The Power of CTAs: How to Boost Engagement and Drive Action with Social Media Posts
When it comes to social media marketing, crafting the perfect post is only half the battle. To truly make an impact and drive engagement, it's...
Social media is the easiest and quickest channel to generate quality leads for your business. By using paid social media advertisements you can be collecting leads 24 hours a day (even when you sleep).
But what are the most effective techniques to generate leads? In this article, we share 3 essential and proven ways to generate leads on social media.
A social media lead generation campaign can collect lead details in one of two ways:
Use social media adverts to send people to an external landing page or a dedicated page on your website. This page must contain a form where people can submit their email address and any other contact details that you require.
When running adverts on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, there are options to run ‘lead advert’ campaigns. These types of adverts collect user details on the platforms in a pop-up lead form. There is no need to create a landing or website page.
Both of these methods have advantages and disadvantages.
Using a landing page often generates leads of a higher quality. If somebody is willing to click through to a website and give their details they are showing a higher level of interest.
Lead adverts can generate cheaper leads but because the process is very easy, lead quality can be an issue. Some lead forms are pre-filled and the user does not have to visit a website.
At ZoomSphere, we have narrowed down the 3 best ways to generate leads on social media.
The most popular method to encourage leads on social media is by using gated content. This basically means providing a free piece of content in exchange for the lead’s details (commonly their name and email address).
There are various types of content that can be provided:
The crucial element to a successful campaign is to make your gated content desirable – this means investing time and moneywhen planning the lead generation campaign.
Be sure to write enticing and informative copy on your landing page to attract customers.
If you want to collect a lot of email leads in a short period of time, then holding a social media competition is an excellent idea. Depending on the prize, it will be possible to generate hundreds or even thousands of email leads.
Again, it is essential to make your prize desirable. Here’s a few ideas for successful campaigns:
Remember that the more attractive you make the prize, the more leads you will generate. You should really be looking to give away products or services with a minimum $100 value.
It’s also important to push awareness of your competition with boosted posts or adverts, targeting people who are relevant to your business. By doing this you will get leads that you can market to on a long-term basis, and not the ‘competition junkies’ that plague social media.
The adverts can either direct people to your landing page or you could use Lead Adverts so they can enter the competition instantly. ZoomSphere’s Lead Manager module will let you know every time a new person enters the contest via Lead Adverts.
Discount codes and coupons are a smart technique to boost your email list.
The great thing about this tactic is that even though customers may not immediately use the coupon to buy from you, they are giving you their email address in return for the coupon. You can then remarket to them via email and try to push them further towards a sale.
Send people to a quality landing page where they can obtain their coupon. The offer should be the main focus of the page.
Here’s an example from Crocs:
In addition, you could make the availability of the discount time-limited and add a countdown timer next to the sign-up box. This creates an additional sense of urgency, which may further increase the number of leads you generate.
Since the GDPR regulations were introduced in 2018, all landing page sign-up forms and social media competitions collecting the data of EU residents need to be legally compliant.
This means that the rules of any competitions should be totally transparent and the way data is used should be explained on any landing pages you create.
These are the key points you need to address:
Being GDPR compliant is actually a very good thing – not only will it help you to avoid hefty fines, but people who sign up after being given fully transparent information are much less likely to unsubscribe from your email list at a later date.
To find out more about how ZoomSphere can help you to better manage your social media leads, please visit our Leads Manager Module page – your 31 Day Free Trial is waiting 😊
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