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Inbound Leads Cost 61% Less Than Outbound [New Data]

Hubspot

HubSpot's newly released 2012 State of Inbound Marketing Report reveals fascinating data around marketers' lead generation costs and how various lead sources compare to one another. The average cost per lead for outbound-dominated businesses was $346. Connect with HubSpot :

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

Hubspot

Calling all inbound marketers: it'll probably make your stomachs turn a bit, too. As a marketer, this is the phrase that's supposed to make you feel a little nauseous. cents per mail piece sent and generated $153 million in revenue through December 2011. Direct Mail Is No Longer the Most Efficient Marketing Tactic.

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5 Steps to Achieve Content Marketing Success [Slides]

Marketing Insider Group

#ContentMarketing: The Hottest Marketing Buzzword of 2012. Because as consumers are tuning out marketing messages at all stages of the buying process, conversion rates are starting to plummet. And the cost per lead of many marketing programs is starting to soar. Why Organizations Must Rebalance.”

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20 Common Social Media Marketing Myths BUSTED

Hubspot

As the former dark horse of the marketing world (I think we're past those days though, right?), Myths some marketers have held onto because, well, it's just kind of hard to keep up to date on what's really going on with social media. It is totally awesome for B2C marketers, to be sure. And so will your leads database.

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How to Stop Internal Bureaucracy From Preventing Blogging Productivity

Hubspot

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. 92% of companies who blog multiple times per day have acquired a customer from their blog.

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Your Topmost Misguided Myths About PPC. BUSTED

Hubspot

When you think about inbound marketing, PPC isn't the first thing that pops into your head. That's because PPC is traditional advertising -- you know, that interruptive stuff you've become adept at blocking out -- except it takes place on the internet instead of a billboard on the side of the highway. And what marketer isn't?

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19 Social Media Marketing Myths to Leave Behind in. 2020

Hubspot

Like any major marketing strategy of the past decade social media has had plenty of time to accumulate some big, inaccurate, myths. And despite the fact that data has disproven a number of marketing myths today, some marketers will still hold on to few, simply because it's hard to keep up to date on what's really going on with social media.