lead generation

I read a great article today that I want to share with you about using social media to generate leads for you local small business.

There are lots of “how to’s” out there on social media, and this is one of the better I’ve come across: it’s simple and to the point.

Of the 20 tips in this post, one of my favorites is #16.

Write About Personal Experience. Write about the way you experience your business on a daily basis. Talk about how you are helping people. Talk about how you are solving the problems on a daily basis. Use Twitter. Use Facebook. Tell stories on your blog. People engage in stories. They connect with stories.

I couldn’t agree more. People like doing business with people. And there’s no faster way to humanize yourself and your business than through storytelling.

You might think, “No one wants to hear about what I’m doing.” That’s not true.

Your best customers and most qualified leads (the people you want to do business with anyways) absolutely care about how the day-to-day of you business helps them solve their problems or achieve their goals … when you tell them through an engaging anecdote.

Click here to read the full article and discover the rest of the “20 Ways To Drive Leads Through Social Media.”

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Over the last two months I have been consulting with two large companies looking to generate more leads using webinar marketing.

This idea — doing a webinar to generate leads for b2b marketing and sales — is nothing new, of course.

But just because everyone is doing it, doesn’t mean everyone is doing it well.

What I have found is that industry “best practices” have left many leads (and sales) on the table by not maximizing their registrations, not having a proper presentation structure, and not having the follow-up systems in place to make the marketing-to-sales transition happen smoothly.

In short, they could be doing much better.

“A 5-Step Process To Better Lead Generation Webinars”

In a few short weeks, I am going to deliver a free webinar on lead generation. It is specifically designed for companies selling b2b (business-to-business), and is appropriate for both marketing and sales management.

If you’d like to be included, just fill out the form below and I’ll send you an invite when a date has been set.

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Still cold calling for B2B lead generation?

by Michael Cage

When I write about touchy subjects, I get angry E-mails.

In July of 2004, I wrote that b2b marketers and salespeople that rely on cold calling are like functional drunks. They don’t grow fully because of…

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White papers, podcasts and the tech market

by Michael Cage

If you sell to the tech market, you have surely crossed paths with a white paper or fifty-thousand. A new study says that 60% of B2B technology buyers would rather have that content delivered as podcasts,…

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Being Good At B2B Cold Calling Is Like Being A Functional Drunk

by Michael Cage

At a gathering recently I spoke with a b2b service professional who made the bulk of his living by cold calling. By all accounts, he is successful. (Then again, I’ve found the people who talk most about the…

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