How Do I Get Quality Leads For My Client?

Have you tried these people yet?

They say they can get thousands of highly targeted leads...

What John said is a key point sunshine.

Your question slaps you in the face and refutes your online presentation which I am sure you have sense enough to not have any identifiable connection with your OP and your service business.

The question should have been, "Where can I find people and businesses who need a website designed for them?", or something along those lines.

I think maybe it just made you think of 2 or three scenarios that would fit the bill!

Many marketers do not ask the right questions and that is why you can't figure out the right answers!

Did you get paid by your client to generate leads?

If you do not know how to generate leads, why do you sell your services?

Master the game first, sell later.

@sunshne721 - if you find something please let me know, I'm not having any luck finding a way to generate real leads to my business.

you always can try:

1. Opt-Intelligence : Opt-Intelligence: Leading a New Generation of Marketing
2. CoReg Media : http://coregmedia.com

they advertise for you, you will get leads based on your ad you write first

We set up a business directory for a local area - free submission. Ran some PPC (Facebook) and got a good response.

We went through the businesses - identified those that either didn't have a website, or looked like their website could do with a re-design and contacted them by phone.

It generated a fair amount of work. The calls were easier as we had already given them a little something by the free submission in the directory.

What niche is the business in?

Most would go for PPC, try out Bing, it will be cheaper than Google.

Facebook is a viable option, but Bing is search traffic, and nothing is more targeted than search traffic.

Finding leads for initial web designs implies that you are looking for businesses that do not yet have a web presence. That can be a real challenge, in that many will still be in the stage where they don't realize the disadvantages of not having a home base online.

One way would be to create content to raise awareness of that disadvantage and use things like sponsored posts (aka, 'linkbait') to generate inquiries. That should even play into your your experience with social media somewhat.

Another, more time intensive, way to do this might be to create content for specific markets (there was a recent post on here from a member whose family operated a pair of funeral homes) and try to distribute it to industry magazines and online portals.

You can't get them into the buying cycle until they acknowledge both a need/desire and the existence of a possible solution.

Or you could target businesses who need an upgrade, or who are relying on free website builders (blogger.come, wix.com, etc.) and/or a social media page (like Facebook or LinkedIn). They know they need a web presence, but are not optimizing that presence.

When it comes to paid traffic. These four videos really helped me out.

Hopefully they can help you get the leads you need to satisfy your client.

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All the Best,
Ike Paz

I use this site. It basically pulls web design gigs from all 417 US cities on craigslist and displays them in one mobile optimized interface and it shows new leads every 24 hours as its finding them in real time. The service is free do use and the script that runs the site is open source and is available for download at no cost. Let me know if this works for you.

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Your question...

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Step 1: Stop what you're doing.

Step 2: Choose a new career.

Step 3: Go back to school, if necessary.

Good luck!

One of the best-paid resources is PPC but the question is whether your client will pay for it or not, else go for proper SEO if XYZ keyword is less competitive.

Beside your PPC program, you can do some quality backlinks which will help you in two ways. 1) Your PR of the site will increase and 2) You will get more quality leads.

Any sought of traffic can be good. I would still use Craig's lists, but also venture out into the wild internet and explore the avenues it presents. Paid advertisement is a good way but can be costly at the end of the day. Such methods are good as SEO for websites or blogs, social media and one of my favorites is list building/email marketing.

I hope this has help and good luck.

You say you are experienced in Facebook marketing yet you are asking where to generate web design leads?

Newsflash: the majority of business owners are on Facebook. Are you currently generating leads via FB? If not, why not?

No offense, but where did you find this client that hired someone to generate leads that doesn't know how to generate leads.

That would be like me taking on a landscaping or home remodeling project and then trying to figure it out.

Even though you haven't taken any money yet you are wasting that company's time. That's the same as money.

Do them and yourself a favor and pass on the "job" and let them find someone that can actually help while you learn as much as possible about lead gen on your own time and not someone else's.

There is no magic formula that will work. You have to test. Even if someone said, "Hey, try XXXXX," you can't expect to throw up an ad and watch the leads pour in.

Has this client given you a large budget to test with?

I never want to discourage someone from trying to make it as an entrepreneur, so give me as much information as possible...

**What kind of budget are you working with.
**Where is this client located.
**What service are they looking to generate leads for (app dev, web design, etc.)
**What the average life-time-value of their typical clients is

...and I will try to help you come up with some creative ideas.

Use OPT-IN PAGE

Use Facebook Ads for delivering traffic to the opt-in page.

Use two-step confirmation so you can have more quality leads.

Rinse and repeat.

I'd partner with companies working with your target market - web hosts, domain registrars, bni groups. meetup groups, local chamber of commerce and industry bodies.