HubShots Episode 50: HubSpot Lead Scoring, Should we value leads with free email addresses?, Blog Optimisation Tips
Recorded: Monday 05 September 2016 | Published: Thursday 15 September 2016
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Good interview by George from The HubCast with Kim Darling who is the Event manager for Inbound: https://www.thesaleslion.com/hubcast-107-inboud16-interview-kim-darling/
Thursday morning keynote still needs to be filled, who will it be: Serena Williams?
Academy Project: http://academy.hubspot.com/projects/customer-projects-lead-scoring
This is another one of the HubSpot tools that is under utilised. You can start with some simple engagement behaviours, and also demote certain contact attributes eg free email accounts:
And also use some custom properties that others in the team have marked eg:
Determine point values
PRO TIP: For the best results, you'll want to stick to a 0-100 point scale and weight the points in relation to how ready that lead would be to talk to a sales rep.
Should we value leads who use free email addresses?
Yes, in the majority of cases we should still value free lead addresses but then use the implicit behavioural data to further qualify/disqualify.
It can depend on industry as well eg if you are marketing to Tradespeople, then them having a @bigpond.com.au address is often normal.
If you are all online what are you doing in an offline channel to assist people in making a choice?
Eg. Real estate agent who dropped a card saying they got the best price for a property in your area.
Using Google Analytics to find your hidden sources of quality leads
Example: global brand running 2 campaigns at the moment:
TOFU campaign driving ebook signups - cost is <$5 per lead
BOFU campaign driving supplier search - cost is ~ $38 per qualified lead
But via Analytics we found that 20% of ebook leads clicked on a link in their email nurture to view the supplier search, and 84% of them then became qualified leads
Summary the TOFU campaign generated cheaper qualified leads
Part 2 of the Blog optimisation project:
SUGGESTED TIME TO COMPLETE: 2 HOURS
Completing the steps will allow you to:
Step 4: Optimise the blog post around the primary long-tail keyword
Step 5: Format your blog post
PRO TIP: Remember to write for people first and foremost, not search engines!
Step 6: Add links to the body of the post
Step 7: Include a call-to-action at the end of the post
Step 8: Include social sharing buttons
Step: 9: Update blog post and send a manual email to your "instant" blog subscribers.
PRO TIP: Here's an example of a good Editor's Note:
“This post was originally published in December 2014 and has been completely revamped and updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness."
Here ends the 2 part series on Blog Optimisation.
Academy projects to see this all together and not in your portal > https://academy.hubspot.com/projects/customer-projects-blog-optimization
http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2016/08/linkedin-profile-tips/
For next week:
http://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2016/07/20/facebook-newsfeed-algorithm
Interesting stats re content marketing’s success:
http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2016/08/content-marketing-stats/
George B Thomas interviews Kim Darling from HubSpot’s Inbound team:
https://www.thesaleslion.com/hubcast-107-inboud16-interview-kim-darling/
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