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Case Study: Medium Enterprise Computer Software Company

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise computer software company is based on a March 2013 survey of TechValidate Software customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“With TechValidate we’re able to provide testimonials and case studies from a much wider selection of our customer base. This allows us to provide our sales team with independent assets that validate the capabilities and usage of our solutions, organized by logical groupings such as industry vertical and specific use cases.”

Challenges

  • Solved the following marketing challenges with TechValidate:
    • The need for more customers to go on record
    • A lack of customer content in specific verticals
    • A lack of customer content in specific solutions
    • A lack of content for sales mobilization

Use Case

  • Leverages TechValidate content in sales and marketing processes in the following ways:
    • Sharing it on social media channels like Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn
    • Citing it in press releases and awareness activities
    • Using it on website
    • Using it in targeted lead generation/ lead nurturing campaigns
    • Using it in sales presentations and collateral
    • Using it in company newsletters
  • Uses the following marketing and sales platform(s):
    • Salesforce
    • Marketo

Results

  • Can gather and publish customer content > 40% faster with TechValidate.
  • Achieved the following with TechValidate content:
    • Compressed deal cycles
    • Improved lead generation
    • Increased prospect engagement
  • Paid back the investment in TechValidate in 3-4 months.
  • Has increased the volume of customer proof that is accessible to marketing and sales by > 40% with TechValidate.
  • Rated the increase in efficiency in using TechValidate to create the following types of content:
    • customer testimonials: great improvement
    • charts & graphs: improvement
    • case studies: a huge improvement
    • performance & ROI metrics: improvement
    • reference naming processes: improvement




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