Lead generation is one of those vital activities that can be “feast or famine.” While some weeks you have more leads than you know what to do with, others go by with zero leads, and it seems like your website has dropped off the face of the earth.

One way to kickstart your marketing efforts and drive more leads is through lead magnets. They’re called “magnets” for a reason! They’re designed to reel people in by giving them a shiny object so you can then add those leads to your sales funnel to convert them.

There are several types of lead magnets you can use to attract different target audiences. I’ll go through some of the most popular below and give you actionable ideas you can use on your own site to supercharge your sales.

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The most successful business websites are those that act as 24/7 digital salespeople. They’re informative, engaging, and help make the case for your products or services.

Putting up a great MSP site means more than getting pages, navigation, and content posted online. You have to have the right mix of elements to make a great first impression because it’s often the thing that’s going to determine whether all your hard work and marketing dollars are going to convert to revenue.

Is your digital salesperson falling down on the job? Learn how to boost your website’s appeal to visitors and increase your conversion rate by adding a few helpful pieces that it may be missing.

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One of the more difficult pitches for an MSP to give a company is that they should use an outside IT person even if they have an in-house team. Co-managed, IT can be a great partnership, but how do you get that across?

IT co-management can be a win-win for you and your client if you can convince them to spend a little more on their technology than they already are.

Using some smart marketing that highlights the cost-saving benefits can help you win over some larger corporate clients and gain you more co-managed customers.

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A slow-loading site can ruin your chance of converting the visitors you’re driving to your website with SEO and paid ads. Just a second too long to load a page or menu, and a person is long gone.

We’ve become an impatient society and one that goes online via mobile devices just as much if not more than PCs. Which further necessitates the need for sites to be fast.

If you’ve been in the dark about page timings, we’ll shed some light on the topic to help you understand exactly where to go to speed up your MSP site and improve conversions.

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There are several important metrics to take in when doing content marketing, and one of the most important for your paid ads is click-through rate (CTR). If you don’t fully understand how to read this, your efforts could be doomed.

Not reading your CTR properly or paying attention to it at all can lead you to pay way too much for visitors to your website. It can also cause you to spin your wheels and never gain any real traction from your pay-per-click (PPC) ads.

Have you wanted to get a better handle on what CTR is and how to apply it to make good marketing decisions? Read on for a full breakdown of the click-through rate and how to use it!

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Most websites are “read-only,” meaning that people are supposed to look at the content, but they can’t do much else. Not very exciting!

A contact form can be considered somewhat interactive, but it’s more of a one-way street. You send in information and then “wait and see” what happens. The user isn’t being engaged right away by the site.

By adding some clever interactive content to your MSP website you can make your business much more attractive to potential customers, keep people on your site longer, and convert more visitors to leads.

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