Category: Lead Generation
Lead generation, the marketing process of developing interest in a product or service for the purpose of developing a sales funnel, allows companies to nurture leads until they’re ready to purchase.
Lead generation can be useful for any type or size of business, and for both B2C and B2B environments.
Traditional marketing methods are no longer enough to draw customers. Competition for the attention of the consumer & information overload make it difficult for companies to engage with potential customers.
With a lead generation program, you generate brand awareness, build long-term relationships, cultivate qualified leads, and ultimately make sales.
The higher the quality of the leads you direct to your sales team, the more leads will result in sales. In doing so, you are contributing to the growth of the enterprise.
Lead generation has been around for a long time, but methods have changed from simply finding a customer early on in their sales journey and sending the sales team their way. The self-directed buyer is inundated with information, so it’s vital to find new, creative ways to cut through the static and reach potential customers. Instead of finding customers through mass advertising and email blasts, marketers must rely on being found and building relationships with their buyers. In the age of information abundance, marketing is going through a massive shift.
“Customers are now smarter, more connected, more informed, more influenced and influential socially, and less likely to respond to campaign-bait. Marketing has to create content people actually want.”