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Author
- Kipp Bodnar
- an Inbound Marketing Strategist
- co-author of
The B2B Social Media Book
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For whom?
- Introductory
- Intermediate
- Advanced
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Content
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CHAPTER 1,
Defining a lead
- A lead is
a person who has indicated interest in
your company’s product or service
- Online, a lead is traditionally defined as
a person that completes a landing page.
- only email does not make them a lead for your business.
Instead, view that person as a contact.
- Communicate with Sales team to make sure
what are the key information of customer for sales and markerting,
email, phone number, address, or others?
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The mechanics of Inbound lead generation
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Good points
- Save sales/markerers millions time
- let customer feel better when getting prior service
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Three crucial things
making inbound lead generation happen
- Landing Pages
- Offer
- Call-to-Action (CTA)
- Useless, if no one see
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CHAPTER 2,
A guide to generating leads with your website
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TRAFFIC
to landing page
- Home Page
- Product Pages
- Blog
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Lead generation
best practices
- Improve Position of Call-to-Action
- Be more Clear about
What you're Offering in CTA
- Use Image, not just Text
- Use Colors that
Contrast with Site Color Scheme
- Make CTA a Hyperlink to the
Corresponding Landing Page
- Place CTAs on
the Most Relevant Pages
- Add CTAs to Each Blog Post
- Match Headline of Landing Page
to the Corresponding CTA
- Be More Clear About What You’re
Offering on Landing Pages
- Improve the Form Position
- Keep the Form as Simple as Possible
- Use Images
to Show Off What You’re Offering
- Keep the Text
Concise and Easy to Scan
- Emphasize the Benefits of the Offer
- Remove Links and Navigation
to Maintain Focus
- Create a Thank You Page
that Keeps New Leads on the Site
- Make Sure Your Offers are Compelling
- Link Back to Your Site in Your Offer
- Create Offers
for Each Phase of the Buying Cycle
- Be More Clear About
What You’re Offering With Email Copy
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CHAPTER 3,
Don't waste leads
- Lead generation isn’t the end goal.
Generating revenue is the end goal.
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Job of Markerter
- Ensure the lead makes it to sales team quickly
- Aid the sales team in converting that lead into a customer
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CONCLUSION,
Conclusion and Additional resources
- Lead Generation Rocks!
- The basics are just the beginning.