SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Is business blogging a part of your financial institution’s marketing strategy? If the answer is no, keep reading to learn how blogging can help drive traffic to your website. The History of Blogging. The concept of blogging was introduced in 1994, when a college student wanted to publish his writing online.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 4, 2011

There are three key ideas in the headline of my post – 1) Industrial blogs, 2) Lead generation and 3) Inbound marketing. In this post I’ll talk about how the three work together nicely in industrial and manufacturing marketing. Marketing does not end with filling the top of the funnel. Does your company use a blog?

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The Point

JANUARY 21, 2016

The social media landscape is littered with business blogs that, on the surface, do everything right. Most of those same blogs, however, do little to generate leads, subscribers, or any other kind of measurable engagement or ROI. Here are 10 tips for generating more leads from your blog, drawn from this earlier post.

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Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

A business blog is an important and integral component of inbound marketing. While there are plenty of business blogs from B2B marketing consultants (including this one), industry portals and vertical search engines, there aren’t too many from manufacturers and industrial companies.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 25, 2014

First-time inbound marketers: We''re so glad to have you! We know it can be easy for beginners to run into pitfalls and obstacles with their inbound marketing efforts, as it is with any other "first." Everyone makes mistakes, and we''re here to make the transition to inbound marketing success a little easier for you.

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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.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

However, none of that can happen until you drive lots of interested traffic to your business blog. Optimizing (SEO) your business blog is critical because it allows your target audience to find you in search engines and attract traffic. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer.

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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 24, 2011

It is exciting to see inbound marketing growing as an industry. As this trends picks up, business owners, marketers and marketing agencies have the tough task of hiring the right people to help with inbound marketing for their business. 10 Inbound Marketing Interview Questions.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 13, 2013

to someone just getting started with inbound marketing. For instance, business blogging. What''s the difference between regular blogging and business blogging? What Is Business Blogging? That definition raises two questions: What is "blogging," though? Why Should Businesses Blog?

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 28, 2012

Have you ever had someone stare at you blankly when you say you're an inbound marketer? Inbound marketing concepts can be complicated for people to grasp if they're new to things like SEO, social media, blogging, marketing automation -- any kind of digital marketing, frankly. I think so.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Having trouble wrapping your head all the way around inbound marketing? The links below will give you access to the best HubSpot ebooks of the last 18 months -- and they're organized in a way that makes it clear how they fit into the core inbound marketing methodology. Inbound Marketing Ebooks. 3) Analyze.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 18, 2011

The problem with using outbound marketing as a primary strategy today is that it is becoming less and less effective while remaining ever so expensive. Luckily for us, inbound marketing was born and has become the next best thing since sliced bread (If you’re a marketer or sales professional, I hope you’d agree!).

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Blend Marketing

APRIL 5, 2016

We are thrilled to announce that our inbound marketing client, ramsac, has won a gold award in the Best Business Blog category at the annual Surrey Digital Awards.

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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

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Inbound marketing takes time, but most marketers only have a few hours in the schedule that they can carve out for inbound marketing, which can make prioritizing activites extremely difficult. If you only have a few hours to dedicate to inbound marketing per week, how should you allocate your time?

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Hubspot

MAY 23, 2013

Lately, the whole marketing community is abuzz about content. Content is a necessity for any successful inbound marketing strategy, and with more and more marketers creating it, it''s becoming increasingly difficult to stand out from the barrage of content out there -- a lot of which is, well. And rightfully so.

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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. Below are 5 do's and don'ts we can learn from Kanye West about inbound marketing: DO: Collaborate to Increase Your Exposure. Interruption-based marketing can cause ill will from a company to a customer.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 3, 2011

Industrial marketers who don’t use a business blog are missing a key component of feeding the top of their sales funnels. You can find lots of online articles about the advantages of using a business blog for building thought leadership, communities and humanizing your company. The answer is a resounding yes.

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NuSpark Consulting

OCTOBER 28, 2011

With a little planning, it can become an integral part of your marketing plan and become a good lead generation tool. There are plenty of reasons why a business should have a blog. To name a few: In today’s social media landscape, business blogging has become a powerful marketing medium.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be by Achinta Mitra on May 3, 2010 in Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog Remember the U.S. How do you turn your business blog into a powerful sales tool?

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

When Orbit Media Studios decided to research how business bloggers go about doing their thing in 2014, it wasn’t intended to be a one-and-done project. The mission was -- and still is -- to track how business blogging evolves. Spoiler alert -- the conclusion is the more you put into business blogging, the more you get out of it.

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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 7, 2011

HubSpot's latest State of Inbound Marketing study revealed a remarkable trend about business blogging: From 2009 to 2011, the percentage of respondents with a company blog grew from 48% to 65%. For more results from the 2011 study, watch the 2011 State of Inbound Webinar. Connect with HubSpot :

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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. My boss told me about inbound versus outbound marketing.

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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. But how frequently does a blogger need to publish content in order to make a true dent in their marketing results? Wouldn't it be great to have some blogging benchmarks to go by?

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SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

As a B2B marketing manager, how do you deal with changing digital trends in marketing and deliver the type of growth your organization expects? The answer: inbound marketing. An Inbound Marketing Refresher. Invest in Your Blog. Give Old Content New Life. So, start creating your content calendar now!

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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

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

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

If you're a business blogger who is trying to make the most of your blog by regularly cranking out content, chances are you're familiar with the pressure. In this week's top inbound marketing article, Chris Brogan shares his thoughts and tips on consistently creating remarkable blog content. Cranking Out Content.

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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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The Lead Agency

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

According to marketing guru Neil Patel, guest blogging is the best inbound marketing strategy. Guest blogging benefits both the blog that hosts the content and the person writing the content. In addition, 62.96% of people perceive blogs that have a number of contributors to be more credible.

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Hubspot

APRIL 26, 2013

When it comes to the role of business blogging in inbound marketing, there''s no question that it fits quite nicely into the ''Attract'' stage of the methodology. Furthermore, blogging also plays a critical role in the ''Convert'' stage, since we all know how effective it can be for lead generation.

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Webbiquity

JULY 26, 2010

B2B Social Media: Why Do Business Professionals Use Social Media? Writing on the Web ( Ning Advertorial Business Blogging Online Marketing Linkedin Landing Page ). Content Marketing Results: Landing Pages Rule , July 12, 2010. Blog as hub, site as spoke , June 23, 2009. Business Blogging.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 29, 2011

You're an inbound marketing convert. This blog post (how meta is that?) will give you the facts, research, and know-how to explain the benefits of business blogging to a tentative boss and debunk many of the common myths inbound marketing professionals are frequently faced with during these difficult conversations.

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