Lead Generation - Learn All About Lead Gen And Why it is Important

Lead generation is attracting and getting more people to share their emails in exchange for free items from the company. The free items which are known as lead magnets can be free trial subscriptions, a white paper, a coupon, free consultations and more.

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Lead generation is very important because it drives sales. As the company builds leads it can send emails to market the product and convince the subscribers to buy.

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Here are a few ways you can generate leads:

Email marketing – it gets the business directly into potential customers’ inboxes.
Social media – has a huge reach potential.
But the most important channel is the company’s website. It’s the essence of lead generation so it should be optimized for SEO and to increase lead conversions.
Marketers from different industries understand the importance of lead generation:

48% of marketers believe that a key objective for digital marketing success is to increase lead generation (1);
53% of B2B marketers say half or more of their budget is allocated to lead generation (2).
Sovereign Oaks, a residential real estate development needed leads to sell $6 MM in real estate in 2016. In their lead generation campaign the company relied on multiple channels including paid, social, organic and email. The campaign was also supported by local sales event efforts. The results were fantastic – 1,300 qualified sales leads in 2016, 41 individual unit sales, which resulted in $8.5MM in 2016 sales revenue.

Leads turn into sales that’s why lead generation is so important. Make sure you grow this skill.

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