[This article first appeared here in October 2017 and has been updated and revised for 2023]
Effective emails can give a power boost to your inbound marketing strategy. But only if they are well crafted and on target.
Great email marketing campaigns can give your inbound efforts "superpowers" and it is a demonstrable fact. But what makes one email more effective than a competing email in a recipient's inbox?
Topics: email, CTA, call-to-action, inbound marketing strategy, Email lists, ebooks, email marketing, newsletter, email marketing strategy
It's not an overstatement to stay that video is probably the most powerful medium on the Internet today. And short-form video on your can supercharge your traffic.
However, like any other marketing tactic a, short-form video by itself does not constitute a marketing strategy. It is merely a component of a strategy. But, that being said, it can be a powerful component for driving traffic to your site.
Topics: inbound marketing strategy, Videos, Video Marketing, video, marketing trends, native video, driving traffic, increase website traffic, short form video
[This article was originally published in September 2020 and has been expanded and revised.]
If you've been in business for any length of time you know there's several types of marketing approaches - including inbound marketing strategy.
The question is how can you know what is the best marketing strategy to use?
Topics: inbound marketing strategy, inbound marketing, inbound marketing agency, local inbound marketing, SEO, content creation, local SEO
Blogs have been around for almost 30 years and the first business blogs started in the early 2000s. And today they serve as critical components of inbound marketing strategies.
Some blogs exist to provide a forum for a business owner while others are published with the primary goal of driving traffic to the website. In other words, as an inbound marketing tactic.
Topics: business blogs, inbound marketing strategy, Corporate blog, Business Blogging, blogging strategy, blog post tips, inbound marketing blog
[This article was first published in October 2020 and has been updated and expanded.]
A question we often hear is whether an inbound marketing strategy can work for every business model? In other words, are some businesses better served by more traditional marketing?
The truth is that almost any type of business can successfully make use of inbound content marketing. The key is in knowing your audience and demonstrating authority and expertise in your content.
Topics: inbound marketing strategy, content marketing, online marketing strategy, inbound marketing, inbound marketing agency, local internet marketing, inbound content marketing
[This article first appeared here in May 2016 and has been updated and expanded.]
Businesses that thrive are efficient and focus on what they do best, and this often means outsourcing certain functions, such as inbound lead generation.
But this approach can be a challenge for smaller companies and start ups.
Topics: inbound marketing strategy, agencies, lead generation strategy, marketing help, Marketing strategy, lead generation, outsourcing, inbound lead generation
[This article was published in May 2017 and has been updated and revised.]
If you run a small business you don't have time to do everything. And even if you have a larger organization, it isn't efficient to do everything.
Which is why outsourcing critical functions can be strategically beneficial. And that includes your inbound lead generation efforts.
Topics: inbound marketing strategy, lead generation strategy, inbound marketing agency, affordable internet marketing, lead generation, outsourcing, inbound lead generation
[This article was originally published in July 2017 and has been updated and revised.]
If you are marketing your business, you are very likely engaged in local SEO basics and maybe even local inbound marketing. But do you have a local SEO strategy and plan?
The truth is that far too many businesses - small and large - are not approaching inbound marketing with any real documented structure. And their local SEO efforts are largely fragmented and inconsistent.
Topics: inbound marketing strategy, local inbound marketing, Marketing Plan, affordable internet marketing, local SEO, SEO strategy, affordable local seo, local seo basics
For marketers and business owners or managers who function as marketers for their businesses, social media for inbound marketing can be a bit of a mystery.
Between the sheer number of potential platforms one can be on to the wide variety of formats that can be utilized on them, effective and optimal use of social media is challenging.
Topics: social media strategy, inbound marketing strategy, inbound marketing tips, inbound social media marketing, inbound marketing agency, social media marketing
While that may seem to be a bit of an odd construct, it really does make sense. That's because content without a content strategy is ineffective at best.
One of the major failings of any content marketing effort is the lack of a cohesive strategy.
Topics: inbound marketing strategy, content marketing, content development, content creation, Content Marketing Strategy