5 Best Practices to Manage and Grow Your Marketing Database

One of the best tactics for marketing managers to help your company gain a competitive advantage is focusing on how to manage and grow your marketing database.

Having this information will allow you to identify the profile of the ideal customer to target and then add relevant new contacts to your marketing database that fit the target audience.

Consider these five best ways to engage with your ideal customer as part of your normal course of business. Additionally, if you are seeking additional support growing your marketing database, see how ProSales Connection can support this vital function.

1. Create Engaging Website Content

First, your marketing team needs to focus on creating engaging content for your website that’s optimized for conversion. The website is generally the front door to your company’s solution, so your ideal customer is going to seek information about you and your solution by exploring your website.

Once the prospect is on your website, entice them to convert with content that will be used to capture emails and contact information. The content needs to be relevant to the ideal persona you are interested in doing business with to ensure that you convert readership into actionable leads that are captured in your marketing database.

It is important that your website is optimized for conversion with various calls to action at multiple stages of the buyer’s journey, such as subscribing to a blog all the way to scheduling a demo. The buyer may not be ready for a sales call at this stage, but you can still capture their information and place them in a nurturing program.

2. Develop Relevant Evergreen Content

Another important way to manage and grow your marketing database is utilizing evergreen content, such as video features, to continually feed your pipeline.

Consider that video is the king of content right now, especially as prospects continue moving away from their desktops to mobile devices and the capabilities of their phones continue to improve. 

If you are not already utilizing video content, start thinking about the type of content your team should develop to engage your target audience. A popular feature is a “welcome message” from the company owner or high-ranking executive explaining the value proposition of your solution that engages prospects as soon as they enter the website.

Another popular strategy is placing evergreen video content on your YouTube and Facebook platforms for relevant prospects to engage with. These features should include a call to action to send an email or schedule a phone call to receive more information about your solution.

3. Build an Online Presence Outside of Your Website

Sometimes you just need to build awareness for your solution in order to capture contact information to fill your marketing database. If you are not reaching enough of your ideal customers through your website and company social channels, consider using alternative means to generate leads.

An important tool is guest blogging on an industry website that your target audience is reading and familiar with. When you guest blog, though, be strategic about the outlet and timing of the content.

If your ideal customer has heightened awareness about a particular topic, industry trend, or event that is affecting their business, then take advantage of the opportunity to submit a guest blog to a relevant outlet that will reach that audience. Be sure to include a strong call to action that will lead to your prospect submitting contact information to start a conversation.

4. Buy a Contacts List

The idea of buying a list of prospect contact information is taboo for many businesses, as traditional cold call outreach programs often get a bad rap for being too aggressive or pushy. However, there is a right way to use a list when prospecting.

The first best practice is to use vetted list brokers who have a good reputation, do not have a record of complaints, and have a track record of delivering accurate lists with actionable information.

Secondly, do your research to ensure that you are obtaining a quality list to augment existing data in your marketing database. A list can be a very affordable, efficient way to obtain information that breaks down the complexity and uniqueness of the target audience you are trying to reach.

This highlights the importance of growing your marketing database to better understand your target audience to reach more prospects.

5. Pursue Co-Marketing Opportunities

One of the most underutilized ways to manage and grow your marketing database is by sharing contact lists with business partners.

Obviously, you do not want to share your lists with competitors! However, pursuing co-marketing opportunities with business associates could lead to sustained growth by ensuring you have a reliable partner who will also share information to fill your database.

This is especially valuable if a business partner has a comparable service that could enhance your company’s overall value proposition to a prospect. The idea is that when you succeed, they succeed. And when they succeed, you succeed.

Your marketing database is crucial to a healthy sales pipeline. Want to become a pro at building a successful marketing list? See how ProSales can help you!