What’s more, your SEO and PPC efforts should concentrate on low-intent keywords for raising awareness whereas, you target higher-intent keywords for stage two of the marketing funnel.
Here, you should focus on individuals who exhibit a definite goal, desire, or temptation to make the transaction.
Similar to the first two stages of the sales funnel, the conversion stage will require the creation of organic and paid search campaigns aimed at generating new leads from consumers who are currently ready to convert - offer free trials, content downloads, demos, email sign-ups, or gated content.
The focus now switches to customer retention and maximizing the value of each customer after your marketing strategy successfully generates and closes leads from the first three phases of your funnel.
Happy customers are more likely to continue buying from you as well as refer you to others. 83% of consumers say that recommendations from friends and coworkers have the greatest impact on their purchasing decisions (PR Daily).
Keep in mind that each stage of the funnel needs to have personalized content.