As digital marketing has evolved, the ability for businesses to reach potential prospects has increased. Today, businesses have access to vast amounts of data and information, helping them understand their target audience, find their target market and make more sales.
This allows businesses to reach particular audiences based on data such as Age, Location, Gender, Family Status, Employment Status (including Company Size, Industry, Job Roles and Seniority) as well as an individual's interests and hobbies. A variety of Lead Generation tactics have arisen because of this advanced data collection and segmentation. One of the most important and notable being Account-Based- Marketing.
The video below explains our Lead Generation process and how this helps to generate sales-ready leads for businesses. Looking for an instant quotation? Click here to access our Performance Marketing Calculator to understand how much your Google and Social Media campaigns will cost.
When a prospective client initiates a relationship with your business by engaging in organic interest in your business (be this by visiting your website or liking your social media pages), the transition from prospect to a client is more natural. Lead generation understands this natural progression and is part of the second phase of inbound marketing. This means that lead generation should occur after you have successfully attracted a prospect and are then ready to convert a visitor into a lead, and then a sales qualified lead.
The process for a strong lead generation campaign follows the below steps:
Once you understand this journey and put all these elements together into a lead generation campaign, you can use a variety of channels to drive traffic to your landing page and begin generating quality leads.
The above works for all businesses, no matter their size or industry. And when it comes to B2B lead generation, one tactic stands head and shoulders above the rest, and that is Account-Based Marketing (ABM) for quality lead generation.
Account-Based Marketing is a B2B marketing and lead generation strategy that focuses its resources on a set of key accounts within a particular industry. This marketing tactic uses highly personalised and targeted campaigns that are designed to engage with each account individually, basing the marketing message on their specific wants and needs.
What sets ABM apart is that this tactic has the power to connect your marketing and sales team by helping align everything from initial lead contact to conversion. ABM goes beyond traditional lead generation and markets to existing customer accounts as well, to encourage upselling and cross-selling, which ensures your sales team gets the most value from large accounts.
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