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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.

Topics: Inbound marketing agencies, inbound marketing tips, local inbound internet marketing, inbound marketing, outsourcing

Some principles never change and this is true for marketing. Even for Internet marketing. Call them 'life principles or 'marketing truths', they are always there and must be applied for marketing success.

 

Topics: content marketing, Business Blogging, inbound marketing, Marketing Principles, affordable internet marketing

One inescapable fact of business life is that you must promote your business in order to succeed. Inbound marketing is great for this, but you also have additional options.

If you think of promoting and marketing your products or services as a series of campaigns (and why not? marketers do!) it is easier to visualize a strategy. Much like a military campaign, your marketing efforts employ an overarching strategy that is comprised of a number of tactics.

Topics: inbound marketing, social media marketing, affordable internet marketing, local SEO, PPC, word of mouth, publicity

Inbound marketing is a proven strategy for generating high quality leads and conversions. But there are other strategies that can be used along with it.

While some business owners or their marketing managers might be familiar with Account-based marketing, or ABM, many are not. The first question to answer, then, is what exactly ABM is and can it be used alongside an inbound marketing approach?

Topics: Advertising, content marketing, inbound marketing, Marketing strategy, account-based marketing

Your customers and website visitors can be a valuable source of content. And this user-generated content can boost your inbound marketing efforts if used creatively. 

What is user-generated content anyway?

Topics: content marketing, website traffic, inbound marketing, content curation, marketing site visitors, faq

You might pay for clicks, rely solely on SEO, or use a combination of tactics to drive traffic to your site. But if your landing pages aren't enticing, engaging, and compelling, visitors aren't staying.

 

Topics: website traffic, Landing page optimization, Landing pages, inbound marketing, content development, website design

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When it comes to search engine marketing there's no reason a business shouldn't engage in both SEO and PPC tactics for affordable Internet marketing. 

Internet marketing experts will often disagree as to which search-based tactic, or approach to use for boosting traffic to your site.

Topics: inbound marketing, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, affordable internet marketing, pay-per-click, search enging marketing, PPC

In many ways, an affordable Internet marketing strategy is not much different than an "old school" approach. There are different tactics you can use to get the attention of your audience. So how do you choose?

Internet marketing is actually a very broad canvas that can be filled with a variety of subjects, so to speak. Chief among these, in our view, is the use of "inbound marketing" strategies as opposed to simple, paid advertising. In other words, owned media versus paid media.

Topics: content marketing, inbound marketing, Internet Marketing Strategy, SEO, affordable internet marketing, affordable SEO

SEO and especially local SEO is a critical part of Inbound marketing and is constantly changing. So what are the major trends for 2017? 

[An earlier version of this post was published one year ago. This post has been revised and updated to 2017.]

Topics: content marketing, inbound marketing, SEO, mobile search, affordable SEO, local SEO, voice search

Content comes in many forms and email is one of the most effective. Despite what some may think, email is still going strong. So how do you do it well? 

Content marketing is, simply put, the process of garnering prospects and potential customers through the use of great content that is published in various formats and and a variety of channels. What many business owners tend to overlook, however, is the medium of email.

Topics: email, content marketing, Email lists, inbound marketing, Marketing strategy, email marketing