capgemini super techies show - the epsilon challenge

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Capgemini Super Techies Show Season 3 - Epsilon Challenge

The Facts

Epsilon is a global Marketing Services company that primarily services large international firms

It provides a broad range of loyalty marketing services, spanning database marketing, direct mail, email marketing, web development, loyalty programs, analytics, data services, strategic consulting and creative services, among others

Ad Age has ranked Epsilon among the top marketing services firms and direct marketing agencies for several years

In late February 2013, Facebook announced partnerships with four companies, including Epsilon, to help reshape its targeted advertising strategy



Background on Challenge

Marketing services for large companies encompass agency, data and marketing technology requirements to service their acquisition, onboarding, retention and loyalty needs

Marketing has been trending toward digital communications to consumers for some time, and many companies are transforming their marketing tactics to connect to digitally savvy consumers

With all the progress that has been made to connect to consumers through digital channels, marketers still have trouble understanding how to use all of the data available through social networks. This is particularly true for companies that are not large

According to eMarketer, social media growth worldwide was 19% in 2013 with 52% population penetration in the US, 50% penetration in the UK and 37% growth in India




The size and stability of the middle Medium-sized companies make up a large portion of the economies of many

large countries

1/3 of the private sector GDP (roughly $2–$3 trillion of the $9–$10 trillion private GDP) of the US is made up of medium-sized businesses. This alone would be comparable to the GDP of either India or Russia

Medium-sized companies actually grew jobs during the recession and continue to do so. This phenomenon has been observed across many countries

Typically medium-sized companies are not public but have been around for several decades, which provides work stability and feeds consumer confidence




Capturing the opportunity in the middle With over 200,000 US companies in the middle, Epsilon could build a sizable

practice if it captures at least a fraction of this market. Setting a target of acquiring 2,000 of these companies as clients could build a sustainable business unit that does not exist today at Epsilon

Epsilon wants to serve the middle by helping them tackle the following challenges: Medium-sized businesses have loyal customers, but can have a tough time acquiring

new customers and lack the acquisition funding engines of large companies Just because medium-sized companies are smaller in size, it doesn’t mean that they

don’t have the same challenges in reaching digitally savvy consumers Social influence can have a major impact in creating advocacy for medium-sized

businesses and drawing in new customers



The Problem

Medium-sized businesses can benefit from meeting the following marketing needs:Requirement for a cost-effective way to engage in social media to attract new customers, build advocacy and participate in servicing customers

Need to automate analysis and performance due to the tendency to run lean in their staffing and the inability to afford dedicating a major part of their staff base to their social marketing efforts

Need to be able to reach across many social media venues but shackled by the inability to afford development of bespoke solutions for each

Requirement for simple measurements to ensure that their social activities are driving their business forward—Winning new customers and ensuring that they are satisfied is critical



The Challenge Statement

Suggest a cost-effective design for a SaaS application that would be targeted at medium-sized businesses and would assist in automating:

Classification of individuals participating in social media based on• Topic and sentiment• Interests• Advocacy of the medium-sized business’ brand

Prioritization of consumers identified through the classifications mentioned above and development of a target list (or lists) for the marketer

Engagement of a marketer at the medium-sized business in a dialogue with the target list of individuals

Actualization of all of this across several social media venues



Important Points to Remember

The solution should:Have an elegant and simple design

Be aligned to how much a medium-sized business will actually pay (price sensitivity)

Need minimal support

Be easy to use

Epsilon expects to see a high-level SaaS functional design and an understanding of the business model



General Pointers

• Time allotted for solution presentation: Teams will be given 20 minutes for a detailed presentation to judges (off-camera) and 3 minutes for a high-level pitch (on-camera)

• Mentor consultation: - Call: Teams will have access to a 30-min audio call with a Capgemini expert; the

teams are expected to keep questions ready for the call in advance- Email: Additionally, teams can send one email with questions to the expert anytime

before the final solution submissionTip: Mentors will take at least 48 hours to revert; therefore, the earlier the questions are sent, the better

• CXO interaction: - Call: All teams will get to be part of a 30–45 min audio call with the CXO of Epsilon;

during the call, teams can direct questions pertaining to the challenge to the CXO- Date and time of the call: To be confirmed

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