When you listen to a record, common music fan as you are, you do not wallow in the technical aspect or the science involved in the production of what you are hearing. You simply let your mind drift with the tones as they penetrate your soul, invoking memories of lost love or teenage angst.
Companies in the IT industry recently have wanted to provide their target audiences with dynamic and individualized content. The industry has been experiencing steady growth, and companies are expected to increase their budgets for producing and distributing customized content to their target audience.
If you are one of these companies offering IT support solutions, then it is important to fine tune your campaign using these tips and create customized messages that attract IT leads like tweens to a One Direction concert, for lack of a better analogy.
Creating customized content involves a great deal of knowing what the market wants. Creating case studies or simply participating in online forums can fill you in on what’s hot and what’s trending. The resulting intelligence you gain from these can be utilized in strengthening your IT lead generation program.
One key to reinforcing your lead nurturing efforts is to manage segmented email groups. From an aggregate group of IT leads, segment it into groups according to their size and location. This way, you can determine the type personalized messaging for specific groups.
There is a plethora of personalization tools out there just ripe for the picking. It is just a matter of choosing one that suits your taste, or in other words, fit your needs. As a start, you can use the many marketing automation platforms available at the moment.
It is true that social media is more appropriate for B2C companies. But it would be inept to say it is not suited for B2B purposes. In fact, numerous B2B marketing institutions still site social media marketing as a potent force, even for companies in the IT industry. It shouldn’t therefore hurt to engage with your audience via interpersonal channels like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
To better your chances of achieving an ever loyal fan base, you can always consider hiring a lead generation company to serve as an effective back-up, the Slash to your corporate Axl Rose.
This post originally appeared at Customized Content: A Massive Marketing Hit for B2B IT Companies
