How to Generate
Leads on a Limited Budget - Another Business Article Provided
by Lismore Lawyers
I just received
an email from a frustrated business owner who asked;
"How can I generate leads on a very limited budget?"
It's a question I hear more and more these days.
It is a horrible position to be in. You need the leads to
make money and you need money to get the leads.
Or do you...?
This Is What I Told Him:
1/ You need to create a simple 2 page website using a
software like XSitePro I honestly believe that XSitePro is one
of the best lead generating tools to hit the online community
in the last 3 years. It takes 90% of the hard work out of
creating a professional website. The first page on this site
needs to be a simple Name Squeeze opt-in form. The second
page... well, sign up and see for yourself. :-)
2/ Next get yourself an unlimited auto responder account
with Aweber.com and write a series of follow up messages
explaining the benefits of your products and services.
3/ Register a keyword-rich domain name and install Wordpress
(available from wordpress.com) NOTE: use a service like
www.BannersMall.com to create a professional looking header
graphic for your site.
4/ Contact 100 people (via telephone) in your niche market
and ask them to have a guest column on your new site.
Explain that they will be free to promote their products and
services so long as they also provide you with interesting,
original content.
5/ Publish their articles on your blog and use an article
submission software like ArticleSubmitterPro to submit their
monthly articles to 900+ article directory sites.
6/ Write 3 original articles a day relating to your niche
market and submit these at the same time.
7/ Use your blog to drive traffic to your XSitePro
Name-Squeeze site.
The aim should be to make your blog an authority site
relating to your niche. This takes time and that is one reason
why you need to leverage on the talents of others. You will be
pleasantly surprised at how helpful people are when you ask
them for help in a polite manner.
A Possible Objection to the Above:
The first is... "But Chris, this will take a lot of
time..."
And your point is?
If you have a healthy cash flow, then you can start seeing
leads 20 minutes from now with any one of the Pay Per Click
programs like Google Adwords.
But if money is tight - this is a viable alternative. The
trouble is there are so many people that would rather sit like
a stuffed potato night after night in front of the idiot box
when they could be doing something to grow their business and
change their hopeless situation.
Look at it this way...
Everyone in business is helped or hindered by three
things:
1) Money
2) Time
3) Energy
Any time you are short on one of these three you have to
increase the other two.
In other words,....
A lack of time means you will l need to use more money and
energy.
A lack of energy means you will have to use more money and
time.
A lack of money means you will have to use more energy and
time.
These 7 steps are not a quick-fix but they do present a
simple lead generating solution that virtually anyone can use
to build up a steady flow of targeted traffic which in turn can
generate sales leads on a consistent basis.
Like every idea, the things I have shared will only work in
your business if you apply them.
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