Source: https://sozai.app/transcript/youtube-video-transcript-288/ Learn five effective ways to increase lead quality by optimizing targeting, application steps, offer nature, and providing value first. ## Key Takeaways - Higher lead quality often comes at the cost of lower volume. - Targeting and application complexity are key levers to improve lead quality. - The nature of the offer significantly influences the type of leads generated. - Providing upfront value attracts more qualified and engaged prospects. - Business model and operational capacity must guide lead quality optimization. ## What the video covers - There are five main ways to increase lead quality: targeting, number of steps, nature of the offer, application process, and providing value first. - Targeting can be refined by zip code, income level, or profession to attract higher quality leads. - Increasing the number of steps or complexity in the lead capture process filters for more motivated and qualified prospects. - The nature of the offer impacts lead quality; free giveaways generate volume but lower quality, while direct calls or paid offers yield higher quality leads. - Applications with detailed questions and paragraph answers increase lead quality by requiring more effort from prospects. - Providing valuable content upfront helps attract more qualified leads who are engaged and interested. - There are trade-offs between lead quality and volume; optimizing these depends on the business model and operational capacity. - Marketing strategies should consider monetization structures and sales engineering to maximize revenue from leads. - Testing and adjusting these variables helps find the optimal balance between lead quality and sales throughput. - Understanding your numbers and operational limits is crucial to making informed marketing decisions. ## Chapters 1. 00:00 Introduction to Increasing Lead Quality 2. 00:30 Trade-offs in Lead Quality Optimization 3. 01:28 Method 1: Targeting Leads 4. 02:24 Method 2: Number of Steps in Process 5. 03:24 Method 3: Nature of the Offer 6. 04:36 Method 4: Application Process 7. 05:20 Method 5: Providing Value First 8. 06:32 Business Model Considerations and Final Thoughts Answers ## Questions about this video What are the five ways to increase lead quality mentioned in the video? The five ways are: improving targeting, increasing the number of steps prospects must complete, adjusting the nature of the offer, using detailed applications, and providing value first. How does targeting by zip code or income level affect lead quality? Targeting by affluent zip codes or specific professions tends to yield higher quality leads but usually results in lower lead volume and higher marketing costs. Why is there a trade-off between lead quality and volume? Increasing lead quality often involves adding steps or filters that reduce the number of leads, so businesses must balance between getting more leads and getting more qualified leads based on their sales capacity. ## Full Transcript — Download SRT & Markdown 00:00 Speaker A So, a quick thing that just came up recently. I was asked to explain what are the ways to increase lead quality. And so there are five ways that you can increase lead quality. 00:13 Speaker A And so this is if you were like, man, my leads are weak or I want my leads to be higher quality or people are complaining to you, whatever, right? There's five ways to do this. Now, that being said, 00:21 Speaker A And so this is if you were like, "Man, my leads are weak," or "I want my leads to be higher quality," or people are complaining to you, whatever, right? There's five ways to do this. Now, that being said, 00:30 Speaker A that you're optimizing for. All right? So, it's not to say that you should do all five of these things because sometimes you are going to be leaving a lot of money on the table because ultimately you want to remove as few of 00:38 Speaker A the monetization structure behind it, you're going to want to play with these variables so that you can optimize your throughput so you can get the most amount of sales or most amount of cash up front depending on whatever it is 00:47 Speaker A And so these are the trade-offs that you'll do in the marketing side uh that these are the variables that you'll play with in order to get the uh the optimal setup for uh for sales. All right. So without further ado, the five ways uh 00:59 Speaker A that you're optimizing for. All right? So, it's not to say that you should do all five of these things because sometimes you are going to be leaving a lot of money on the table because ultimately you want to remove as few of 01:08 Speaker A it by uh by income level or profession. Uh those are all things that you can do to immediately increase lead quality. If you go to only the rich zip codes, you're going to have uh you know higher quality leads in general, right? That 01:19 Speaker A these or sorry, as many of these as you can because they're all bottlenecks on the amount of volume you're going to get. And so, each of these will increase quality but typically decrease volume. 01:28 Speaker A So there's number one is the targeting, right? Number two is the number of steps that they have to jump through, right? 01:34 Speaker A And so these are the trade-offs that you'll do on the marketing side. These are the variables that you'll play with in order to get the optimal setup for sales. All right. So without further ado, the five ways 01:43 Speaker A right? or they were more compelled by the offer headlines etc. So that will increase the lead quality as well. Uh number two is get sorry number three excuse me is the uh the nature of the offer. All right so a free offer versus 01:54 Speaker A that you can increase lead quality. Number one, your targeting. All right, so the targeting, you can do this in a couple ways. One is you can just do it by zip code. Other, you can do 02:03 Speaker A Right? Not all leads are created equal. And so um if you're having someone opt in for a giveaway, you will have more volume by a ton. Um, and so that's why there's so much emphasis on the monetization structure behind it or the 02:15 Speaker A it by income level or profession. Those are all things that you can do to immediately increase lead quality. If you go to only the rich zip codes, you're going to have higher quality leads in general, right? That 02:24 Speaker A but if you don't do a giveaway and you do a straight to call, then that person is going to be more qualified than somebody who is opting in for just like a giveaway or whatever, right? Uh, the fourth is going to be an application, 02:35 Speaker A being said, if you're doing those zip codes, just understand that other people are also marketing those zip codes and they will probably also be more expensive and your volume will be lower. 02:45 Speaker A have one page that has a lot of questions on it, right? And so, and the nature of the application, you have lots of paragraph question answers. It's going to be more work and therefore a higher quality lead compared to lots of 02:56 Speaker A So there's number one, the targeting, right? Number two is the number of steps that they have to jump through, right? 03:08 Speaker A you will increase the quality of lead. And you can also there's a lot of psychology behind the questions that you're asking the application. So getting them to state their goal, getting them to state that they have a problem. Uh getting to understand what 03:18 Speaker A If someone has to do 10 steps in order to get on the phone with you versus one step, they're going to be more qualified because they took more action. So they're more in pain and they're more likely to want to work with you, 03:28 Speaker A problem? And if you want to and have big balls, which I would encourage you to do, um, put some sort of minimum amount. 03:33 Speaker A right? Or they were more compelled by the offer, headlines, etc. So that will increase the lead quality as well. Number two is get—sorry, number three, excuse me, is the nature of the offer. All right, so a free offer versus 03:43 Speaker A around where you're going to be, right? And then, um, finally, uh, the fifth thing that you can do to increase the quality of the leads is provide value first. All right? So, this is going to be the actual content of the 03:53 Speaker A a paid offer or a free amazing giveaway compared to a "click here to schedule a sales call" is going to create a very different type of prospect. 04:08 Speaker A video that might be five minutes long and provides a tremendous amount of value, tactical importance that they can immediately implement in their lives. Uh then that person uh might be more qualified if they come in because they're like you, this person has 04:19 Speaker A Right? Not all leads are created equal. And so if you're having someone opt in for a giveaway, you will have more volume by a ton. 04:32 Speaker A lots of ways to increase quality of the lead. The the tradeoff and where you have to come in as a business owner, not just a marketer, is understanding how your business model works behind it. My two cents on this is that I try and 04:44 Speaker A And so that's why there's so much emphasis on the monetization structure behind it or the mousetrap that you've built in order to, like, if you have a giveaway there. I know plenty of people in the industry that do giveaways and crush it because they have a good mousetrap behind it and they take advantage of the volume. 04:50 Speaker A Once I get flow, then I'm going to try and create a series of offers and upsells on that flow uh that will allow me to make more money on the customer because the worst thing in the world is 05:00 Speaker A But if you don't do a giveaway and you do a straight to call, then that person is going to be more qualified than somebody who is opting in for just a giveaway or whatever, right? The fourth is going to be an application, 05:13 Speaker A And typically if you are good about your sales engineering uh and choreography behind the behind the opt-in behind the application behind the call that's the model itself then you should know what your numbers are on let's say a free 05:27 Speaker A right? So, if you have an application, it's sort of the same thing as adding a step, but it's different enough that I figured it was worth mentioning. So, you can have like four pages in a row that only require one checkbox. 05:38 Speaker A at $7. If you don't have those numbers, it will be much more difficult to make decisions about your marketing uh without that. And so all that being said, uh the time to use these five increasing in quality uh type 05:52 Speaker A Or you can have one page that has a lot of questions on it, right? And so, and the nature of the application, you have lots of paragraph question answers. It's going to be more work and therefore a higher quality lead compared to lots of 06:06 Speaker A higher ticket or uh to accommodate for your operational capacity. Right? If I can get, let's say I I'm booking some sort of national campaign and I'm going uh straight to call. If my team can't handle as many and I don't mind doubling 06:21 Speaker A checkboxes and ABC-type questions and answers for the application. So that's another thing that you can do to implement to increase the quality of the leads that are coming through. Simply adding an application before they have access to 06:31 Speaker A matter as as much to me and I I can't handle the operational flow. Um but for me personally, I tend to start with the biggest net and then try and see what I can do on the back end. put the onus or 06:41 Speaker A you will increase the quality of lead. And you can also—there's a lot of psychology behind the questions that you're asking in the application. So getting them to state their goal, getting them to state that they have a problem, getting to understand what 06:55 Speaker A that exact same model in brick-andmortar for the gym. We've done it for the supplement company. We've done it for gym launch. We've done it for uh now the online uh the online fitness model that we are getting all of our you know seven 07:08 Speaker A their biggest unknowns are and the things that they're struggling with. Understanding that, you know, setting the precedent that there is going to be an expense. Are they willing to invest in, you know, in a solution for their 07:20 Speaker A average the cost per lead is about a fifth, right? And so as long as we can make the machine behind it work, which took us three or four iterations to get it really tweaked and we continue to do 07:29 Speaker A problem? And if you want to and have big balls, which I would encourage you to do, put some sort of minimum amount. 07:40 Speaker A Thursday. I hope that gave you five different ways you can increase lead quality if you need it. Um, for many times though, you just need to look behind the lead at the monetization system that they're coming into to make 07:50 Speaker A If your thing's, you know, let's say your thing's a thousand bucks, say, "Hey, are you willing to spend at least $500 on the thing?" It doesn't mean it has to be that, but at least it gets them in the ballpark 07:59 Speaker A usually the model itself. But um if you do have an issue of having too much traffic and the people aren't qualified and you're willing to increase how much uh you pay per show um or you don't have the operational capacity, then adding 08:11 Speaker A around where you're going to be, right? And then, finally, the fifth thing that you can do to increase the quality of the leads is provide value first. All right? 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