{"id":58380,"date":"2018-09-10T22:46:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T22:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.glaciermediadigital.ca\/?p=58380"},"modified":"2018-10-06T22:07:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T22:07:38","slug":"funnel-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lodestardigital.ca\/index.php\/2018\/09\/10\/funnel-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"The Funnel &#8211; A Case Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;80&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1536614462616{padding-top: 2.5rem !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading]The Funnel[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lodestardigital.ca\/index.php\/2018\/08\/27\/the-funnel-introduction\/\">previous blog<\/a>, we introduced the sales funnel concept and created a visual\u00a0integration\u00a0with the game board to help us when trying to align our customers\u2019 needs with our digital solutions. Today, let\u2019s take a look at a more specific example of how each section of the funnel can be applied to a client in a realistic scenario.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Advertiser has an app that helps people with their digital marketing needs. It\u2019s a great app, but nobody knows Mr. Advertiser\u2019s brand, and nobody knows the app exists! The advertiser needs to meet prospective customers\u00a0where they are in the funnel, and then guide them down to the point of download. Let\u2019s take a look at how this could look\u00a0from the perspective of an end-user that has a business and needs to do some online advertising.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading]A Case Study[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]It all begins with recognizing a <em>pain point<\/em>. This pain point may be that we don\u2019t have enough money, enough time, or maybe enough support needed to succeed. In this case, we don\u2019t have the knowledge to market our business online.\u00a0We have officially entered\u00a0the funnel, and two things can happen. We could go directly to a brand that we have already purchased from (Loyalty), but since we are new to this funnel we haven\u2019t ever purchased anything:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0We Google, \u201cdigital marketing help\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Adwords and SEO, we are now <em>aware<\/em> of 5 different brands: the two ads we see, and the top 3 organic results. We know those top two are ads, so let\u2019s skip right to the first organic result: Digital Marketing Pro. Hey wow, that looks like a familiar name (turns out Mr.\u00a0Advertiser has been running programmatic ads for a couple of months and targeted us as a business owner).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>60% of global consumers prefer buying new products from a familiar brand.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So let\u2019s follow suit and click on Mr. Advertiser\u2019s app. So far, Programmatic Advertising and SEO have been great top of the funnel performers.<\/p>\n<p>We get to the website and read about the Mr. Advertiser. We have to ask, &#8220;Will this app help us successfully market our business?&#8221; If the answer is no, then we go right back to Google. If it does, well 91% of people say that a company\u2019s behaviour influences their purchase decision, so let\u2019s explore the site and find out more about Mr. Advertiser. Is the website easy to use? Do we relate to the brand? Do we trust it with our business? If not, then it\u2019s back to Google. If yes, then we are now <em>considering<\/em> Mr. Advertiser\u2019s app.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0But what if there\u2019s something better out there? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We go back to Google to find out more.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, we\u2019re deeper in the funnel, we\u2019re now beginning to <em>consider<\/em> a couple brands, and need to get more technical information about what it is we need to successfully market our business. As we continue to repeat that search cycle we start to see videos pop up for Digital Marketing Pro that show us how easy it is to use the app. We come across a blog that talks about how to market your business successfully. We\u00a0get a bunch of great info from this blog, and at the bottom is a link to download a helpful app: Digital Marketing Pro.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re nearly convinced. The next day, we log on to our Facebook, and notice an ad on the side that offers a free 3 month trial to Digital Marketing Pro. At this point, we have nothing to lose.<\/p>\n<p>Click.<\/p>\n<p>Download.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;58383&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;80&#8243; overlay_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;28&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1536615998158{padding-top: 2.5rem !important;padding-bottom: 2.5rem !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]It seems like this whole process happened so fast. It could have been two days ago, or even yesterday that we first Googled, &#8220;digital marketing help&#8221;, but for Mr. Advertiser who&#8217;s been targeting us with ads for months, this has been a long, drawn-out process. Luckily for him, there are many more people just like us going through this process every day!<\/p>\n<p>Throughout this journey, we touched on a slew of digital solutions: SEO, programmatic advertising, blogs, videos, remarketing and social ads. While it seems like a lot, each of them worked together with a common purpose to meet the end-user at an appropriate moment in the sales funnel, and help lead to a purchase decision.<\/p>\n<p>Think of your own clients and the sales funnel related to their business. Put together a digital plan that will help them increase conversions by reaching their end-users at different points of the sales funnel and prompting them to take action. 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