Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 3, 2011

Are you leaving additional sales leads and revenues on the table? Industrial marketers who don’t use a business blog are missing a key component of feeding the top of their sales funnels. By not using every opportunity to generate high-quality leads, they may be leaving money on the table. Source: HubSpot ).

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Hubspot

MAY 28, 2014

While many of the people in that class know why blogging is important for business growth, I''m supposed to teach it as if that''s not the case. Fresh off the heels of last month''s training class, I realized it''s a little ridiculous that I''ve never written a post that explains business blogging in those terms on this very blog.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

However, marketers still consider blogging a top marketing channel. Ross Simmonds , a B2B marketer and the founder of the content marketing agency Foundation, says blogging has helped his clients triple their traffic and accelerate their sales close rates. "At With that said, the blogging landscape has changed over the years.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 13, 2013

For instance, business blogging. What''s the difference between regular blogging and business blogging? What Is Business Blogging? Business blogging is a marketing tactic that uses blogging to get your business more online visibility. I still don''t know what blogging is!

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In 2020, 87% of consumers read local business reviews online. Clearly, people care about what others have to say about businesses they’re considering. They’ll also gain valuable and memorable insights into your business strategies. They should also help lead readers to the next stage in the buyer’s journey.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 10, 2018

And communicate the business benefits? Marketing is increasingly charged with managing not just communications and lead generation, but the end-to-end customer experience. B2B marketing teams will be held accountable for more of the lead-to-revenue process. HubSpot ). Lead quality > lead quantity?

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Hubspot

MARCH 28, 2019

Now, there are many ways to build an email list - tactics and tools beyond simple sidebar lead magnets and popup forms. This article will cover 7 ways to capture email leads, and we’ll also outline 7 lead capture tools to help you do it. 7 Email Lead Capture Strategies in 2019. Build a proper lead magnet (or several).

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 1, 2011

This is an excerpt from HubSpot's ebook, " An Introduction to Business Blogging." Download the complete ebook for more marketing tips about business blogging. Business blogging without measuring results is a complete waste of time. Visits are the count of people who actually read your blog content.

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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. Even worse: Your blog is published on a free blogging platform’s domain such as Blogger.com, WordPress.com, or TypePad.com.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 3, 2011

So you've made the decision to start a business blog. A blog is a powerful tool to help your business get found online, increase organic traffic, and generate leads and customers. But before you dive head-first into the blogosphere, it's important to take precaution when evaluating blogging software options.

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Hubspot

MARCH 11, 2015

Business blogging is not an option for your business. As you already know, keeping a blog on your company’s homepage filled with industry news, insights, and informative content is beneficial to your business for many reasons. These 7 statistics will give you reason enough to get blogging.

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PureB2B

JUNE 13, 2017

Timely customer service is good customer service, which is why businesses are increasingly looking to CRM software to help provide a better customer experience. More importantly, information like purchase history and details of interactions between the customer and the business can be collected by a CRM software.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Many business bloggers have learned that their blog is one of their most crucial inbound marketing assets. Not only do companies that blog generate 55% more web traffic, but 57% of businesses have also won a customer through their blog. 11 Editorial Guidelines to Enforce for Your Business Blog.

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Hubspot

MAY 23, 2013

And because business blogging is one of the most effective ways for marketers to consistently deliver content to their audiences -- and because it''s right in my wheelhouse as HubSpot''s blog manager -- I thought I''d share with you what I think the future of business blogging holds. from Velocity Partners.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Most inbound marketers understand that business blogging is a critical part of a comprehensive inbound marketing strategy. Furthermore, how does that vary between B2B and B2C companies, and smaller and larger businesses? Wouldn't it be great to have some blogging benchmarks to go by?

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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. You put in the time to get it going, published a few posts, and waited for the leads to start rolling in. WHERE ARE ALL THE LEADS?! What happened to the results?

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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

JUNE 16, 2020

Blogging does way more than populate your website with content. Did you know that B2B marketers obtain over 70% of their leads from blogging ? Or that businesses that prioritize blogging are 13x more likely to see a positive ROI ? When you blog for customers, you're not only providing useful content.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

This is especially true for those marketers who are just starting to ramp up their business blogging efforts and don't have much bandwidth. Looking to bring in more leads and customers to their website, the folks at Marco teamed up with HubSpot Partner Leighton Interactive to explore the possibilities of inbound marketing.

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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. Connect with HubSpot :

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Hubspot

AUGUST 2, 2010

Fact: it is obscenely easy to set up a business blog today and begin driving new, qualified traffic to your site soon. Regular readers of HubSpot's blog are probably already experiencing the benefits of regular blogging, including harvesting the long tail of search traffic to drive incremental, high-quality leads to their site.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 12, 2010

We like instant gratification, and when it comes to blogging, these emotions are no different. Most business bloggers understand that it is important to create interesting content on a frequent and consistent basis. Include Your Blog in Traditional Communications - Is your blog URL on your business card?

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

A new study of over 6,000 HubSpot customers shows that among those who use email marketing , companies that blog get 2X more traffic from their email than those that don’t. Of course emails from blogs are going to generate more traffic! Blog emails work because they include remarkable content.

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Hubspot

JUNE 20, 2014

Dear HubSpot is a weekly column that we do to answer people''s most burning questions about inbound. Dear HubSpot, I''ve got an excellent business idea for a career consulting service. Dear HubSpot, I''ve got an excellent business idea for a career consulting service. If so, which ones? We''d appreciate your help!

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PureB2B

AUGUST 3, 2016

In today’s digital landscape, businesses have come to rely on automation to perform a large bulk of their marketing tasks. But if there’s one thing we’ve yet to find a machine able to do properly, it’s crafting a compelling blog post. Generate Quality Leads. 10 Ways to Optimize Your Blog for Lead Generation.

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Hubspot

JULY 23, 2010

The fact is that web sites with a blog received 55% more visitors , 97% more inbound links and 434% more indexed pages than those that didn’t have a blog. Businesses in particular can capitalize on this because businesses that blog experience 126% higher lead growth than non-blogging businesses.

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ClearVoice

DECEMBER 8, 2020

But as a business owner, how do you know for sure which recommendations or tips to follow versus the ones not worth investing time and energy into. Now, this list expands to people we see online who we can relate to and aspire to be in some capacity, from fashion style to business status. Sally is a business owner of a bakery.

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Webbiquity

JUNE 25, 2012

Sales leads generated through inbound marketing–the combination of content marketing, blogging, social media, website chat and SEM–cost 61% less than those produced through traditional demand generation techniques (e.g., Blogging: for any new business blog, traffic typically starts out modest but grows over time.

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Hubspot

MARCH 19, 2015

After listening to Herold explain this concept on The Growth Show podcast , I decided to give it a try on behalf of the HubSpot content team. I also defaulted to math -- mentally calculating traffic and conversions by compounding today’s growth rates. I imagined teaching a Columbia J-school class on business blogs.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 19, 2012

But one of blogging's biggest benefits is in its huge potential for lead generation and reconversion. So if you're not taking advantage of all the lead generation opportunities your blog offers -- and then optimizing those opportunities -- you're likely missing out on a huge piece of your company's lead gen pie.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 20, 2018

The original term “weblog” was shortened to just “blog” a year later, and that term was named Merriam-Webster’s word of the year in 2004. Business blogging is now commonplace. Three-quarters of B2B marketers and 61% of their B2C counterparts use blogs as part of their social media content.

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PureB2B

AUGUST 3, 2016

In today’s digital landscape, businesses have come to rely on automation to perform a large bulk of their marketing tasks. But if there’s one thing we’ve yet to find a machine able to do properly, it’s crafting a compelling blog post. Generate Quality Leads. 10 Ways to Optimize Your Blog for Lead Generation.

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Hubspot

APRIL 5, 2018

Use Google My Business (GMB) and claim free ad space for your business. In fact, there are numerous Google business tools in addition to its search engine that can be hugely valuable if you're a marketer. 17 Helpful Google Marketing Tools for Business. Google My Business. Google My Business.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 16, 2012

It probably won't come as a surprise to you that business blogging is an indispensable component to seeing success with inbound marketing. But did you know that the frequency with which you blog also has a direct impact on the amount of subscribers and email traffic you receive? That's right. Here's what we found.

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Hubspot

MARCH 4, 2019

HubSpot offers many content marketing tools, and many of them are free to try. In addition to free content marketing tools, if you really want to build a growth machine, HubSpot has a world-class CMS and the most powerful marketing automation platform in the industry and allows you to centralized everything to a free CRM. Google Docs.

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Single Grain

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Education can come in a number of different ways, but if you want to stay on top of the latest technology, growth hacks and business management strategies, the best place to look is: the leading SaaS blogs. Fishkin has incredible insight in what it takes to start a business, run it well, and connect with your target audience.

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SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Turning your blog into a lead generation engine is no easy feat, but it is worthwhile and—better yet—completely achievable. In fact, marketers who consistently blog see 67 percent more leads than those who don’t. And 57 percent of marketers say they have “ gained customers specifically through blogging.”

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