Key components
You can increase marketing effectiveness by establishing buying groups in Journey Optimizer B2B Edition that identify missing members for your target account lists based on the solutions that your Sales teams are responsible for selling. Before you and your Marketing team start creating your buying groups, make sure that you have the key components defined. These components are critical for meeting your business goals and objectives.
Component | Purpose |
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Solution interest |
This component provides the answer to:
Example: Cross-selling new Product X to existing customers |
Account audience |
This component provides the answer to:
Example: Account segment defined by accounts with Product Y that have revenue over 1M |
Buying group role templates |
This component provides the answer to:
Example: Assign a person with CMO title to the Decision Maker role |
Buying group stages | (Optional) This component provides the answer to: How is the buying group tracking towards success or failure? |
Buying group workflow
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Create buying groups.
Options:
- Use solution interest and role template
- Use third-party import
- Generate from AI/ML
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Identify missing people.
Analyze the buying group using filters.
Example: Decision Maker role is missing and the completeness score is < 50
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Complete the buying groups definitions.
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Use in an account journey through the associated solution interest.
View buying groups and components
On the left navigation, expand Accounts and click Buying groups.
The Buying groups page is organized as tabs:
Tab | Description |
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Overview | This tab is the default and displays the Buying groups dashboard. |
Browse |
This tab supports the following activities:
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Solution interests |
This tab supports the following activities:
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Roles Templates |
This tab supports the following activities:
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Stages |
This tab supports the following activities:
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