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Getting off Google AdWords PPC Crack. Mike Volpe VP Marketing @ HubSpot Twitter: @ mvolpe. Who’s HubSpot?. Founded in July 2006 from research at MIT Cambridge, MA 1400+ customers, 85+ employees. HubSpot Awards. HubSpot Buzz. HubSpot Customers’ Proven ROI .
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Getting off Google AdWords PPC Crack Mike Volpe VP Marketing @HubSpot Twitter: @mvolpe
Who’s HubSpot? • Founded in July 2006 from research at MIT • Cambridge, MA • 1400+ customers, 85+ employees
HubSpot Customers’ Proven ROI Cilk Arts Increases Leads 500% Makana Solutions 3x Leads, 2x Conversions VocioPays for HubSpot 30x Over with New Leads Objective Management Group Grows Leads 360% Bridge Group Doubles Online Leads www.HubSpot.com/ROI
Threat and Opportunity 1950 - 2000 2000 - 2050
Outbound Marketing is Broken 800-555-1234 Annoying Salesperson
Inbound Marketing Process Tools • Get Found • Publish • Promote • Optimize • Convert • Test • Target • Nurture • Get Found • Content Mgmt • Blogging • Social Media • SEO • Analytics • Convert • Offers / CTAs • Landing Pages • Email • Lead Intelligence • Lead Mgmt • Analytics Get Found Convert
Budget vs. Brains Flickr: Refracted Moments Flickr: Gaetoan Lee
Is PPC Inbound Marketing? YES NO Not building long term asset Expensive Not a sustainable business advantage • Not interruptive • Permission based • Leverages search
So, what’s wrong with Pay-Per-Click search engine marketing?
Organic Search Advantage • Free • More traffic • Smarter people • Longer lasting Source: Marketing Sherpa and Enquiro Research
Organic Search Advantage • Free • More traffic • Smarter people • Longer lasting Pay Per Click – 25% of Clicks Organic Results 75% of clicks Source: Marketing Sherpa and Enquiro Research
PPC vs. SEO SEO = Working Out • More Time and Effort • Less $ & Long Lasting PPC = Liposuction • Fast & Easy • Expensive & Temporary
The Math of PPC vs. SEO Pay Per Click Search Engine Optimization
Great Uses of PPC • Fast results • Don’t get addicted! • Test conversions by keywords • Promote short term events • Test new products / markets
Agenda: Getting off the PPC Crack • Publish (Get Found) • Promote (Get Found) • Optimize (Get Found) • Landing Pages (Convert)
Publish Flickr: Annie Mole
What to Publish? • Blog • Podcast • Videos • Photos • Presentations • eBooks • News Releases
Target Content to Your Personas Kadient photo by: David Meerman Scott
A Word of Caution • Writing for your personas DOES NOT mean writing about the products and services you sell them • Write about the things they want to learn about
Biggest Blogging Mistake A “free” URL from Blogspot or Typepad • HubSpot.blogspot.com – NO! • HubSpot.typepad.com – NO! • Blog.HubSpot.com – Yes • HubSpot.com/Blog – Yes • SmallBusinessHub.com – Yes
Blog Frequency • Steady readership? • At least weekly, more is better. • SEO focused? • Frequency is less important.
Blog Topic Ideas • List of 5 ideas, trends or thoughts • Publish a list of links • Take a recent experience and share it • Answer questions you received recently • Comment on other blog articles • Turn a press release into a blog article • Check your email outbox
Promote Your Content Flickr: ClintJCL
Social Media = Networking • Become a real member of the community • Add value to the community • Ask and answer questions • More effective than live cocktail parties • No boundaries of time or space • Other people can listen in easily
Pick Your Keyword Battles vs. Flickr: Extra Medium Flickr: Simonstarr
SEO On-Page Off-Page
On-Page SEO • Page Title • Clean URL • Headers & Content • Description
SEO = Off-Page SEO • Recommendations from friends • “I know HubSpot” • “HubSpot is a marketing expert” • You trust the person saying this • Links are online recommendations • A link: www.HubSpot.com • Anchor text: Internet Marketing • Link is from a trusted website
Convert with Landing Pages Target Market Conversion is where we take what we have spent time and money to get (visitors) and change it into something valuable to marketing (leads). A cost becomes a benefit. Website Visitors Leads Opportunities Customers
Landing Page Tips • Limited navigation • Clear and simple • Form above fold