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Contractor Leads: How to Secure a Consistent Flow of Leads
Filed Under (Social Marketing) by Chris Dockery on 05-11-2009
Generating contractor leads has never been easier and more cost effective. The secret? Writing blog articles and press releases with SEO (Search Engine Optimized) keywords and phrases.
What is SEO and why is it important in securing leads for businesses?
SEO Research is Real-Life Focus Group Activity
SEO is real-life focus group activity on a massive scale that reveals highly targeted info consumers are looking for—from all over the globe.
How does it work? When you enter words and phrases into search engines such as Google, YouTube, Bing and Yahoo, they’re captured and ranked by search engine “spiders.”
Words or phrases entered more frequently are ranked higher, and reveal consumer preferences. As a service provider, you’d use these SEO keywords and phrases to write creative solutions for common homeowner problems in your articles.
The beauty of this customized approach? You come up with great home improvement lead generation ideas that speak directly to highly targeted homeowners who are looking for services you provide.
SEO Impacts Offline Marketing
What’s mind-blowing is that online SEO marketing buzzwords are now impacting offline marketing as well! See how Internet social media marketing has become a revolutionary new marketing tool no business owner can ignore!
Whether a pro’s into plumbing, roofing, remodeling, siding, windows, landscaping or an all around handyman-genius, they’ll start getting more leads that convert to actual sales by using SEO keywords and phrases because they’re attracting with targeted leads.
SUREFIRE SOCIAL for CONTRACTORS shows how to track your competition’s “forensic footprints,” and what’s working for them. Rather than reinventing the wheel, you freshen up your marketing approach by copying your competitors’ successful strategies while leveraging SEO keywords—to end up towering above them!
That’s why SEO keyword research is so vital for home improvement lead generation. Once your strategy is in place, you’ll immediately see visitors “pinging” or visiting your website. That’s when opt-in boxes on your website capture names and emails of those who are interested in getting email updates or newsletters from you.
See how easy it is to build an ongoing relationship with prospects who are interested, targeted and qualified—all at the same time! Of course these leads can also opt-out if your emails (also called autoresponders) are uninteresting; and that’s the trick—to keep your emails, articles and press releases jammed with fresh, useful information people look forward to receiving.
Amazingly, every company that utilizes SEO keywords for their online marketing tactics (emails, blog articles or press releases, etc.), immediately see more visitors to their websites. Why? Because you’re connecting in a real and palpable way with qualified consumers keen and ready to buy.
Here’s another great reason to start on your SEO keyword marketing strategy now. Since not many contractors are into social media marketing yet, as an innovator, you’ll be way ahead of the pack by adopting SEO marketing for contractors!
BIO: Chris Marentis is founder & CEO of GenNext Media, LLC Surefire Social DIY Guide to Social Media Marketing Success. Scott Siegal is president of Certified Contractors Network (CCN) and a roofing contractor.
Chris Marentis is the Founder and CEO of GenNext Media LLC, a revolutionary information services and interactive media and marketing company. His corporate mission is to create authoritative new media brands to build market share for partners and his own properties, through innovative customer acquisition and monetization strategies. Article Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/social-marketing-articles/contractor-leads-how-to-secure-a-consistent-flow-of-leads-1420200.html