customer acquisition
Getting new leads is at the core of customer acquisition. No warm or hot prospects = no new customers.
There’s a plethora of lead generation tools available, both digital and offline. The key to success for your chosen method is to qualify your leads to ensure they fall within your target market segments.
Here’s a perfect example of what NOT to do: Continue reading
Guest post by Karleia Steiner
Popular stories from companies such as Facebook and AirBnB have many smaller business owners believing that customer acquisition will be easy as long as they have the right product or service. While maintaining an unparalleled product is the first step in expanding a customer base, owners will also need to take a look at the following tips to keep their pool of customers growing throughout the years.
1. Content Marketing
Savvy marketers have jumped on the Content Marketing bandwagon with good reason. Content marketing is generally considered to be the most cost-effective method of getting new customers. Once you set up your social media accounts and your website is up and running, you can regularly release engaging and helpful information with blogs, white papers, and press releases to increase your company’s visibility at little to no cost.
2. The 80/20 Rule Continue reading
If you lie awake thinking of your company’s marketing and business challenges, rest assured that you are not alone. In fact, Salesforce Marketing Cloud did a wide-ranging study that looks at the top digital priorities, obstacles and channels, drawn from a survey of more than 5,000 marketers from around the world. It may give you some hope - in a therapeutic sense.
First off, in tied first-place position at 27% are these three challenges: new business development, quality of leads, and remaining up to date with current marketing technology and trends. At 26% comes customer acquisition all demonstrating an emphasis on revenue growth and technology.
Other interesting results to note: Continue reading
