Wondering how to make content work for your B2B brand/startup?
In this guide we’ll explain how to build a working lead magnet funnel that engages with your potential audience, positions your brand as a thought leader, & gets you marketing qualified leads ( MQLs )
Let’s start with the basics.
What is a lead magnet & how does it work?
A lead magnet is a piece of content that is designed to provide a useful piece of information to a potential customer.
This could be anything from an e-book, a guide, a template, a case study, or another relevant material format.
The purpose of a lead magnet is to collect customer information that can be later used to enroll leads in a mailing list, nurture leads, or in other marketing campaigns.
Why use lead magnets in your B2B marketing strategy?
Lead magnets are a great way to position your business as a Thought Leader in a given industry space.
By sharing knowledge and insights with the world you’re helping someone with something. Business people are actively looking for solutions to their problems, which creates the opportunity for thought leaders to address those needs by helping their potential customers orientate themselves in space and learn more about how to solve those problems.
Think about it, if you had to pay someone for a consultation to have your questions answered, or you had the opportunity to find the answer in a free book, which one would you choose?
Both options have their benefits, however, having content delivered to your attention takes a lot less time, and is much easier to be distributed to your leads.
Apart from addressing existing problems lead magnets can inform businesses of industry news and trends.
Businesses at the forefront of innovation can’t benefit from having an existing market as their novel technology is not understood and accepted by the mainstream. Those businesses have to present their discoveries to the market, educate the market about the benefits of their new tech, and thus help the market adopt the new technology.
Without the educational component of content in marketing, customers don’t have a way to learn about new discoveries & trends.
Who are lead magnets for?
Lead magnets work really well for B2B businesses, as well as B2C businesses. However, in this study, we’ll focus on B2B.
B2B businesses can massively benefit from lead magnets because of how medium and large companies make decisions. They often have long processes when it comes to buying or adopting services and products. Usually, these processes involve lots of different people from the bottom to the top of the company.
With lead magnets, you can fill in the knowledge gaps for everyone in the chain, help customers see the value in your service/product, and drive executives closer to making a buying decision.
Lead Magnets are a great tool for warming up potential audiences & markets. Without them, your sales team would have a difficult time reaching the decision-makers.
Instead of trying to break through the door, you should use lead magnets in your strategy to invite your potential buyers & showcase your expertise through your content strategy.
Coming Up – Part 2 of How to Build a Content Funnel With Lead Magnets – Where I’ll explain how to build a complete lead funnel & use your lead magnets in organic & paid marketing.
Thanks for reading!
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