Chapter 22How to Find and Convert the Hottest Leads Using User Tracking and Triggered Messages
Another way to use a lead's behavior to identify whether it is worth calling them is to install user tracking software on your website. Most website vendors (or third-party tools such as Woopra) can help you identify who from your CRM and email list is visiting your website, exactly which pages they looked at while they were there, and how long they stayed. Your sales team and the lead can both get real-time alerts based on predefined formulas.
This means that not only can you call who opened or clicked in your emails, you could also call leads who clicked, stayed for more than five minutes, and read your testimonials.
I am so bullish on user tracking as a lead conversion and sales tool that we have it built into our platform at Curaytor and are constantly trying to make it more useful. It is music to my ears when I call a lead and they start by saying, “I am actually on your website right now (or watching your demo video). I'm guessing you already knew that. Wow, you guys are good.”
You can also trigger email messages, like little trapdoors on your site, so that when a lead comes back and does x they get email y because of it. Their behavior (or lack thereof) on your site can determine which email messages they get.
As an example, you could set up a trigger so that if someone on your website visits the testimonials page, it emails them a few more. If they watch a recorded webinar, ...
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