How We Sourced And Automated A Six-Figure Sale From Twitter

Description

We consistently run a high-volume of content production on Twitter (90-120 tweets per account per month). Our company Twitter handles have grown by over 2,100 followers in the last year. Using marketing analytics, we tracked that a demo request came from a user who first found us on Twitter. We used the lead intelligence gathered from the Twitter feed and demo request activity to provide a highly personalized sales experience and nurtured the lead to a marketing services deal.


Challenge

In 2017 we generated 884 visits to our website from Twitter, a channel that converts into new leads for us at a rate of 3%. Some of these leads are generated by users requesting a demonstration of our analytics tools provided by our Data, our sister company. Last year one of these demo requests came in, and we could see from our lead intelligence in HubSpot that this lead’s original traffic source was Twitter. We could also see exactly which tweets the individual had interacted with. What we discovered, is that this person found us because we interacted with them first. Using a tool called Narrow.io, our Twitter account automatically likes tweets that use certain keywords, such as “clinical trial data”. We auto-followed this user, who in turn checked out our profile and clicked through to our website. When this lead requested a demo via our website, an automatic email from me was sent to them. It said “thank you for requesting a demonstration of our tools” among other things. It also used a link to my HubSpot Meetings App, which syncs to my calendar, so this person could book a convenient time to meet. What this means is, the meeting showed up on my calendar at a convenient time for both parties, before I even had to do anything. After using the information in the lead intelligence, researching the lead, and learning which tweets they found most interesting, I was able to provide a demonstration of the analytics personalized to exactly what this person was interested in.


Solution

What I found was that this lead wanted to use our tool TrialFinder to find contact information for business development. The tool was a temporary fix to a long-term problem: the need for sales pipeline. The conversation was then moved towards how we could manage their marketing to generate a reliable sales pipeline. The following phone calls lead to a marketing services agreement. The final contract value was over ten times the price of the original analytics product requested. We have been working with this client ever since! Though we are keeping them anonymous in this case study it’s worth noting we love working with them. Through blogging, ebook production, and website optimization, we generated over 50 qualified leads for their sales team during the first 6 months of the program.