The shoppers are coming. Is your email list ready? There’s still time to build a broader database and increase the leads you can market to. The internet is flooded with online shoppers and holiday planners browsing bargains, recipes and more this time of year. Make the most of it with an opt-in campaign that utilizes third-party sites to generate leads without landing pages on the content your potential leads are already browsing.
Lead generation can be downright scary, if you make some of these mistakes. Read on for cautionary tales to scare you this Halloween. And whatever you do…don’t turn off the opt-in!
On a dark and stormy night, a skeleton salesman set out to create a lead generation campaign. He built a complex landing page designed to obtain all the information he needed to build the perfect skeleton exactly to his client’s specifications. The form was long and detailed, including fill-in answers, drop-downs and radio buttons. Multiple buttons and clicks were required to advance and submit the final form. He cackled as he launched the lead generation campaign and sat back to watch the thunder and lightning roar outside.
As a marketer, data protection is probably top of mind most days. It’s clear that privacy regulations are becoming the norm, and for good reason. But without a standard policy, it can be hard to determine what is required to truly maintain data privacy and when this all needs to happen. We’re here to tell you that it’s not as complex as you might fear, but data privacy does matter at every stage of lead generation. Customer or not, it’s your job to safeguard the data of your leads, potential leads and prospects.
Data privacy and use is a major concern for both companies and consumers these days. How lead generation data is collected, stored and used is especially important to advertisers who are paying or have paid for targeting that includes both first and third-party data. Data privacy regulations are taking effect across the globe, and tighter restrictions are becoming the norm. Overall, this is a good thing for everyone, but it takes some adjustments as we settle into the “new normal.”
The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, has had a major impact on North American companies, despite being a European Union policy. But California has just passed similar legislation, and more states may follow soon. Marc Benioff has called for a national data privacy law, much like the EU has with GDPR, and we may not be far off. Taking extra steps to ensure you follow proper data privacy policies now will pay off in the long term.
When Facebook unveiled Facebook Lead Ads, it was considered a groundbreaking product for lead generation. Facebook’s depth of knowledge on their users is unprecedented for an ad network, and the wealth of information shared on the platform could be considered a goldmine for leads. But Facebook lead generation never caught on in the way many hoped it would, or assumed it could. High cost per lead was often cited as a major factor, and recent changes have only made it more difficult to generate leads at scale with Facebook Lead Ads. Considering Facebook lead generation for your business? Here are four fast facts you need to know first:
Lead generation is an important piece of many marketing strategies. But without lead nurturing, those leads can never reach their full potential as loyal customers. Even the most qualified leads are only as good as the lead nurturing efforts that lead them through the sales funnel and convert them into happy, paying customers who spread referrals and make repeat purchases. Hopefully you already have a lead nurturing plan in place, but it can always be improved. And the single biggest improvement often comes from personalization.
Leads. Everybody needs them, whether you’re selling a product, service, or just straight up content. A quality email database of qualified leads can be hard to come by, and even harder to create at scale. That’s why we’ll often hear lead generation horror stories of huge email lists full of bogus email addresses or unqualified leads. This can happen for a number of reasons, including email list buying, bulk email additions or poorly targeted lead generation. So, do you know where your leads are coming from?
The traditional lead generation method can leave a lot to be desired. All too often we see the bulk of a lead generation budget being blown on wasted website traffic. The idea is that a visit to your site is worth more than an email address gathered off-site. But in fact, we’ve proven the reverse to be true time and time again. Think you know where your leads are coming from? Here are a few likely sources.
A new year represents a fresh start. It’s a time when many make resolutions to eat right, exercise more or make another promise towards self improvement. And while it’s also the start of a new year for businesses, many carry on as usual. Don’t be satisfied with the status quo. As you plan 2018 strategies and budgets, make these lead generation resolutions and see your KPIs improve next year. Happy New Year!
Nearly everyone has a Facebook account these days, from pre-teens to grandparents. Each generation uses it a little differently, but there’s no denying it has tremendous influence in today’s digital world. Facebook’s ad targeting capabilities are second to none, and Facebook Lead Ads can be an incredibly powerful tool to help build your email list. But are they right for you? Here are a few reasons they work well and are worth testing…and one reason you might want to focus lead generation efforts elsewhere.