Everything revolves around your digital presence in the B2B sales and marketing funnel. Who are your new customers? They are at the tail end of the Gen-X generation and the start of the millennial generation.
When your target audience needs a product or service, they turn to the internet to locate it. The average customer now does 12 internet searches before connecting with a vendor’s website, and they are already 57 percent of the way through the purchasing process before ever wishing to talk with a sales representative. Even in the industrial and manufacturing industries, digital influences 67 percent of purchases, and 62 percent of purchasers can make a decision entirely based on digital material.
It is not too late to enter the commercial web marketing game, and we can tell you which three important channels you should invest in to get started:
Offsite amplifiers like LinkedIn and PPC
Your content (SEO)
Your website
Begin with your commercial HVAC website
Even with commercial HVAC leads, the bulk of the sales cycle takes place online. Many commercial contractors disregard their website because they do not view it as the main source of new business.
If you just remember one item from this blog, make it this: Your website will be your most valuable marketing asset.
Approximately 75% of purchasers confess to determining a company’s legitimacy based on its website design, therefore you must put work into it.
To generate more commercial leads, you should engage in HVAC SEO
Not only must your website meet all the requirements listed above, but it must also be easily accessible to your target audience. Consider the last time you needed anything. Did you go around to other stores before you discovered it? No. You probably took out your phone — or tablet — or laptop and went to the same place the majority of people do: a search engine like Google.
After you’ve cleaned up your website, use social media and Pay Per Click to spread the word
LinkedIn’s advertisements and pay-per-click ads are two great off-site avenues that your HVAC business should investigate.