Nowspeed presentation offering best-practices and tips for creating World-Class Lead Generation Programs. Learn how to integrate social media, search, email and web strategies to get the highest possible return on your lead generation efforts.
8. Characteristics of World-Class Marketing Programs Know which levers to pull in order to improve results Use the most effective toolsfirst Build consistent and predictable programs Plan far ahead, but stay flexible Create alignment with sales with common metrics AlignStrategy with Marketing Tactics Ask hard questions and answer them with data Integrate marketing programs to work together Leverage content from one program for others Leverage best practices everywhere Test, measure and learn
12. Build consistent and predictable programsPlanfar ahead, but stay flexible Offer Creation and Landing Page Design PPC Campaign Optimization Social Media to build traffic Home Page Design Optimization Email Marketing Automation Program SEO to grow organic search traffic
15. Marketing and Sales Alignment- Create alignment between sales/marketing with common metrics Waterfall Conversion Rates Average Conversion Sales & marketing act as an integrated team with a common goal of pipeline development Common Goals Common Definitions Common Metrics Integrated Programs Inquiries 3.9% Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) 58.3% Sales Accepted Leads 49.1% Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs) 23.1% Closed/Won Business Source: SiriusDecisions
16. AlignStrategy with Marketing Tactics Planning What are your key messages? Who is your target audience? How do you ensure performance? How do optimize your investment? Do you know what it takes to win?
21. Relevant Offers: Driving Conversions High-Performance Offers do the following: Are highly relevant to a visitors information requirements and key purchase criteria Communicate objective value in their design and subject matter Are cutting-edge, topical, and related to highly-searched or discussed topics in an industry
23. Integrated Marketing- Leverage content from one program for others SEO – Create articles for distribution to build links SMM – Create Blog posts, YouTube video, tweet series, linked-in discussions, Facebook PPC – Leverage as offer for campaign PR – Submit press release announcing content Email – Leverage as offer for email campaign Ads – Leverage as offer for campaign Web – Turn content into SEO optimized web pages
24. Website Design & Development Great design that delivers results Designed to Drive Leads Strong Branding Compelling Headline & Key Messages Social Media Integrated Comprehensive Information Architecture
31. Pay Per Click (PPC) Search Marketing- Ask hard questions and answer them with data What is your average Cost/Lead in your SEM campaigns? What is your total SEM budget per month? How many leads are you generating from SEM each month? Business Value Lower Cost Per Lead More leads for marketing dollars spent Higher Revenue and Gross Margin
32. How to Optimize Pay Per Click Campaigns- Leverage best practices everywhere Build comprehensive keyword list Create Adword groups for similar words Select offers Create ads for each offer tailored to each group Link to landing pages Analyze Results Keyword Research Example
33. Landing Page Case Study - Old Landing Page- Test, measure and learn 25992 Impressions 65 clicks 4.4 average position 1 conversion CPL: $329.60!!! Budget used up quickly, resulted in poor conversions, little ability to be promoted throughout the day.
52. Integrated Marketing – Gaining Leverage and Power from all of your Programs Leverage Great Offers for Advertising Campaigns Advertise on social media sites Advertise on sites with good PR pickup Test messages and ad copy and use best messages for ads Create Best Practice Landing Pages
53. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)- Ask hard questions and answer them with data Has your website been optimized for organic search? What are five of your most important keywords? How much traffic (what percent) is coming from Organic search? How many leads per month are being driven by Organic search? Is link popularity strong enough? Business Value Better keyword visibility on search engines More organic search traffic to web site More leads with no media cost
54. SEO Strategy Increase search engine rank on selected keywords Increase overall traffic to the site Increase lead flow
70. Integrated Marketing – Gaining Leverage and Power from all of your Programs Leverage content architecture Build links from article and content distribution, blog comments SEO Optimized Blog content Build links from SEO Optimized Press Releases SEO Optimized Web site content
73. Social Media Marketing- Ask hard questions and answer them with data Do you have an SMM strategy? Do you have a blog? How effective is it? Have you identified the best blog and social media sites for you to participate in? Are you working these sites effectively? How many new links are being driven by social media? How much traffic is begin driven by social media? Business Value Brand visibility and impressions More links to web site Better keyword visibility on search engines More organic search traffic to web site More leads with no media cost
74. Social Media Marketing Program- Leverage best practices everywhere Thought Leadership Followers “Buzz” Subscribers Brand Building Blog Website & Blog Traffic Listening & Learning Leads
76. Integrated Marketing – Gaining Leverage and Power from all of your Programs Use content and offers as basis for creating and delivering content on social media sites Use keywords that are part of the SEO effort to get multiple search results across social media sites for your content Build online relationships with key marketplace influencers Comments & feedback on landing pages Post to Digg, delicious Integrate blogs with website design Create hub page Use Email to build communities Post to Digg, Delicious from email Advertise on social media sites
77. Integrated Marketing – Gaining Leverage and Power from all of your Programs Create releases to promote excellent content Build online relationships with key marketplace influencers Build links from SEO Optimized Press Releases Advertise on sites with good PR pickup SEO optimize releases and treat as landing pages
78. Email Marketing- Ask hard questions and answer them with data How large is your in-house prospect list? Do you have an e-newsletter? How often do you send it? Do you use rented email lists? How effective are they? What is the average CRT and Conversion rate of your email? Do you have a systematic Lead Nurture program? Business Value Higher Click through rate (CTR) and conversion rate More leads at a lower cost per lead More effective movement of prospects through the buying cycle
79. Email Marketing- Leverage best practices everywhere List Building Offer Selection Creative Design Techniques to Improve Performance Personalization Subject lines Spam filters Execution and Testing
81. Lead Nurture Lead nurture system design with business rules to automate follow-up and ongoing communication Engage leads in a dialog through automation Build lead nurturing campaigns through a drag-and-drop interface
83. Integrated Marketing – Gaining Leverage and Power from all of your Programs Leverage Great Offers for Email Campaigns Test messages and ad copy and use best messages for ads Create Best Practice Landing Pages
84. Characteristics of World-Class Marketing Programs Know which levers to pull in order to improve results Use the most effective toolsfirst Build consistent and predictable programs Plan far ahead, but stay flexible Create alignment with sales with common metrics AlignStrategy with Marketing Tactics Ask hard questions and answer them with data Integrate marketing programs to work together Leverage content from one program for others Leverage best practices everywhere Test, measure and learn
85. Creating a World Class, Integrated Lead Generation ProgramDial in: (888) 296-6500 ; 991084 Twitter: #nowspeedLeadGenQuestions: amuniz@nowspeed.com Blog: www.internet-marketing-strategies-and-secrets.com/ Twitter: davidreske Linked-In: David Reske Dave Reske, Managing Director dreske@nowspeed.com 508 616-0111 x202 www.nowspeed.com
Editor's Notes
Nowspeed works with each client to develop an action plan that supports lead generation goals, business objectives, is in line with client sales cycles, and meets any seasonality of business.
Whether a full strategic engagement, business level strategy, or tactical strategy, Nowspeed’s approach is the same.