February 15, 2020
Marketing Strategy That Drives Lead Generation in 2020
Have you been promoting your business but not seeing the return in business leads? It is possibly because you don’t have a balanced marketing plan. Your marketing needs to work on long-term brand building as well as short-term lead captures.
Kelly Brand
Reach potential clients that are in-market and out-of-market
An in-market client is ready to buy and looking for the best company to work with. An out-of-market client might not even know they need your services yet. You are hoping that they will become your client in 6-12 months from now.
It all comes down to buyer intent.
Marketing to In-Market Clients
When was the last time you were considering making a purchase and went to Facebook or Instagram? We’re guessing you haven’t. Your in-market clients, that are ready to buy, are going to search for the services they are looking for on Google. It is your marketing team’s job to think about what keywords your potential clients are searching for so you can capture these individuals with high buyer intent.
In these situations, people are thinking more rationally. They are looking to understand how you are going to solve their problem and why they should choose you over the competition. They will respond to direct calls to actions.
Your website and SEO should be focused on providing concise information that will guide them through the sales funnel and provide them with the next steps to get started.
Marketing to Out-Of-Market Clients
Brand building is focused on getting the out-of-market clients to know, like, and trust your company, so that when they are in-market, your company is top-of-mind.
When people aren’t ready to buy they don’t really care about how much your service will cost or how much it will help them save. You need to focus on creating an emotional connection. You need to be memorable. How do you become memorable? You need to stand out. Be entertaining, show that you understand them. Social media is the perfect place to do this, especially with boosted posts.
Why You Need Both to Drive Leads
It’s said that it can take a potential client hundreds of interactions with your brand for your company to be top of mind. They are flooded with ads from other companies all day every day – you have to stand out among the noise. When they are searching for companies, they will know of and have a positive opinion of your company, and choose you over the competition.
How to Apply This Marketing Strategy to Your Business
The good news is that you are reading this article, which puts you ahead of a lot of your competition. Many B2B and service-based businesses haven’t started to think like this. You need to jump on this opportunity.
- Create a Marketing & Sales Plan for the year
- Think about what your balance is as it might not be 50/50 but you absolutely need a bit of both brand building & lead capturing
- Be more entertaining and take risks to become more memorable, especially on social media
If you want to start standing out among the noise, see how we can create effective marketing strategies uniquely for your service-based business.
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