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.

Business Blogging 28

Business Blogging Business B2B Thought Leadership Stats 28

Hubspot

DECEMBER 20, 2012

At this point, we know that consistent, frequent blogging is critical to your business’ online success. 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. Authors and Due Dates.

Template 28

Template Business Blogging Planning Buyer Personas 28

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.

Stats 0

Stats Paid Content Business Blogging Ad Frequency 0

Hubspot

JUNE 22, 2011

In the webininar How to Rapidly Grow Your Business With Content Marketing , Stelzner, author of the new book Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition , shared the techniques he used to grow his business over an 18-month period (top small business blog with 82,000 email subscribers, 44,000 Facebook fans and 60 writers).

Social Media 28

Social Media Inbound Marketing Social Marketing Media 28

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Setting aside time to brainstorm blog topics, structure posts around relevant keywords, optimize calls-to-action and social sharing buttons, and strategically place relevant internal links can sound daunting to many marketers. Read this blog post to learn more about the benefits of business blogging.).

Traffic 28

Traffic Buyer Personas Top of Funnel SEO 28

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. 1) Research is a vital part of online shopping. 79% of online shoppers spend at least 50% of their shopping time researching products.

Stats 28

Stats Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Planning 28

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 20, 2010

They have compiled over 50 marketing charts and graphs based on analysis of their 2,500 business customers. NOTE: Requires registration to download) Please share with your friends and followers: Related posts that may interest you: Social Media Marketing: Time Trap or Opportunity Magnet?

Social Media 60

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Web 2.0 60

Hubspot

AUGUST 11, 2013

There was a ton of stuff that happened in the news this week -- it seemed like Facebook, Twitter, and Google rolled out a bagillion features, and I was struggling to keep up with it all amidst my other marketing duties. Here''s what it will look like: As an inbound marketer, I am absolutely thrilled.

Google 28

Google Inbound Marketing Copyright Paid Search Agency 28

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

For the answer to that question, I went to the “The 9 Metrics Every Marketer Must Track” webinar by Megan Heuer, Research Director, SiriusDecisions and Craig Rosenberg , Vice President, Products & Services, Tippit. Here are the key takeaways from the webinar: Don’t confuse marketing activity with results.

Marketing Automation Services 60

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Marketing Automation 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products by Achinta Mitra on May 14, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog I am a big fan of Content Marketing or as some people like to refer to it as Inbound Marketing.

Webinar Metrics 60

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

The chart below from a research study done by Forrester illustrates this point very clearly. Understanding and building accurate profiles of different personas requires a close alignment between sales and marketing. And they use different sources to get their information.

Relevance 60

Relevance B2B Marketing CMS Development Buying Cycle 60

Single Grain

DECEMBER 29, 2020

When you’re looking for original insights and strategies for how to grow your business that you won’t find anywhere else, this is someone to follow. A Simple Hack to Combine Facebook Ads and Google Ads. Book My Free SaaS Marketing Consultation. Turning Customer Research Into Customer Outcomes. 6) Steli Efti.

Blogger 119

Blogger Business Blogging Sales Management Enterprise Management 119

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

In Needs Awareness and Research phases, the first two stages of the industrial buy cycle (see my earlier post Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle ) your prospects and customers use a variety of online content to find solutions to their current problems and needs. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

Defining B2B Customer Engagement Forrester Research has proposed a definition of customer engagement that makes a lot of sense to me. With the rising popularity of social media in B2B marketing, it is now more a method of tracking your friends or fans on Facebook, LinkedIn and/or Twitter.

B2B 60

B2B Marketing Analytics Tools Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

I’ve read several articles about the impending death of email marketing because of the steady decline in open and click-through rates (CTR). Can we deliver a powerful 1-2 punch by combining social media and email marketing? I came across two research studies that answer the last question with a big YES!

Social Media 60

Social Media Email Marketing Social Marketing Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MARCH 12, 2012

According to the GlobalSpec study, only 25% of the respondents said they used a company blog to participate in social media and rated it a mere 2.6 on a scale of 1 to 7 for “Value” as a resource for researching work-related purchases. The Semplice study reports “44% of companies surveyed had blogs.

Social Media 60

Social Media Tactics ROI Paid Search Agency 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

I downloaded a white paper called “Understanding the Industrial Buy Cycle: How to Align Your Marketing with Your Customers’ Buying Process” from GlobalSpec that has done a very good job of explaining the four stages of the industrial buy cycle and how to match your marketing content to each stage.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Web 2.0 Allocation 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

RESEARCH Even before I open up my trusty word processor, I head over to Google’s Keyword Tool. I use it to research key words/phrases that people are using to search for answers to their particular problem. That led me to other popular search terms like blog content creation, content creation help, online content creation etc.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle 60

Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 30, 2009

Blog HubSpot TV Contributors Marketing Kit Internet Marketing Blog The HubSpot Inbound Internet Marketing blog covers all of inbound marketing - SEO, Blogging, Social Media, Landing Pages, Lead Generation and Analytics. Submit guest post ideas to rburnes[at]hubspot[dot]com.

Blogger 40

Blogger RSS Inbound Marketing Internet Marketing 40

Hubspot

APRIL 12, 2011

Check out her posts on the StudentAdvisor Blog for the latest in college news. When it comes to business blogging, lists are an excellent accessory to have in your content generation toolbox. What readers don't want to do is spend the necessary hours researching information to figure it out on their own!

Tips 28

Tips FAQ RSS Social Media 28

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

A B2B blog is the perfect online tool to accomplish that. If you are still not sure about the benefits of using a business blog, head over to HubSpot and read these articles: 6 Reasons Every Small Business Should Be Blogging… Are You Missing the Boat? I say you need both. That’s all you need for now.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Buying Cycle B2B Blogger 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Rule #1: Natural or organic search engine optimization (SEO) In the research phase of the industrial buying cycle , engineers and industrial buyers tend to use broad keywords and phrases that describe their current problem. In complex industrial sales, researchers often do not have the authority to make the final purchase decision.

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

In one word content – marketing content that is relevant and tailored to the prospect’s stage on the buy cycle. Create and deliver useful information such as white papers, industry research and trends and how-to guides for selecting the right solution provider.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Work Management Marketing Management 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

As marketers, we need to shorten the industrial buy cycle by producing marketing content that is relevant and tailored to the prospect’s stage on the buy cycle.

Relevance 60

Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Brand Identity 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

Put it on a refresh schedule and spiff it up to keep it in tune with constantly shifting markets. For example, if you reference research conducted a year ago, is there a new source that will increase relevance? Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. Refresh - Content gets stale over time.

Planning 60

Planning B2B Marketing Emarketing B2B 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

They’ll ask friends at other companies, post queries to industry email discussion groups and boards, ping analysts or surf the Web researching. webinars website design White Paper Marketing whitepapers YouTube Marketing Matters Marketing Matters is our monthly e-newsletter on best practices in industrial and B2B marketing.

Sales Management 60

Sales Management Pricing Price Marketing Websites 60

Hubspot

OCTOBER 14, 2010

There is an elephant in the online marketing “room,” and the elephant’s name is Curation. Curation is the most important part of online marketing that no one is talking about. With the rise of inbound marketing, content has become front and center in the minds of marketers. Photo Credit: joyosity.

Curation 28

Curation Content Aggregators Inbound Marketing 28

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Solving the content conundrum It is our responsibility as practitioners of inbound marketing to coax relevant content out of the client, be it internal or external. Retrofitting optimization is much harder and it isn’t as effective as creating content from the ground up that is optimized for carefully researched keywords and phrases.

Marketing Websites 60

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The content mapping discussed here is based on the four stages of the industrial buying cycle identified as Needs Awareness, Research, Consideration & Comparison and Procurement (See my earlier post Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle ).

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0

B2B Marketing 60

B2B Marketing Top of Funnel BtoB Peer-to-peer 60

Hubspot

DECEMBER 29, 2011

With 2012 just around the corner, it's time to start thinking about your marketing strategy for the New Year. As more and more companies catch on to the most effective strategies for getting found online and generating more leads and customers, the future of inbound marketing is looking more competitive and fast-paced than ever.

Planning 28

Planning Landing Pages Burn Rate Marketing Automation Services 28

Hubspot

JANUARY 2, 2012

Perhaps that way, you can truly kick-start your 2012 marketing strategy with some inspiration to get your business blogging into full swing. Facebook's Timeline Calls for More Content. The new Facebook is here and brings with it features that call for some changes in Facebook marketing.

Content 28

Content Tagging Hubspot Public Relations 28

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

By ‘we” I mean my 17-year old daughter who helped me a ton with the research. Here are 199 Digital Marketing Stats to drive your marketing strategy… Content Marketing Stats. On average, inbound marketing overheads 62% less per lead than outbound marketing, which is more traditional.

Stats 262

Stats Webinar Metrics Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy 262

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

According to SirrusDecisions research, the B2B buyer receives 20.3 And that reality of the flooded inbox is very evident from steadily dropping response rates of only 1% to 3% range for traditional email marketing. email campaigns per week, up from 15.4 per week in 2006.

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB 60

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Encourage Customer Reviews - You likely have access to one or many online sites focused on providing reviews and insights to businesses in your industry. If you are a restaurant, for example, you can accumulate reviews about your business on sites like Yelp and Urban Spoon. Free Webinar: Small Business Blogging Secrets Revealed.

Small Business Marketing 28

Small Business Marketing Ad Building Business Word of Mouth 28

Hubspot

JULY 13, 2010

Online marketing, or inbound marketing as well call it at HubSpot , has many moving pieces. But as a CEO, you don’t need to get caught up in the details of your company’s online marketing efforts. Business Blogging - Blogging is a multi-purpose tool for businesses.

Online Marketing 28

Online Marketing Work Management Marketing Management Advertising Agencies 28

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Here on the HubSpot blog, we’ve written glossary-themed posts that cover some of the core components of inbound marketing -- we''ve covered email marketing , website optimization , social media , and the list goes on. So we thought it was time to create a blog post that could serve as an inbound marketing glossary.

Inbound Marketing 28

Inbound Marketing Top of Funnel Sales Management Marketing Automation Services 28