Sberbank banka, Slovenia Increases Customer Conversion Rates by 30% with Sitefinity
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SitefinityChallenge
To create a better, more effective customer journey, Sberbank needed to optimize and personalize content to make it more engaging.
Solution
With Sitefinity Online Marketing Edition, Sberbank was able to easily integrate its website with marketing and CRM systems to facilitate an interactive self-service experience.
Result
Sitefinity enabled Sberbank to retool the customer journey, which led to a 30% increase in conversion rates.
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Challenge
Banking is increasingly being done digitally, even when it comes to activities like buying financial products and services. For Sberbank banka d.d., the Slovenian arm of the Russian financial institution, the digital customer journey was a critical part of capitalizing on this growing opportunity.
However, as Sberbank’s site existed, it was more of a static content site—it didn’t deliver the engaging digital experience that modern customers expect, which impacted conversion rates.
However, as Sberbank’s site existed, it was more of a static content site—it didn’t deliver the engaging digital experience that modern customers expect, which impacted conversion rates.
Solution
Sberbank Slovenia was a long-time Progress® Sitefinity™ customer, originally adopting it in 2010 because it was a .NET CMS that met the bank’s extensive security requirements. With Sberbank considering a complete digital overhaul, the company decided to upgrade its license to the Online Marketing Edition for its additional capabilities.
With Online Marketing Edition, Sberbank was able to integrate its website with marketing and CRM systems more easily. This meant Sberbank could not only create more complete user profiles, but also extend the experience beyond interactions with the website. It facilitated the creation of a self-service customer experience for more operational interactions.
In addition to greater integration with CRM and marketing systems, the Online Marketing Edition gave Sberbank access to personalization capabilities. When used together, Sberbank is able to craft highly engaging customer journeys that can be easily tested and optimized for performance.
“The scalability and connectivity of Sitefinity is a key benefit, we can connect it to other backend applications easily,” explained Katja Meršol, CEO at Sitefinity partner Gooya.
Gooya worked with Sberbank banka d.d. to bring this new customer journey to life. This partnership, in combination with Sitefinity’s ease of use, enabled the Sberbank digital team to be highly agile and flexible. Gooya can quickly create new modules to answer any technical requirements, and once they’re created, the Sberbank digital team can use them to create new content and landing pages as needed, without having to rely on IT.
With Online Marketing Edition, Sberbank was able to integrate its website with marketing and CRM systems more easily. This meant Sberbank could not only create more complete user profiles, but also extend the experience beyond interactions with the website. It facilitated the creation of a self-service customer experience for more operational interactions.
In addition to greater integration with CRM and marketing systems, the Online Marketing Edition gave Sberbank access to personalization capabilities. When used together, Sberbank is able to craft highly engaging customer journeys that can be easily tested and optimized for performance.
“The scalability and connectivity of Sitefinity is a key benefit, we can connect it to other backend applications easily,” explained Katja Meršol, CEO at Sitefinity partner Gooya.
Gooya worked with Sberbank banka d.d. to bring this new customer journey to life. This partnership, in combination with Sitefinity’s ease of use, enabled the Sberbank digital team to be highly agile and flexible. Gooya can quickly create new modules to answer any technical requirements, and once they’re created, the Sberbank digital team can use them to create new content and landing pages as needed, without having to rely on IT.
Result
The first area of the digital journey that Sberbank Slovenia tackled was the process around applying for and ordering financial products like credit cards. The customer journey surrounding this process was very complex—the user has to fill in about 15 fields and upload specific documents.
Sitefinity enabled Sberbank to retool this customer journey, analyzing what worked and what didn’t. With this information, Sberbank could easily reorganize the journey flow and further optimize results with A/B testing. Sberbank was also able to quickly re-engage prospects that didn’t complete the form through email via an integration with Mailchimp. This customer journey optimization led to a 30% increase in conversion rates, which was a critical key performance indicator.
“Sitefinity was very helpful in planning out the journey for ordering new products like credit cards, enabling us to optimize this process and make it better and better over time,” said Barbara Franko, Head of Digital Banking, Sberbank.
With the customer journey playing such a vital role in Sberbank’s digital marketing initiatives, the bank is also implementing Sitefinity Insight. Sitefinity Insight is tailor made to provide enterprises with a deeper understanding of their customers, giving Sberbank the ability to further identify and capitalize on new marketing opportunities.
Sitefinity enabled Sberbank to retool this customer journey, analyzing what worked and what didn’t. With this information, Sberbank could easily reorganize the journey flow and further optimize results with A/B testing. Sberbank was also able to quickly re-engage prospects that didn’t complete the form through email via an integration with Mailchimp. This customer journey optimization led to a 30% increase in conversion rates, which was a critical key performance indicator.
“Sitefinity was very helpful in planning out the journey for ordering new products like credit cards, enabling us to optimize this process and make it better and better over time,” said Barbara Franko, Head of Digital Banking, Sberbank.
With the customer journey playing such a vital role in Sberbank’s digital marketing initiatives, the bank is also implementing Sitefinity Insight. Sitefinity Insight is tailor made to provide enterprises with a deeper understanding of their customers, giving Sberbank the ability to further identify and capitalize on new marketing opportunities.