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Winterize Your Marketing

Last Updated: February 15, 2024

Fall is here and winter is right around the corner. That means your business’s fourth quarter is officially upon you. So what are you doing for marketing this winter to make sure your company closes out the year strong?
Prospect Genius’s goal is to provide small business owners with all of the tools they need to create the most successful campaign possible. Whether your business has seasonal offerings that could use extra promotion or you just want to put your company in the best possible position to begin the new year in 2015, we have the tools you need. Here are some of the options that are available to you for totally revving up your marketing this winter.

Upgrade Your Site’s Layout

If you’ve had a campaign with Prospect Genius for more than four or five years, then it might be time to talk to your account manager or campaign coordinator about a template upgrade. A sleek, new design could be all it takes to get prospects to dial their phones!

Invest in Remarketing

It’s one thing to use pay-per-click (PPC) advertising to attract newcomers to your site, but what if you want to make sure past site visitors return? That’s what remarketing is for. It’s a form of PPC that targets individuals who have already visited a page on your site. After these individuals leave your site, they’ll start seeing ads (on other websites or on Google) for your site, thus keeping your business right at the top of their minds. If you want to make sure everyone remembers your name this winter, remarketing is a great investment.

Promote Seasonal Offerings

For most of us, wintertime signifies cold weather and holiday gift giving. If your business has a product or service that caters to either of these, make sure your local prospects are aware of it.
For instance, if you’re an HVAC contractor, you should advertise furnace and boiler repairs, as those are specific wintertime needs. Or if you’re a car audio specialist, you may want to push your mobile electronics and accessories (like heated seats), as these make popular holiday gifts.
To do this, you can buy an AdBlast or blog post, and our marketing specialists will spread the word about your seasonal offerings.

Promote Special Coupons

Along that same vein, promoting special coupons for seasonal offerings is a fantastic way to generate more leads in Q4. Use your own social media accounts or have our specialists update your website to advertise special discounts and rates for winter-related products and services.
You may even want to buy ad space in local newspapers and radio broadcasts. Ask your account manager about our AdverTrax package, which gives you a memorable domain name and phone number to help maximize your radio dollars.

Match Your Marketing

Speaking of coupons… If you advertise a special coupon on the radio, TV, or newspaper, you need to make sure it matches the coupons on your social media and website, as well. In fact, all of your marketing messages should be 100% matching across the board, no matter what. Whether it’s one limited-time discount or complete re-branding, you want to make sure the content on your website mirrors the advertisements you’re promoting, and vice versa. Marketing works best when it’s uniform because familiarity builds trust.
Prospect Genius can take on this project for you. If you work with a marketing rep from the newspaper, television, or radio, simply give us their contact info, and we’ll coordinate with them to make sure your web content matches all of your advertisement’s language and messaging—thus maximizing the power of all your advertising efforts this winter.
By taking advantage of the diverse packages Prospect Genius has to offer, you’ll be able to optimize your company’s advertising and put yourself in a fantastic position to close out 2014 strong. The days are getting shorter, so don’t waste any time. Call your account manager or campaign coordinator today to take your marketing this winter to the next level!

Catch More Customers with Coupons

Last Updated: February 15, 2024

Coupons Make You Money

It may seem a little backward, but adding a coupon to your website can actually help you make more money. You may be thinking, “Wait. How can I make more money if I’m offering customers a discount?” But the math really does work out. Sure, you will be collecting a little less money per customer, but enough individuals may like the gimmick to dramatically increase your customer base. That means if you’re charging each client a little bit less but you have 5 or 10 percent more customers, you’ll be making a lot more!
Adding a coupon to your microsite is also beneficial for advertising your services. Not only can the Prospect Genius SEO team publicize your coupon—and your company—on a whole new list of websites, we can leverage these sites to increase your microsite traffic. In short, we can maximize the benefit of a coupon to boost the number of calls and e-mails you get.
Here are a few coupon ideas to consider for your company (and why they’re a great option!)

  • 5% Off for Cash Payment: When customers pay in cash, you won’t have to pay the credit card fees you might otherwise have been charged. That means this discount doesn’t really cut into your profits: you’re simply passing the savings along to your customer and generating interest in your business at the same time.
  • 10% Off for Veterans, Active Members of the Armed Services, and/or Senior Citizens: Okay, so this coupon does mean you’ll lose out on 10% of your revenue, but many customers view senior/veteran discounts as a charitable donation for the people who have served our country. This generosity toward these highly esteemed groups can enhance a customer’s perception of your business and go a long way toward encouraging a prospective client to choose you over the competition.
  • 10% Off for Existing Customers: Every business owner knows finding new customers is far more expensive than keeping the customers you already have. This kind of coupon encourages your current customers to keep your number on hand—the more customers you retain, the fewer new customers you have to find, and the savings add up!

And remember, fancy graphics are good and fine, but coupons are more about the message than the picture. All you need to create an effective online coupon is the offer itself. If you want to dress it up, go for it, but the discount is all that really matters.

Great Promotions Are All About the Gimmick

Among the more successful promotions we’ve seen from local businesses was an offer from a bathroom remodeler. He advertised at $5,995 complete bath remodel: using a one-page list of specifications regarding fixtures, counters, and flooring, the customer could select upgrades beyond the $5,995 base price.
Two things made this idea so effective:

  1. It caught the customers’ attention. The advertised price for the bathroom remodel was so low that it jumped out at prospective clients.
  2. All of the options were laid out simply and clearly. Bathroom remodels can be daunting, complex projects, but by reducing it down to four or five packages, the buying process is simple rather than overwhelming. Limiting options also limits both cost and confusion, making it straightforward and hassle-free for the buyer.

We’ve seen tons of coupons and promotional gimmicks over our years in the advertising business, but here are a few of the more popular ones we’ve come across: A free GPS system with the purchase of more than $3,000 in flooring; and $500 off more than 3,000 square feet of flooring. Pairing up a specific dollar amount with a particular service or product can help snag a reader’s attention when we’re promoting your coupon, so be as exact as you can about the details. Generating interest in the coupon—and making your phones ring or e-mail in-box overflow—is what it’s all about.

Getting Started

Have a coupon or special discount you’d like us to promote for you? Just let our SEO pros know. If you’re already signed up with the PG lead generation program, there’s no charge for adding a coupon to your site. We’ll even help you brainstorm if you’re looking for coupon ideas! Take advantage of our experts by making us do more work for you: call (800) 689-1273 or e-mail customer.service@prospectgenius.com to get your coupon up and start reeling in the customers!

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