Offering value to your prospects is the first step in attracting them into the sales funnel. If marketers focus on creating solutions that can solve the business challenges of their prospective customers it would probably be the best value addition. This can significantly reduce the overall lead generation challenges too.
Here are some ways in which you can reduce your lead generation challenges and create solid lead magnets through the following techniques.
Share knowledge
In today’s tough competitive market, establishing a rapport with prospective clients is critical for successful lead generation and conversion. Sharing insights and knowledge that is helpful for the prospect is a significant activity or strategy for B2b marketers. Share the best knowledge assets, content assets and insights with the clients to attract them into the funnel.
Be solution-oriented and not sale oriented
Understanding your customer’s needs is an important step in demand generation and lead generation. Once you understand the needs and challenges of the client, it is easy to know what solutions to offer him and when. Be more solution-oriented than sale-oriented. Offer customized solutions to clients that can enhance his business in more ways than one.
Combine offline and online outreach
Just like marketing mix, combining the type of outreach is a good way to attract bigger and a wider audience to increase the probability of sales. Combine offline and online sales outreach or lead generation outreach campaigns. For instance you can combine email marketing, webinars and trade conferences. You can either run such campaigns back to back or in parallel, depending upon the audience. Also don’t forget to tap into the potential of content syndication. It is one of the best ways to introduce your brand, create brand awareness and increase your reach and engagement.
Conclusion-
Identify the exact lead problems and what kind of lead magnets you need to create in order to attract all the good leads into the funnel. You need to prove your worth as a solution-provider and a problem-solver more than making sales your ultimate goal! People are looking for new and innovative solutions in this landscape of digital marketing and showing empathy thorough personalized communication is the key to success.