we bet u wouldnt follow @HubSpot 4long if we twtd like this ALL TH3 TIME!!!!! Do you know your best customer? Seriously -- do you really, really understand your best customer? For example, do they live in the big city or the suburbs? Watch Jeopardy or Modern Family ? Use their iPhone nonstop, or get nervous about new technology? HEYYY! Right?

According to HubSpot research companies that have a business blog attract 55% more website visitors than non-blogging companies. HubSpot has partnered with Jeff Ente of Who’s Blogging What to create a a new 24 page ebook that provides business blogging expertise from some of the best bloggers on the web. Connect with HubSpot

HubSpot customer, Huthwaite, an international sales training company, decreased their cost per PPC lead from $400 to $10 by focusing on quality conversions instead of click volume. Join HubSpot's Mark Roberge to learn how to generate more leads and lower your cost per lead from your PPC. Connect with HubSpot

Take a look at Inbound Marketing University and make it a requirement for your teams to get certified, or if you are a HubSpot customer, take a look through Success to build a curriculum. Ask your team to subscribe to the HubSpot Blog , and read through the content on the Inbound Marketing Hub. Connect with HubSpot

Connect with HubSpot Should you follow back somebody who follows you on Twitter? Should you comment on the Facebook updates of your connections? These questions form a social media etiquette that businesses deem suitable when building relationships online. That’s the way it used to be--us talking to our audience. The Value of Giving.

Connect with HubSpot B2C marketers have known for some time how important a mobile marketing strategy is to their success. Not only is the ROI of these programs harder to anticipate in B2B, it requires significant time and thought to craft a campaign that will truly add value to customers and prospects. travelers. Add social sharing buttons.

For example, sometimes this could include social media websites, sometimes it might not -- in HubSpot's software , social media websites are not included in referral traffic because they're included in a separate "social media" bucket. You know how we're always on your case to measure your marketing? Get in good with your analytics ? Great.

This is a guest post written by Mike Lieberman, president of Square 2 Marketing , a gold-level HubSpot agency partner. Connect with HubSpot He is also the co-author of the new book, Fire Your Sales Team Today! Equally important is an understanding that all traffic is not created equal. Does your site deliver a personal experience?

We've brought together an all-star cast of HubSpot marketing experts to give you a comprehensive Inbound Marketing education at our first Inbound Marketing Virtual Conference. Connect with HubSpot In a study by On24, 63% of marketers said they were more likely to attend a conference online than in person. Increased Reach. Convenience.

Connect with HubSpot If you have used Google today then you might have gotten a taste test of their newest feature, Google Instant Preview. This feature allows users to preview the results right on the search engine results page by displaying a screenshot with the click of a magnifying glass. Fine Tune That Meta Description.

Connect with HubSpot There is no doubt that images on your website, in addition to content, can enhance your SEO - if done right. Just like content, Google can index images and make them available in organic search. Here are 5 things to keep in mind when working with images on your website and blog. Pick an Appropriate Image. Apply Alt Text.

Connect with HubSpot In search engine optimization , inbound links are a marketer's most powerful asset. But while link-building is critical, it's also tricky, considering giving an inbound link is the decision of the website linking to you, which isn't something you have complete control over. Don't worry; you're not totally out of luck.

Ignite Social Media) How to Use Twitter as an Effective Customer Service Platform: A Confused.com Case Study  (Socialnomics) Why You Should Market Like You (Want to) Cook  (Portent) 5 Email Marketing Strategies for Customer Retention  (Marketo). News & Notes

For instance, HubSpot’s own social media policy is very simple: social media use is encouraged and expected, and as a result, employees have no need to feel secretive about their accounts or separate their personal social media presence from their corporate presence. Today, it’s all digital, baby. News & Notes

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. Recently, I took a cab across the Charles River from HubSpot toward downtown Boston to meet up with a few friends. own a site.

recently downloaded an e-book,  Optimizing Landing Pages by Sarah Goliger from Hubspot that outlines the basics on what needs to be included, how to get them shared, using them as a lead nurturing tool and thanking them for responding. You can’t do that in an ad(print or digital) by itself. You

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Connect with HubSpot Black Friday. It's the biggest shopping weekend of the year, and today marks the busiest day of the entire holiday season. As retailers prep their brick and mortar presence with lights and glitter, smart inbound marketers are also taking to the internet in order to cash in on their online sales. spending has reached $9.7

Connect with HubSpot Facebook is dominating Twitter in usage in the United States, but the two social platforms are nearly equal when it comes to awareness. This is just one of many interesting data nuggets that were uncovered in a new survey conducted by Edison Research. Which of these charts is most important to your business?

Aaron Strout joins us for another exciting episode of Inbound Now, HubSpot's social media and inbound marketing podcast ! Connect with HubSpot Aaron is the head of location based marketing at WCG in Austin. In this episode, we chat about: The evolution of location based marketing. Point-of-purchase and location based services.

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One of our HubSpot customers was in the process of updating their home page. Connect with HubSpot And they were at an impasse between two different home pages. One stressed the type of product and the other stressed the value proposition. What to do? told them there’s only one thing to do – test.

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Common Content Marketing Challenges -- And Simple Solutions - by @rickburnes via @hubspot Are you struggling with content marketing? Whoosh! Know what that was? It was the sound of the weekend flying past and slamming head first into the weekend. Can you believe it's Friday already? We can't, but here we are anyway. well, not all of them.

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Instead of hearing from the HubSpot team why we thought our conference was great, these posts let you hear when the event was a can't-miss opportunity from actual attendees. Ticket Sales Tip #1: Get Cyndi Lauper to perform at your event. Just kidding. And part of that planning means, obviously, driving ticket sales. But they're busy. Anyone?

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We recruited best in class experts including Ann Handley , Jay Baer , Shawn Graham , David Meerman Scott , Kevin Daum and more for their input, and combined their expertise with HubSpot’s own proven tactics. Often in just three seconds or 140 characters. But where’s the instant gratification for marketers? The result? What to Do Today.

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Connect with HubSpot This is a guest post written by Pam Sahota. Pam is a marketing communications/social media manager and freelance blogger who loves Boston, photography, charity events, sushi, wine, and the Red Sox. But let's back-track a bit. Exactly how does a marketing team help a sales team with those leads once they're generated?

Connect with HubSpot Whether you're running a business, show or blog, the mission to draw attention never ends. Exposure is key, and there are two ways to get it: A hookup with promotion, both online and mainstream. Host great guests. In his Rise to the Top interview with David Garland, Graham shares tips and tricks from his own experience.

Connect with HubSpot Yesterday Facebook celebrated the one year anniversary of one of its most important product launches, the Like Button. year ago, Facebook unvieled the Like Button at their f8 conference , marking the true extention of the Facebook platform to third-party websites. Facebook Like Button Usage Statistics. More than 2.5

Connect with HubSpot If you are like me, you don’t think much about the time you spend watching online video. It sort of just happens—an article takes you to YouTube, a friend emails you about a video, a coworker shares an interview… Well, it is time to quantify these experiences. This is a fortunate reality for businesses.

Connect with HubSpot This is a guest post writte by Paul Roetzer (@paulroetzer). Paul is founder and CEO of PR 20/20, a Cleveland-based inbound marketing agency , and author of the upcoming Wiley book, The Marketing Agency Blueprint (December 2011). Change is not always easy, but it is inevitable. The Impact of Inbound Marketing.

Connect with HubSpot A lot of wonderful things happened in the world of marketing in 2011 , but in the fast-paced world of inbound marketing, it doesn't behoove us to dwell on the past. did I get everyone?) and asked them what they think is in store for inbound marketing and its 'Get Found,' 'Convert,' 'Analyze' methodology. That's bullshit.

recent HubSpot study of 1,500 B2B and B2C company Facebook Pages determined that photo posts generate 53% more Likes and 104% more comments than average posts. Remember the kindergarten exercise, show and tell? Well, based on its more mobile-friendly News Feed redesign , it appears Facebook will now be more show than tell. Words drive SEO.

Facebook Launches New Ad Retargeting Tool Following Impressive Beta Results, From HubSpot. Happy Sunday, marketers! Did you have an exciting, action-packed weekend? Since Monday’s right around the corner, we’ve compiled the top marketing stories of the week to help you catch up on what’s happening in the world of inbound marketing.

Connect with HubSpot Do you remember the sweet anticipation of receiving new email messages? If you are like most people today, you hardly think of your inbox fondly. It’s like the fading memory of a once-cherished rendezvous that turned into a burdensome relationship. It is great to see people opening your emails and enjoying them.

Really interesting study on content marketing and custom publishing research led by King Fish Media with help from Hubspot , Upshot and Junta42. Note: the study requires name and email to download and the 20-page eBook can be downloaded here ).   The take : We are all publishers now. Measurement. The take : Wow! Content Where?

Connect with HubSpot At SXSW Interactive, Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley and Mashable founder Pete Cashmore took the stage for an interview about the future and evolution of location-based social network Foursquare. Crowley also elaborated on the recent launch of Foursquare's 3.0 version. Creating Serendipitous Experiences.

Disclosure: a couple of the examples below are Performable or HubSpot customers. Connect with HubSpot A couple of years ago my father taught me to dance. It was several months before my wedding and my usual method of jumping around wildly wasn’t going to cut it. Today’s marketing is customer-driven. Who does it well?

Connect with HubSpot Successful inbound marketing requires a hand in a number of different marketing channels, from blogging , to social media, to email, SEO, PPC, and even live events. Don't keep your marketing contained in individual silos -- integrate it! Email and Social Media. It's all about social media. Share on Facebook!' Tweet This!'

Connect with HubSpot When Google's social network Google+ launched, its core differentiation was Circles, a way to share content with only a certain group -- or groups -- of your Google+ connections. It Doesn't Matter! All of these articles will miss the point. Google and Facebook aren't battling over social sharing. Yeah, public, as in.to

Connect with HubSpot On this blog and in much of our other content, we regularly discuss the importance of downloadable content offers to inbound marketing. This is content that is primarily used for lead generation -- premium content that is only available to your prospects if they complete a lead generation form. Editing and proofreading.

Brian Halligan, CEO of HubSpot , in his excellent CEOs Guide to Internet Marketing presentation said marketers need “lots and lots of content. For instance, HubSpot hired a former reporter for the New York Times and a music major fresh out of college, Rebecca Corliss. In my mind’s eye, I hear marketers questions.

Connect with HubSpot It's been a while since we heard about a major algorithm update from Google (everyone needs a vacation, right?), but it looks like the search giant is back in full swing with a new one. Who Exactly Will Be Penalized? Google posted that users want to see content when they click through to a website (what a shock!),

Connect with HubSpot How are we already passed the half way mark for the month? It is a busy time of year for most marketers, so we wanted to close the week out with a recap of some of the biggest online marketing related stories that you might have missed. 10 Marketing Stories You Might Have Missed This Week. And You. And You. And You.

The event was part of a tour to promote his new book, Linchpin , and several members of the HubSpot team attended the morning half of the event. Connect with HubSpot Yesterday in Boston, author and speaker Seth Godin took the stage at John Hancock Hall. The morning focused on Godin speaking and making his case for change.

The HubSpot User Group Summit (#HUGS2011) and our partner event, the Inbound Marketing Summit , which will feature scads of amazing speakers like Guy Kawasaki, Dan Heath, and even popular author Ben Mezrich, will be the best possible way to first get inspired and then learn how to apply inbound marketing hands on! Connect with HubSpot

MarketingSherpa’s Email Summit in Las Vegas started yesterday in full force and HubSpot is here to keep our readers in the loop of the hottest email marketing discussions. Connect with HubSpot ” Here are the four comments participants shared and some ways you can tackle these challenges: 1. But what should you be testing?

HubSpot is the lead sponsor of the "Shortest Marketing Conference Ever" webinar and Mike Volpe, Inbound Marketer Extraordinaire, will be one of the speakers. Connect with HubSpot Tonight at 6 PM Eastern, a remarkable conference will take place. Call it a "Speed Webinar" for people that like their education in bite-sized doses.

Connect with HubSpot This is a guest blog post written by Patrick O'Malley, former VP of operations for Google's top competitor and a LinkedIn expert. During the second session of Jill Konrath's Sales Productivity Summit , he'll show you that the real power in LinkedIn is in using clever search techniques. Want to save time for both of you?

Connect with HubSpot So wait -- you don't want to win the award for the worst blog post ever written? Okay, I'm not sure if there's an actual award, but there are some easy things you can do to make sure your blog never gets read or does anything to benefit your business. 10 Tips for Writing the Worst Blog Post Ever. You're done!

Jason Falls joins us for another exciting episode of Inbound Now, HubSpot's social media and inbound marketing podcast ! Check out HubSpot's Free 9 Step Email Marketing Guide. Connect with HubSpot Jason runs his own consulting agency, Social Media Explorer , which is also a very popular social media blog. Segmenting email lists.

If you want some basic tips on Twitter, check out Twitter 101 or Hubspot’s How To guide. Are you already tired of Twitter? Do you think it’s just a fad? Well think again because the popularity of Twitter is growing at an alarming rate. As you read these, you need to think about your end goals. This is not a post on the basics of Twitter.

Connect with HubSpot Is your target audience on Facebook? First of all, yes. Pretty much every demographic is represented on Facebook these days, with more than 600 million active users. But how do you know how much of your target audience is really represented on Facebook ? Go to Facebook.com/Advertising and click "Create an Ad.". That's it!

To learn more about Kevin, register for his upcoming webinar with HubSpot entitled "B2B eCommerce: The Next Frontier of Inbound Marketing". Connect with HubSpot This is a guest post by Kevin Cooper, VP of Sales and Marketing at Insite Software. And when they say this, they are probably half right. That’s good stuff all around.

Connect with HubSpot With all of the online buzz today about social media, blogging may seems like an old idea to some businesses. However, for many, it is still a new frontier. previously took a deep look at leveraging Twitter for lead generation as the first in our series of social media lead generation articles. Think of it this way.

All I had to do was copy/paste the text into the HubSpot blogging tool 's HTML, and voila! Connect with HubSpot That being said, getting your guest posts accepted by and published on the blogs of others is no easy feat. Talk about a jack of all trades! Mistakes in Guest Blogging Strategy. 1) Having NO Strategy. Do your homework.

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Connect with HubSpot Email subscribers can be ambassadors for your brand, helping you gain new social media fans and followers spread your content far beyond your existing audience. Here are four ways to use email to increase your social media followers and expand your reach. Include 'Follow Us' Buttons. Add Social Sharing Buttons. clicks.

Published by Hubspot, May 2010. The 9 Worst Ways to Use LinkedIn for Business - Hubspot , November 3, 2010 LinkedIn is a powerful social network to connect with industry professionals, especially for B2B. Really great content around B2B Marketing again this month.  There must be some good business reason they do it, right? . PR Dept?

Grader is the new iPhone app from HubSpot. Connect with HubSpot As mobile technology gets more sophisiticated, businesses operate increasingly in real time. As a result, marketing on-the-go becomes more commonplace. Here are 6 iPhone apps that every modern marketer should check out. Facebook. Price: Free Get the Facebook iPhone app.

Connect with HubSpot It's almost that time of year! Christmas songs are starting to play on the radio. The temperature is getting colder. Everyone seems to be extra generous and cheerful as the holidays quickly approach. To help you keep your holiday marketing on the smart side, here are 4 holiday marketing campaign mistakes to avoid.

Some have even suggested that marketing automation market is floundering , but it is such a new market and offering that is innevitable to have doubts, especially with these many vendors in the space. Interesting to note that the majority of the players only came to existence not even 5 years ago. What do you think ? Very helpful article. Nice post!

HubSpot had the opportunity to catch up with Jesse and learn more about Daily Grommet's remarkable video marketing. Connect with HubSpot "Create something remarkable" is marketing advice we often share with you. But do you struggle to decipher what "remarkable" might mean in a business environment? Put the People First. Keep It Short.

HubSpot's Prospect Tracking : Learn how the lead has navigated your site and what they seem to be most interested in. You've never made a mistake, right? We certainly never have. It's a pretty big bummer, however, when those mistakes results in lost sales and wasted leads. Especially if those mistakes were totally avoidable! like sleeping.

Connect with HubSpot In the world of inbound marketing , integrating tactics provides marketers with incredible leverage. However, integration can often be challenging because individual marketing tactics sometime exist in silos with little collaboration. And email marketing is most companies' primary inbound lead generation channel.

The original book from Hubspot that started the transition from outbound marketing and push advertising to inbound marketing; the process of making prospects find you. As we head into the winter months and most of us aren’t out as much, it’s a good time to catch up on some good reading material.  Books are listed by funnel category. Ruth P.

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This is something HubSpot has implemented with great success; it also offers multiple perspectives in your content, letting different areas of expertise shine through and benefit your readers. Connect with HubSpot We hear it all the time: "I know blogging is important, but." But I don't have any time." But I can't write."

Connect with HubSpot LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman took the stage at South By South West Interactive to discuss the future of the Internet and how data is the next major evolution of the social Web. Today, the future is being invented faster than most could have imagined only a few decades ago. Previous Internet Eras. Web 1.0 - Web 1.0 Web 3.0

Connect with HubSpot And the daily deal site debate continues. Among so many conflicting opinions about whether involvement in daily deal sites is worth it for businesses, yesterday eMarketer featured new data from five different sources that still doesn't make a clear case for daily deal sites either way. You could be next!

New Data: You Should Email Your List More Often via @HubSpot. Tweet Hi everyone, As you can see I’m back to posting again this week. Sorry it’s been so long. ve rounded up five articles that I think you’ll find helpful for this week’s top five. Do you find these weekly roundups helpful? Thanks! Think Facebook doesn’t matter for B2B?

Connect with HubSpot A month ago, the marketing world celebrated Marketing Transformation week, a celebration of the marketing revolution and the change in how marketing is done today. Bob Dylan was a strong voice and proprietor for change during the 1960s. Enjoy our coffe house-style video. The Time's They Are a Changin' - Bob Dylan cover.

Hubspot. What are you thankful for this year? It’s the age-old table talk you always hear at Thanksgiving, at least in my family. Like many people, I am thankful for my family and friends and, yes, my job. And with my job there are some resources that make my life a heck of a lot easier. So where’s a superhero to turn? AdAge.

Connect with HubSpot The discussion around mobile marketing often centers around smartphones, but it really extends to ereaders and tablets as well. eMarketer recently released data that highlights the growth of each of these mobile devices in 2011 and into 2012. Content Formats That Rock on Mobile. That's what is so awesome about comics!

Connect with HubSpot Marketers need to be constantly aware of their online community and manage it through good times and bad. On this weeks episode of the Marketing Update, Karen and co-host Kara Sasssone discussed two different examples of companies that need to focus more on their online communities. Netflix Raises Prices.

That's why in HubSpot's email tool , we allow customers to create multiple 'Subscription Types' so the names jive with your company's internal naming structure. And you know what happens when you become a subscriber to the HubSpot blog and nothing else? Not every email address is created equal. There are two reasons for this.

It got a lot of us here at HubSpot debating, so I thought I'd share some predictions (some silly, some serious) about what it could be. I was perusing Marketing Pilgrim this morning, and what did I find? little article about some new Facebook rollout. Maybe we should newsjack this? Oh no, my friends. On January 15th, to be exact.

Connect with HubSpot Previously we’ve discussed successful blogging topics for eCommerce companies as well as must-measure eCommerce blogging strategies. Today we wanted to demonstrate how blogging can increase your search engine rankings for your product pages. Linking To Relevant Product Pages Within Your Article.

Connect with HubSpot The following post is an excerpt from our new ebook, An Introduction to Inbound Marketing Analytics. Learn how to measure your entire marketing program by downloading the complete, free guide here. To assess your email marketing performance, you must conduct ongoing trend analysis of several key metrics. Bounce Rate.

Whether it's Facebook, Hubspot, SEO, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, or any other instant success solution, all it really is is snake oil. I'm not one for New Year's resolutions; why make big promises to yourself on just New Year's Eve when you could and should be doing them year-round?

Join Walter and fellow CloudCoaching International Co-Founder, HubSpot SVP of Sales and Services Mark Roberge, and CSO Insights Managing Partner Barry Trailer on May 22nd at 2:00 p.m. 'Selling is hard work. By focusing the sales manager’s behavior in the right ways, you can create a system that revolutionizes entire teams.

Connect with HubSpot When it comes to marketing campaign effectiveness, personalization may be the way to go, according to new data released by eMarketer. Research conducted by web content management provider EPiServer in March 2011 reveals that one-third of U.S. marketers believe personalized campaigns to be "highly effective and measurable."

Twitter has a whole list of CRMs that will work with Lead Generation Cards -- and if you''re using HubSpot as a CRM, we count, too. 'Hold on to your hats, marketers, because we’ve got some exciting news that’s going to transform the way you use Twitter Ads. They literally just have to hit "Submit" on the Card''s call-to-action. Probably not.

Here at HubSpot, we've been doing a lot of that lately. Connect with HubSpot With the economy starting to show signs of life , marketers may be getting a bit more flexibility and budget to hire full time or even contract marketing talent. Pre-Screening Candidates for Inbound Marketing Success. Resume Basics. Career Focus. party.

HubSpot CEO, Brian Halligan, thinks that questioning the ROI of Social Media is akin to questioning the ROI of putting on your pants in the morning (you just have to do it) while the Social Media Revolution video makes the case that the ROI of social media is that your business will still exist in 5 years. Connect with HubSpot

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Connect with HubSpot Piggybacking on newsworthy information in marketing often leads to big successes. Historically, we have encouraged marketers to keep track of newly released industry reports, upcoming events, and opportunities to tie their brand to a story that is currently generating a lot of buzz in the news. You can newsjack, too.

Marketing Takeaway: Adopt the GSD mentality we follow here at HubSpot. Connect with HubSpot Today is Independence Day! For many Americans, that means a day off from work, outdoor barbeques, and good summer fun. Here are some awesome quotes from our seven key founding fathers. Benjamin Franklin. John Adams. You can't argue with data.

Below is an example of the page title and meta description you would see if you typed HubSpot in the search box. Connect with HubSpot If you are new to inbound marketing, there are certain things you’ll want to avoid when designing your site. Doing the little things right in the beginning will save you a lot of time in the end.

Chuck will be appearing on HubSpot TV this afternoon at 4pm EST. Be sure to tune in! Connect with HubSpot Several years ago, a man named Chuck was sitting at a marketing conference, waiting for his turn to give a presentation on link building. It would certainly be unconventional, and it might even confuse some people.

The final standings from the Linkedin poll are: Honorable Mention: HubspotTV by Hubspot. B2B Lead Generation | The Best B2B Marketing Ideas of the Year. Today is the end of Q1 for most companies – a good time, I think to review the most innovative B2B marketing ideas of last year. Click the underlined title to watch the show.).

For instance, if we were to evaluate how useful this blog post is to our audience in comparison to other blog posts, we might start with a question like, "How often do you read HubSpot's blog?" This is an excerpt from our new ebook, The Ultimate Guide to Using Surveys in Your Marketing , created in collaboration with SurveyMonkey.

On June 1 st , HubSpot launched a Marketing Library Sweepstakes on Facebook in an effort to drive prospect generation by collecting email addresses of contest entrants as well as to spread reach by increasing HubSpot's number of Facebook likes. Connect with HubSpot The Story of a Money-Sucking Sweepstakes. What Went Wrong?