Lead Generation Strategies System Part 3
OK, in the previous posts (Part 1 and Part 2) we talked about the first 2 steps in the process of attracting leads to your business, namely the automation system, so you should’ve picked your autoresponder or CRM of choice and been experimenting with it and your lead magnet to entice readers to opt-in and give you their email address.
Step Three: The Squeeze Page
Your squeeze page is your lead generation page. This is a web page created specifically to collect information from people and once they do, your autoresponder will send them an email which will direct them to the page where they can download their freebie.
As you learnt in the previous post, DON’T send them directly to the download page after they sign up because many people will give you a fake email address just to get your gift.
You can send them to a Thank You page that has a simple message thanking them for signing up and letting them know to expect an email from you shortly which will contain the details on how to download their gift.
Your squeeze page should be relatively short. It’s not like a long sales letter. People don’t need that much convincing when something is free, but they do need some.
After all, they don’t want to give up their personal contact details unless they really think your lead magnet will benefit them.
For this reason, squeeze pages should have just enough information to entice the reader into taking action. If it’s too long, people will get bored and leave before they opt in!
Generally speaking, a squeeze page should consist of 5 main components:
- Headline — This needs to immediately capture their attention and persuade them to continue reading.
- Sub-headline — This provides a little more information and works as your headline’s supporting agent.
- Bullet points — Quick, digestible highlights about how your prospect benefits by subscribing to your newsletter or entering your funnel.
- A call-to-action — A direct prompt that instructs your prospect how to complete the process of signing up for your free offer.
- Your lead generation form — usually generated by your autoresponder service or lead generation service with various form fields and a button to submit the information.
To create your squeeze page, you are going to need some form of page builder.
If you are using WordPress there are many plugins that you can use for this purpose and a few of my favorites are OptimizePress and Thrive Architect.
If you don’t want to be restricted to WordPress, you can use something like Convertri or ClickFunnels and they will also host the pages for you.
The downside is that these are a lot more expensive than the WordPress plugins, but you know they will load really quickly which is something to take into consideration with the limited attention span of readers nowadays!
Quick Tip: REDUCE YOUR WORKLOAD
Remember that you can use done-for-you content (PLR) to create lead magnets quickly. Here are some high-quality PLR vendors in the Internet Marketing and Coaching and Consulting niches:
If you are in the self-help niche and want some high-quality PLR, then check out Tools For Motivation
Please remember to be careful when using PLR as there is a lot of rubbish out there. If you stick with the vendors above you won’t go wrong. They aren’t the cheapest but they are the best and many of them have some great offers and sales from time to time so sign up for their emails to get notified of any specials they may be doing and grab a bargain 😊
Information To Collect
Most people collect only the name and email address of their leads, but you might need more information than that, depending on your niche market, and whether you wish to further segment your lists and identify potential customers through demographic based data.
The name and email address of potential customers is probably enough information for general marketing purposes, but what if you’re selling a higher-end product or service like real estate or legal services, or something that requires one-on-one contact like coaching, you’ll want to begin collecting as much information as possible to help you better connect with potential customers.
In cases like this, it’s probably a better idea to ask for name, address, telephone number, and email. You might even need additional information, such as date of birth (if you’re selling something for adults only, for example) or even more detailed information, such as the breed of dog they own, or their income.
You don’t want to ask for too much information — which will just cause people to get frustrated and leave without filling out your form — but you want to get just enough information to make sure they’re qualified.
In other words, what information do you really need to know upfront, and what can you gather later in the selling process?
Once your squeeze page is set up, and you’ve added the lead magnet to your autoresponder service, it’s time to start sending traffic to your squeeze page and we’ll look at that in the final part of this series…
Don’t forget that if you want all 4 posts in this series in a handy pdf that you can download and refer to at your convenience, you can do that here.
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