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MarketingSanity Check™
Gong.io |November 2018
Dario Priolo
About JK Research (www.jkresearch.com)
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We are a full-service marketing agency focusedexclusively on companies that offer human capital and sales enablement solutions.
We bring over 20 years of experience selling and marketing into these industries. It’s what we know, what we love, and what we do all day every day. Our focus enables us to serve you better.
• We understand your market• We understand your customer• We understand the buying and selling process, and• We understand what marketing activities work and what doesn’t.
Our knowledge, experience, and capabilities help save you time and money and deliver a better result.
We work with technology companies, consulting and training firms, and testing, assessment, and analytics companies. Some of our clients are best-known brands in their category and others are early-stage start-ups. We work with large, multinationals but with many founder-owned firms too.
We offer our clients one-off campaigns and specialized support in areas of content, video and web development, through to complete outsourcing with marketing automation.
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Human Capital
Sales Enablement Technology
Sales Training & Consulting
Marketing Sanity Check™: Why?
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Our Marketing Sanity Check™ helps you see the market from your buyer’s perspective.
The assessment helps you to better understand how your marketing compares relative to your competition and what the best in class are doing differently. This insight helps you to more objectively identify and prioritize marketing improvement opportunities. This is essential in a rapidly evolving, competitive marketplace
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Marketing Sanity Check™: How?
1. Google rankings
2. Traffic benchmarks
3. Website - Relevance
4. Website - Credibility
5. Website - Findability
6. Website - Messaging
7. Website - Blog
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Our Marketing Sanity Check™ utilizes experienced mystery shoppers and examines 14 critical dimensions of marketing, demand generation and sales enablement.
8. Website - Resources
9. Website - Contact form
10. Advertising
11. Social Media
12. Marketing Tech Stack
13. Events
14. Follow-up
14 Dimensions Examined
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Gong.io: Who are they and why should you care?
• What does Gong.io do?− Conversation intelligence software records and
analyzes sales rep’s phone calls, emails and web conferences with customers
− Algorithm picks apart what’s working, what’s not and what the best reps do differently
− Spreads these best practices across your sales teams to learn, apply, and be more successful
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• Why should you care?− Secured $28.1M in funding
o Norwest Venture Partners, Cisco Investments
− Rapidly growing head count – last 12 months
o 99 Current employees (up 68%)
o 20 Sales people (up from 8)
o 10 Biz Dev people (up from 7)
− Acquired ONDiGO, April 16, 2018
o AI Powered sales intelligence platform
− Highly visible at events and on social media
− Recently named a “Rising Star” on Forbes Cloud 100 List
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Google Rankings
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Google Rankings
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Google Rankings
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Google Rankings
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Marketing Sanity Check™ – Web traffic
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Web Site - Relevance
Home Page –First Impression• Modern, fun brand• Easy to navigate• High quality• Clear call to action• Video was helpful but a
bit “over the top”
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Web Site - Credibility
Customers Page
Customers Page – First Impression• Excellent use of video – very compelling• Excellent use of testimonials• Good logo treatment
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Web Site - Findability
Product Page
Product Page – First Impression• Good application of personas• Very enticing, good high-level overview• Nice to see the mobile app• Pricing page takes you to a Contact form
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Website - Messaging
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Website - Messaging
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Website - Blog
Blog
Blog – First Impression• Weekly publishing cadence• Probably not the #1 blog on the Internet for sales!• Most recent articles written by Chris Orlob – never a good thing
− Lots of “7 Ways”, “7 Skills”, “7 Ideas” –type articles− Low quality, not very insightful, not much substance− Don’t Drop the Ball on Follow-Up: Announcing Action
Items by Gong.io− This “Unfair Advantage” Is the Secret Behind Top-Notch
Sales Teams− 7 Ways to Accelerate Sales Onboarding− “Insanely” Short Sales Cycles Have This Key Ingredient− Sales Books: The Top 54 Every Sales Pro Should Read− 7 Sales Skills You Can Dramatically Improve Using Gong.io− 7 Sales Training Ideas That Will Transform Your Team Into
“Top Gun” Reps− Gong.io + Outreach: Make Every Sales Call Better Than
Your Last One− 8 Ways to Absolutely Dominate Your Competition In Sales
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Website - Resources
Resources Resources – First Impression• Difficult to navigate Resources section• Content is inconsistent – some great, some really bad• Opportunity for more “buyer-focused” mid-funnel content• Inventory (rating out of 5)
• 9 Webinars (gated):• (3/5) Selling to the C-Suite• (3/5) What Separates Market Leading Sales Teams from the
Rest (Sponsored with Sales Hacker)• (3/5) How These Sales Leaders Increase Quota Attainment
Across their Teams (Sponsored with Sales hacker)• (4/5) Why Every Sales Trainer Should Have Conversation
Intelligence in their Tech Stack• 16 Guides (gated):
• (2/5) Nine Secret of Highly Effective Sales Conversations• (3/5) The Ultimate Guide to Winning Sales Conversations (this
is a compilation of blogs from 62 people – the asset is huge, but some of the content is very weak)
• (4/5) How to Choose a Conversation Intel Platform (mid-funnel content)
• (3/5) These 7 Words Sell• (2/5) The Cold Call Cheat Sheet• (2/5) Objection Handling Cheat Sheet• (2/5) Discovery Cheat Sheet• (2/5) Demo Cheat Sheet• (2/5) Discover Call Insights Deck• (2/5) Competitor Cheat Sheet
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Website - Resources
Sample GuideResources – First Impression• (The Ultimate Guide to Winning Sales Conversations (this is a compilation of
blogs from 62 people – the asset is huge, but some of the content is very weak)
• The best Gong.io content is when they leverage data and insights from their platform to support their point-of-view
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Website - Contact form
Contact Form – First Impressions • Very attractive form, creative ad unique• Information is detailed enough to probably weed-out tire kickers• Top navigation disappears• Attractive and effective confirmation page
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Digital advertising
PPC Scope and Budget• Gong spends less than $100 per month on Google paid ads• They purchase “gong”-related keywords so they show-up even
when people might be searching for an actual gong• This is considered very good practice given their brand name
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Social Media
LinkedIn Activity• 3,276 followers• Post Daily• Promote blog articles, event sign-ups and
recorded events• Average 30-40 likes and 1-2 comments
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Social Media
Facebook Activity• 1,343 followers• Post Daily – same content as LinkedIn• Promote blog articles, event sign-ups and recorded events
Instagram Activity• 189 followers• Post sporadically –
mainly presence at events
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Social Media
Twitter Activity• 4,060 followers• Post 1-5 times daily – same content as LinkedIn, but
also some more spontaneous posts• Promote blog articles, event sign-ups and recorded
events
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Marketing Tech Stack
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Events
Events• Strong presence at major sales
industry events
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Follow-up
Instantaneous Follow-up
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Marketing Sanity Check™: Score Card
Criteria Score Comments
1. Google Rankings 8 Excellent use of 3rd party web sites to drive traffic
2. Traffic Benchmarks 9 Very high for a young company
3. Website – Relevance 8 It’s obvious “at a glance” what they do
4. Website – Credibility 8 Nice “Customer” page to bolster credibility
5. Website – Findability 9 Easy to find relevant information
6. Website – Messaging 9 Very creative and professional
7. Website – Blog 7 Best insights come from their conversation research
8. Website – Resources 7 Some useful but plenty of “me too” resources
9. Website - Contact Form 10 Very effective, progressive form with strong references
10. Advertising 8 No PPC, but good use of influencers
11. Social Media 8 Good presence, some redundancy
12. Marketing Tech Stack 8 Solid
13. Events 9 Present and active at
14. Follow-up 10 Very fast, included a link to select a time
Total Score 118 84%
*****Excellent*****
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