Website content and lead generation


1 Feb 2009

Website content and lead generation



One of the best ways to get leads through your website is

to give the visitors information that they need without

them knowing that they need it.



Let's face it - people don't like to feel as if they are

dumb. But if you give them information that is useful

without them feeling as if they are being talked down to,

it can really make them sit up and take notice.



For example, take a company that sells jewelry. Most

everyone knows what the birthstones are for the different

months of the year.



But someone who has a jewelry website could offer a chart

for different anniversaries. For example, the 40th wedding

anniversary gemstone is ruby.



Another thing that a jewelry website could offer is

cleaning tips for different types of gemstones, because not

every method can be used on every type of gemstone. But

that is something that can be offered on the website as

well.



Both of the examples above are things that people may not

know that they want to know, but it's information that is

quite useful and people are going to be happy that it's

available.



People like to know that the company is offering them

information that is useful to them, because it doesn't make

them feel as if the company is only trying to make a sale.



The more useful information that you offer people, the

better chance you have of making a sale. People like to get

things that are free, even if it is only free information.