Episode 288: Why Your Marketing Messaging Needs a Makeover for Rocketing Engagement with Michelle Giardinello and Elizabeth Roche
Oct 31, 2023
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Michelle Giardinello, Senior Customer Marketing Manager of Healthcare at Kimberly-Clark Professional, and Elizabeth Roche, Managing Partner at ValueSelling Associates, discuss the importance of customer-centric messaging, collaborating on a sales improvement program, and the shift from being category-focused to problem-focused in marketing messaging.
Shifting marketing messaging to address specific customer problems and pain points can improve engagement and deliver value.
Implementing value selling methodology and tools can enhance messaging and content, leading to increased confidence and improved lead generation.
Deep dives
Evolving Marketing Messaging for a Better Customer Experience
One of the main ideas discussed in the podcast is the importance of evolving marketing messaging to deliver a more effective customer experience and engagement. The guest, Michelle Giardinello, senior customer marketing manager at Kimberly Clark Professional, emphasizes the need to shift from product-focused messaging to problem-focused messaging. By identifying the business issues and pain points that customers face, marketers can tailor their messaging to address those specific problems and provide value. This approach requires aligning sales and marketing, using customer-centric messaging, and creating a unified voice across the organization.
The Role of Value Selling in Messaging and Content Alignment
Another key point highlighted in the podcast is the role of value selling in achieving messaging and content alignment. Liz Roche, a colleague of Michelle's, explains how value selling methodology and tools were used to guide the marketing team in crafting customer-centric messaging. They conducted workshops, provided coaching and mentoring, and introduced tools like the Value Prompter and content checklists. By focusing on customer problems, differentiators, and story-telling techniques, the team successfully enhanced their messaging and content, resulting in increased confidence, improved engagement, and a 234% increase in leads at a trade show.
Challenges and Results in Implementing the New Approach
The podcast also delves into the challenges and results experienced during the implementation of the new marketing approach. Some of the challenges included shifting from a product-focused mindset to a problem-focused mindset, establishing differentiation in a commodity-driven environment, and influencing peers to adopt a unified voice and customer-centric perspective. However, the results were promising. The team saw a 15% increase in sales confidence, gained a better understanding of customer needs, generated higher click-through rates in ad campaigns by addressing specific problems, and experienced a 234% increase in leads at a trade show by using customer-centric messaging and open-ended probing questions.
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