SmartBug Media

APRIL 6, 2023

If you're a marketing professional, you've probably heard the term "buyer persona" more times than you can count. Buyer personas are an essential part of a successful marketing strategy because not only do they define precisely whom you’re trying to reach, but they also inform so many aspects of your business. Ask the interwebs.

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nDash

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

When I started nDash (the agency) in 2013, some of biggest early customer wins came via the HubSpot ecosystem. The more that brands bought into the concept of inbound marketing, the more they came to value premium written content, which happened to be our specialty. Here’s the press release we issued this morning: **.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 21, 2009

Free Marketing Training from IMU After watching the classes, my take on the University is: Positives: Online archives from each class including slides available on-demand helps a lot when you have busy schedules like mine, and also allows watching at your own pace (i.e. Veredict: If you are new to social networks, community building, etc.

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Inbound Marketing Training Planning Work Management 100

SocialPilot

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Online marketing is evolving each day with newer trends and challenges. But thankfully, marketing isn’t a lonely ride. There are several internet marketing experts and online marketing professionals who have thrived in the recent times. Social Media Marketing + Michael A. Are you ready? Let’s begin!

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SmartBug Media

MAY 6, 2020

The most effective SaaS marketing departments employ paid, owned, and earned media channels. For growing SaaS organizations that are doing inbound marketing , paid marketing channels can give you the awareness to put all of that great content to work. Paid search is a staple within most marketers' paid media budgets.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 23, 2012

If you’re using HubSpot's Inbound Marketing Software , you’re probably happy to have all your core inbound marketing tools -- Lead Nurturing , Lead Intelligence , Email Marketing , Blogging , Social Media , SEO , Marketing Analytics , and more -- in one place. Install Zerys.

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Optinmonster

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

(Note: If you haven’t started building an email list yet, you need to read our definitive guide to email marketing.) These approaches highlight important elements that you’ll need for any content marketing strategy , so add these tips to your blog traffic arsenal when following the 5 steps outlined above.

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OutboundView

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The inbound marketing for B2B landscape of 2018 is a brave new world for business – one virtually unrecognizable from years past. Go back to the start of the decade – concepts like content marketing, social media marketing, influencer marketing, and inbound marketing were years away from conception.

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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., Photo credit: DIY Marketers.

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Hubspot

MARCH 24, 2021

The background of the page literally provides businesses with a blank canvas to decorate , so to overlook the marketing potential of this valuable Twitter real estate would be a disadvantage to marketers. Zipcar's background creatively showcases its happy users, putting customers at the forefront of its Twitter marketing strategy.

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Martech Advisor

MARCH 22, 2020

Inbound Vs Outbound marketing channels differ in their approach and goals. While each channel offers uniquely to marketing objectives of brand awareness, lead generation and sales conversions, it is important to know which channel is most effective for your line of business. What is Inbound Marketing?

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Metadata

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Marketing teams are like snowflakes. Study ten marketing teams from seemingly identical companies, and their structures will vary. But despite the differences, marketing teams are (or at least should be) marching down the same path—a path leading them to a structure that looks different than team structures of the past.

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B2B Marketing Ad Building Paid Search Agency Work Management 52

Hubspot

JANUARY 23, 2017

Facebook Ads are going to drive more leads for your business in 2017 than any other paid channel. You’ll need to have the right strategy and execute with agility and precision, but right now there is a massive Facebook opportunity for inbound marketers. Right now, this is the case with Facebook. Source: Facebook.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Today we’re closing out this three-part series with a post for our marketing audience. So, if you’re on the hunt for new marketing resources, look no further. 1. Marketing 360. The Marketing 360 YouTube channel offers a wide variety of high-quality video content. 2. Duct Tape Marketing. Go check it out!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 14, 2010

Whether you are a CMO’s of a B2C or B2B Marketing team the key in this next decade is sharing and the key to sharing is Content! Some people call it Content Marketing (Junta42) some people call it Inbound Marketing (HubSpot) but the meaning is basically the same. Share this on Facebook. Tweet This!

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Hubspot

MAY 14, 2019

Like many of the people who work in the industry, digital marketing was born in the 1990s. Needless to say, marketing has evolved at breakneck speed since then, sprouting many more types of marketing. Some are definitely more effective and relevant than others, so read on to learn about the top types of marketing around today.

Paid Content 101

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Hubspot

AUGUST 30, 2019

Inbound marketing is in the middle of an interesting evolution. Historically, search has been a major source of traffic and leads for businesses leveraging online marketing. But, with the growth of social networks, social media marketing is even more heavily embraced today. The answer? Social Media SEO Strategy.

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SmartBug Media

MARCH 19, 2020

Video marketing is one of the strongest ways to give a visual introduction or demonstration of your products or services—and it allows you to capture the attention of your buyer personas at the right stage of the Buyer’s Journey. Calls to action are essential to any marketing endeavor, including video. Determine Your Goal.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The marketing technology landscape is expanding rapidly , and it's becoming cheaper and easier for marketers to run powerful campaigns on their website or other channels. So, if you want to build a powerful inbound marketing engine, what do you need? HubSpot Marketing Hub.

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Hubspot

JULY 23, 2018

You’ve probably heard of these famous pairs (or, in some cases, noshed on them), but for inbound marketers, there’s one pair in particular that goes hand-in-hand: content and marketing. Ninety percent of marketing companies use content marketing as part of their strategy. 4) Network at Every Opportunity.

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Hubspot

JUNE 26, 2012

Does your marketing life ever feel like it’s just an endless to-do list, with all items labeled the highest priority and due yesterday? This post will offer suggested must-do task lists every inbound marketer can use to stay sane and keep campaigns going strong on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. 10 Daily To-Do's.

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Only B2B

JANUARY 29, 2018

Generate Leads With Marketing Automation | Tips from 10+ Experts. So what could be the best marketing automation method for generating leads? We thought to roam around, shaking a few hands with marketing experts, and asking them to drop 1 tip would enlighten us – and trust us it all works. Douglas Karr. Samantha Stone.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Here at HubSpot, we've been giving a lot of thought to the concept of a growth stack -- the set of tools that marketers and sales teams use to drive growth. Together, we set out to determine what technologies HubSpot customers have enabled on their websites. 7 Key Technologies Used by HubSpot Customers.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Learning and networking are two important components to being a great inbound marketer. Both of these aspects of marketing can happen both online and offline. Today we are announcing a new effort to help marketers learn and network offline. Free Download: Inbound Marketing Kit.

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Hubspot

MARCH 29, 2013

A couple days ago, our friends over at Marketing Pilgrim published a great blog post from Square 2 Marketing 's President and Co-Founder Michael Lieberman called " 10 Ways Inbound Marketing Drives Results This Month.". Michael Lieberman's 10 Ways for Inbound Marketing to Drive Results This Month.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Most of the time when I''m reading about marketing, I like to actually learn something I can take away and implement. So this week, I put the HubSpot content roundup together with content that I know could help me -- or any other marketer -- do our jobs better. Will the social network help your marketing at all?

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Hubspot

JULY 18, 2019

If you sell software, as we do at HubSpot , you’ll find yourself not only using connections for your internal software but also for your customers to use along with your software. The list we’ve compiled below is of integrations that connect with HubSpot. This isn’t to say these HubSpot integrations don’t also work with other software.

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Hubspot

JUNE 11, 2018

These days, memes are spreading like wildfire all over the internet, and clever marketers are jumping on the opportunity to use these viral pieces of content to their advantage. In fact, the image we used above is a memejacking just for marketers. Why Memejacking Is Awesome for Marketing. What Is a Meme? They're Already Viral.

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Social Networks Viral Marketing Buzz Classified Ads 74

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Since the recent explosion in popularity of Pinterest, many marketers have been experimenting with how they can take advantage of it for business. At HubSpot, we've been noticing some very interesting trends from our own Pinterest presence. Should websites like Pinterest be off-limits to marketers? It's no surprise.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Special guests Brian Whalley and Janet Aronica hosted last week’s episode of Marketing Update. Brian and Janet discussed new LinkedIn company features, Steve Jobs, rooftop QR codes, the state bar of Wisconsin encouraging inbound marketing, and how few marketers target US Hispanics with Spanish-speaking Facebook pages.

Inbound Marketing 28

Inbound Marketing Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing & Strategy Paid Search Agency 28

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

HubSpot's 2012 State of Inbound Marketing Report is now available! The report is based on a survey conducted in January 2012 of 972 marketing professionals. The study includes data and insights about marketers' costs, budgets, lead quality, and priorities. 10 Graphs from the 2012 State of Inbound Report.

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Hubspot

MARCH 24, 2013

Nowadays, it feels like every social network and online platform has some sort of tool designed for marketers. Whether we know it or not, many of these networks and services are adding business pages, analytics, and even automation into their functionality. For us marketers, this is wonderful news.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 20, 2019

Whether you're trying to develop your personal career or forge new business relationships, making offline, personal connections has become even more critical as online social networking becomes the norm. Networking” is a buzzword that many of us have a serious love/hate relationship with. Come prepared with a clear goal in mind.

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Exo B2B

MAY 9, 2017

As B2B marketing professionals and social media specialists, we obviously had to write about it. Many marketers are asking the following questions: Is Snapchat suitable for the B2B sector? Can it be integrated into a B2B marketing strategy ? Snapchat is the millennial generation’s favorite network! ©MediaMetrix.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Many businesses think that if their product or service is spectacular, it will speak for itself; they'll need very little marketing effort for it to take off. But it only appears to have been achieved with little or no marketing effort because their fame and fortune was won through word-of-mouth marketing. Need inspiration?

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Word of Mouth Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Paid Search Agency 78

Hubspot

MAY 7, 2013

At HubSpot, we’ve been using social media as part of our inbound marketing strategy since before Twitter was born and back when Facebook was only accessible to students. Today, social media is one of the key inbound marketing channels we use to grow our business.

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SmartBug Media

MAY 15, 2020

In order to create effective marketing, nonprofit organizational teams must find creative and innovative ways to enhance their marketing and stand apart from for-profit businesses and like-minded organizations. A national digital marketing company, SmartBug understands the importance of a digital footprint. Enhance your SEO.

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