Hubspot

MAY 12, 2010

Great business blogs have to walk a fine line: they have to create value for current and prospective customers while at the same time supporting a strategy that provides business growth. Business blogs are often measured by very different metrics than blogs that function as media outlets.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 16, 2012

Creating remarkable content is one of the core components of inbound marketing, and one of the best ways to generate a steady flow of fresh content is by publishing a business blog. Mistake (And Why It Hurts): Your blog is published on its own domain, separate from your company’s main website.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Let's say that a couple of months ago, you decided to really start drinking the inbound marketing Kool-Aid, and you took the plunge: you started a business blog. 12 Reasons Your Blog is Failing. Feel free to create a completely separate company news and product blog and talk about yourself all you want.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 29, 2011

You're an inbound marketing convert. You even opened up a company Facebook page and Twitter account, though your venture into Google+ is still tenuous. Is blogging really effective? The average company that blogs generates 55% more website visitors, 97% more inbound links, and 434% more indexed pages.

Business Blogging 28

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Hubspot

JUNE 25, 2012

Do you consider your business to be "niche?" If so, inbound marketing was made for you! Think about it: if you're in a niche industry, any large-scale outbound marketing initiatives (TV ads, billboards, newspaper ads) will reach an audience that is 99% irrelevant to your business.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Kanye West is an incredible rapper, but he's also an amazing case study in inbound marketing. Like most companies and brands, Kanye does a lot of things right to help his image and sell records. Below are 5 do's and don'ts we can learn from Kanye West about inbound marketing: DO: Collaborate to Increase Your Exposure.

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Hubspot

MAY 20, 2013

and statistics from the recently released 2013 State of Inbound Marketing Report. Feel free to use this data in your own content, tweet the stats you find most interesting, or just enlighten yourself about the current state of inbound marketing. 86 Revealing Charts From the 2013 State of Inbound Marketing Report.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Yes, as an inbound marketer, your blog content has to be amazing. As a business becoming a blogging machine, it is easy to focus 100% on content and ignore valuable design elements of your blog that can act as powerful boosters of traffic and leads of your business.

Business Blogging 28

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Hubspot

JANUARY 2, 2015

Our marketing agency Revenue River''s blog was boring. As an inbound marketing company that specializes in creating custom, beautiful websites for our clients in HubSpot’s COS, we were embarrassed when we looked at our blog compared to the designs we had implemented for others. Blogging' Scratch that.

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Hubspot

JUNE 5, 2012

There is no shortage of different types of content you can create to feed your business blog. It's a business blogging classic. They're valuable and helpful, they make great pieces of evergreen content that stand the test of time, and they're an inbound marketing staple to reap the benefits of educating your prospects.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 13, 2019

I did a website analysis and custom demonstration for a local IT recruiting company recently. This is a very successful company. They need a pipeline of companies that want to hire them to recruit on their behalf. ” Leave a comment (or subscribe) to a blog about IT recruiting. Inbound Leads.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 20, 2012

In fact, according to the 2012 State of Inbound Marketing , 70% of companies that publish articles 2-3 times per week have acquired a customer through their blog. Furthermore, according to our 2012 Marketing Benchmarks report , companies that increase blogging from 3-5X/month to 6-8X/month almost double their leads.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

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. Cool -- now you're pumping out blog content left and right.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MARCH 12, 2012

Social media usage by industrial companies has received some coverage lately. I’ve read two different survey studies about how companies within the industrial sector use or plan to use social media. Blogging is a proven social media channel and yet, industrial companies seem to severely under utilize this proven social media tactic.

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SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

I remember my first marketing job like it was yesterday. My boss, the marketing director at the time, asked me: “Do you know what inbound marketing is?”. I knew marketing was about branding, sharing product information, and understanding consumer psychology. What Is Inbound Marketing?

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Brandpoint

DECEMBER 27, 2018

A lead is someone who is likely to value, and eventually purchase, the products or services your company offers based on a set of predetermined characteristics. Content and inbound marketing can reduce the need for cold calling. Some marketers say a case study is informative and relevant enough to gate it.

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PureB2B

JUNE 29, 2021

Niche companies have significantly benefited from the internet. Before digital marketing came to be, niche firms had to waste a considerable portion of their marketing resources on advertising and campaigns that were utterly irrelevant to the majority of the people who saw them. Digital marketing changed that.

Inbound Marketing 62

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

As inbound marketers, we create a lo- hot of content. It fuels our whole marketing strategy, after all! But when you think about all the different types of content a marketer creates, that which helps to attract website traffic and convert visitors into leads tends to get the most attention. Product Marketing Content.

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Single Grain

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Only the most strategic and versatile SaaS companies are able to survive the unpredictable ups and downs of the software as a service market. Blogs can offer exceptional insight because the best SaaS bloggers have their own successful businesses and want to help others achieve that same milestone. Educate yourself.

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Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

I am seeing more manufacturers and industrial companies willing to try inbound marketing with content. They all want to either add a blog to their static industrial websites or convert them into dynamic blog sites. However, a blog site with a fully integrated blog has many advantages over the retrofit option.

Marketing Websites 60

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Hubspot

JUNE 11, 2010

Many companies think of blogging as adding a bolt onto an existing machine. In reality, the companies that are successful at blogging inspire a blogging culture throughout the organization. To do this, your business needs to become a blogging machine. Method 1: Share Experiences Using Your Product.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 2, 2013

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. What do buyers really want from social media marketers? What’s the key to generating more inbound marketing leads? 1. ( Marketing Charts ).

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PureB2B

JUNE 13, 2017

The birth of marketing technology happened sometime in the 80’s , when computers became powerful enough to store large volumes of customer information. a customer management company, developed the first ever database marketing software, basically a primitive CRM platform. In 1986, ACT!,

Marketing Automation Services 87

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Webbiquity

MARCH 15, 2016

As winter comes to an end, so too does the Winter Wonderland of Marketing Stats series that’s been running here over the past few months. This final installment covers some fascinating though sometimes contradictory and confusing stats about business blogging and the value of marketing. Stratabeat ). Stratabeat ).

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Leadspace

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

Whereas outbound marketing focuses on cold calling and making outbound interactions to bring in potential customers, inbound marketing is quite the opposite. Instead of outreach to actively generate awareness of your business, you go about it more passively. Create SMART inbound marketing goals.

Inbound Marketing 59

Inbound Marketing Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy 59

PureB2B

JUNE 13, 2017

The birth of marketing technology happened sometime in the 80's , when computers became powerful enough to store large volumes of customer information. a customer management company, developed the first ever database marketing software, basically a primitive CRM platform. In 1986, ACT!,

Marketing Automation Services 62

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Work Management Marketing Management 62

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

They reported in a separate study by Technorati that blogs are right up there with many traditional media in terms of importance and influence on their buying behavior. They spend on average more than 10 hours a week blogging. Blogs help deliver information from the company to the consumer. That is why blogs matter.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 11, 2011

For most industrial companies and manufacturers, a Website is the centerpiece of their online presence. By now, most industrial marketers are aware of the power of inbound marketing for lead generation. A blog is considered the cornerstone of an effective inbound marketing strategy.

Marketing Websites 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

However, B2B and/or industrial marketers must learn to use it correctly in order to harness its true power. Let’s get one thing straight from the get go, if you are in a declining market with low demand for your products and services, no amount of automation will help you generate new leads. I would take this a little further.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

Given the current state of the economy, I find companies in the industrial sector only recognizing SAL’s and SQO’s. The success of outbound marketing does make sense in this context. Company news and industry SIC codes tied for third. Wait a minute, isn’t that what Content or Inbound marketing is all about? .&#

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Industrial Marketing Today

MARCH 17, 2011

The mantra for effective business blogging is to regularly pump out fresh content that is reader-centric and not focussed too much on you, your products or your company. More power to you if you already have a horde of avid readers who visit your blog every time you post new content.

Top of Funnel 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 11, 2011

The current economy and a global supply chain have forced many manufacturers to reevaluate how they do business these days. Traditional sources of new business – word-of-mouth referrals and repeat business from existing customers have slowed to a trickle for many of these industrial companies.

Word of Mouth 60

Word of Mouth Telemarketing Paid Search Agency Sales Qualified Leads 60

Hubspot

MAY 31, 2013

Why would you want to adopt inbound marketing strategies when your website is “not ready” for the public? Or you might flip-flop it so the redesign comes after you nail your inbound marketing strategy. Inbound marketing before a website redesign, or after? which way is better? Let''s talk about why.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content by Achinta Mitra on May 18, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies You can find plenty of clichés used (overused?)

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Hubspot

JANUARY 3, 2013

Even Bill Lee , in his Harvard Business Review article, " Marketing Is Dead ," said, "Traditional marketing may be dead, but the new possibilities of peer influence-based, community-oriented marketing." which some of us might call 'inbound marketing'. Marketing is a commitment.". wink wink) “.

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Hubspot

MAY 24, 2012

So our new edition of 120 Awesome Marketing Stats, Charts & Graphs was in a way a demonstration of our passion, and an opportunity to share some insightful stats with fellow marketers. 79% of online shoppers spend at least 50% of their shopping time researching products. 15) Most marketers recognize the value of blogging.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing Content to Engage and Sell by Achinta Mitra on July 6, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies Marketing 101 teaches you “Customers buy benefits and not product features.”

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