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Call-to-Action Workflow Blunder: Emailing a download link instead of using a "thank you" page.

There are some Inbound Marketing best practices that don't resonate with me (that I follow for the most part anyway as they are called "best practices" for a reason), and others that make perfect sense. Form submissions on landing pages are hard...

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According to Webinar Recruitment Best Practices Guide from ON24, 64% Register Week of your Event!

One of the more popular posts on our blog (and a download we offer on this page) is our 14 best practices for B2B Webinar ROI.

We're planning a series of Webinars for a client, four over a two-month period, and they're looking to reduce the cost of...

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What's the Value of Investing in Your Brand?

This is a bit of a shaggy dog story, so please bear with me. One of our kids totaled our 2005 Subaru Legacy Wagon. And everyone's alright (the most important thing of all - and thank you, dear reader, for your concern). This wasn't a marketing story...

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Entrepreneurs can start Inbound Marketing without sales force automation (CRM) in place.

Entrepreneurial organizations with small sales teams can benefit greatly from Inbound Marketing, making their Websites generate leads through content and landing pages. But what about small businesses without a CRM / sales force automation system in...

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What is B2B Inbound Marketing, Anyway?

Imagine if you went to the Apple Store, and there were no salespeople present. No Genius Bar. No staff at all. Would it still be the highest grossing retail store on the planet? Not likely. Though with all those goodies left unattended, most of them...

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What's the value of developing a relationship with your (Inbound) Marketing agency?

If your Inbound Marketing agency is any good at what they do, you get so much more than you pay for.

But your perception of value significantly depends on whether or not your modus operandi is to value and leverage relationships. I realize that in...

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There's a big difference between "contact us" and a landing page, and it's all about lead generation performance.

There are a few mental hurdles to jump when considering Inbound Marketing, and one of the most fundamental is getting past the idea that your website is selling for you if you have a "contact us" page where site visitors can register interest. I can...

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Is Your B2B Business a Good Fit for Inbound Marketing?

You're in luck if you sell to other businesses. Nearly every B2B sale includes expertise, packaging, applicability or a service umbrella that differentiates the product or service from its competitors. And nearly every business has a history of...

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Why Personas Matter for B2B Inbound Marketing: Microsoft and Marketing the Surface Tablet

If you’re like me, you watched the TV commercials introducing the Microsoft Surface and had absolutely no idea why you might want one. The harshly syncopated music and stop action video conveyed no sense of how this new product might fit into my...

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Inbound Marketing Number Crunching: Content Drives Traffic, Leads

One of the benefits of using an inbound marketing / marketing automation platform like HubSpot is that they share a lot of data. And because all users of HubSpot contribute their marketing data, HubSpot has a lot of data to draw upon for its...

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