Cold leads are an unfortunate reality in the business world. Leads can grow cold because the potential client or customer is losing interest, because they are busy, because they are considering the competition, or for any of a number of other reasons. There are a number of ways to reignite cold leads. One innovative and effective means of reigniting a cold lead is through video messaging.
Video Messages Save Time for Customers
Your potential customers likely do not have a lot of free time on their hands and having to spend more of that time than necessary isn’t likely to turn a cold lead hot. This is one of the ways that video messages can help.
Most people read at a slower rate than they speak. Thus, as long as the accompanying video is short, a video e-mail can present your message in much less time than it would take your lead to read the same message. Furthermore, because the message is attached to an e-mail, it allows your lead to take in your message at their leisure. This is a lot more convenient than if you were to make a phone call.
Video Messages Increase Engagement
Research shows that people are more likely to respond positively to a video message than they are to either a written e-mail or a phone call. Video messages create the same sense that a face-to-face meeting does, increasing engagement in the person watching the video. This is particularly true if the video message is customized to the person intended to watch the video.
How to Make Your Video Message
There are a few key points to making an engaging video message that can warm up a cold lead. The first point is to keep the message short. You want your video to hit on all of the important points in just about a minute. You aren’t delivering a lecture. You are just trying to shore up a relationship to encourage more interactions in the future.
The second key point is to engage your audience. That means greet your lead by name with a friendly smile and a warm customized greeting. Be brief and get to your point, but try not to seem like you are rushing it.
The third key point is to hit all of the important conversational touch points in your message. What those touch points are will differ for each potential lead. Make sure you aren’t wasting your time with unimportant points or missing any important ones.
Finally, make sure to clear up any confusion that your potential lead may have. Whether it is confusion about what you are offering, how much it will cost, what time frame you are working on, or something else, confusion is one of the main reasons that leads grow cold. By ensuring that your lead fully understands your business and what it offers, you increase the chances of the lead heating up.
Reignited and Ready to Go
With any luck, all it should take is a single video message to reignite your cold leads. No matter how effective your video has been, keep in mind that it is only a first step. If you ignore the lead or don’t respond in a timely fashion, it will grow cold again, possibly permanently. Let the video get you back on track and then don’t let opportunity pass you by.
