No matter the business type, scale, demography, or sector, one thing that unites all commercial ventures is their need to generate more leads. Since the advent of industrialization in the 1700s, the need to sell products, goods, and services became apparent. Consequently, globalization in the early 1900s only meant a broader market and more prospects to sell to. A century later, generating new customers or LEADS has become an entire industry on its own.
Today, lead generation is the most competitive market space out there. And the shape this industry has taken today is miles apart from what it used to be. And while traditional lead-generation methods may have ruled the industry from the 1950s to 1990s, the introduction of the Internet took lead-generation to a new level. As of 2022, Digital Lead Investing is the prime mover and will be so for a long time to come.
Today, over 68% of businesses are struggling with lead generation (source: CSO Insights) mainly because either they are still using traditional methods of generating leads (which are outdated) or do not have a clear workflow for their digital strategy. This article will help you navigate the ins & outs of Digital Lead Investing and how to get started on it.
Digital Lead Investing is the process of leveraging various online channels like social media, Pay-Per-Click Ads, Search Engine Optimization, and Content Marketing to generate leads. Digital Lead Investing relies on internet-based channels to reach out to prospective target audiences and gives your brand/business unprecedented visibility. With Web 3.0, digital channels have gained immense popularity and lead generation tactics are not exempted from this.
Digital channels can help to reach out to a larger audience in less time and budget. When you consider the traditional approaches, they are time-consuming, expense-intensive, and not specific. Be it a door-to-door visit, a newspaper print, or even a TV commercial ad, these traditional approaches do not cater to the specific audience. Also, it is difficult to track in real time. With digital lead investing, you not only solve these problems but also add a host of other conveniences. It is an easy decision because you, as a business owner, should be investing in digital strategies for your lead generation workflow.
The billboard or newspaper ads are mostly local. Whereas a social media post can be viewed across countries within minutes.
Creating print ads is time intensive. Once you conceptualize your print ad, you need to get it printed, and then distribution is a headache. With online channels, you can create collaterals within minutes and share globally with a single tap of a button. You can also save time on cold callings and unqualified leads.
Digital platforms are cheaper. Creating social media posts is free of cost. SEO is an organic method that is again does not cost a penny. And as far as PPC is concerned, by carefully selecting competitive keywords, you can put up an ad at 1/4th of the price of a TV commercial ad.
Digital platforms come with an in-built performance analyzer that gives impeccable insight into your consumer’s behavior in real time. This enables marketers to take instant decisions to optimize the campaigns and tailor them to the need of the audience. This also means you can scale up or down your lead generation tactics as and when required.
With digital channels, you can automate certain aspects of your lead generation methodology. This allows business owners to concentrate on other areas that need more attention.
Digital platforms let you tap into consumer behavior in detail which was cumbersome before. Understanding the mindset of the audience has always been a pain point and with digital channels, one can access everything they want to know about their audience.
Because digital lead investing saves time, effort, and money, businesses can grow very rapidly.
Digital channels offer laser-specific campaigns to reach out to the audience you want. Because of this, the conversion ratios are high for Digital Lead Investing.
Digital Lead Investing relies on 4 channels:
Because digital channels are getting competitive by the minute, it is important to build a strategy to navigate your way through the Digital Lead Investing process. Here are 5 proven steps to help you implement a sound Digital Lead Investing strategy.
Having established the benefits and the strategy for optimizing your Digital Lead Investing process, it is time to know some of the minutes. And because there is a giga-load of information available on the internet, it is imperative that we sift through these and differentiate the myths from the reality.
Traditional Lead Generation is also called push marketing where you push your products/services to the prospects. While this was dominant from the mid-50s to the early 90s, with the advent of the internet, this is no longer true. Digital platforms have brought forth a barrage of content where now the audience does not want to be pushed for a purchase. Digital lead Investing is called Pull Marketing, whereby showing values you attract your prospects to make the purchase.
A sound lead generation strategy involves carefully balanced aspects of both forms.
Digital Lead Investing when executed correctly can help your business grow exponentially, help you target more sales-qualified leads, boost your ROI, and create a presence that can last forever. If you are not sure how to get started on it, Valasys Media can assist you with the same.
We are an award-winning, full-service, tech-empowered, and data-driven B2B Lead generation company with years of experience and a client-profile that is spread across the globe. Interested to learn more? Contact us for more details on how to best implement Digital Lead Investing for your business.
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