How To Generate Leads And Drive Revenue Via Email And Social

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In this webinar, Tamara Gielen cover trends, best practices and tactics to generate leads via social media (Twitter, Facebook, blogs, communities etc) and how to nurture and convert those leads into paying customers.

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How To Generate Leads And Drive Revenue With Social & Email MarketingTamara Gielen, Plan to Engage@tamaragielen

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Your presenter today

• 12+ years of experience in online marketing

• Specialized in email marketing

• Author, blogger, speaker, consultant

@tamaragielen

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Marketing goal: generate SQLs

Sales Qualified

Lead

Lead generation

Lead scoring

Lead nurturing

Tools & Processes

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The tools you’ll use

Content

Social

Search Ads

Email

Forms

Testing Analysis

Tools

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What we’ll cover today

1. Using social media to generate leads

2. Scoring leads to identify readiness-to-buy

3. Nurturing leads with email marketing

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Use social media to generate leads

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1. Relevant content

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Content that people share

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Some examples

eBooks Webinars

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Some examples

Infographics Reports

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Some examples

White papers Videos

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Some examples

Slideshows Blog posts

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2. Landing pages that convert• A/B tested design

& copy

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2. Landing pages that convert• A/B tested design

& copy

• Single-topic

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2. Landing pages that convert• A/B tested design

& copy

• Single-topic

• No site-navigation

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2. Landing pages that convert• A/B tested design

& copy

• Single-topic

• No site-navigation

• Short forms

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3. Traffic, traffic, traffic

Social

Search

Ads Email

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Tweet about your content

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Promote it on Facebook

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Blog about it

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Calls-to-action everywhere

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Calls-to-action everywhere

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Calls-to-action everywhere

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Promote it to your list

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Capture

Score

Nurture

Analyze

Convert? NOYES

NEXT STEP

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Score leads to identify readiness-to-buy

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Lots of criteria to score on

ScoreDemographics

BANT

Web behavior Email responses

Event attendance

Sales input

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Score defines message flow

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Nurture leads with email marketing

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Permission is key

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Basic lead nurturing campaigns

New incoming leads

- Welcome

- Educate

- Promote other content

Stay in touch

Focus content & timing on:

-buyer roles personas-buying stages

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Sample lead nurturing path• Day 1: introductory email

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Sample lead nurturing path• Day 1: introductory email• Day 10: content related to previous

download

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Sample lead nurturing path• Day 1: introductory email• Day 10: content related to previous

download• Day 15: personal email from sales rep

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Sample lead nurturing path• Day 1: introductory email• Day 10: content related to previous

download• Day 15: personal email from sales rep• Day 30: Best practices white paper

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Sample lead nurturing path• Day 1: introductory email• Day 10: content related to previous

download• Day 15: personal email from sales rep• Day 30: Best practices white paper• Day 45: call from sales rep to check in

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Sample lead nurturing path• Day 1: introductory email• Day 10: content related to previous

download• Day 15: personal email from sales rep• Day 30: Best practices white paper• Day 45: call from sales rep to check in• Day 60: Email promoting webinar series

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Sample lead nurturing path• Day 1: introductory email• Day 10: content related to previous

download• Day 15: personal email from sales rep• Day 30: Best practices white paper• Day 45: call from sales rep to check in• Day 60: Email promoting webinar series• Day 75: personal email from sales rep

offering product demo

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Sample lead nurturing path• Day 1: introductory email• Day 10: content related to previous download• Day 15: personal email from sales rep• Day 30: Best practices white paper• Day 45: call from sales rep to check in• Day 60: Email promoting webinar series• Day 75: personal email from sales rep offering

product demo• Day 85: Call from sales rep to schedule in-person

meeting

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Sample lead nurturing path• Day 1: introductory email• Day 10: content related to previous download• Day 15: personal email from sales rep• Day 30: Best practices white paper• Day 45: call from sales rep to check in• Day 60: Email promoting webinar series• Day 75: personal email from sales rep offering product demo• Day 85: Call from sales rep to schedule in-person meeting• Day 90: sales proposal via email

Source: http://www.marketo.com/library/definitive-guide-to-lead-nurturing.pdf

Some great resources

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Check these out!

www.marketo.com/library/definitive-guide-to-lead-nurturing.pdf

www.eloqua.com/grande/

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B2Bemailmarketing.com

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Thank you!

Connect with me:

tamara@PlanToEngage.com+32 477 666 930www.PlanToEngage.comwww.linkedin.com/in/tamaragielen