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Introduction to Inbound Marketing. Presenter Name Title Company Twitter: @_______. Value of Inbound Marketing. Inbound marketing pulls buyers into your business. What is Outbound Marketing?. Problem: Outbound Marketing Isn’t Working. 800-555-1234 Annoying Salesperson.
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Introduction to Inbound Marketing Presenter Name Title Company Twitter: @_______
Value of Inbound Marketing Inbound marketing pulls buyers into your business
Problem: Outbound Marketing Isn’t Working 800-555-1234 Annoying Salesperson
Good News About Inbound Marketing Budget (Outbound) Brains (Inbound) Flickr: Joakim Jardenberg Flickr: Andrew Magill
More Good News: Lower Cost Per Lead Source: survey of hundreds of businesses: HubSpot.com/ROI
Success Drives Investment in Inbound Why Businesses Are Changing Marketing Budgets Source: Survey of hundreds of businesses from HubSpot.com/ROI
Key Questions to Get Started • Am I regularly creating new, share-worthy content? • Am I optimizing my content for search and social media? • Am I promotingmy content in social media conversations? • Am I converting as many visitors into leads and sales as I can?
4 Steps to Successful Inbound Marketing • Create • Optimize • Promote • Convert & Analyze
Step 1: Create Content • Create • Optimize • Promote • Convert & Analyze
Inbound Marketers are Publishers Stop thinking like a marketer or advertiser. Start thinking like a publisher and socializer.
Blogging: A Great Way to Get Started Source: Data from over 1,500 small businesses - http://hub.tm/BlogROI
What Gets Shared? Frequently Shared Rarely Shared • Product info • Software documentation • Content about YOU • New market data • Educational content • Content about your industry
Step 2: Optimize • Create • Optimize • Promote • Convert & Analyze
Google is Judge, Jury & Executioner HubSpot.com/cartoons
SEO = Context + Authority Ranking Algorithm:f(n): Context + Authority
25% On-Page SEO (Context) • Page Title • Clean URL • Headers & Content • Description
75% Off-Page SEO (Authority) Authority is Determined by Inbound Links
More and Better Content Links Source: Data from selected websites using www.WebsiteGrader.com
Step 3: Promote • Create • Optimize • Promote • Convert & Analyze
Remember: It’s Not About You, EVER! HubSpot.com/cartoons
Target Your Content Target content to your marketing personas.
Promote Content via Social Media Remarkable Content
Social Media Promotion Generates Leads & Sales Source: survey of hundreds of businesses: HubSpot.com/ROI
Step 4: Convert • Create • Optimize • Promote • Convert & Analyze
Inbound Marketing Summary Convert & Analyze
Get Certified in Inbound Marketing • Watchfree, online webinar classes taught by expert marketing professors • Learn about topics including social media, SEO, blogging, public relations, lead generation, marketing analytics, etc. • Get certified in inbound marketing! Enroll in IMU at http://inboundmarketing.com.