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The Ultimate Resource for 2013 Inbound Marketing Stats and Charts [SlideShare]

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23) Past success at inbound marketing was the number one reason to change a budget in 2012 -- a full 150% more likely to drive budgets allocations than any other reason. Business Blogging. 32) 62% of marketers surveyed will blog in 2013. 36) Just 20% of companies without a blog reported ROI from inbound marketing in 2013.

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Dear U.S. Postal Service: Please Stop Encouraging Direct Mail!

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The program, which has been around since April 2011, charges small businesses 14.5 cents per mail piece sent and generated $153 million in revenue through December 2011. The direct mail program is estimated to raise $750 to $800 million of revenue in 2012.

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How to Stop Internal Bureaucracy From Preventing Blogging Productivity

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Most aspiring inbound marketers have a few business blogging hurdles to get over. Truly believing -- like, in the darkest recesses of your soul -- that blogging is an indispensable part of being a successful inbound marketer. Once you believe that you have to blog, the next hurdle is actually blogging.

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Your Topmost Misguided Myths About PPC. BUSTED

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The problem is, too many marketers don't have the balance of paid vs. organic right, and they rely heavily or entirely on paid search to drive traffic and leads to their website -- instead of using tactics like business blogging , building their inbound link profile, and increasing social media activity. And what marketer isn't?

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How the Right Tools Can Help Remedy Your Website's Traffic Problem

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Today, the smartest marketers are focusing on search engine optimization, blogging, and social media. In fact, HubSpot's 2012 State of Inbound Marketing Report showed that SEO, blogging, and social media were most frequently cited by marketers as channels with a below average cost-per-lead, and channels that were growing in importance.

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10 Genius Ideas That Changed Marketing Forever

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“This platform, if done properly, can generate tremendous traffic, leads and sales for your business that you otherwise would not have had,” wrote Marcus Sheridan, Partner at River Pools and Spas and Founder of The Sales Lion. First, business blogging helps you in respect to search engine optimization (SEO).