Are you struggling to find the best ways to attract new customers to your small business? Most probably that’s the reason you’re here. And yeah! Lead generation can be the solution for you.
Lead Generation 101
Lead generation is the key to growth and sustainability. It’s the process of identifying and attracting prospects who have shown interest in your product or service, and converting them into leads.
Various marketing strategies are used to achieve this; such as:
- content marketing,
- SEO,
- social media marketing,
- as well as email campaigns.
The goal is to create a lead generation funnel that guides potential customers through the stages of awareness, interest, consideration, and decision. In case you like to know more about lead generation, read our what is lead generation page.
Why Do I Need Lead Generation?
Lead generation is vital for small businesses as it directly impacts your ability to grow. With over 8.5 billion searches performed each day, Google represents a massive opportunity for businesses to reach potential customers. By effectively generating leads, small businesses can:
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Increase Sales and Revenue: Attracting and converting more leads boosts sales and revenue.
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Build Brand Awareness: Consistent lead generation efforts increase brand visibility and awareness among potential customers.
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Enhance Customer Relationships and Loyalty: Engaging with leads through personalized marketing strategies builds stronger customer relationships and loyalty.
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Optimize Marketing Efforts: Understanding which lead generation techniques work best allows businesses to optimize their marketing strategies and allocate resources more efficiently.
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Gain Competitive Advantage: Staying ahead with innovative lead generation strategies gives small businesses a competitive edge in the market.
How Do We Generate Leads?
Lead generation occurs through multiple channels: paid ads, organic lead generation, and website optimization. It's worth noting that AI-assisted lead generation is expanding and now accounts for a big part of lead generation efforts. At Top Organic Leads, we implement the following effective strategies to ensure your business's visibility and engagement.
Here are the top lead generation techniques we use to generate more leads for your business:
Setting up Google Business Profile (GBP)
Providing detailed information on your Google business profile (GBP, formerly known as GMB) is a crucial step in increasing your visibility on the Internet, particularly for local searches. Enhanced visibility results in lead generation. GBP is vital for local businesses as it helps you appear in local search results, provides essential information, and allows you to engage with your customers through reviews. Here are the steps to set up your GBP:
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Enter A Physical Address: Google My Business requires a physical location for verification purposes. Even if you have an online business, you must provide an address so that Google can send you a verification postcard.
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Create A Gmail Account: If you don’t have a Gmail account specific for your business, create one. This account will be used to manage your GBP listing.
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Access Google My Business: Go to the Google My Business page and sign in using your Gmail account.
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Enter Details to Your Business: Fill out your business name, address, business category, and contact details accurately. The information you provide here will appear in Google’s search results, so it must be up-to-date and correct.
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Verify Your Business: Google will ask you to verify your business, usually by sending a postcard to your physical address. This process can take up to two weeks. Once verified, your business will start appearing in local searches.
What are the most important things when setting up GBP?
Here are the core elements needed to Optimize your GMB Listing. All the examples are for a client of ours, Newport Hair Loss Center (to see the website: click here).
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Accurate Information: Keep your business information (address, phone number, hours of operation) accurate and up-to-date.
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Business Description: Write a compelling business description about your services and include relevant keywords. This improves your chances of appearing in relevant searches.
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Photos and Videos: Upload high-quality photos and videos of your business. Visual content makes your listing more engaging and attracts potential customers.
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Google Posts: Use Google Posts to share updates, offers, events, or new products directly on your GBP profile. This feature can keep your audience informed and encourage more interaction.
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GBP Reviews: Customers’ reviews are an essential part of GBP. Positive reviews encourage prospects to make a purchase and also result in higher ranks in Google’s search results. There are a couple of things you can do to encourage your customers to leave a review for you, such as offering incentives and discounts, providing direct links to GBP, and responding to reviews.
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Want to know what we exactly do to improve your local business withGBP? Check this blog post.
Website Optimization
The very first thing we do for lead generation is optimize your website. A well-performing website captures traffic from Google. It’s needed to attract and convert potential customers. This is how we do it:
Custom Design
Many businesses use template-based websites. These websites are easy to set up and cost-effective. However, they lack the uniqueness needed for high ranking in search results. Hard-coded websites, as opposed to a CMS like WordPress or Wix, are typically faster, more secure, and offer greater flexibility. But why do people still choose template-based websites? Well, hard-coded websites need a skilled developer to manage and update the site.
Our UI/UX designers make every effort to develop the best design for your website. It's worth investing in a hard-coded website because it provides a more personalized experience and is user-friendly. It also enables you to integrate better with SEO practices and meet your specific needs.
Clear and Compelling Headline:
Persuasive and strong headlines grab visitors' attention. So, we strive to clearly state the page's purpose and value proposition in its headline.
High-Quality and Persuasive Content:
Why is everyone speaking of content? Well, it’s the heart of your website. It attracts, engages, and converts prospects. Google prioritizes sites that provide valuable, informative, and engaging content.
Your website can always benefit from clear and concise language, since it’s the best advertisement for your product or service. That’s why we strive to create valuable content such as blog posts to captivate your target audience. We share expert insights, answer FAQs, and position your business as a trusted resource.
The key elements in generating high-quality content are:
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Integrating keywords
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Professional copywriting
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Long-form content
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Regular blogging
Keyword Analysis:
Your potential customers are out there, searching on Google and looking for a service/product provider like you. How do they find you? What do they search for?
Knowing the keywords in your industry and using them in your content is what we do to ensure the customers will find you. The better keyword optimization you use, the higher your chances of ranking on Google.
To conduct keyword research, we use the following tools:
Strong Visuals:
Many assume that visual content is just a supplement to text. The truth is images and videos are a crucial part of your overall content strategy. Unique, high-quality visuals can improve user engagement and increase time spent on your site. This will enhance your SEO efforts.
Here’s what you need to remember when generating photos for your website:
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Using original images
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Using videos showcasing your services or products
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Optimizing all images and videos
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Clear Call-to-Action Buttons (CTAs):
A call-to-action (CTA) is a prompt that encourages visitors to take a specific action.
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To create effective CTAs:
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We use clear and action-oriented language. That means we tell visitors exactly what to do, for example, "Start Your Free Trial," "Download Now".
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These CTA buttons need to be placed prominently. We generally position them above the fold if possible.
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We implement strong visual design to attract visitors to the CTA. We make your CTA button visually appealing, so that it stands out from the surrounding content.
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We also conduct A/B testing and experiment with different CTA variations to determine which performs best.
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And last but not least, we also create a sense of urgency. We incorporate elements such as limited-time offers or scarcity. These elements encourage immediate action.
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Fast Loading Speed:
Low-speed websites are such a killjoy. 40% of users leave a website if it takes more than 3 seconds to load. Proven data shows that every 1-second delay in page load time can reduce conversions up to 7%. So, a slow website leads to higher bounce rates and lowers your rankings in Google search results.
We optimize your landing page for fast load times. To accomplish that, we optimize photos, minimize HTTP requests, enable browser caching, and use a content delivery network.
Here’s the test speed for one of our clients’ websites, Aps-hoods. (to see the website see here)
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Check your site’s speed with Top Organic Leads. No worries, it’s a short and free test!
Responsive Design and Mobile Optimization:
You don’t know if your visitors are using a phone or a computer, right? That's why you must be prepared for both cases, so a broader audience has access to your website. Furthermore, Google uses mobile-first indexing, meaning it primarily uses the mobile version of your website for ranking. It prioritizes responsive sites because they provide a better user experience across different devices, including desktops, tablets, and smartphones.
We ensure your landing page is responsive and displays correctly on different devices.
[image-10] Want to knoe more about our mobile freindly designs? Check out this.
User-Friendly Navigation
Good website navigation is essential for both user experience and SEO. Visitors should be able to find the information they need quickly and easily, without getting lost in a maze of links.
To navigate your website, we implement:
- Simple menu structure
- Internal linking
- breadcrumbs
On-Page SEO
Imagine you’re opening your own shop downtown. You set up a store window; arrange the signs, products, and lighting so everyone who passes by instantly knows what you offer and is tempted to come in. That’s just like on-page SEO. You do all it takes to make search engines notice and then rank you.
On-page SEO is the process of optimizing individual web pages. It's carried out to rank higher on Google searches and earn more relevant traffic.
Here are the key elements needed for on-page SEO:
- Title tags
- Meta descriptions
- H1 and H2 tags
- URL structure
- Alt text for images
- Internal linking
Every business can do its SEO in-house, but technical SEO goes beyond that; it optimizes your website’s infrastructure to help search engines crawl and index your site more effectively.
In Top Organic Leads, we ensure that your site meets all the technical SEO elements to rank well. As a first step, we create an XML sitemap and submit it to Google Search Console. This helps search engines understand your site’s structure and index all your important pages. Then, we use the robots.txt file to control which pages search engines should or should not crawl. This prevents search engines from indexing pages that don’t add value, like admin pages. We ensure your website is secure by using HTTPS rather than HTTP. (for more information: click here). Google gives preference to secure sites, and users are more likely to trust and engage with secure websites. We also regularly check your site’s mobile usability in Google Search Console. We fix any issues that might affect the mobile experience, such as text that’s too small to read or elements that are too close together. And finally, we implement schema markup to provide search engines with more information about your site’s content. (To learn more about schema markup, click here.) This can help your site appear in rich snippets, which can improve click-through rates.
Creating Effective Home Page
When visitors click on your URL, they typically land on your home page. The home page is like your storefront in a sense. So, we need to design a standalone webpage to convert visitors into leads.
Here’s the home page from one of our clients, Nationwide Fire Protection, designed and optimized by Top Organic Leads. (You can check their website for more details: nationwidefireprotection.)
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SEO
All marketing agencies admit that if you want to attract organic traffic and boost visibility, SEO is necessary.
By optimizing your website, you can rank higher in the search results for relevant keywords, which is essential for lead generation. At Top Organic Leads, we turn to search engine optimization for lead generation. Here’s a list of all the things we do for SEO:
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Keyword Research for Lead Generation: How do people find you on the internet? Except for those who click on your URL on another web page you’re mentioned, they mostly search for keywords in your industry.
Therefore, analyzing keywords is an essential part of lead generation. Inserting keywords in your content is the key. We identify and target the keywords your audience uses.
By focusing on wildly used keywords and phrases, we help you attract more qualified leads and improve your chances of ranking higher in the search results.
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On-Page SEO Best Practices: We optimize title tags, meta descriptions, and headers. Creating top-notch content with targeted keywords is also an on-page SEO practice. We also improve your site's loading speed and mobile-friendliness.
All these practices enhance user experience and search engine rankings, resulting in your inbound lead generation.Want to know more about our speed optimization? Check this.
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Local SEO: We manage your business listings on platforms like Google My Business. This enhances your visibility in local searches and helps potential customers find your business. Having consistent and accurate information across all listings is crucial for success in local SEO.
This strategy is particularly effective for local lead generation.
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Other Effective Lead Generation Strategies
Email Marketing
Building an email list and nurturing leads with personalized content is effective for lead generation. This way, you can convert subscribers into loyal customers through targeted email campaigns. For instance, you can offer a free eBook in exchange for leads' email addresses to build your email list. Then, you can send personalized tips and exclusive discounts to convert subscribers into loyal customers through targeted email campaigns. Here’s what you should do for email marketing:
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Building an Email List: Building an email list grows your subscriber base through lead magnets, pop-ups, and website forms.
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Crafting Compelling Email Campaigns: The next step is creating email content that educates, inspires, and drives conversions. You can specify your audience for personalized messaging and track the performance to optimize results.
Social Media Marketing
In today's modern and technological world, being active on social media is no longer an option; it's a necessity. Effective social media marketing allows you to connect with your target audience, build brand awareness, and drive conversions.
At Top Organic Leads, we don’t offer social media marketing, but it’s still an effective strategy for your business.
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Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok: You can use these platforms to engage potential customers and showcase your business. They’re especially useful if you’re a B2C business and your customers are people who use Instagram and Facebook everyday.
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LinkedIn: LinkedIn allows you to engage potential customers and showcase your business. It’s especially needed for B2B businesses, because your audience is CEOs who are actively present on LinkedIn.
Having a strong presence on social media platforms allows you to establish your brand's voice, create valuable content, and foster a loyal community. This loyal community is built through interactive posts and responding to comments, which are different ways of engaging with your audience. You can also benefit from targeted social media ads. This way, you reach your ideal customers, one actively looking for your product or service. Using platforms like Instagram and TikTok enables the use of demographic, interest, and behavior targeting options.
Referral Marketing
What makes people trust you more than just your own words? YES, it’s people’s words. The power of word-of-mouth is something people usually neglect in business, but it's really beneficial. You can reward loyal customers for referring you to friends and family. Turn satisfied clients into brand advocates through a referral program.
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Utilizing Customer Reviews and Testimonials: Actively seek feedback from your customers to identify areas for improvement and transform it into powerful marketing tools. These genuine reviews can build trust and credibility.
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Showcasing Testimonials on Your Website: Highlight positive customer experiences to influence potential customers and boost conversions.
Networking Events
Networking events in your industry provide opportunities to meet potential customers and build lasting relationships. By attending or hosting events, you can connect with industry peers, share insights, and explore collaboration opportunities. These events provide a platform for networking and partnerships.
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Lead Generation Opportunities: This strategy can enhance your inbound lead generation efforts and integrate well with social media lead generation tactics. This is crucial for B2B lead generation (business-to-business lead generation, which involves identifying and attracting potential business clients) and local lead generation.
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Collaborating with Other Businesses: Attending industry events enables you to connect with like-minded professionals, stay updated on industry trends, and partner with complementary businesses. It helps you reach a wider audience and increase your market share.
Why Top Organic Leads?
The top lead generation techniques for 2025 include optimizing your website for conversions, using chatbots for real-time engagement, using AI-powered personalization, and hosting interactive webinars. These methods help attract and convert high-quality leads efficiently.
To outline the technical process we go through for lead generation, we can say 80% of our focus is on the client’s website. We develop the website to perform well in terms of speed, user experience, user interface, textual contents, images, and videos. We also update the website on a regular basis and make sure the content isn’t AI generated. The remaining 20% is working on your GBP profile. We optimize your GBP and put content there. You also need 5-star reviews (not fake ones, Google might penalize your website or GBP).
Doing these things over and over again guarantees that your website gets a top ranking in Google’s search. We give you the chance to be on the three pack, google’s artificial intelligence (or as they it Gemini) and organic search results.
At Top Organic Leads, we not only take to the top ranking, we also help you keep there. It’s a consistent battle.
Final Thoughts
Mastering lead generation is necessary for the growth and sustainability of any small business. At Top Organic Leads, we attract and convert qualified leads for your business by implementing advanced strategies. This will drive revenue growth and expand your customer base.
From optimizing your website for conversion rate optimization (CRO) to leveraging social media marketing and search engine optimization (SEO), we ensure you maintain a competitive edge in the dynamic market of 2025.