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What are key ingredients of a successful campaign launch ? How do you ensure that the launch is full proof

Bhavisha Oza
Gong Performance Marketing Lead | Formerly Genesys, Instapage, Red HatJanuary 26

First, I’d like to define a B2B campaign as a set of tactics that will drive pipeline revenue for a particular solution or a market segment. The campaign timeline can span over a quarter or 6+ months.

To launch a successful campaign you first need to answer these 5 questions.

  • What are the campaign goals
    • Begin with the end in mind.
    • Keep your eyes on the prize and optimize relentlessly
  • Who is the Target audience
    • Persona - Business and technical buyer
    • Segment - Enterprise, Mid-market, SMB
    • Geo - North America, EMEA, LATAM, APAC
    • Verticals
  • What is the value proposition
    • What are the buyer pain points
    • How can our solution help solve
    • Why should they choose us over competitors
  • What is the content mix by persona and buyer jobs to be done
    • Buyer jobs to be done including problem identification, sol exploration, req building, vendor selection, validation and consensus building. Be sure to include different formats such as e-books, checklists, analyst content, video demos etc
    • By persona - business buyer and/or technical buyer
  • What is the budget
    • This will guide the channel/tactic mix
    • Define the tactic mix including both
      • Paid media - paid search, paid social, third party programs, trade shows
      • Owned media - website, email nurture, webinars, blogs

Once you have the answers you are ready to plan and launch a solid campaign.

Pro tip: Don't wait for everything (ads, emails, landing pages etc.) to be perfect. The mantra is to launch and optimize :))

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Erika Barbosa
Counterpart Marketing Lead | Formerly Issuu, OpenText, WebrootJanuary 10

The key ingredients of a successful campaign launch are below. This is focused on what's within your control to ensure it is full proof.

  • Tracking. Do you have event tracking in place? A way to measure revenue and or contribution to pipeline?
  • Clarity on desired outcomes. What success metrics are you tracking towards? What are you trying to learn from the campaign? Clarity on this from the start is critical.
  • KPI measurement. How are you going to communicate outcomes? Do you have a dashboard that measures performance?
  • Documented process. Do you have a project/campaign plan? Having a campaign blueprint enables the campaign to be as full proof as possible (or within your control).
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