By Miguel Pancardo
No matter what kind of business you have, it will not thrive if you don't have customers. You could be selling vacuum cleaners, cellular phones, or financial services, and you are going to need customers coming through your door that are willing to spend their money with you. Unfortunately, many people don't know how to go about generating leads in the right way. There are actually several ways you can go about getting new financial leads although some of them work better than others. When you want to get the best results, use the tried and true methods of internet marketing like SEO and pay-per-click.
Sales people have for years tried various ways to reach customers. They've gone door-to-door, they've cold called, they've set up booths at festivals, fairs and shopping malls and they even try guerilla sales, where they just walk up to people on the street. All of these types of lead generation are poor at best. The average person is just going to tell you no; they don't want your service. However, when salespeople tried these techniques over the years, and some salesmen still use these techniques, they are relying on a law of averages. The more people you ask, or talk to about your product or service, the more chances you have of someone saying yes. Who wants to sell that way? Wouldn't you like your customers to come to you?
Attracting New Sales Leads
When you open up a local store or business, you look for ways to spread the word in your neighborhood. You might put up a sign or billboard or place an ad in the paper. That way everyone in the neighborhood would know you are open for business and they could come in and spend their money. What about when you have an internet business? You can't very well hang up a sign and expect to get new customers. Well, in a way you can although it isn't a physical sign. You can do even better by placing 'signs' that can be seen by people all over the world when you use internet marketing techniques like pay-per-click and search engine marketing.
Let's face it, cold calling just doesn't work in today's society. It just makes people angry and you will only rarely find anyone interested enough to listen to your sales pitch. However, when you use techniques like pay per click and search engine optimization, the website for your business ranks high in search engines so a potential customer can easily find you when they enter a related search term. If they are looking for what you are selling, they will be lead right to your site, all warmed up and interested.
Don't waste your valuable time and money advertising to people who are not interested in what you are selling. Use internet marketing methods to attract customers to your online site so they are warmed up and more likely to buy when they read your sales pitch.
