Any mortgage or debt business’ number one goal is to maximize total sales production. And since a lot of you are buying sales leads, that means maximizing your lead conversion.
Right about now you are probably saying, “Troy, no kidding!” But, my question to you is do you know how best to improve that lead conversion? Granted there are lots of different places in the lead management process to improve, but my guess is you are missing the most obvious…
Are you buying the “right” leads for your business?
Do A Little Analysis
Before you buy a single sales lead take a good long look at your business. You need to ask some fundamental questions about how you make money and who buys from you. I like to start with these probing questions:
- Who “needs” your product?
- Who “wants” your product?
- Who buys your product?
- Who doesn’t buy your product?
The little digging you do will save you lots of money, and more importantly make you far more profitable.
Review Your Products
The first two questions, who “needs” versus who “wants” your product can be enlightening. Most often sales departments are focused on those that “need” their product. That is a hard sale. Recalibrate your sales strategy. Think about who “wants” your product.
Those that “want” your product are more likely to seek you out, listen to your benefits, and buy.
In your product review make sure you have the right products for those “wanting” customers. This is particularly true in financial services. As the economy changes this will shift product wants and you need to make the necessary adjustments.
Likewise, when you are buying leads you need to adjust your lead profiles and filters to target those wanting customers.
Look at Your Customers
As you are deciding what leads to buy make sure you dig into your own data. Who closes and who doesn’t close? What do customers look like that close? What did the original lead look like when it came in?
These simple bits of analysis will make you a better lead buyer. Even more importantly, this analysis will improve you lead conversion.
Measure and Improve
This is why measurement is so important. Things about your business, your product, and your market are constantly changing. You need to be watching these trends constantly, collaborating with your lead provider, and making improvements.
Closing more deals will be the result of picking the right leads and optimizing your marketing to your business.
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