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Callbox ABM yields more qualified leads for a Leading Automotive Corporation

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The Client

The Client, which was founded in 1926, is a multinational automotive corporation that manufactures premium cars, buses, vans, and trucks. Its products include a wide range of cars, from compact cars to commercial vehicles like trucks and buses, and even luxury sedans. 

The Client is well-known for its cutting-edge technologies, such as hybrid and electric drive systems. It is one of the most successful automotive companies in the world with operations in more than 40 countries and is committed to sustainability and innovation with the goal to become a carbon-neutral company by 2040.

In recent years, the Client has focused on developing autonomous driving technologies and digital services for its customers. It has also expanded into new markets to establish partnerships with local companies to develop electric vehicles and mobility services.

The Challenge

The automotive industry is heavily reliant on a complex supply chain that involves various suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors. Despite the automotive industry’s growing economy, the manufacturing sector still encounters business obstacles brought on by workforce shortage, cybersecurity, global competition, keeping up with technological innovations and trends, and acquiring qualified leads.

The Client prioritized the one issue that pressures them as a leader in the automotive manufacturing sales industry- generating qualified leads.

This issue pushed the Client to employ SQL-generating marketing tactics, leverage content, and other strategies to attract more interested customers. It also made it necessary to outsource to a lead generation services provider who is knowledgeable about their problems and ready to handle the situation.

The Callbox Solution

Callbox developed an Account-based Marketing Lead Generation & Appointment Setting campaign based on the Client’s needs and preferences. This included:

  • Account-Based Multi-Channel Lead Management via Voice, Email, Chat, Web, and Social Media
  • Sales Enablement & Support which included Product Training, Account Setup, and Back Office Sales Support
  • Tools & Subscriptions to the Callbox Pipeline and HubSpot CRM
  • Account Management with Strategy Building, Regular Reporting, and Product Knowledge

The Goals

  1. The Callbox team was tasked with running a campaign focused on the Client’s automotive manufacturing services, using a variety of channels to get in front of a large number of prospective clients.
  2. Learn about the opportunities and needs of the prospects through delivery calls.
  3. Set up meetings for the client’s sales staff with potential clients.

Account Research and Selection

  1. The Client specified their target industries, location, and decision-makers.
  2. Callbox refined the Client’s ideal customer profile (ICP) which served as a basis for identifying qualified accounts.
  3. Callbox came up with a list of potential contacts to target, which was reviewed and approved by the Client.

Account and Prospect Profiling

  1. The Client provided buyer persona profiles of the prospects they wanted the outbound campaign to target. The profiles consisted of detailed demographic and firmographic segmentations.
  2. Buyer personas identified as the campaign’s primary targets were the CEO, CTO, Director, C-suites, Data Officers, Data Analysts / Scientists, Business Heads, and AI Experts.
  3. The master contact list was segmented based on these personas, and was further grouped according to industry, business size, and technologies in use.

Results

The 6-Month Lead Generation and Appointment Setting campaign delivered 98 appointments, 116 requests for more information, 154 follow-ups, and 43 callbacks.

Project Returns for IT Innovator Is A Sure Win with Callbox ABM Campaign

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The Client

The Client is known as Innovation Partner with business operations in more than 50 countries and regions, providing premier professional services from consulting, system development to business IT outsourcing.

The Challenge

The Client has just recently closed a partnership deal with SAP, one of the world’s leading providers of travel, expense and invoice management solutions, to expand their offerings and services in the Asia Pacific region. The partnership called for them to support customers, especially those who are considering or are using other SAP Cloud applications, through the complete adoption cycle from accessing the solution fit and benefits through implementation. The Client’s goal was to turn in results from the project within a 3-6 months timeline.

The Callbox Solution

Callbox designed an Account-Based Marketing Lead Generation and Appointment Setting campaign package which consisted of:

  • Account-Based Multi-Channel Lead Management which utilized Voice, Email, Chat, Web, Webinar and Social Media
  • Sales Enablement & Support which covered Team Training, Account Setup, and Back Office Sales Support
  • Tools & Subscriptions to Callbox Pipeline and HubSpot CRM
  • Account Management with Strategy Building, Reporting and Product Knowledge

The Goals

  • The Callbox team was to generate leads and set appointments for the Client with qualified prospects who have the need for SAP Cloud applications (SAP Concur, SAP S/4 HANA)
  • Keep the database clean and accurate
  • Build more social media connections to create massive awareness about the campaign

The campaign involved two key steps:

Account Research and Selection

  1. The Client specified target industries and decision makers
  2. Callbox worked out the Client’s ideal customer profile (ICP) which served as a basis for identifying qualified accounts
  3. Callbox compiled a list of potential contacts to target which was reviewed and approved by the Client

Account and Prospect Profiling

  1. The Client provided target decision makers for the Callbox team to reach out which consisted of detailed demographic and firmographic segmentations.
  2. The buyer personas designated as the campaign’s primary targets were CFO, Finance Director, Finance Manager, Financial Controller, HR Director, HR Manager, CIO, IT Director and IT Manager
  3. The master contact list was segmented based on these personas, and was further grouped according to industry type.

Results

The six-month ABM Lead Generation and Appointment Setting campaign delivered 76 Sales Qualified Leads, 290 Marketing Qualified Leads, and 280 Social Media Connections.

With the high converting leads that the Callbox team delivered, the Client was certain that the campaign would turn in positive results within the 3-6 months project time frame.

Callbox ABM Concluded Top ICT’s Quest for Success

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The Client

Established in 2001, the Client is a regional telco and ICT services company with operations in Singapore (HQ), Malaysia and the Philippines, and a trusted partner of Fortune 500 companies and top enterprises in SEA. With their wide range of services such as Global Connectivity, Managed Network and Managed Security solutions, they help many businesses build and transform their network and security infrastructure, securely move to the cloud, and achieve their digital agenda.

The Challenge

The Client was looking for a telemarketing partner who could assist them in promoting their recently launched SECURE SD-WAN: Converged Network + Security Solution services, and cater their customer service needs with the human touch via voice, chat and email.

The ICT leader shortlisted some lead generation companies from online and considered some referrals from channel partners at the same time. But, after several talks with a number of providers, they decided to work with Callbox because of its cohesive and comprehensive approach and range of services, which is very much aligned with their focus on business results and less of the process and activities done.

The Callbox Solution

Based on the Client’s requirements, Callbox designed an Account-Based Marketing Lead Generation and Appointment Setting campaign which consisted of:

  • Account-Based Multi-Channel Lead Management which included Voice, Email, Web, Chat, Webinar, and Social Media
  • Sales Enablement & Support through Team Training, Account Setup, and Back Office Sales Support
  • Tools & Subscriptions to the Callbox Pipeline and HubSpot CRM
  • Account Management via Strategy Building, Reporting, and Product Knowledge

The Goals

  • The Callbox team was to help the Client in generating potential leads
  • To call and promote their newly launched services to the target audience
  • To schedule a face- to- face, online or phone meetings with prospects from other target regions for the Client’s representatives

Below is the two-step campaign process:

Account Research and Selection

  1. The Client specified their target industries, location, and relevant contacts
  2. Callbox refined the Client’s ideal customer profile (ICP) which served as a basis for identifying qualified accounts
  3. Callbox came up with a list of potential contacts to target which was reviewed and approved by the Client

Account and Prospect Profiling

  1. The Client provided buyer persona profiles of the prospects that they wanted the outbound campaign to target. The profiles consisted of detailed demographic and firmographic segmentations
  2. Identified as the campaign’s primary targets were SVP/EVP/VP/Director/ Manager – IT, Network, Security, Procurement Heads, CTO, CIO, CSO/CISO, CFO
  3. The master contact list was segmented based on these personas, and was further grouped according to industry type

Results

The 6-month Account-Based Marketing Lead Generation and Appointment Setting campaign generated a total of 84 Sales Qualified Leads, 126 Opt-In Marketing Qualified Leads, 246 Follow-ups, and 132 Opt-in Requests for Information.

Client Feedback

Callbox feels like an extension of our own team. They’ve shown great passion to learn about our business, customers, and processes. They align with us accordingly while applying their own expertise.

How Callbox Became Planning Software Firm’s Lead Generation Axis

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The Client

The Client is a supply chain management and sales and operation planning software company that provides Digital Transformation, Disruption and Volatility, Talent and Change, and Sustainability to a wide range of industries. Its industry-proven applications and extensible, cloud-based supply chain planning platform empowers planners, business leaders and IT professionals to know sooner, act faster, and remove waste.

The Challenge

The Client was looking for a Lead Generation agency that supports a multi-channel approach to help them generate leads and build their database. The selection was fast and easy – from a number of proposals that they have received from top B2B marketing providers, they chose Callbox, as the latter’s broad range of services seemed to best meet their requirements.

The Callbox Solution

Based on what both parties have discussed such as the Client’s needs, marketing goals and targets, Callbox designed an annual Account-Based Marketing Lead Generation and Appointment Setting campaign that would help build their customer base and widen their geographic reach at the same time. The program consisted of:

  • Account-Based Multi-Channel Lead Management which utilized Voice, Email, Web, Chat, Webinar, and Social Media
  • Sales Enablement & Support that covered Team Training, Account Setup, and Back Office Sales Support
  • Tools & Subscriptions to Callbox Pipeline and HubSpot CRM
  • Account Management with Strategy Building, Reporting and Product Knowledge

The Goals

  • The Callbox team was to contact the Client’s target accounts, and promote a supply chain planning solution.
  • Send out prospecting emails that contain the Client’s offerings to generate interest; opened emails will be prioritized during the call.
  • Manage a social media account to help build connections
  • To gather webinar registrations

Below is the two-step campaign process:

Account Research and Selection

  1. The Client specified their target industries, location, and relevant contacts which the Callbox team referenced in building the database.
  2. Callbox refined the Client’s ideal customer profile (ICP) which served as a basis for identifying qualified accounts.
  3. Callbox came up with a list of potential contacts to target which was reviewed and approved by the Client.

Account and Prospect Profiling

  1. The Client provided buyer persona profiles of the prospects that they want the outbound campaign to target. The profiles consisted of detailed demographic and firmographic segmentations.
  2. Identified as the campaign’s primary targets: Director of Billing, CTO, VP Finance, Product Manager, C-suite, IT Director/Manager, General Manager, Operations Director, Sales & Marketing Heads, Business Development Manager, and Controller.
  3. The master contact list was segmented based on these personas, and was further grouped according to industry type.

Results

The annual Account-Based Marketing Lead Generation and Appointment Setting campaign has just capped its 6th month, and has so far delivered 60 Sales Qualified Leads and 342 Marketing Qualified Leads. The Webinar gathered 130 RSVPs.

ABM Campaign Twinned Success for Big Data & Analytics Leader

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The Client

The Client is a major player in the Software industry, providing information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries in more than 180 countries around the globe. And by combining High Performance, Big Data and Advanced Analytics, they completely provide insights that benefit businesses, the environment and the global community.

Target Prospects

Product 1

Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Ethics Officer, Chief Security & Risk Officer, Chief Audit Executive, Senior VP or Head Of Risk, Head of Anti-Bribery & Corruption, Head of Corporate Security, Head of Procurement, Head of Fraud Prevention, Director of M&A Activity

Influencers: IT Department, Risk Managers, Financial Crime Analysts, Due Diligence Analysts

Product 2

Media Professionals

Information & Data Professional: Knowledge Manager, Head of Information Services, Research manager, Analyst, Librarian, Corporate Librarian, Data Scientist, Data Engineer, Data Analyst

Strategist: Planner (VP, Director, Manager, Analyst), Competitive Intelligence (VP, Director, Manager), Consultant, Managing Consultant, Business Analyst

Financial Professional: CFO, Finance Director, Analyst, Business Advisor, Performance Measurement Analyst, Acquisition Program Analyst, Investment Manager, Market Data Analyst

Consultant: Consultant, Strategist, Librarian, Analyst, Partner

The Challenge

Part of the Client’s mission is to provide customers with solutions and decision tools that combine public and industry specific content with advanced technology and analytics to assist them in evaluating and predicting risk and enhancing operational efficiency, which made them a leading provider of essential information to help customers across industry and government assess, predict and manage risk. The seamless flow, however, was disrupted by the global plight of the pandemic, but by collaborating with the right network partners, resellers and integrators, these goals were effectively carried out.

The Callbox Solution

Callbox designed an annual Account-Based Marketing Lead Generation and Appointment Setting campaign package for the Client which consisted of:

  • Account-Based Multi-Channel Lead Management  that included Voice, Email, Chat, Web, Webinar and Social Media.
  • Sales Enablement & Support with Training, Setup and Back Office Sales Support.
  • Tools & Subscriptions to Callbox Pipeline and HubSpot CRMs
  • Account Management with Strategy Building, Reporting and Product Knowledge.

The Goals

  • The Callbox team was to promote two different products in separate target locations, Hong Kong and Singapore.
  • The team was to reach out to prospects who have downloaded the whitepaper from the Client’s website.
  • Uncover prospect’s pain points and upcoming needs.
  • Set appointments for the Client’s consultants with qualified prospects.
  • Run and manage a webinar.

Below is the two-step campaign process:

Account Research and Selection

  1. The Client specified their target industries, location and decision makers.
  2. Callbox refined the Client’s ideal customer profile (ICP) which served as a basis for identifying qualified accounts.
  3. Callbox came up with a list of potential contacts to target which was reviewed and approved by the Client.

Account and Prospect Profiling

  1. The Client provided buyer persona profiles of the prospects that they want the outbound campaign to target. The profiles consisted of detailed demographic and firmographic segmentations.
  2. The campaign’s target prospects were identified for each product.
  3. The master contact list was segmented based on these personas and was further grouped according to industry type.

Results

The analytics leader has been working with Callbox for five years now, leveraging multi-channel marketing which constantly brings them good campaign results and steady sales. In fact, the recent campaign which is now in its 17th month, produced a total of 155 Sales Qualified Leads, 230 Requests for Information, and 468 Social Media Connections.

From the 155 SQLs, the Client was able to close 5 accounts worth US$ 42,900 in total.

Callbox Helped Decode Issues And Brought Significant Sales Uptick For 5-Star Cybersecurity Software Provider

Callbox Helped Decode Issues And Brought Significant Sales Uptick For 5-Star Cybersecurity Software Provider

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The Client

The Client is one of the trusted names in cybersecurity in the IT industry that offers endpoint security solutions. They are composed of teams of bold malware hunters, software engineers, and security industry veterans, and their innovative technology has been awarded six patents since inception.

The Challenge

Apart from expanding their market reach to neighboring nations, Malaysia and Hong Kong, the Client also needed to address some vague issues about their product.

The Client needed to educate their target customers further than their anti-malware tool does more than just removing known viruses, but can isolate and remove trojans, block or flag malware and detect threatening files and behaviours that are common in viruses.

Although news and updates about their products were regularly published via newsletters, and webinars and in-person events were held, the cybersecurity expert decided to look for a partner who can provide proven process and tools that could speed up information dissemination to target customers, as well as generate leads and appointments to grow their sales pipeline.

The Callbox Solution

Callbox tailored a multi-touch, multi-channel account-based marketing campaign for the Client. It’s a marketing ensemble of voice, email, and LinkedIn which delivered what the Client needed. They approved the proposal and signed for a two-term appointment setting and lead generation program.

The Callbox team was to generate leads based on the Client’s target specifications and set either zoom or face to face meetings with qualified decision makers who articulated their issues and interested to speak with the Client. The campaign involved three key steps:

Account Research and Selection

  1. The Client specified their target industries and decision makers.
  2. Callbox refined the Client’s ideal customer profile (ICP) which served as a basis for identifying qualified accounts.
  3. Callbox then came up with a list of potential contacts to target, which was reviewed and approved by the Client.

Account and Prospect Profiling

  1. The Client provided buyer persona profiles of the prospects that they want the outbound campaign to engage. The profiles consisted of detailed demographic and firmographic segmentations.
  2. Buyer personas were identified as the campaign’s primary targets: IT Director, CTO, CIO, Desktop Manager, IT Security Manager, Security Architect, CISO, Desktop Administrator
  3. The master contact list was segmented based on these personas, and was further grouped according to industry type.

Results

Overall, the six-month Lead Generation and Appointment Setting campaign produced a total of 86 appointments, 36 marketing qualified leads, 84 requested for more information, 98 for follow-ups, 94 for callbacks, and 542 LinkedIn connections.

SG FinTech SaaS Firm Grows ARR by $785K with Account-based Marketing

Ongoing ABM Campaign Lifts Potential ARR by $785K for FinTech SaaS Firm

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The Client

The Client develops and maintains a cloud-based platform that facilitates supply chain financing transactions. The company primarily targets enterprise-level businesses in a number of industries throughout Southeast Asia.

The Challenge

The Client is a fast-growing Singapore-based FinTech company with more than six years of experience partnering with enterprise businesses in Southeast Asia. The company operates a cloud-based platform that helps large enterprises improve cash flows and tap into a pool of working capital through a full menu of supply chain financing options:

  • Reverse factoring
  • Invoice financing
  • Inventory financing
  • Payable extension
  • Payable discounting
  • Supplier payments

Last year, the company started implementing an ABM program to help them better identify high-priority accounts in their target markets. With half a decade’s worth of customer data under their belt, the Client was able to reliably determine some key qualities about their most promising target accounts:

  • Accounts with the highest lifetime values (LTVs) tended to come from manufacturing, retail, and wholesale trade industries.
  • Top accounts also were more likely to have been processing invoices manually or through a legacy system prior to switching over to the Client’s platform.
  • Nearly all won deals involved reaching out to three different decision-maker segments: managers in charge of procurement and invoicing, stakeholders concerned about company’s cost management and financial performance, and technical managers who want a secure and reliable platform.

The Client’s ABM program also specifies the need to outsource their top-of-funnel activities, including prospect research and initial outreach.

By the company’s own estimate, a third-party agency will greatly augment the company’s understaffed internal team, which currently generates an average of nine discovery meetings per month. Plus, the Client also thinks outsourcing will free up a big chunk of sales and marketing agents’ schedules, giving them more time to follow up and work on promising deals.

But first, the Client had to find a marketing company with the right expertise and resources to help them:

  • Scale up the search for accounts that closely resemble their top customers
  • Connect with all three decision-maker groups that impact buying decisions
  • Generate the right number of sales appointments to support their target pipeline growth

The Callbox Solution

After reviewing proposals from several marketing providers, the Client signed up for Callbox’s account-based appointment setting service. The Client noted that the program met all their requirements, and that Callbox already had an extensive track record of success with FinTech companies in the APAC region.

From the outset, the Client made it very clear they wanted a long-term partnership. That’s why a pilot three-month campaign was first carried out to learn the best ways to move things forward. After the test campaign, Callbox and the Client went ahead with full implementation, which is still ongoing today.

Callbox’s account-based appointment setting campaigns consist of three main activities. Some of the key highlights include:

Account Research and Selection

Key firmographic qualities include: workforce of at least 500 employees; annual revenues of $50 million or more; engaged in manufacturing, retail, or wholesale trade in Singapore and Malaysia.

As for technographics, the Client’s top-tier accounts were companies that rely on either manual processes or on-premise software to handle procurement, invoicing, and cash flow management.

The Callbox team then prepared the target account list using a combination of Callbox’s in-house database and external data sources.

Account and Prospect Profiling

  1. There were three decision-maker groups targeted in the campaign: end users (managers in charge of procurement and invoicing), economic buyers (CFOs, controllers, etc.), technical buyers (IT managers, IT directors, CTOs, CIOs, etc.).
  2. The Client specified additional prospect characteristics to help the Callbox team pinpoint the right decision makers from each target account.
  3. All contact details and information were screened by a database QA team and submitted to the Client for review before being used in the campaign.

Multi-touch, Multi-channel Outreach

The Callbox team followed a unique lead nurture path and personalized messaging strategy for each of the three decision-maker groups.

The lead nurture paths combined phone, email, and LinkedIn touches which were scheduled and executed using a dynamic outreach cadence.

Callbox’s own CRM platform, Pipeline, helped orchestrate the different outreach activities and kept the Client up-to-date on the campaign’s progress.

Results

At time of writing, the campaign has now completed 10 months of appointment setting activities and is gearing up for the eleventh month. Throughout that time, the whole effort has consistently hit key objectives.

On a per-channel basis, the campaign recorded mostly better-than-expected results including:

  • Phone: 37% decision maker reach rate
  • Email: 29% open rate, 5% CTR, 8% reply rate
  • LinkedIn: 42% InMail reply rates, 92 new connections

The campaign also performed very well in terms of account-based KPIs:

  • Accounts touched: 4,978
  • Average touches per account: 5.1
  • Average contacts per account: 3.3

Overall, the entire campaign has booked a total of 181 discovery meetings (sales-qualified leads) for the Client so far. That works out to around 18 qualified appointments each month, which is twice what the Client’s in-house team could produce by themselves.

According to the Client, their reps can convert 20% of discovery meetings into proposals and turn 70% of proposals into new customers. With an average annual subscription revenue of $31,000 per customer, the Client can potentially close $785,000 in new annual recurring revenue from the appointments generated in this campaign.

Callbox’s Call-To-Invite Campaign Delivered ICT Leader From Buyout Concussions (Featured Image)

Callbox’s Call-To-Invite Campaign Delivered ICT Leader From Buyout Concussions

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The Client

The Client is a global computer technology pioneer that develops, sells, repairs, and supports computers and related products and services. They empower countries, communities, customers and people everywhere to use technology solutions that help them do and achieve more.

The Challenge

The Client made history and proved its might in the technology sector when it completed a merger valued at approximately $60 billion with one of the biggest data storage companies, in 2015.

Although It was known to be the biggest tech deal ever, several roadblocks halted the deal’s success which affected the business in many different ways. One of those is product redundancy.

The Client’s newly acquired partner hosts several subsidiaries that were meant to augment technology bases and slope up the business but turned out to create a complex battleground, resulting in customer anxiety instead.

In the hope of driving awareness on customers about its new line of combined products and services, the Client decided to host a series of events.

The Callbox Solution

Callbox and the Client methodized a three-month Call-to-Invite campaign.

The goal was for the Callbox team to invite target participants and register to the series of events that the Client will be hosting in different countries and schedules.

The discussions focused on automation and data security.

Account Research and Selection

  1. Callbox helped analyze and refine the Client’s ideal customer profile (ICP) that served as basis for identifying which companies to include as target accounts.
  2. Callbox improved the Client’s ideal customer profile (ICP) which served as a basis for identifying which contacts qualify best as target participants.
  3. Callbox then compiled a list of potential contacts to target, which was reviewed and approved by the Client.

Account and Prospect Profiling

  1. The Client provided buyer persona profiles of prospects they want the outbound campaign to engage. The profiles consisted of detailed demographic and firmographic segmentations.
  2. Two buyer personas were designated as the campaign’s primary targets: mid-level IT managers or directors and mid-level network managers.
  3. The master contact list was segmented based on these two personas and further grouped according to industry and business size.

Results

The three-month Call-to-Invite campaign concluded the key objective set for the project: to drive awareness on target customers about the new line of merged products and services as one brand.

The Call-to-Invite campaign delivered the following results:

First Month, Thailand

  • Total calls made: 2,970
  • No. of RSVPs: 70
  • For follow up: 65
  • Requested more information: 40
  • Total positive contacts: 424

Second Month, Singapore

  • Total calls made: 3,080
  • No. of RSVPs: 80
  • For follow up: 70
  • Requested more information: 53
  • Total positive contacts: 512

Third Month, Malaysia

  • Total calls made: 1,776
  • No. of RSVPs: 30
  • For follow up: 40
  • Requested more information: 25
  • Total positive contacts: 115

Overall, the three-month Call-to-Invite outreach produced a total of 180 leads (confirmed attendees) as against the Client’s target of 100.

The leads delivered were best-qualified targets which turned in 55% conversion for the Client.

Callbox Profiles Key In-House List for Government Agency, Lifts Email KPIs

Callbox Profiles Key In-House List for Government Agency, Lifts Email KPIs

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The Client

The Client is the head office of a government agency in a Southeast Asian country. The Client develops and implements foreign trade policies, as well as regulates the country’s export and import industries.

The Challenge

As part of the government agency responsible for overseeing international trade in its home country, the Client facilitates trade relations with private companies overseas. The Client maintains an extensive database of key contacts from exporters and importers located in partner countries.

The office’s foreign companies list consists of around 25,000 contacts acquired from different sources, such as signup forms, internal research, tradeshow events, and publicly available documents. The list makes up the backbone of the Client’s promotion activities and information drive, as well as the main distribution list for the agency’s monthly newsletter.

The Client recently started a planned update and migration of its various data resources. A data audit revealed that the agency’s foreign companies list contained a very high number of potential data quality issues, including missing values, duplicate entries, and outdated fields.

With tight timetables for the data migration project, the Client sought the help of a third-party provider to scrub and update its foreign companies list. Following a thorough procurement process, officials chose Callbox after taking into account price competitiveness, data management capabilities, and track record.

The Callbox Solution

Callbox carried out a data cleaning and data profiling campaign for the Client. The campaign was designed with the agency’s very particular requirements and timelines in mind.

Data Cleaning

  1. The data cleaning phase of the campaign was scheduled and completed during the first two weeks.
  2. A battery of database scrubbing activities were performed on the Client’s foreign companies list, including de-duplication, error correction, and record standardization.
  3. The data cleaning workflow consisted of both manual and automated processes which made use of Callbox’s suite of list health tools.

Data Profiling

  1. After completing the data cleaning activities, the Callbox team verified and updated each list record through one-on-one calls with contacts, which consisted of senior and C-level executives from multiple countries and locations.
  2. Desk research helped enrich the Client’s database by supplying missing values and appending new information mined from different sources.
  3. Accuracy of each list entry was guaranteed through cross-referencing with Callbox’s own records and using different data sources to validate fields.

Results

The whole campaign took two months to complete (or 44 days), which was well within the Client’s required timeline. The first two weeks were spent on data cleaning, while the remaining six weeks were allocated for data profiling.

The Callbox team profiled a total of 24,952 records and worked to achieve 99.5% accuracy for the final list.

Three months after receiving the cleaned and profiled database, the Client reported 1.3x higher delivery rates, 70% fewer bounces, and across-the-board improvement in their email engagement/response metrics.

ICT Leader Aced More Than A Thousand New Leads With Callbox’s ABM Appointment Setting Program (Featured Image)

ICT Leader Aced More Than A Thousand New Leads With Callbox’s ABM Appointment Setting Program

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The Client

As a multinational company and one of the world’s top ICT brands, the Client specializes in advanced electronics technology. It’s core business focuses on fusing hardware, software and services to open up wider possibilities for businesses and consumers alike.

The Challenge

The Client has more than four decades of ICT experience and leadership. It started with service-oriented technologies and has kept the battle in its hands until it lost bearings in 2011 due to management hit-or-miss and tough market competition.

The ICT magnate saw a decline in their revenue and sagging interest from their customers with competitors’ rapid release of mobile devices that made them seem invisible in the market.

Although several innovations were launched to snatch their target customer’s interest back, the problem continued for a couple of years, resulting to difficulty in promoting their new line of products. This called for the client to outsource some of its functions, particularly sales and marketing.

The Callbox Solution

Callbox and the Client built a detailed plan for a two-term account-based appointment setting campaign.

The thrust was for Callbox to get the Client’s sales specialists appointments with relevant IT purchase stakeholders, B2B prospects that have a need to purchase servers or PCs within three to six months time.

Account Research and Selection

  1. The Client specified target industries, employee size, decision makers and number of users.
  2. Callbox refined the Client’s ideal customer profile (ICP) which served as a basis for identifying which companies best qualify as target accounts.
  3. Callbox then compiled a list of potential accounts to target, which was reviewed and accepted by the Client.

Account and Prospect Profiling

  1. The Client provided buyer persona profiles of prospects they want the outbound campaign to engage. The profiles consisted of detailed demographic and firmographic segmentations.
  2. Two buyer personas were designated as the campaign’s primary targets: mid-level IT managers or directors and C-level IT decision makers.
  3. The master contact list was segmented based on these two personas and further grouped according to industry, business size, and technologies in use.

Multi-touch, Multi-channel Outreach

  1. The campaign combined phone and email channels to maximize engagement with the target prospects.
  2. The touches were carried out based on a combination of calling and email marketing interactions with live agents.
  3. Messaging (used in scripts, email copies, page content, ad copies, etc.) was tailored according to the buyer personas and contact segments.

Results

The six-month campaign exceeded all key objectives set for the project: individual channels, main activities, and overall campaign. The campaign produced the following results:

  • Average appointments per day: 8
  • Decision maker reach rate: 39%
  • Accounts touched: 59,103
  • Average touches per account: 3.35
  • Total emails delivered: 21,164

Overall, the six-month campaign produced a total of 1,248 qualified appointments (sales-qualified leads).

The appointments delivered were best-qualified. Although the Client did not specify, they confirmed that the bulk of the leads were converted into new accounts. Callbox was able to establish a good working relationship with the Client which resulted to two referrals from them.

Long Term B2C Client Taps into Steady Flow of Appointments [Case study]

Long-Term B2C Client Taps into Steady Flow of Appointments

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CASE STUDY



Long-Term B2C Client Taps into Steady Flow of Appointments


THE CLIENT



Long Term B2C Client Taps into Steady Flow of Appointments [About the client]

ABOUT
The Client installs and replaces windows and doors for homes and residential units. With its headquarters located in Edmonton, Alberta, the company primarily targets homeowners throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and other Canadian provinces.


TARGET DECISION MAKERS
Homeowners


THE CHALLENGE



The Client has been a Callbox customer since 2014. Callbox handles most of the activities in the Client’s outbound prospecting program.

At the time the Client started working with Callbox, the company had a fairly extensive coverage of key areas in their primary markets of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario.

The early campaigns that Callbox launched for the Client were aimed at expanding the company’s presence in newer locations throughout these provinces. Around two years into the partnership, the Client shifted their marketing focus toward expanding across Canada.

The Client was very particular with the depth of product knowledge that the agents assigned to the project held. The Client had prior experience with a different provider that focused the messaging strategy on the Client as an organization but underemphasized the company’s products and benefits.

In addition, the Client also wanted Callbox’s appointment setting solution to seamlessly integrate with the company’s processes and technology stack. In particular, the client made it clear that the outbound campaigns should sync up with their internal CRM tool.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • Launched an ongoing targeted B2C appointment setting program for a window and door replacement company based in Canada
  • Delivered a consistent flow of qualified appointments each month for over 5 years now
  • Grew the Client’s prospect database with new contacts and updated fields
RESULTS IN ONGOING PROGRAM

Long Term B2C Client Taps into Steady Flow of Appointments [Campaign results]


THE CALLBOX SOLUTION



Callbox planned and carried out phone-based outbound appointment setting campaigns for the Client. The project’s main objective is to hand off qualified prospects with a very high degree of interest in the Client’s window and door installation services.

The campaign activities broadly fall into two main categories: prospect research and phone outreach.

Prospect Research and Profiling

1. The company sells to homeowners within a specified income bracket and age group. This was initially limited to the company’s primary markets of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario but was later expanded into other Canadian provinces.

2. The Client provided its own prospect list, which the Callbox team supplemented with additional records and updated fields.

3. Most of the new contacts that Callbox provided have been acquired through research. These new records were reviewed and approved by the Client before being used.

Phone Outreach

1. The campaign team’s calling agents contacted prospects and determine their interest in the Client’s services with a series of probing questions. Contacts who were planning to replace their window or door, plus agreed to meet with a rep for a free estimate, were tagged as success calls.

2. To ensure that calling agents had adequate product knowledge, product training and call simulations were done prior to the project. The Client also regularly reviewed call scripts and recordings to see if their product-level value proposition was maintained in the calls.

3. Callbox tailored each outbound campaign to meet the Client’s changing requirements, scaling up the manpower and resources allocated to the project as needed. When the target locations grew to include other provinces in Canada, Callbox assigned an additional calling agent and another data specialist to the campaign team.


RESULTS



The campaign team has been able to maintain a positive response rate of at least 34% and a monthly list growth rate of 3%.

The appointment setting program is still ongoing and has now completed more than five years of targeted outbound B2C campaign activities for the Client.

On average, Callbox hands off 318 qualified appointments to the Client’s reps each month. The campaign team has also been able to maintain a positive response rate of at least 34% and a monthly list growth rate of 3%.

The Client is very satisfied with the results of the program so far and continues to partner with Callbox.


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Gym Software Firm Gets Pipeline in Shape After 3-Month Callbox Program

Gym Software Firm Gets Pipeline in Shape After 3-Month Callbox Program

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The Client

The Client develops and provides membership management software designed for fitness clubs and wellness centers. The company targets gym facilities of all sizes, as well as single-location and multi-site fitness chains throughout the United States and Canada.

The Challenge

The Client offers a very competitive fitness club management platform that handles operations, memberships, sales, and back office processes. But the market for this type of software in North America is also highly saturated, with more than 50 major vendors operating in the same segments as the Client.

The company approached Callbox to help execute the outbound portion of their marketing program. They already had a very effective digital marketing process in place, but was dragged down by chronic underperformance in their sales development efforts.

Internally, the Client generated around six sales meetings on average each month. As the number of new customers continued plateauing, the company wanted to at least double the opportunities entering their sales pipeline.

The Client understood that reaching this target would need substantial commitments in manpower and other resources. The new pipeline targets would require them to ramp up their direct outreach volumes and expand their marketing database. That was why they partnered with Callbox.

The Callbox Solution

Callbox and the Client worked out a campaign plan for a three-month appointment setting program. The campaign’s primary objectives were:

  • Research and profile potential customers from the Client’s target segments
  • Introduce the Client’s offer to the right decision makers in the company
  • Qualify prospects based on fit and interest
  • Schedule qualified prospects for a discovery call with the Client’s reps

To achieve the campaign objectives, Callbox carried out the following activities.

Building and Refining the Target List

To guarantee the quality of data to be used in the campaign, the list underwent thorough customer profiling, which involved manually validating and verifying each database record and field.

1. The campaign targeted gyms and fitness clubs throughout the US and Canada, reaching out to persons in charge of gym operations, memberships, facilities, and administration.

2. The Client provided records from their in-house prospect list, which the Callbox team expanded and enriched with additional contacts.

3. The target list was further divided into six segments which represented five major wellness chains and one category for the other fitness centers.

Combining Phone and Email Outreach

1. The campaign used a combination of phone and email touch points to engage the target prospects.

2. Emails worked well at initiating contact, sending out sales collaterals, and following up with prospects throughout the outreach cadence.

3. Phone calls enabled direct, one-on-one conversations with the target decision makers, giving the Callbox team the right channel to nurture, qualify, and convert contacts.

Nurturing, Qualifying, and Converting Leads

1. The team carried out the outreach cadence with the help of Callbox’s suite of CRM and marketing automation tools found in Pipeline CRM.

2. Pipeline CRM also enabled real-time tracking and campaign management for both the Callbox team and the Client.

3. All campaign materials including call scripts, email templates, and landing pages were created by Callbox and approved by the Client.

Results

The campaign was able to generate 3.7 times more appointments than their internal sales development efforts

Overall, the three-month campaign helped the Client meet their pipeline growth targets. In addition, each key campaign area (database profiling, email outreach, and phone-based conversations) exceeded the campaign requirements.

Email activities produced delivery rates of 98%, open rates of 33%, click-through rates of 11%, and reply rates of 7%.

The campaign handed over a total of 66 qualified appointments (sales-qualified leads), or an average of 22 qualified appointments each month. This number means that the campaign was able to generate 3.7 times more appointments than their internal sales development efforts.