Good Traffic vs. Bad Traffic – Traffic Generation Blab Replay

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When it comes to traffic generation to your website, we believe there is such a thing as good website traffic and bad website traffic.

Good traffic would be considered as website traffic that is actually looking for what your company has to offer, opts in for your lead magnet, thus converting to a lead, or purchases your product / service.

Bad traffic would be considered as website traffic that stumbles onto your website but is NOT interested in what you have to offer and furthermore, does NOT convert into a lead by opting in for your lead magnet or purchase your product / service.

It’s not rocket science that you obviously want the best traffic you can generate to make its way to your website.

So the questions become:

  • “Who is my ideal client-type that I want to see my website?”
  • “How do I get laser targeted in who I want to come to my website?”
  • “Where do I place my ads so that I can get the most qualified traffic possible?”
  • “How do I institute qualification measures into my marketing process so that I continue to get the right traffic”
  • “What would be the perfect lead magnet to get them to convert into a lead?
  • And others we can ask…

Take a moment to watch the video where Andrew, Dustin, and I blab about good traffic vs. bad traffic.

Register now for our upcoming webinar on 5/26/2016 “Best Traffic / Lead Generation Techniques for Your Business”.

Nurture Marketing Strategies – Types of Nurture Marketing Campaigns

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Download our “Done-for-You!” Annual Nurture Marketing Campaign here – https://directbusinessmarketing.com/nurture/

This month, we are going to kick off our Nurture Marketing Series.

We’re going to answer specific questions about how and why you should institute nurture marketing within your organization.

In our marketing process – generate, capture, store, and nurture, we’re going to focus on just the “Nurture” portion of our process.

So, follow us on this 4-part series where Andrew Houglum – the CTO, Dustin Fickbohm – the COO, and me, Granison Shines – the CMO, talk about how Nurture Marketing can help grow your business.

Nurture Marketing involves reaching out to your prospects and clients on a regular basis, touching them via marketing mediums, feeding them the information they need about your business, educating them on various topics regarding your products or services, making them feel good about your business, and building a stronger relationship with them.

You can use any medium you’d like to share this information including, but not limited to: email, video, newsletters, postcards, etc.

Some of the more common Nurture Campaigns are:

1.    Annual Nurture Campaigns
The objective of this campaign is to create continued awareness and foster a relationship utilizing non-sales based email and/or print mediums.

2.    New Lead Nurture Campaign
The objective of this campaign is to convert Customer’s new leads into new clients.

DBM understands that new leads are extremely important, and following up with the leads needs to happen immediately and automatically.

3.    New Client Nurture Campaign
The objective of this campaign is to assist Customer’s new clients in getting the most out of their recently purchased product/service.

4.    eMail Marketing Nurture Campaign
The objective of this nurture campaign is to cause the recipient to take action.

This campaign can be used to: reactivate clients, promote an event, new product launch, and many more.

5.    Existing Client Nurture Campaign
The objective of this campaign is to upsell Customer’s existing clients into purchasing more products/services that you currently offer.

At the very least, your organization should keep in touch with the leads in your existing database by keeping leads on an Annual Nurture campaign.

For that reason, you can download our “Done-for-You!” Annual Nurture Marketing Campaign here – https://directbusinessmarketing.com/nurture/

Enjoy the video!!

Inbound Marketing Series – How to Use Social Media As Part of Your Inbound Marketing Strategy

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Inbound Marketing is described as – promoting a company through its blogs, video, eBooks, eNewsletters, Podcasts, case studies, whitepapers, SEO, physical products, social media, and other forms of content marketing which serve to attract interested customers through the different stages of the sales cycle.

Ok – so in this video, the boys and I talk about using social media to further your inbound marketing plan. You can also check Fanexplosion.de website.  In all efforts of being straight to the point and not beating around the bush, I’m going to give you one of the best marketing ideas to get free social media traffic to your website so you can educate them and grow your list at the same time.

Now I do want to add one caveat! Please, please, make sure that your content is entertaining to some degree. Meaning, if it remotely has an entertainment value to it, people will pay attention longer. Hey, we all want to be entertained, right? Anywho, here’s the scoop!

First, create a video or an image post. I personally like video. Remember, if it’s remotely entertaining, it can really get some attention.

Second, when writing the content, only tease the information on which you are speaking. On the social media medium, you only want to whet the appetite so you can send them to the landing page that has more content, or the full range of content.

Third, add a “jump URL” to the actual landing page. This is what I was alluding to in the second point. Here you want them to view the full extent of the content, as well as, get nosy and start snooping around looking at other stuff you have to offer on your website. Believe it or not, if you content is good, they’re going to check out other posts you’ve put up about the subject matter.

Forth, make sure you have a call-to-action (CTA) on “that” landing page somewhere. Take the opportunity to get them to opt-in for some soft or hard offer they can get right away. This way, it’s a win-win for both of your; they get something they want, you offer, and you get something you want, their name and email at the very least.

“Fif” (I know it’s “fifth), and this should go without saying but I’m going to say it anyway, make sure you have a CRM to manage the contacts in the list you’re building. There – I said it!!!

Well, here’s how you can tell if an inbound marketing strategy would benefit you and your organization. Go to – https://directbusinessmarketing.com/vmc/. There you will find Direct Business Marketing’s Virtual Marketing Consultation.

Enjoy the rest of your day!!!

Inbound Marketing Series – Why This Is A Good Marketing Strategy For Small Businesses

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Inbound Marketing is described as – promoting a company through its blogs, video, eBooks, eNewsletters, Podcasts, case studies, whitepapers, SEO, physical products, social media, and other forms of content marketing which serve to attract interested customers through the different stages of the sales cycle.

Typically, the top brass at Direct Business Marketing enjoys making videos and sharing those videos on their company’s blog, as well as, social media. It’s been proven to get the best results for them as part of their content marketing strategy. However, this may not be entirely true for you depending on how your audience likes to receive their information.

Other content marketing pieces for a complete inbound marketing strategy include the use of longer video formats such as webinars. About once a quarter, the team will schedule a webinar that is typically 45 to 60 minutes. This allows the team to expound on a subject for a longer duration, therefore, delivering even more juicy content.

There’re a lot of buzz going on right now in the area of inbound marketing. And if you’ve had your ear to the ground, you’d find that inbound marketing, or even content-driven marketing, can do wonders for any small business. The big hang-up most small businesses are having is what to write about on a continual basis.

In this video, Andrew, Dustin, and Granison discuss some of the top-level particulars of inbound marketing. Information like:

  1. The definition of inbound marketing
  2. What’s the first things businesses should do after determining this is the marketing strategy they’d like to deploy
  3. How to discover if Inbound Marketing is for you
  4. And other facts…

Here’s how you can tell if an inbound marketing strategy would benefit you and your organization. Go to – https://directbusinessmarketing.com/vmc/. There you will find Direct Business Marketing’s Virtual Marketing Consultation.