers need to take a full-funnel approach that extends through post-sale.

M7: What is your go-to approach for personalization in ABM, and according to you, what is the best way to tackle the challenge of controlling multi-channel messaging?
MO: 
At MRP, we talk about “putting the ‘person’ back in personalization.” This means coordinating content and messages across channels based on their individual needs and buying stage. This is completely different than other platforms, that use limited intelligence, like simple intent data, and fragment the personalization experience by having this knowledge used in one platform, or one channel at a time, rather than the actual customer experience as it exists across all their marketing channels and platforms.

To accomplish this, we aggregate all account-based data into a single source of truth that can be accessed by our teams across the globe on a single, shared platform. The Prelytix platform applies next-generation insights, predictive analytics, and lightning-fast ML to identify signals across the buyer journey and prescribe the next best actions to influence the buyer’s journey. Then robust omnichannel orchestration capabilities allow us to consistently deliver the right message across the right touch points based on target account needs and the appropriate product or solution area.

To ensure cohesion and control at every stage, marketers need to take a full-funnel approach that extends through post-sale. Unlike startups, companies operating at enterprise scale have an existing customer base whose capabilities and needs can be uniquely addressed. Forrester Research recently noted that B2B marketing organizations are now “moving beyond focusing primarily on acquisition” to concentrate on upsell, cross-sell and retention. So, it is imperative to customize and target content according to the stage of the individual customer’s buying journey. MRP Prelytix enables this high degree of personalization by integrating CRM data with incoming data signals and AI-powered predictions to highlight which customers are open to new offers.

Thinking global is another way to keep omnichannel messages on message and operating in perfect sync. Most ABM platforms and solutions fail to reflect the complexity of enterprise companies’ international efforts. Technology is often built on a base of American English, and the AI algorithms that ingest intent and power predictive analytics often fail to account for other languages. To capture every opportunity, enterprise marketers need technology that is multilingual and multitenant at its core. This gives individual marketing teams the autonomy to localize campaigns, strategies, and objectives, while still coordinating insights and data at the account level across the enterprise.


M7: What would be your essential advice for marketers struggling with establishing a substantial ABM strategy in their organizations?
MO:
My advice is to focus on research rather than conjecture or best practice that really looks more like a thinly veiled platform user guide. Earlier this year, we partnered with Demand Metric on an in-depth primary research study of more than 1,200 marketers across four continents. This research identified an elite group of companies (23%) that report significant revenue impact from ABM and benchmarked the specific practices that set these leaders apart from their lower-performing peers.
Based on this data, my first piece of advice is to approach ABM as a team sport and ensure a mix of job roles and teams across the organization are involved in program execution. Nine out of 10 ABM top performers report close, cross-functional collaboration between marketing and sales to create ABM strategy and include more roles in ABM initiatives. These roles encompass generalists such as ABM leads and specialists such as product marketers, creative experts, and business intelligence professionals.

The second is to double down on data - and data management. Among ABM leaders whose initiatives deliver significant revenue impact, 80% reported three or more systems contributing data to ABM. Still more, 84%, say their tech stack is very or completely integrated – almost the percentage of those with negative or unmeasured ABM impact. These high performers are twice as likely to use multiple data sources, like intent data and predictive analytics, alongside their CRM and MAP data to create account profiles.

Finally, set your focus on matching messages to needs – at scale. Thanks mainly to sophisticated data management processes, ABM leaders orchestrate their programs to personalize messages to a higher degree across more touchpoints. 84% of ABM leaders use three or more systems to deliver marketing messages, and nearly half (56%) automatically adjust content to match viewers’ engagement stage within the customer lifecycle.

ABOUT MRP PRELYTIX™

MRP Prelytix™ is the only enterprise-class predictive account-based sales and marketing platform. For organizations that serve multiple partners, lines of business, geographies, or industries, MRP Prelytix is the only ABM platform to empower sales and marketing teams to simplify their environment’s complexity and produce measurable and high-performance conversion, pipeline velocity, and closed revenue. Applying the industry’s only real-time predictive analytics and data management, we fuel 1,000 ABM programs across six continents to coordinate, execute, and optimize their ABM programs using eight channels, produced in 20 languages. Powered by KX, Prelytix sits on top of the fastest streaming analytics database in the world. For more information, visit: www.mrpfd.com.

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Anteriad, the global B2B marketing solutions provider, proudly announced that its marketing team has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Drum Award in the B2B: Brand and In-House Team of the Year category. The award recognizes outstanding achievements and impactful results in the B2B marketing landscape. Notable nominees include Salesforce Studio, Economist Impact, and MasterCard Creative Studio. The winner of this esteemed award will be revealed on November 29. Under the leadership of CMO Lynn Tornabene, Anteriad's marketing team has navigated through several acquisitions and a rebrand in 2022, ultimately devising a sophisticated marketing strategy that resonates with the company's B2B capabilities. Leveraging their own intent data and content syndication tools, the team crafted an effective Account-Based Marketing (ABM) strategy, delivering personalized content tailored to individual customer behavior across digital platforms. Additionally, they introduced advanced audience modeling and reporting methodologies. The team's efforts have resulted in a significant upsurge in various key performance indicators (KPIs), including a 40% increase in total leads generated, a 25% rise in engagement through nurture campaigns, and a notable 177% enhancement in Sales Qualified Leads. Notably, the team's agility and successful outcomes were recognized by Anteriad's CEO, Rob Sanchez, who expressed pride in their achievements and highlighted the team's adept use of the company's own products. Anteriad's robust marketing solutions, backed by its Marketing Cloud platform tracking over 500 billion buyer-related signals monthly, have empowered leading companies such as IBM, Microsoft, Forbes, SHRM, and Lenovo to achieve exceptional ROI multiples. With a focus on providing high-fidelity B2B buyer data, multichannel execution services, tele-based conversion, and expert advisory, Anteriad remains committed to supporting B2B marketers globally. Anteriad's heavy reliance on digital platforms and personalized content in their marketing strategy may raise concerns about privacy and data security, potentially leading to issues regarding data breaches and unauthorized use of personal information. However, the company's recognition as a finalist for the Drum Award highlights their adept navigation through acquisitions and rebranding, resulting in a sophisticated marketing approach that effectively utilizes its own data and content tools. Its notable achievements, including significant increases in total leads, nurture campaign engagement, and Sales Qualified Leads, showcase their proficiency in implementing advanced audience modeling and reporting, ultimately empowering leading companies such as IBM, Microsoft, Forbes, SHRM, and Lenovo to achieve exceptional ROI through the use of Anteriad's robust Marketing Cloud platform. About Anteriad Anteriad is a data-driven and tech-enabled B2B powerhouse, caters to the needs of growth-oriented marketing leaders worldwide. With a focus on precision and scale, the company offers a comprehensive suite of services including high-fidelity B2B buyer data, multi-channel campaign execution, tele-based conversion services, and expert advisory, all backed by its award-winning Anteriad Marketing Cloud platform. Notable clients like IBM, Microsoft, Forbes, SHRM, and Lenovo have leveraged Anteriad's capabilities, benefiting from its global reach and GDPR-compliant data solutions.

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ON24 Recognizes 2023’s Leaders in Digital Engagement

Business Wire | January 24, 2024

A recent Forrester survey found that more than 60% of B2B buyers base their final purchase decision solely on the digital content and experiences companies provide. That’s why thousands of B2B companies choose ON24 (NYSE: ONTF), a leading digital engagement platform for B2B sales and marketing that helps enterprises generate data-driven insights and deliver cost-effective revenue growth. Today, ON24, announced the industry-leading digital experiences of 2023 that drove ROI for their organizations. “At ON24, our goal is to propel business success through digital engagement, with our customers at the core. We take pride in helping our customers drive deeper engagement with their target audiences and extract meaningful insights that result in revenue growth,” said Callan Young, CMO, ON24. “It is our honor to recognize the leading organizations that exemplify excellence in leveraging our platform to create digital experiences that not only meet but surpass their audience’s expectations.” The following organizations were recognized for delivering outstanding digital experiences on the ON24 platform in 2023: Danfossdrove product growth and customer retention by leveraging distributor, reseller and customer data to optimize its webinar and digital engagement program. FloQastinfluenced 82% of event pipeline in Q3 and created 120+ new active opportunities by routing high-quality leads from in-experience demo requests directly to sales. Global X ETFsincreased qualified, high-value leads in Australia by 22%, by integrating ON24 engagement data with their CRM and using the platform’s personalization capabilities. Informaticascaled a live event into a hybrid experience across three key regions simultaneously, driving registration and delivering a consistent customer experience on a global scale. Infopro Digitalincreased conversion rates and registrations by automating processes on the ON24 platform and making real-time adjustments based on customer feedback. Kasperskydrove product adoption and business growth by creating new relationships with prospects and fostering existing relationships with customers. KnowBe4generated over $300k in pipeline through an ON24-powered digital experience. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)achieved 100% participant satisfaction for its unique and impactful digital experience powered by the ON24 platform. PowerSchoolachieved record-breaking registration rates, 75 CTA clicks, over 400 poll responses and 300+ content downloads during an educational experience with ON24. S&P Globaldoubled marketing qualified leads and boosted engagement by designing an ON24 digital experience personalized to different customer segments. Tata Consultancy Servicesdrove revenue growth with record-high registrations for their webinar on ON24, resulting in 70% attendee participation across 30 countries. Texthelpsourced leads during a webinar series and converted at least 70% of them into marketing-qualified leads within 30 days. TOPdeskincreased revenue and improved its customer engagement by 7% YoY and extended the shelf life of its content with an on-demand hub. TravelMediaGroupclosed three deals from a single digital experience by creating a seamless and engaging customer experience on ON24. UCBachieved a 50%+ attendee conversion rate by enhancing the HCP’s experience and integrating ON24 engagement data with its business intelligence system. UnitedHealthcareachieved an 80% cost savings, increased attendee score and engagement with a new digital engagement strategy and an always-on content hub. Wood PLCsourced leads, increased audience engagement and automated continuing professional education credits on ON24, across different time zones. ZoomInfosurpassed webinar benchmarks by generating a record number of marketing-qualified leads and 190 scheduled demos, resulting in 10 closed-won deals. To learn more about 2023’s leaders in digital engagement, watch the on-demand webinar here. About ON24 ON24 is on a mission to re-imagine how companies engage, understand and build relationships with their audience in a digital world. Through our leading sales and marketing platform for digital engagement integrated with generative AI, businesses use our portfolio of webinar, virtual event and content experiences to drive engagement and generate first-party data, delivering ​revenue growth across the enterprise – from demand generation to customer success to partner enablement. ON24 powers digital engagement for industry-leading customers worldwide, including 3 of the 5 largest global technology companies, 3 of the 6 largest US banks, 3 of the 5 largest global healthcare companies, and 3 of the 5 largest global industrial manufacturers, enabling organizations to reach millions of professionals a month for billions of engagement minutes per year with all the first-party data being captured, generated and integrated from one place. ON24 is headquartered in San Francisco with global offices in North America, EMEA, and APAC. For more information, visit www.ON24.com.

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