How to Create Qualified Leads with
Lead Nurturing
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How to Create Qualified Leads with Lead Nurturing
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11/20 Creating Lead Nurturing Campaigns
Understanding the Buying Process
Mark Kilens
Chris LoDolce
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AGENDA
3 lead nurturing necessities
Mapping content to the buying process Organizing & setting up your campaign
Webinar tasks
WHAT IS LEAD
NURTURING &
WHY DO WE
NEED IT?
Microwavable dinners are to
3-course home cooked meals as
one-off emails are to lead
nurturing campaigns
Grow & Nurture
Relationships
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3 LEAD
NURTURING
NECESSITIES
Workflows vs.
Branching
3 Things You Must Know to Execute a Campaign
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Create a SMART campaign goal
Decide which persona to target
CREATE A
SMART
CAMPAIGN
GOAL
S.M.A.R.T.
Goal Setting
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Specific: Significant, Simple2
Measurable: Meaningful, Manageable3
Attainable: Appropriate, Achievable4
Relevant: Results-oriented, Realistic“I want as many
customers as soon
“I want to increase
my customer base
by 10% in 6 months
using a lead
DECIDE WHICH
PERSONA TO
TARGET
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Who are your personas?
What do they need from you?
How are your campaigns a
SEGMENT OF 1 for each
UNDERSTAND
YOUR BUYING
PROCESS
The Buying Process:
Free whitepaper Free guides & tip-sheets
Free eBooks Free checklists
Free videos Free kits (combo of
above)
Free webinars Case Studies
Free Sample Product spec sheets
Catalogs Free trials Demos Free Consultations Estimates or quotes
Coupons
Perform Research
Prospect knows there is a problem that needs to be solved
Establish Buying Criteria
Prospect recognizes a need
for a solution like yours. Evaluate Vendors Prospect seeks solutions to their need; ready to buy.
Move leads through the buying process
PERSON
LEAD NURTURING
IS LIKE COURTING A
INTRODUCTION
FIRST DATE
(First form Completion)
PERSON
LEAD NURTURING
IS LIKE COURTING A
INTRODUCTION
FIRST DATE
(First form Completion)
MANY DATES (LN EMAILS)
PERSON
LEAD NURTURING
IS LIKE COURTING A
INTRODUCTION (Website Content)FIRST DATE
(First form Completion)
MANY DATES
(LN EMAILS)
THE PROPOSAL
(Evaluate vendor offer)
PERSON
LEAD NURTURING
IS LIKE COURTING A
INTRODUCTION
THE WEDDING
“Too serious too soon? You’ll scare
them away.”
“To slow? You’ll never have a chance
for the proposal.”
“Use the right amount of nurturing
& make them yours for life!”
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MAPPING
CONTENT TO
THE BUYING
PROCESS
3 Steps to Mapping Your
Campaign Effectively
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Audit the content you have
Map your content to the appropriate persona
AUDIT THE
CONTENT YOU
HAVE
Focus on quality content relevant to your
Find relevant blog content that will resonate with your personas’ & their phase of the buying process
Identify all your offers & consider how
effective they have been to date
Worksheets
Kits
Webinars
EventsFree Consultation
What content can you use to
create new offers with?
MAP YOUR
CONTENT TO THE
APPROPRIATE
PERSONA
Your content & message around the lead’s needs & where they are in the
DECIDE THE
LENGTH OF
YOUR
CAMPAIGN
The Buying Process:
Free whitepaper Free guides & tip-sheets
Free eBooks Free checklists
Free videos Free kits (combo of
above)
Free webinars Case Studies
Free Sample Product spec sheets
Catalogs Free trials Demos Free Consultations Estimates or quotes Coupons Perform Research
Prospect knows there is a problem that needs to be solved
Establish Buying Criteria
Prospect recognizes a need
for a solution like yours. Evaluate Vendors Prospect seeks solutions to their need; ready to buy.
Decide the pace at which your persona
moves through the process
Ask your sales team
Form a Hypothesis
From Your Data
Test Your Hypothesis with
Your Campaigns
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ORGANIZING
& SETTING UP
YOUR
Identify which Persona you will be targeting for
this lead nurturing campaign
Free whitepaper Free guides & tip-sheets
Free eBooks Free checklists
Free videos Free kits (combo of
above)
Free webinars Case Studies
Free Sample Product spec sheets
Catalogs Free trials Demos Free Consultations Estimates or quotes Coupons Perform Research
Prospect knows there is a problem that needs to be solved
Establish Buying Criteria
Prospect recognizes a need
for a solution like yours. Evaluate Vendors Prospect seeks solutions to their need; ready to buy.
SMART Goal of campaign:
“I want to increase my customer base by 10% in 6 months using a lead nurturing campaign”
Campaign Timing & Email Timing
To Fast
To Slow
Lead Nurturing Statistics
50% of leads are qualified but not yet ready to buy. (Source: Gleanster Research)
Jeff Ernst of Forrester Research, Inc., estimates that only about 5% of marketers use a full-featured marketing automation solution (Source: Forrester Research)
Nurtured leads produce, on average, a 20% increase in sales opportunities versus non-nurtured leads. (Source: DemandGen Report)
Lead nurturing emails generate an 8%
CTR compared to general email sends, which
generate just a 3% CTR. (Source: HubSpot)
Nurtured leads make 47% larger purchases than non-nurtured leads. (Source: The Annuitas Group)
Lead nurturing emails get 4-10 times the response rate compared to standalone email blasts. (Source:
SilverPop/DemandGen Report)
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WEBINAR
TASKS
Webinar Tasks
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Use the Workbook to map your content to each stage of the buying process & persona Choose a persona to create a campaign for
Use the Workbook to identify the goal of the campaign, timing & the goal of each email
Webinar Resources
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30 Thought-Provoking Lead Nurturing Stats You Can't Ignore
Lead Nurturing Workbook
Buyer Personas Webinar Series
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How to Map Lead Nurturing Content to Each Stage in the Sales Cycle
HubSpot Resources
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