I-Vitae was founded in Italy in 2014, and it initially sold its solution directly to reproductive clinics. However, in 2016 it decided to switch its focus from B2B to B2C, and focus on women seeking fertility solutions.
“We decided that we needed to start selling directly to women, which would require a complete reboot of our marketing approach.”
As I-Vitae had been selected to join the prestigious Startupbootcamp accelerator programme (Digital Health Berlin), it needed to get started quickly. It decided to go all-in with the inbound methodology and began its search for the right software partner. The HubSpot Marketing Platform was already on Alessandro’s radar – he had been introduced to it through Dharmesh Shah’s blog posts several years previously – but now he began to investigate it more deeply.
“We were building up an entire community from scratch, and we needed to be up and running as soon as possible! To be successful, we needed a way to attract visitors and nurture them through the funnel in a really effective way. Moreover, woman with fertility issues are really sensitive, in some cases they’ve been struggling for years. Thus, we did need an adaptive and flexible tool to attract visitors without being inconsiderate or too aggressive on our offer.
“The HubSpot software had everything we needed. We did look at other platforms, but the difference with HubSpot was the human factor. It offered customer support that was second to none, which is critical when you are taking on technology that requires customisation and ongoing support.”
The decision was an easy one, and I-Vitae signed on the dotted line with HubSpot in December 2016.
From a Placeholder Site to a Lead-Generating MachineThe I-Vitae website had consisted of a static page that Alessandro describes as “basically a placeholder” that didn’t have the capacity to generate leads. The company’s adoption of the HubSpot Growth Stack – a combination of the Marketing Hub, CRM and Sales Hub – changed that picture.
“First, we put our entire site on the CMS Hub, and then we set up a complete conversion funnel for our visitors. We have a Call-to-Action (CTA) on our homepage that encourages visitors to fill out a questionnaire and leave key details, such as an email address and a phone number. We’ve been able to run several A/B testing comparing parallel funnels and finally chose the one was performing at best.”
I-Vitae uses the advanced features of the HubSpot Marketing Platform to analyse the user’s journey through its site and to make tweaks to improve its click-through rates.
“We use Smart Calls-to-Action and Smart Forms to customise the user experience throughout the site, and we A/B test to see what is working best. We then organise prospects into Smart Lists and nurture them through the marketing pipeline with Workflows.”
Alessandro is a fan of the HubSpot CRM, which I-Vitae uses to build a contact record of each prospect. The sales team can now have much more informed conversations with their leads, and they use the Sales Pro software to make sure that they follow up at just the right time. “Indeed, we’ve been also able to integrate HubSpot with third party APIs to fulfil the EU regulation on data security, applying in our case.”
“The Meetings tool in Sales Hub is particularly useful. A salesperson can create a personalised page where leads can see their availability and book a meeting, which does away with the usual email back and forth. The prospect can then have a video call with someone who explains exactly how we can help them. It’s a one-to-one, personal service that our customers respond well to.”
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