Bringing leads into your business drives sales but how do you create effective lead magnets to draw prospects into your sales funnel?
Every business wants to attract potential customers, get their details and try to convert them into a sale. It’s this continual process of pulling leads into your funnel that gives you stable sales and solid revenues.
In the digital age, a mix of content marketing, social media and relationship building are core lead generation tools.
A recent study by the Content Marketing Institute found that 73% of B2B marketers and 70% of B2C marketers use content marketing regularly as part of their overall marketing strategy – so it’s a great idea to use content as a serious lead magnet tool in your marketing. Content marketing focuses on creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly defined audience, with the goal of profitable action.
Instead of pitching products or services, content marketing provides useful content to your audience to help them solve work issues (B2B) or personal issues (B2C). In short, you give them something of value in return for their valuable contact details.
Creating new leads takes time, strategy and the right marketing content, but with patience, you will see more leads getting converted.
When you understand your target audience’s pain points you can offer them more helpful content. For example, in-depth guides or reports that give valuable insights into their industry.
As an expert in your chosen industry niche, you can share your knowledge with your prospects. By signing up, potential customers can access premium content, such as industry trends, case studies or exclusive communities.
Hosting live or recorded educational sessions helps you address your customers’ specific challenges and demonstrate your own expertise. It’s a great way to start building relationships and creating possible leads with the right people.
Offer potential leads a way to grade their skills, or increase their knowledge. By creating interactive assessments or quizzes that evaluate your audience’s needs or skills, you can personalise the results and give valuable recommendations.
Everyone loves a freebie! When you allow potential customers to experience your product or service firsthand, that makes converting them into paying customers that much easier. By ‘trying before you buy’, customers get to see the value and functionality of your offering.