Marketer's Space: Streamline marketing and sales by integrating ZMA's Planner with Zoho CRM
In a competitive market, clear goal-setting and seamless campaign execution are crucial for marketing and sales alignment. When integrated with Zoho CRM, Zoho Marketing Automation's Planner enables marketers to create, manage, and measure campaigns effectively with comprehensive reporting and goal tracking.
This post covers how to use ZMA's Planner to manage campaigns, track budgets, and view activities by stages via the Kanban board. You'll also learn to track ROI with reports, set goals, and view contacts segmented by CRM insights in the Contacts tab.
Adding activities to ZMA's Planner online and offline
ZMA's Planner bridges the gap between digital and traditional marketing campaigns by enabling you to add and manage activities across multiple channels.
Digital activities
You can associate existing email campaigns or create new ones within the Planner. For instance, a marketer can configure an email campaign promoting a new product and track its engagement metrics. Similarly, they can add, configure, and directly monitor SMS campaigns.
Offline activities
Add activities like trade shows, events, or print ads to give marketers the flexibility to manage all campaigns in one place, including generating shareable short URLs and downloadable QR codes for use in physical stores.
Let's look at an example to see how adding activities to Planner works.
Let's say you're a marketer planning a product launch campaign targeting sales qualified leads (SQLs). Using ZMA's Planner, you create an email campaign and configure it directly, as well as track link clicks and email engagement metrics to gauge interest levels. One of your sales executives uses the Planner's contact filters to identify SQLs who have interacted with your campaign and then personalizes follow-ups to close deals faster.
Tracking progress with the Kanban board
The Planner's Kanban board visualizes campaign progress under stages like the following:
- Ideating
- Yet to start
- In progress
- Scheduled
- Completed
You can also add custom stages to suit your campaign needs.
Why is this valuable to marketing and sales teams?
This segmentation ensures that campaigns are on schedule, providing clarity for both marketing and sales teams. For example, if a campaign is “In Progress,” the sales team knows when to prepare for lead engagement.
The Budget tab: Monitoring campaign finances
The Budget tab is vital for tracking the following:
- Total budget
- Total expense
- Acquired leads
- Cost per acquisition
It also provides insights through views that cover budget split, expense split, budget versus expenses, and detailed breakdowns of how budgets and expenses are distributed.
Setting goals with CRM data
ZMA's Planner enables you to define goals using metrics like the following:
- MQL to SQL conversion rat
- Count of SQLs, MQLs, and raw leads generated
- Lead count by stage
- Average lead score and location
- Count of leads that have moved up a stage
- Email engagement and leads engaged via Planner
- Website visits by source, referral URL, location, and type (new or returning)
- Organic and social website visit count
- Website engagement metrics, including page views and visit types
It also includes CRM-related goal metrics like the following:
- Leads closed (won or lost)
- SQL to Closed Won conversion rate
You can also drill down into categories and set numerical targets for granular tracking. These insights provide a comprehensive view of marketing performance and help align efforts with sales goals.
Let's say you've set a goal to achieve 100 closed-won deals in Q4. Using the Planner, you track your count of closed-won leads and align your marketing activities to support this target. With CRM data integrated, you can ensure your campaigns focus on high-quality leads and help both marketing and sales teams stay aligned and meet their shared goals effectively.
The Reports tab: Actionable insights for ROI
The Reports tab consolidates key metrics, such as the following:
- Existing leads reached and leads engaged (also shows how many contacts have achieved your plan's primary goal.)
- Revenue and deals stats: Revenue generated and deals closed won
- Expense and ROI stats: Campaign expense, ROI, and Channel-Wise ROI.
- Website and location stats: Consolidated views of website visits by region.
For example, let's say you review reports to evaluate the success of your campaigns. For example, the Channel-Wise ROI report helps you identify which marketing channels delivered the highest returns and therefore serves as a guide for your future budget allocations.
Contact engagement with ZMA's Planner
The Contacts tab shows engagement at every level:
- Leads reached
- Leads engaged
- Contacts closed with won deals
You can also create a contact segment within the Planner by selecting the "Segment Filter" icon.
Let's say your sales executive uses the Contacts tab to filter for “leads engaged” and focuses on SQLs who've interacted with the campaigns. This enables them to prioritize warm leads and boost conversion rates.
The integration with Zoho CRM enhances the Planner by providing valuable insights that enable marketers to set precise goals and track performance effectively. It bridges the gap between marketing and sales, ensuring both teams are aligned and focused on shared objectives. With access to detailed metrics, marketers can craft more impactful campaigns while the sales team benefits from higher-quality leads and actionable insights that help close deals efficiently.
Stay tuned for more posts on ZMA's Zoho CRM integration. Until then, happy marketing!
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Pearlin Nitika
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