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B2B SaaS Lead Generation: Tips, Tricks & Strategies

Written by Chris Thornton | May 5, 2023

Your business software is a highly valuable and unique product specifically tailored to meet the needs of your target industry. As a result, generating qualified leads is paramount to your success as a B2B company.

In this blog, we'll draw on our extensive experience working with B2B SaaS companies to provide valuable insights into the most effective lead-generation methods. Let us guide you through the strategies that have proven to be the most impactful in securing qualified leads and driving your business forward.

 

Lead Generation for SaaS Companies

 

At Open Path, we specialize in helping B2B SaaS companies thrive with modern marketing methods. The following list contains the collaborative insights we’ve gained in working with these businesses.

 

b2b saaS content strategy

 

Nothing attracts leads to a B2B SaaS website quite like compelling content offers. This includes gated and ungated content that attracts website visitors through the strategic use of SEO insights and excellent copy.

It also entails building out content that satisfies your ideal customer and website visitors at every stage of their buyer’s journey — attract, engage, and delight them.

Here is the content you should provide website visitors with:

  • Blog insights
  • Helpful eBooks
  • Compelling case studies
  • Informative live streams & webinars
  • Engaging videos
  • Fun interactive media

Through these content offers, you provide relevant calls-to-action that solicit consumer contact information, ensuring you have qualified (and GDPR-compliant) leads.

 

 

Google Ads and Social Media Ads

For those without enough website content to engage visitors organically, an online ad campaign is a great alternative to get you started (though not sustainable for the long run).

 

Google Ads

For Google, the best method is to target the search network (i.e., Google.com) rather than “partner networks” and the “display network.”

Additionally, you want to limit demographics and interests to those specific to the industry you’re targeting. Also, try to make your targeted keywords hyper-specific. Don’t waste money on too broad of keywords that won’t convert anyone to a qualified lead.

 

LinkedIn

Don’t waste your company marketing dollars on just any social media channel. According to industry best practices, the ideal place to advertise your B2B SaaS company is LinkedIn. While it is a little more expensive than Facebook, Twitter, and others, the audience qualification tools are far superior and are more likely to generate qualified leads for your company.

On LinkedIn, you can segment your targeted audience by employer, job title, income, and more. These are incredibly resourceful when it comes to an ABM approach.

 

 

Account-Based Marketing

Lastly is an ABM approach. While we don’t recommend cold marketing as it tends not to produce the best results, an account-based method can be effective depending on the quality of your email lists.

In the marketing world, we would recommend utilizing a “drip email campaign.” This entails having a particular buyer persona in mind and writing highly relevant and targeted emails within a workflow conducive to how the account consumes information.

 

Lead Generation for SaaS Companies

 

Generating qualified leads is the lifeblood of your company. By utilizing these three methods in tandem, you’ll be able to keep your sales funnel flowing and your sales team busy talking with genuinely interested buyers.

If you’re ready to build a B2B demand generation funnel, then content marketing, strategic ads, and an ABM approach will get you the results you’re hoping for.

 

Getting a B2B SaaS Lead Generation Audit

 

At Open Path Digital, we know these methods work because we’ve seen them work for our clients.

If you’re looking for a bit of help from a B2B lead generation specialist, then reach out to us. Schedule a free call and we’ll take a look at how your B2B SaaS company can have a steady stream of leads that drive new business.