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Category: Leads
2 Ways Your Bad Website Design Is Killing Your Fire & Security Business!
A bad website design that is killing your business is a powerful hook! It should at least make you ask yourself the question.
But you may not think that you have a bad website design at all. Yours looks fa-bu-lous! It’s got a really eye-catching image and tells your customer all about what you do. How could that possibly be wrong?
Many of the Fire and Security directors we talk to complain that their website isn’t generating the leads and enquiries they expected. But almost all of them fail to realise that they are suffering from bad website design.
The clue is in the job title – a web designer’s specialty lies in the design of the website. Now, don’t get me wrong, the design is a critical element that provides the first WOW! when a human arrives at your site. However, a sexy website does not automatically mean it is successful at generating enquiries and customers.
In fact, a bad website design often results in no visitors and no enquiries. Read our real life examples…
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Identifying Your Ideal Buyer Profile & Buyer Personas & Keeping Track of Them
Here’s what Fire & Security professionals need to know to achieve the best success with their B2B prospecting.
The biggest mistake we see is trying to appeal to EVERYONE.
Your ideal buyer profile defines which companies are most likely to need fire protection or commercial security systems. These are your target customers.
Buyer personas are the people working at those companies who will need to purchase your Fire & Security systems. This is your target job role.
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How To Get Introduced To Your Target Fire and Security Customers On LinkedIn
In the olden days, before social media, prospecting for your target customers meant being a sales person like the guy in Death of A Salesman. Willie drove from town to town visiting the companies or homeowners who were most likely to need the product he was selling. It could be a long, hard, soul-destroying slog.
Or waiting for leads to be delivered to you to call from a central office. And your success was dependent on getting the best quality leads. Always Be Closing, like in Glen Garry, Glen Ross.
Or you had to network at your local Chamber of Commerce and ask someone to introduce you to your most likely prospects.
But in the 21st century there are far easier ways to prospect. Continue reading “How To Get Introduced To Your Target Fire and Security Customers On LinkedIn”
Are You Seeing The LinkedIn Warning About Reaching The Commercial Limit For Searches For Fire and Security Leads
If you do much prospecting on LinkedIn with a free account, you will have seen the warning that you are nearing the commercial limit for searches
No, we don’t know what the actual number of searches in any one month is that constitutes your commercial limit but, once you’ve seen that warning, you will find that your ability to search is severely restricted.
When you make a search on the platform, you will only see a few options to connect with. It can be very frustrating
Your choices?