What’s New In Beacon [August 2018]
It’s been a hot summer here in Ireland so I’m excited to share some equally hot product updates with you this month…
The Most Common Mistakes People Make When Creating Lead Magnets
Hands down, lead magnets are the best way to attract the attention of your prospective customers. Who doesn’t like something for free, especially when that offer is valuable and relevant? However, lead magnets aren’t just about attracting leads. In addition to drawing new leads, the perfect lead magnet multitasks and accomplishes several goals at the same time, such as:
It gives you the opportunity to demonstrate your expertise
It establishes trust between you and the prospective customer
It helps you grow your email list so that you can continue to market to prospective customers
How to Use Facebook’s Lead Generation Tools to Boost Your Lead Magnet’s Reach
Step one is to create a lead magnet that will be useful to your target audience. Step two is where you are now: Finding ways to promote your lead magnet to your target audience.
Are you stuck on step two?
It’s not enough to promote your lead magnet on your own website. Sure, you’ll get some opt-ins that way, but what about those who haven’t discovered your website yet? How will you reach all the potential customers who’ve never heard of you or visited your site before?
The answer: Through Facebook Lead Ads.
In this guide, we’ll discuss exactly how to use Facebook Lead Ads to drum up interest with your target audience. Let’s get started.
[Infographic] How To Promote Your Lead Magnet With Social Media Marketing Tools
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock you’ll know that social media is one of the best channels for audience growth and that’s particularly true when it comes to promoting your lead magnets.
Are You Making These Common Opt-In Mistakes?
So, you’ve created an epic lead magnet that you know will be useful to your target audience.
But there’s a problem: Your opt-in list isn’t growing. Why aren’t your site visitors responding to your free offer?
If you’re facing this dilemma, don’t worry. It’s fixable. Even if you have had little success with your lead magnet until this point, by the end of this post, you’ll have a list of tried and true ways to improve your odds.
Let’s start by looking at the most common opt-in mistakes and then we’ll discuss how to correct them if you accidentally committed one (or more) of these blunders.
When Should You Reevaluate Your Lead Magnet Strategy?
Hands down— Creating a lead magnet is one of the top ways to grow your list of prospective customers. However, lead magnets can go stale and expire after a while. Keeping your lead magnet strategy up-to-date is essential for growing your business.
But how can you tell when it’s time to reevaluate your lead magnet strategy? 🤔 In this guide, we’ll walk through the reevaluation process. We’ll start off with the telltale signs that it’s time to reevaluate your lead magnet strategy, along with key questions to answer about your lead magnet. We’ll also delve into your lead magnet funnel, which is the series of steps your prospects take from discovering your lead magnet to actually receiving it. Let’s get started.
What’s New In Beacon [June 2018]
Back in April we released a big update to our editor. One of the benefits of the new editor is that it is now much easier for us to add new features. So from now on we’ll be posting regular updates so you can keep track of all the new feature that we’re adding. Exciting, right?!
Does Form Factor Matter When Creating Lead Magnets?
Not all lead magnets are created equal.
Some lead magnets are simply better than others at capturing the attention of your target audience and converting them into subscribers. For this reason, there’s no such thing as a “one size fits all” approach to lead magnets. One type of lead magnet may work for certain businesses but may not work for others. So, which type works for you?
Using Lead Magnets to Bring Back Churned Customers
Did you know that you can use a lead magnet to bring back former customers?
Sounds too good to be true, right? After all, once you lose a customer, it’s rare for them to ever return. That’s true, but fortunately, rare does not mean impossible. With the help of an effective lead magnet, you can bring back former customers who’ve left the building. In this post, we’ll show you how to use a free gift to do just that. Let’s get started.
Top 8 Ways to Refresh Older Lead Magnets
Chances are, you already have a lead magnet or two in use on your website. Over the past few months, you’ve used your lead magnet to gain a decent number of new subscribers but now you’ve noticed something troubling— your rate of sign-ups is decreasing. Your lead magnet doesn’t seem to produce the same amount of attraction as it once did. Uh-oh. What should you do now with your old lead magnet?