Lead generation can be a real challenge. And the type of B2B business you have can impact how you connect with your customers when it comes to generating leads. If you’re a company dealing in a niche product, you likely need a customized solution for reaching your target audience and helping customers understand how a specific product can help them. Let’s take LimeLight Marketing’s recent work with a client, a…
Question: How can our sales professionals use our customer relationship manager (CRM) software more effectively?  Answer: CRM software is only as good as the people using it. Companies often spend tens of thousands of dollars, only to have their sales professionals not input anything. This is a double negative to the person who wrote the check (the owner). Here are some of the reasons why management purchases CRM software: Create…
Quickly, define your target market. Say it in your head … now. OK, how many demographics did you identify in your definition? Did you identify an industry? A role? Gross revenue? Employee count? Gender? Age range? Household income? Identifying demographic characteristics is an easy way to filter and segment your best potential customers based on a combination of assumptions and historical data. However, many of us fall into a mental…
Ecommerce is ever-evolving with new developments in technology, shifting customer behavior and unexpected events you can’t plan for. And the last few years in particular have delivered some major changes that have shaped the world we live in and that will continue to shape the future of retail and online shopping. One way you can keep evolving with the market is to look ahead to 2022’s emerging trends. Here are…
In marketing, we often have blinders on that make us believe the best way to be successful is to get new customers at an ever-increasing rate. But too often, we get caught up in this game of cat and mouse and forget that our best customers are already sitting in our database: existing customers. These people have already been won over once—who’s to say you can’t do it again? And…