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How to Not Suck at SaaS Marketing

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How to Not Suck at SaaS Marketing

Mike Templeman, Founder/CEOMike Templeman is the CEO of Foxtail Marketing, a digital-content marketing firm specializing in B2B SaaS. He is passionate about tech, marketing, and small business. When not tapping away at his keyboard, he can be found spending time with his kids.

Optimizing Your Digital Image

Be Consistent Across All PlatformsExample: Amazon

Be Consistent Across All PlatformsExample: Amazon

What is Content Marketing?

Content Marketing is not just the creation of quality content, but the implementation of it.

“If you build it, they will come.”

NOT

What is your message?Focus on value, not features.

Creating Engaging Content

The Content Cascade™One thought or idea can become:

1 eBook

2 Whitepapers

4 Blog Posts

2 Slide Decks

1 Infographic

1 Social Campaign

1 Explainer Video

That’s 12 pieces of quality content!

eBook

Infographic

Slide Deck

Identifying Your Buyer

Know your buyer profiles. You will be far more successful when marketing to a specific group of people.

Promoting Content

Always remember that you’re trying to reach

PEOPLE.

Use Social Media Targeting

Granular targeting through: demographics, followings, interests, and available information

Find out where your target customers go, and then push ads to those places.

Create a following of people who ACTUALLY want to listen to you, then push content organically.

Capture Information - Whenever you provide good content, make sure to get their information.

Use custom landing pages to capture information.

The Rule of 7

Oldie but a Goodie - a prospective buyer should see or hear your message 7 times before they buy it from you.

Enter - Remarketing

You heard it, you couldn’t forget it.

Create Sales-ready Leads

Get Touchy-Feely

You should connect with your prospective clients 10 to 15 times before they're fully sales-ready.

Give till it hurts!

Marketing Automation - Not Just a Blog Posting Tool

Many will raise their hands during the email drip campaigns, but at the end make sure to

ask for a meeting.

But give them the option to be standoffish. Let them take a FREE audit to get a taste of your services.

Then if they make it through the process without raising their hands,

Feed Them to the Sales Team

To learn more about how to generate more qualified leads, get our FREE eBook by clicking here!