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Martech: Marketing

The 3 undisputed truths about lead nurturing

Contributor Seth Price discusses how automation, content marketing and eliminating limits to follow-ups will improve the success of your lead nurturing efforts.

Seth Price on August 22, 2017 at 2:25 pm
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There’s no shortage of resources available on best practices for generating leads. Today, you can find a sea of advice on landing page optimization, content marketing and more.

When the water gets murky, nurturing your leads is the next step in the marketing and sales funnel. You can uncover new leads all day, but the real work comes in finding meaningful ways to continue engaging with these individuals.

To help you start wrapping your mind around this critical step, I’m sharing three undisputed truths about lead nurturing.

1. Follow-ups have no limit

Do you have a self-imposed limit for follows-ups? Throw it out the window.

Too often, marketers give up on leads too soon, when in reality they should continue politely nudging.

A strong marketer will practice between seven to 14 follow-ups across various mediums — text, email, snail mail, call and voicemail. Most of these touches should be in the first three days after initial contact, and then spread out over the next 100 or so days after.

If this feels aggressive, remember that the consumer has already proven their interest in what you have to offer. It’s your job to reach them in any way possible and prevent them from becoming distracted from the reason they made contact in the first place.

“It’s like dating done right. You’re not pushing the relationship, you’re providing value and commitment. You’re letting the relationship grow,” Billy Ekofo, director of lead management at Century 21 Redwood (disclosure: client), told me.

2. Automation is a must

It’s simply not possible for one person to track and follow up with every one of their leads without the help of technology. This is where automation comes in.

Through a variety of CRM (customer relationship management) platforms on the market today (often specialized to distinct industries), marketers have the ability to automate emails, texts and calls to prospects. This takes some of the legwork out of following up, and allows you to focus energy on your hottest leads.

Take time to find the perfect balance between automated and manual communication. If you have a very hot lead where the stakes are high, and they’re expecting to hear from you quickly with specific information, personalized follow-up is best.

For warm leads — those not ready today but planning to pull the trigger in the near future — automated messages provide the perfect ping they need to keep you top of mind, so eventually they move into your “hot” bucket. Tweak the copy in these notes every month or so to keep them fresh and current.

[Read the full article on MarTech Today.]


Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily Marketing Land. Staff authors are listed here.



About The Author

Seth Price
Seth Price is a brand and marketing strategist with 20 years of digital marketing experience. He’s the VP of Industry Relations at Placester, author of The Road to Recognition and host of The Craft of Marketing and Marketing Genius podcasts. As a speaker, writer, and marketing workshop leader, Seth brings levity, mentorship, and a dose of reality to the businesses and entrepreneurs he coaches.

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