Incenteev’s SaaS solution helps companies to ensure that their sales teams are efficient, agile and happy. Its clients are typically enterprise-level companies, and it knew that it could be doing more to engage them online.
“We were using a collection of different point solutions, like MailChimp for emails and Unbounce for landing pages. However, they didn’t work well together, and it was difficult to measure how effective our marketing was. We also wanted to switch to a more cohesive, inbound strategy. At the time, we were doing a lot of Google AdWords work, and the majority of our marketing centred on promoting our product. We wanted to position ourselves as a thought leader in our sector and nurture our prospects with genuinely useful content,” says Simon Vandendriessche, COO and co-founder of Incenteev.
Simon realised that an all-in-one marketing automation platform was the way forward, and his first thought was HubSpot Marketing Hub.
“I had discovered the inbound methodology and HubSpot back in 2010 when Incenteev was founded. We weren’t ready to go all-in with it back then, but HubSpot continued to keep in touch, sending me valuable information and whitepapers.”
He also evaluated Marketo, but he was ultimately more impressed by the strength and depth of the HubSpot proposition. “I downloaded similar ebooks from both websites, and I was struck by how different they were. HubSpot’s showed that it had a real mastery of the inbound methodology. It was a similar story when I signed up for product emails; HubSpot’s were precise, relevant and timely.”
Incenteev also liked how the HubSpot software would allow it to sync up all of its marketing activities. “It was like ten tools rolled up in one, and it was so easy to use. It was clearly the best choice for us, and we signed up in 2016.”
A Winning Combination of Software and SupportToday, Incenteev’s website is a testament to its dedication to inbound. It has created a comprehensive library of resources, including how-to guides, ebooks and videos, and visitors are encouraged to engage through calls-to-action and forms. It has an active blog, which it promotes through social media, and it has set up workflows to drive its leads through the funnel.
“We got up and running really quickly, thanks to the HubSpot team, our HubSpot customer success manager in particular. Switching from an outbound to an inbound approach was daunting, but they made it simple. They were always there with suggestions and advice, and they pushed us to move forward with our plans. Ultimately, they helped us to envision our future and develop a strategy that was both workable and effective,” explains Simon.
The company also uses the HubSpot Sales Hub, which is helping its salespeople to improve their efficiency.
“They are selling to large clients, so obviously they need to do a lot of personalised outreach. With sequences, they can send a series of targeted, timed emails that nurture a prospect over time. It helps them to be more rigorous and precise, and there’s no fear of leads slipping through the cracks.”
Incenteev is committed to further developing its inbound approach. It is introducing customer success managers for its clients, using the HubSpot system as a model, and it is continually discovering new things that it can do with the software.
“From a business perspective, we realise that this is the way forward for us, and we want to make sure that we take advantage of all the resources that are on offer. For example, the HubSpot Academy has become an essential part of our marketing team’s induction process; all of our new hires complete two or three certification courses when they start work.”
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