There are four primary advertising campaigns used to generate Internet leads. These include:

1. Pay Per Click
2. Organic Search
3. Display Advertising
4. Email Marketing

Pay per click
In this model advertisers generate leads typically by purchasing keyword phrases on search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft. When consumers look for a service and enter in the purchased phrase in the search field, the ad from the direct marketer shows up within a paid search section on the page. The advertiser pays the search engine a fee each time the listing is clicked.

For Google, this is generally the top three placements on a page or additional listing on the right side of the page. Consumers who click on these pages are taken to a web page created by the advertiser where they are encouraged to enter their information to be contacted about the service they are interested in.

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As defined by the American Marketing Association, marketing is a set of institutions and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large.

The success of marketing is measured by its ability to drive a company’s overall profits. Companies that are more successful than their competitors in their marketing efforts grow their business faster, gain market share, build barriers to entry, and ultimately succeed while competitors fail.

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Two second day LeadsCon panels (Kings of Counter-Cyclicality and The Future of Lead Generation – Getting to 2.0) touched on tactics that companies should follow in order to succeed during our current economic conditions.

Key takeaways include the following:

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