[This article was originally published in February 2018 and has been updated and revised.]
The success of your email messaging is largely determined by the type of email campaign you are engaged in. That is, who you're emailing and why it matters.
There are tactics for "crafting and drafting" highly effective emails that get opened. But there are elements of effective email marketing that are determined by the type of campaign.
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inbound marketing tips,
marketing campaign,
Email lists,
campaign development,
email marketing,
email marketing strategy,
AI,
artificial intelligence
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.
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social media strategy,
inbound marketing strategy,
inbound marketing tips,
inbound social media marketing,
inbound marketing agency,
social media marketing
As all marketers know, the first job of any marketing effort is to gain the attention of your ideal audience. But the main job of any marketing effort is to get your audience to do something! And this is mainly done with a call-to-action, or CTA.
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CTA,
call-to-action,
inbound marketing tips,
Landing pages,
Content Marketing Strategy
Whether you are building a platform for your marketing efforts or simply looking to gain new leads and prospects, there are many tactics that can be used. But email marketing still a powerhouse tactic.
Although we are using the term 'email marketing' for the purposes of this article, email is really a tool, or tactic, that is part of the larger strategy of inbound marketing. Along with your business blog (and you do have one, right?) email can be one of your most effective means of gaining traffic.
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Topics:
content marketing,
inbound marketing tips,
Business Blogging,
Email lists,
Social Media,
email marketing
Affordable Internet marketing, or digital marketing, is achievable. But it takes time, patience and hard work! And there are fundamental principles that must be applied.
Keeping marketing affordable isn't only for the small "mom & pop" businesses. Multi-million dollar enterprises usually strive to keep their own marketing and advertising costs as low as possible. Partly to increase ROI, and partly to preserve available cash.
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inbound marketing tips,
affordable internet marketing tips,
inbound marketing,
affordable internet marketing,
marketing budget
Many marketing firms offer inbound marketing services. But that doesn't make them a good inbound marketing firm. How can you know?
Every business owner wants to save money with marketing. And every small business owner outsourcing their marketing
wants to know they are getting their money's worth. While saving money on your marketing efforts is a good thing (a great thing really!) hiring the wrong firm can turn out to be an expensive option.
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Inbound marketing agencies,
inbound marketing tips,
local inbound internet marketing,
inbound marketing,
outsourcing
Business blogging is such a major and fundamental component of good, local SEO that it cannot be really be overstated.
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blog posting,
inbound marketing tips,
Business Blogging,
blog headlines,
business blog,
local SEO
Everyone likes to watch videos. The statistics prove it. But using video for your own marketing does not have to be expensive or difficult.
There is a place for professionally produced videos that are part of a multi-channel marketing campaign. And then there is your own business. The budget just isn't there for a $10,000 video, nor do you have a the resources for launching and managing a complex campaign. So is video something that is just going to have to wait?
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content marketing,
Videos,
YouTube Videos,
Video Marketing,
inbound marketing tips,
affordable internet marketing
Anyone with a website wants visitors to their site. Businesses are especially motivated to increase website traffic since visitors can become customers. But how can you do that?
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website traffic,
inbound marketing tips,
Web content,
marketing strategies,
marketing site traffic,
traffic
Inbound marketing can be built on a great business blog. And the more often you post, the better. But this requires a regular supply of blog post ideas.
Need Business Blogging Ideas?
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business blog post ideas,
inbound marketing tips,
Corporate blog,
Business Blogging,
inbound marketing,
business blog