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[This article was first published here in November 2017 and has been revised and updated.]

It's not enough to simply publish great content or have lead magnets. You want your leads, prospects and customers to take action! So how do you do that?

While inbound marketing and traditional, outbound marketing differ significantly, they do share some tactics. In addition to knowing you audience and leveraging the optimum channels, inbound and outbound marketing have one other thing in common: a call-to-action.

Topics: Advertising, outbound marketing, CTA, call-to-action, inbound marketing strategy, Landing pages, lead magnet

I have been stumbling over the words “internal”, "inbound" and “outbound” for the last few weeks and it seemed that no one could explain why. I have finally figured this mystery out.

There are “internal, inbound and outbound links" and “inbound and outbound marketing”. Links and marketing are entirely different things with the some of the same words just made to trip people up.

Here are the tricks: Links refer to sites that are not on the current blog post. Marketing is about how we send out the message that we have a product or service for sale.

 

 

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• "Internal links" are links that go from one of your website pages to another of your own website pages. This week I learned that each blog post is a website page and you are more than welcome to link your current blog post to previous ones that are written along the same lines. You can also link to pages that tell about your website, your services, your contact information, in fact anything at all having to do with your website.

• An "internal link" is different from an "inbound link" which Wikipedia says refers to what we have been calling backlinks—links where someone links to your page, or where you link to someone else’s website. According to Wikipedia,  “Google's description of their PageRank system, for instance, notes that Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. So an inbound link is a vote for your page, whether from another of your pages or from someone else.

• "Outbound links" within your blog are websites that you quote from that are not a part of your website. Yes, this sounds like just what I said for an inbound link that comes from an outside source to you, but in this case you are giving credit within your blog to an outside site, just like I did with Wikepedia. They did not vote for me by leaving a backlink. I used them to give credit from the outside to what I have written to improve the credibility of my blog.

Confused yet?

Topics: outbound marketing, San Francisco Inbound Marketing Agency, outbound links, Online Communities, inbound backlinks, complimentary Marketing Strategy Session, Internet Marketing Strategy, Social Media, inbound, Content Marketing Strategy, content distribution, distribution channels, trust building, blogging strategy, short form video

Traditional marketing is not dead. In fact, it seems to be going as strong as ever. But it is still a poor strategy choice when compared to inbound marketing.

Traditional, or outbound, marketing strategies are typically dependent on paid advertising. The objective is to capture attention, often by "interrupting" a target audience with a print ad, billboard, and radio or television commercials. This approach still has significant influence in the marketing world.

Topics: Advertising, outbound marketing, Advertising and Marketing, inbound marketing, Social Media, PPC

As a business owner or marketer you have a number of marketing strategies to choose from. But not all marketing strategies are a good fit for every business. So how do you decide?

[This post was adapted and revised from a post published June 2016]

Topics: Advertising, outbound marketing, inbound marketing strategy, Business Blogging, Content Marketing Strategy, white papers, email marketing

Your business deserves the best marketing strategy you can afford. We say inbound marketing is the best approach for your money. Here’s why.

Outbound strategies, often in the form of paid advertising, still has influence. Whether it is television or radio ads, direct mail, or print ads, the medium is still alive and doing… okay.  But, according to the Harvard Business Review, it works less than ten percent of the time.

Topics: outbound marketing, inbound marketing strategy, Landing pages, SEO, Blogging, content creation

Chances are that you are either a business owner who oversees your own marketing efforts for your company, or a staffer responsible for some or all of the marketing in the company. And chances are you are involved in some level of "Inbound Marketing" whether you realized it or not.

Topics: outbound marketing, social media strategy, Advertising and Marketing, inbound marketing

Times are challenging. Being a business owner does not guarantee that you are set for life... Even multinational corporations are downsizing or going out of business.  So what actions does a business need to do to keep growing in this faltering economy? While there are no guarantees there always are a few techniques a savvy business professional can do to thrive successfully in this economy.

Topics: outbound marketing, broadview, inbound marketing

I have been stumbling over the words “internal”, "inbound" and “outbound” for the last few weeks and it seemed that no one could explain why. I have finally figured this mystery out.

There are “internal, inbound and outbound links" and “inbound and outbound marketing”. Links and marketing are entirely different things with the some of the same words just made to trip people up.

Here are the tricks: Links refer to sites that are not on the current blog post. Marketing is about how we send out the message that we have a product or service for sale.

Internal, inbound and outbound links refer to links that are attached to a blog post.

• "Internal links" are links that go from one of your website pages to another of your own website pages. This week I learned that each blog post is a website page and you are more than welcome to link your current blog post to previous ones that are written along the same lines. You can also link to pages that tell about your website, your services, your contact information, in fact anything at all having to do with your website.

Topics: outbound marketing, inbound links, internal links, internal marketing, outbound links, Marketing Principles