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Rajiv Parikh, CEO, Position2, [email protected]

800-725-5507www.Position2.com

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NeedNeed SearchSearch ConsiderConsider BuyBuy

12 months ago

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NeedNeed SearchSearch ConsiderConsider BuyBuy

Today

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How do you keep your customer engaged

at every touchpoint of the buying process?

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An approach that maximizes customer response through a data-driven understanding

of online behavior that predicts intent and drives action through a dynamic combination of

search and social media marketing.

Surround & Intent Marketing

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Surround & Intent Marketing Solutions to Common Marketing Challenges in

Online Brand Management & Customer Acquisition

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• 24x7 brand reputation tracking and management system

Brand DefenderTM

• Manages customer interactions across multiple online channels

Brand Touchpoint ManagerTM

• Optimizes press releases for maximum ROI and coverage

PR MaximizerTM

•39-point diagnostic website audit for search & marketing effectiveness

Website CalibratorTM

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• Leads from search & display channels optimized for price, volume & quality

Performance LeadsTM

• Leads from social & display channels optimized for price, volume & quality

Social LeadsTM

• Calibrates online acquisition parameters for new programs

Trial CalibratorTM

• Optimizes & tracks your website for organic leads or lead-driven goals

Organic Rank OptimizerTM

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Brands masked, and data indexed

All examples during 2008 & 2009

1.Laptop manufacturer2.Online travel/vacation service3.Financial services4.B2B marketing services & software provider

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Our client: a leading brand in the laptop/notebooks market Crowded market with no/low brand differentiation Diminishing returns from search marketing Customers seeking ‘brand assurance’ from other non-commercial channels

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For both individual as well as business buyers, we conducted research to Understand keywords used in search/evaluation Understand sites visited when considering a purchase

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12 key laptop/technology review sites Social networking – Twitter, Orkut, YouTube,

Facebook Custom Facebook application

Two sets of keywords for business & consumer segments

Keywords aligned around new product features Creative/messaging developed around these

venues, with separate bidding strategies

Primarily focused around consumer segment Integrated Facebook and online video with a viral

seeding effort

Brand Touchpoint Manager

Performance Leads

Social Leads

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Web Traffic: +19%

Leads: +74%

Social Media share of voice: +236%

Costs: -39%

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Our client: a large travel operator who had launched a new online service

Late entrant, unknown online brand, competing against giants in a crowded market

Key issues Need to build brand presence Negative publicity as a result of a previous

promotion Expensive search marketing as result of

massive overbids by competitors

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Mapped purchase cycle to keywords & costs over a statistically significant period

High-performance keywords generated unprofitable leads No feedback mechanism in their marketing-communications strategy

Search results & blogs were filled with negative results

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Rapid-response system was set up to

(a) deal with negative comments in real time, and

(b) highlight positive comments

Focused budgets on a newly generated set of keywords associated with higher value conversion probability

Re-architected site based on high margin contributors

Brand Defender

Performance Leads

Website Calibrator

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Direct Web Traffic: +164%

Leads: +368%

Cost per lead: -62%

SE Web Traffic: +750%

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Our client: a consumer finance firm that specializes in debt consolidation and restructuring delivered solely as an online service.

Competition from large banks & financial institutions with a retail presence and existing customer relationships

Exploding CPLs, and rapid sales cycle (2 weeks) Role for customer acquisition:

build trust create a dialog start a new relationship.

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Negative comments lead to almost instant disqualification from the considered set

Massive reliance on trusted review sites – with direct impact on the sales cycle

Lots of unqualified ‘tire-kickers’ also in the market – and needed to be identified early in the process

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Strategically addressed negative comments posted by competitors

Proliferated brand content through major social media : Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Scribd, Yahoo Answers

Supported the client’s PR/article placement efforts with a distribution strategy that accelerated coverage across key channels

Deployed AutoBid Recommendations Engine to manage bids and acquire high-quality leads calibrated to the client’s target profile.

Brand Defender

PR Maximizer

Performance Leads

Brand Touchpoint Manager

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Web Traffic: +136%

Share of voice: +380%

Cost per lead: -14%

Press mentions: +262%

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Clutter of brands

No perceived or real differentiation

No presence in critical “objective” touchpoints

Unable to drive cost-effective leads

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Buyers, especially in this segment, seek education and practical solutions - not just branding and awareness

Active users of social media sites

Multiple stakeholders in the buying process

New model developed for forecasting lead-to-customer cycle

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Launched campaigns across email, newsletters, banner, CPA, search, sponsorships

On and off-site optimization for 10 golden keywords

Engaged with top review and whitepaper sites for product review

Trial Calibrator

Organic Rank Optimizer

Brand Touchpoint Manager

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Web Traffic: +244%

Leads: +621%

Cost per lead: -74%

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Continues to generate growth by identifying customer intent, and keeping them engaged through the buying process

Improves the overall productivity of your online marketing

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