intro to inbound marketing (to be used by inbound marketing certified professionals)

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This presentation is for use by Inbound Marketing Certified Professionals to educate their fellow employees, organization members or clients. The presentation is an overview of of inbound marketing, including actionable tips to use inbound marketing to grow one’s business. Register for Inbound Marketing University: http://inboundmarketing.com

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Introduction to Inbound Marketing

Presenter Name

Title

Company

Twitter: @_______

Value of Inbound Marketing

Inbound marketing pulls buyers into your business

What is Outbound Marketing?

Problem: Outbound Marketing Isn’t Working

800-555-1234AnnoyingSalesperson

Solution: Inbound Marketing

Content SEO Social Media

Good News About Inbound Marketing

Budget (Outbound) Brains (Inbound)

Flickr: Andrew Magill

Flickr: Joakim Jardenberg

More Good News: Lower Cost Per Lead

Source: survey of hundreds of businesses: HubSpot.com/ROI

Success Drives Investment in Inbound

Source: Survey of hundreds of businesses from HubSpot.com/ROI

Why Businesses Are Changing Marketing Budgets

Key Questions to Get Started

1. Am I regularly creating new, share-worthy content?

2. Am I optimizing my content for search and social media?

3. Am I promoting my content in social media conversations?

4. Am I converting as many visitors into leads and sales as I can?

4 Steps to Successful Inbound Marketing

1. Create

2. Optimize

3. Promote

4. Convert & Analyze

Step 1: Create Content

1. Create

2. Optimize

3. Promote

4. Convert & Analyze

Inbound Marketers are Publishers

Stop thinking like amarketer or advertiser.

Start thinking like apublisher and socializer.

Publish Everything, Everywhere

Blogging: A Great Way to Get Started

Source: Data from over 1,500 small businesses - http://hub.tm/BlogROI

What Gets Shared?

Rarely Shared

FrequentlyShared

• Product info• Software documentation• Content about YOU

• New market data• Educational content• Content about your industry

Step 2: Optimize

1. Create

2. Optimize

3. Promote

4. Convert & Analyze

Google is Judge, Jury & Executioner

HubSpot.com/cartoons

SEO = Context + Authority

Ranking Algorithm:f(n): Context + Authority

25% On-Page SEO (Context)

1. Page Title

2. Clean URL

3. Headers & Content

4. Description

75% Off-Page SEO (Authority)

Authority is Determined by Inbound Links

More and Better Content Links

Source: Data from selected websites using www.WebsiteGrader.com

Step 3: Promote

1. Create

2. Optimize

3. Promote

4. Convert & Analyze

Remember: It’s Not About You, EVER!

HubSpot.com/cartoons

Target Your Content

Target content to your marketing

personas.

Create an Engaging Presence

Promote Content via Social Media

Remarkable Content

Make Sharing Easy

Social Media Promotion Generates Leads & Sales

Source: survey of hundreds of businesses: HubSpot.com/ROI

Step 4: Convert

1. Create

2. Optimize

3. Promote

4. Convert & Analyze

Put Calls to Action on All Your Content

Use Landing Pages with Forms

Track Your Conversion Rate & Analytics

Analyze Your Marketing

Inbound Marketing Summary

Convert & Analyze

Get Certified in Inbound Marketing

Watch free, online webinar classes

taught by expert marketing professors

Learn about topics including social

media, SEO, blogging, public

relations, lead generation, marketing

analytics, etc.

Get certified in inbound marketing!

Enroll in IMU at http://inboundmarketing.com.

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