Lead Generation Marketing - Not All That Complicated

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Whenever I mention the term 'lead generation' to friends or clients, heads freeze, and eyes stare dumbly, kind of like a deer in headlights. That is my cue to enlighten them a little bit on lead generation marketing. And then they say, "Oh, so you mean..." It really is a simple concept.

The concept of leads is nothing new, for sure. In journalism, this would refer to finding something big to write on. Let's say a reporter enters the office of the vice-president of a large company, and accidentally overhears the words 'capital gains.' On the secretary's table is a brochure and a flight ticket to the Caribbean for next month, which is the peak season for the industry. This may be a clue or a lead that the company is liquidating its assets, and trying to declare the revenue as capital gains as opposed to the tax-heavy corporate income. Of course, the journalist would not have sufficient information to have a story published, but this would be the start of an opportunity to ask leading questions to the vice president and get him to admit something.

When it comes to marketing, lead generation involves knowing whom to inform of your business, so that these people could in turn inform your customers. In a way, you are finding pimps, for lack of a better term, to get you business. For the internet, this same principle applies. By positioning yourself in the right place on the Web, you can generate leads for customers to follow. But you have to have a strategy for this.

The internet search engines have changed the way business is done forever. No company can afford to be ignorant of the potential that Google has in bringing in new clients and customers. You have to know what it is your potential customers would be searching about in an effort to find the good or service you are providing. If you sell native chocolates, then you would expect your customers not to just type in 'chocolates' in the search bar, but to type in 'native chocolates.' For purposes of simplification, let us focus on 'native chocolates' and not other varieties of this that could also be used.

Knowing the search term your possible clients would use, you could then design a Web page about the item, and place enough references to native chocolates. Do not beat around the bush and expect an article that merely IMPLIES native chocolates could be found by internet users. You have to use those very words. At the same time you have to make sure that it does not come across like the annoying spam you get in the mail. Search engines are known to sniff out these spammy pages, so you have to put substance somehow. Your website should provide contact information, or at least a link that would eventually result in a business transaction.

And that is the basic idea behind lead generation marketing, a tool that you should take the time to study in more detail.

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Nick Sirago is an an internet marketer who is interested in sharing his techniques and methods with others. Get my complete guide for opt-in email marketing.

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