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How engaged are your customers, how do you know
and why should you care?
Tony Kent - Sign-Up.to
1. How engaged are your customers, how do you know
and why should you care?
Engagement
en·gage·ment [en-geyj-muhnt] Noun Ah yes , and ..
What is engagement?
Specifically .. customer engagement Engagement
a pledge, an obligation or agreement the act or state of interlocking • Bringing customers close to your brand • Developing a high quality customer relationship • Creating a state of mutually valuable interaction ..
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What are the characteristics of engagement?
Specifically .. e-marketing engagement Typical email engagement characteristics
• Highly engaged - Regular open, click through and transact - Brand champions to peers and colleagues
• Passive - Opens, irregular visit, average/low completion
• Disengaged - Habitual non-read/delete, no recent purchase
• Lost (unsubscribed)- No interest, potential brand detractor ..
Where to start?
Permission Permission is the foundation of engagement
The way to make advertising work again
“the privilege (not the right) to delivering anticipated, personal and relevant
messages to people who actually want to receive them” ..
Turning strangers into friends and friends into customers
How engaged are your customers, 2. how do you know?
and why should you care?
Observe their behavioural characteristics
Quantify – measure Absolute, Relative, Dynamic
Engagement profiling Profiling for “precision marketing” – collecting insight
• Engagement is 1 of 5 profiling “dimensions”
1. Engagement 2. Geo-location 3. Profiles 4. Frequency 5. Lists
Engagement profiling Dimensions and Audiences
• Dimensions are used to create segmented data “audiences”
• Audiences are a dynamic data segmentation
• Audiences can comprise 1 or more profile dimensions
• Include/exclude type operations
How do you quantify the dimension of engagement?
Engagement profiling Engagement scoring algorithm
• In-house developed engagement algorithm
• Implemented across all current Sign-Up.to customer accounts and back-played over historic campaigns
Engagement profiling Engagement scoring algorithm
• Automatically measures quality of e-relationship over time
• Based on multiple parameters including .. • Frequency of interaction • Quantity of interaction • Type/quality/depth of interaction
Engagement profiling What you need to know ..
• 5* Highly engaged • 3* Average • 1* Disengaged • Initial subscription = 3* • Score increases with +ve
subsequent behaviour • Score decreases with –ve
behaviour and time ..
Engagement profiling Engagement algorithm – some background
• Starring bands are based on both theoretical and matched empirical data
• Bands 1*-5* are non-linear between min & max (for accurate reflection across range of scenarios)
• Campaign interactions (open, click, forward, complete) are given weighted engagement increments
• Opt-in completion is a key engagement indicator ..
Engagement profiling Engagement algorithm – some more background
• Multiple single campaign interactions gain additional engagement increments
• Passive engagement is considered a long-term negative • Non-engagers progressively decay in their star
rating over time • Habitual non-engagers decay proportionately
more rapidly ..
Advantages
• Quantitative measure of an abstract concept • Multi-input algorithm provides a holistic view • Automated process – parameters are updated
automatically as campaigns are executed • Rating is dynamic – results are continuous • Legacy data included from replayed historic campaigns • Engagement score is available for use in segmenting
data and targeting future campaigns ..
Engagement profiling
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Typical engaged audience profile Characteristics
• Engaged • Regular communication
Subscribers building • Lots of highly engaged
subscribers • Proportion of highly
engaged subscribers increasing over time ..
Typical disengaged audience profile
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Characteristics
• Disengaged • Irregular communication
produces spiky profile • Subscribers building but.. • Engagement diminishing
over time • 1* subscribers increasingly
dominant
eCommerce/retail eCommerce/retail
Case study engagement profiles
Case study profiles eCommerce/retail Publisher
Case study profiles Financial services Events/Promotion
Using engagement Ability to collect insight for enhanced subscriber intelligence
• Understand the relative engagement of: 1. your overall subscriber data 2. specific subscriber groups 3. individuals within your audience…
Using engagement Ability to collect insight for enhanced subscriber intelligence
• Gain a better understanding of specific and long-term campaign performance
• Create audience list segmentation – for future campaign use
• Integrate into your CRM for sales intelligence..
Using engagement Customise campaigns for specific behaviour groups
• Reward, nurture and re-engage • Use to reward and progress engaged subscribers
- Loyalty schemes, VIP offers • Use to nurture average engagement subscribers
- Entice with upsell promotions • Use to re-connect with disengaged subscribers
- re-engagement campaigns, different messaging, offers, returning discounts, welcome emails ..
Reconnecting with low engagers
UK B2B services company
- Management and organisational development seminars
- Online and telephone booking
- Around 900 email addresses
- Send around 4,500 emails per month
Reconnecting with low engagers
Reconnecting with low engagers
• Subscription renewal • 2,500 subscribers • 1-3* rating • Low open rate • Typical 10% open • 3% renewals rate • Now 20-30% with
cleaned data
Reconnecting with low engagers
Rewarding high engagers
Ticketing site for television and radio audiences
Very frequent emailer
Over 1 million subscribers
Rewarding high engagers
Rewarding high engagers
Sweat the small stuff
Comedy panel show
Multi-touch promotional campaign
Personal guest list promotion to
VIP customers
Rewarding high engagers
• Average open rate 18% • 307,000 5* sends from 1.4 million (20.7%) • Valued members campaign open rate 61%
How engaged are your customers, how do you know
3. and why should you care?
Look beyond the marketing benefits
Why should you care? Directly impacts 5 of top 10 business challenges ..
• Increasing revenue and profits • Growing customer base and market share • -
• Positioning, boosting brand and reputation • - • - • -
• Enhancing customer experience and relationship • -
• Sustainability, long-term commercial outlook
Why should you care? Engagement impacts top 10 business challenges ..
• Increasing revenue and profits • Growing customer base and market share • Managing costs, maximising investment ROI, value
• Positioning, boosting brand and reputation • Increasing competitiveness • Skills shortages and talent management • Managing compliance, risk, continuity and regulatory issues
• Enhancing customer experience and relationship • Operational excellence and profitability – lean, agility
• Sustainability, long-term commercial outlook
Why should you care? Engaged customers drive sustainable revenue ..
• Good news for your future business • Successful companies look at the initial sale as a way of
earning a lifelong customer (Sage) • Loyalty is a hugely powerful buying factor • Loyal customers typically account for 80% of profit • Increased engagement increases resale and upsell from
30%-50% (Forbes)
Why should you care? Engaged customers are your brand advocates..
• Good news for your brand • Engaged customers are valuable brand advocates • (.. check your Net promoter Score, for % brand advocates
and detractors) • Their networks significantly increase your own
marketing reach • 83% of satisfied customers are willing to refer • Referral – 65% of new business comes from referral (NYT)
Why should you care? Engaged customers drive revenue ..
• Good news for your Sales team • New customer acquisition costs are high • Customer retention is good sales-sense • Referred prospects have far higher closure potential(>50%) • Repeat customers spend more and are
typically less price sensitive • Returning customers spend more on each subsequent
transaction ..
Good news!
• Software developer & service provider • Hospitality, Retail/eCommerce, Events, Public .. • 100% Permission based
Specifically high-engagement, targeted, relevant • Self-service platform – Email, SMS & social media • Professional management services
Who are Sign-Up.to?
Free guides - www.signupto.com/resources • 2014 UK email benchmark report • Precision marketing using audience dimensions
Free seminars - www.signupto.com/resources/events • Discovery morning (27-Nov) – London Copy of presentation slides [email protected] Or visit us on stand A60
Further resources – stand A60