Solution 04 · Losing search to a competitor

"People search for what we make and find a competitor."

Right now, an engineer with a specification is searching for what you make. If you’re not in front of them, a competitor is — and you’re paying for that demand anyway, in the form of their growth. Inbound makes sure the buyers already looking find you first.

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By the numbers

The conversation, not the click.

111% lead growthyear over year, on average across clients
42% shorter lead timeon average across clients
31% higher win rateon average across clients

Averages across the clients we've worked with. Your figures are set against your own baseline.

What's actually going on

If this sounds familiar, it’s because buying starts in a search bar now.

Someone specified a part like yours this week. They did not call you, because they never found you.

Industrial buyers research the same way everyone else does. An engineer with a specification opens a search, reads three or four suppliers, and shortlists before a single phone call is made.

Most manufacturer websites are built to describe the company rather than answer the specification. They rank for the company name, which only helps buyers who already know it, and lose the buyer who searched for the problem.

This is the shortest path to a conversation in the whole system, because the buyer arrived already qualified by their own intent. It is also the only layer where speed of response changes the outcome by itself.

The value of intent

Catch the demand that’s already looking.

The demand exists whether you capture it or not. Today you are paying for that demand anyway: in the form of a competitor's growth.

01

Be found for the problem, not just your name

Rank and advertise against the specifications buyers actually search, not your company name they don’t know yet.

02

Reach the buyer in minutes

An inquiry is qualified and routed to the right rep fast enough to matter — speed of response changes this outcome by itself.

03

Pay per conversation, not per click

Reported on cost per qualified opportunity — what it costs to produce one conversation worth having, not impressions.

What runs at Inbound

From the search to the right conversation.

Show up where the specification is typed.

  • Paid search against buying intentCampaigns built on the terms a specifying engineer actually types, not the ones your marketing brochure uses.
  • Pages that answer the specificationLanding pages and content built per application and per problem, so the buyer finds the answer instead of the About page.
eRevenuPages that answer the spec
ABOUT USAPPLICATION · SPECIFICATIONTHE PART THAT FITS THE APPLICATIONREQUEST A QUOTE

Reach them while they’re still deciding.

The buyer has already qualified the need by searching. The value is in getting that warm inquiry to the right person while the decision is still open.

  • Routing and speed to leadAn inquiry lands in the Portal, gets qualified, and reaches the right rep fast enough to matter.
eRevenuInquiry → the right rep, fast
NEW INQUIRYRIGHT REP · CONTEXT ATTACHEDRESPONSE TIME TRACKED

Measured on cost per real conversation.

Traffic is not the outcome. Inbound is judged by the qualified opportunities it creates and delivers to your team.

  • Cost per qualified opportunityReported monthly. Not impressions, not clicks: what it costs to produce one conversation worth having.
eRevenuCost per qualified opportunity
QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITYTRACKEDCOST PER CONVERSATIONTHIS MONTH
What you would see in the first 90 days

Proof from the first month.

Inbound is the first layer with media cost attached, so it is reported against cost from the first month.

Qualified inquiries deliveredInbound conversations that met the qualification standard
Cost per qualified opportunity trackedWhat one real conversation costs to produce
First-response time measuredTime from inquiry to a human reaching the buyer
Inquiry quality trackedSignal quality, tracked so spend can be steered

Your targets are set from your own numbers during the Go-to-Market Assessment and reported against cost from the first month.

What this does not do

The line stays clear.

Inbound catches who comes looking. It does not choose who you sell to, a competitor's best account will never arrive through a search ad. Choosing is the layer above. eRevenu catches and delivers the qualified inbound conversation; your sales team works it and closes.

The sequence matters

Earn the right to spend.

We do not run a dollar of media until Core and Coverage are live. Catching new demand while old demand sits unworked is the fastest way to spend a budget and feel nothing.

Stop losing the buyers who are already looking.

A short conversation, then a Go-to-Market Assessment that shows what your market is searching for — and how much of it is going to competitors today.

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