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Excerpts from a Hypothetical Planning Document. No Element Of This Document Was Adopted By EarthWeb. Marketing Funnel 99073001x Page 1 Republished December 10, 2001 THE MARKETING FUNNEL What It Is The marketing funnel is a continuous flow from the general public all the way to our best customers. It is described here to assist efforts to develop performance metrics and an Enterprise Information System model. Examples given are not necessarily complete. Each stage in the funnel is much smaller in terms of numbers of people than the last. Overall, we are working for the most efficient funnel possible. The Funnel 1. Mass Impressions – measured by CPM (Cost per Thousand Impressions) a) Mass Media Buys – banners, advertorials, ads, card decks. b) Personalized Media Buys – newsletters, opt-in emails, site membership programs c) Web promotion and buzz creation (affinity campaigns, affiliate marketing) d) PR & Publicity campaigns e) Channel partners, alliances, OEMs. 2. Responses – measured by clickthroughs, callbacks, faxbacks. This is a large pool that gets ongoing Permission Marketing process. 3. Leads – Responders reach for information etc. Key factors: a) Permission: can we call them? Send mail? Offers? Etc. b) Qualification: apply segmentation rules - key form fields dictate routing of leads. (If not good enough for Sales, they are treated as Responses by Marketing.) 4. Product evaluation, conversion process. 5. First Sale – what is customer acquisition cost against customer life? a) Retail sales (products purchased by individuals b) Corporate sales (managed purchases for workgroups or companies. c) Custom sales for large corporate customers. 6. Customer Lifecycle Management:

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THE MARKETING FUNNEL

What It Is The marketing funnel is a continuous flow from the general public all the way to our best customers. It is described here to assist efforts to develop performance metrics and an Enterprise Information System model.

Examples given are not necessarily complete.

Each stage in the funnel is much smaller in terms of numbers of people than the last. Overall, we are working for the most efficient funnel possible.

The Funnel 1. Mass Impressions – measured by CPM (Cost per Thousand Impressions)

a) Mass Media Buys – banners, advertorials, ads, card decks.

b) Personalized Media Buys – newsletters, opt-in emails, site membership programs

c) Web promotion and buzz creation (affinity campaigns, affiliate marketing)

d) PR & Publicity campaigns

e) Channel partners, alliances, OEMs.

2. Responses – measured by clickthroughs, callbacks, faxbacks. This is a large pool that gets ongoing Permission Marketing process.

3. Leads – Responders reach for information etc. Key factors:

a) Permission: can we call them? Send mail? Offers? Etc.

b) Qualification: apply segmentation rules - key form fields dictate routing of leads. (If not good enough for Sales, they are treated as Responses by Marketing.)

4. Product evaluation, conversion process.

5. First Sale – what is customer acquisition cost against customer life?

a) Retail sales (products purchased by individuals

b) Corporate sales (managed purchases for workgroups or companies.

c) Custom sales for large corporate customers.

6. Customer Lifecycle Management:

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a) Upselling (more of the current product)

b) Cross-selling (other products)

c) Renewal management

d) Retention activities

e) Retrieving lapses

CRM Schematic This funnel is depicted in context of the whole CRM (Customer Relationship Management) process in Appendix A.

R. Eckelberry

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APPENDIX A

MARKETING FUNNEL SCHEMATIC

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MASS IMPRESSIONS

INTERACTIVE MARKETING

TRIAL EXPERIENCES

INITIAL SALES

CORPORATE UPSELLING

CROSS-SELLING

PARTNER PROGRAMS

CUSTOMER

Universal Customer Repository

Reaches

Touches

Offline Commerce

Phone

Email

Web

Mail

Print

E-Commerce, E-subscription

Filtered Customer

Online Events (Web,

Product)

Hub Site

Hub Site

Content Site

Content Site

Content Site

Content Site

Common User Interface All Activities – All Customers

Brand Managers

Campaign Managers

Agencies Sales Customer Care

Affiliates Manage-ment

Helper Applications (real-time marketing, surveys, measurement/analysis, ad serving, profiling, etc.)

Real-time customer interaction

EARTHWEB ENTERPRISE RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (PROPOSED)