by Rahimah Sultan

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If you need a reminder, a lead magnet is a motivation for people to give you their contact information. This incentive is important because the last thing anybody wants is more emails. 

However, they do want solutions to problems.

Therefore, when you offer an impressive lead magnet that solves your target audience’s problem, they’ll be much more inclined to give you their email addresses.

When you have their contact information, you can stay in touch, build a relationship with them, and make more offers that grow your business.

We’ll cover 12 top converting lead magnet ideas for your business.

There’s no reason creating a lead magnet should be complicated.



How do you create a great lead magnet?


There are 4 keys to creating a powerful lead magnet:

1. One Problem

In order not to confuse your target audience, focus only on one problem. When people are confused, they won’t take any action.

2. An Easy Win

Provide an easy win. Your target audience wants to see quick results and the best content to help solve a problem.

Don’t confuse the value of a win with the amount of content you include. A 6-hour video course sounds valuable but it’s too much of a time commitment for a lead magnet. Do something that can be acted on immediately.

3. Specificity
Your lead magnet should solve a specific problem.

Give your reader a step-by-step guide. Concentrate on one problem with a quick win, and enter enough information so the person can understand how to get that win.

Never leave someone hanging with a lead magnet that offers no value or one that leaves them confused.

4. A Great Design

Invest in a great design that pleases your users and demonstrates you’re a professional.

Great designs don’t have to be expensive. For a minimal investment, you can use tools like Canva produced by real designers to create a great-looking lead magnet.

What are some lead magnet ideas?


We’ll be covering 12 top converting lead magnet ideas for your business.


1.  Discount

Although some businesses offer a one-time discount of as much as 50% to people who sign up for their email list, a small one of 10-15% will do.

2.  Product Sample

Since people like to know what they’re getting before they buy, consider giving away a sample of the product, such as the first chapter of a book they can download.

3.  Free Shipping

If you ship physical products, free shipping is an outstanding option as shipping charges may stop many people from making a purchase.

By removing the extra cost of shipping from a customer’s first order they’re more likely to buy. You can also include a discount with this.

4.  Free Trial

Free trials help you boost your current and future sales. Free trials provide potential customers the opportunity to try before they buy to see if your product or service will work for them.

If it works, they’ll buy it and you’ve gained a customer. If it doesn’t, you’ll still have their email address so you can stay in touch with them and nurture the relationship to potentially convert them into a paying customer later.

5.  Templates

Templates are among the most common lead magnet ideas because they offer an instant win.

Most people need some guidance to start a project, and templates offer that guidance.

Visme is an online platform that helps you design presentation materials and it has templates you can use like infographics or charts to build your business’ visual materials.

They have some free templates and the others are reserved to entice visitors to create a paid account.

6.  How-to Guides

You can offer a step-by-step how-to guide to relieve the frustration of those needing to do something unfamiliar and complicated.

7.  Cheat Sheet

You can offer your target audience lists of the essential points to remember during a process. For example, things to include when composing an email or some great headlines to use to improve the probability of your email being opened.

8.  Audio Recording

If you’re more comfortable with audio content than written, recordings are a great lead magnet idea. Similarly, if your target audience likes to listen while on the go, audio recordings work well as a lead magnet.

9.  Video

As video in content marketing is growing in popularity, it makes a great lead magnet idea for three reasons:

a) It’s a great way to access your target audience.

b) It helps them get to know you better.

c) It strengthens their trust in you.

Although you can use a series of videos, one that’s well done will work.


10. E-book

Use a short e-book to give your reader a quick win, as they’re a valuable resource. The operative word is short.

11. Email Course

An email course could be a perfect lead magnet for your business if you love email.

Just as with an e-book, don’t provide so much content that you overwhelm your prospect.

12. Free Consultation


If you’re a service provider working with clients, offer a free consultation to determine the kind of help they need.

Since your time is valuable, do keep time limits in mind. Don’t give away too much of it.

We’ve discussed how to create a great lead magnet and presented 12 top converting lead magnet ideas for your business.

As you look at these lead magnet ideas, remember your audience. Keep in mind the problems they face, and the best content to help them solve one of those problems.

Use one of these 12 top converting lead magnet ideas for your business to help solve a prospect’s problem.


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by Rahimah Sultan

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What is a lead magnet?

“Subscribe to our newsletter” no longer works as a list-building approach. Consumers are so weary of increasing the amount of email they receive.

No one wants an inbox full of spam or irrelevant offers.

A lead magnet requires your site visitors to give you information, such as an email address for access. It can be some content such as a whitepaper, ebook, or a newsletter.

This content drives awareness and also gives information that helps a prospective customer engage and take an interest in your product or service. This might be a free product sample, demo, trial subscription, or some product/service-related incentive.

Now, no one easily gives up their email. Your lead magnet should offer the reader value in exchange for opting in to receive messages from you in the future.

Your lead magnet is used to build a list of prospective customers.


What’s contained in good lead magnets?

The highest-converting and best lead magnets have certain things in common:

They’re relevant

Your offer must resonate with your intended audience.

Your objective is high quality leads not a high volume of low-quality ones. You don’t want to waste time following up low-quality leads.

Make sure your lead magnet serves a useful purpose with your segmented/targeted audience.


They have perceived value

The best lead magnets offer insider knowledge, a quicker way of doing something, expert insight, or an innovative and unique solution to a problem.

If it can be Googled, you’re not going to get a sign up.


They serve your business purposes

Keep the promise you made when you asked people for their email. Use your lead magnet to offer only what you can actually deliver.

The best lead magnets don’t offer to solve an entire problem, but enough of it that the person recognizes that you are the authority (or your product is the answer) and can take them the rest of the way.


Your lead magnet can include:

1) Cheat sheets

2) Checklists

3) Swipe files

4) Buyer’s guides or ebooks

5) Email courses

6) A recording of a talk you gave

7) Step-by-step blueprints

8) A whitepaper, a report or guide that informs readers concisely about a complex issue. It helps your readers understand a complex issue and the steps they need to take to resolve it. Whitepapers are useful in B2B marketing, where clients often have a longer sales cycle and need a lot more information to make a purchasing decision.

9) Webinars

10) Editable templates for simplifying tasks.

11) Product samples or trials

12) Training videos

13) Quizzes, surveys, and polls


This list is not all-inclusive. There are more to be used, as well as any that you can imagine.

Your lead magnet is the first step in building a relationship of know, like, and trust with prospective customers, and in building your list.

The best lead magnets benefit both you and your customers. Your goal is not to trick or force a prospect to give up their email.

For a win-win situation, find an offer and format that helps your business goals and the needs of your target customers.


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