What are your marketing and lead generation strategies? Where are you concentrating your marketing efforts? A well-balanced marketing and lead generation approach will help you manage resources effectively, build a sustainable pipeline, and steady growth.
In this episode of The Agency Blueprint, I share various tactics to ensure your marketing and lead generation strategies balance your short-term, mid-term, and long-term goals. I explain when to focus on short-term goals and when to shift the balance to more mid-term and long-term strategies.
Listen in to learn about some mid-term and long-term lead generation methods, how to evaluate potential partners for networking, misconceptions about paid advertising, and more!
Key Questions:
- [02:05] How do you allocate your efforts between short-term, mid-term, and long-term lead generation strategies?
- [03:50] Are you diversifying your lead generation methods to avoid relying too heavily on one tactic?
- [05:55] Have you tailored your lead generation strategy to fit the specific needs of your target audience?
- [12:09] How do you evaluate potential partners for network marketing to ensure productive relationships?
What You’ll Discover:
- [01:41] The different types of strategies for sustainable growth based on timeframes: short-term, mid-term, and long-term.
- [02:05] How your agency’s leads volume should guide your focus on short-term, mid-term, and long-term goals.
- [03:50] The importance of diversifying lead generation methods to avoid relying solely on content creation/social media for immediate results.
- [05:08] How to track lead sources and evaluate the effectiveness of different strategies to maintain a balanced approach.
- [05:55] The importance of having tailored lead generation strategies for your target audience instead of copying others.
- [08:12] Understanding the dangers of jumping between tactics without commitment and the importance of concentrating efforts for success.
- [08:53] Misconceptions about paid advertising being a short-term strategy, plus the time and financial investment needed for effectiveness.
- [10:12] How to set minimum metrics and timelines for new initiatives to evaluate their success and make informed decisions.
- [11:43] Some mid-term oriented lead-generation strategies and tips on maximizing their effectiveness.
- [12:09] How to evaluate potential partners in network marketing to build meaningful and productive relationships.
- [14:39] Some long-term lead generation strategies, how they require time, and should only be pursued once short-term needs are met.
- [15:21] The importance of balancing marketing efforts across different timeframes to ensure sustainable growth.
- [16:30] Recognize that not all lead generation tactics are top-of-funnel and understand their place in the buyer's journey.