It’s that time of the year again! Better than Christmas and your birthday mixed together, Experience Inbound is back and better than ever. This unique sales and marketing conference is going to give you the know-how to attract and close more opportunities using inbound marketing. And do you know what the best part is? The best part is that there are 10 best parts!
There’s an old expression “The cobbler’s children have no shoes”. Prior to this year, I felt this expression accurately described our own website. This saying sums up how professionals can sometimes fall into the trap of not applying their skills to their own business.
At Stream Creative, it’s our passion to exceed our client’s expectations and too often this comes at the expense of our own marketing efforts. Well, in late 2016 we decided to do something about it. We needed to do a better job treating ourselves as a client.
Gone are the days when marketers make fly by the seat of their pants decisions or decisions based on what they THINK will work for their prospects and customers. In a B2B world, not taking a data-driven approach can be one of the biggest mistakes a manufacturer makes when putting various tactics into place. It is essential to constantly evaluate your prospect and buyer’s behaviors and the analytics behind their actions. Taking this information and using it to make educated decisions about the tactics you employ will make a huge difference in gaining the attention of qualified leads.
There have been many reports published over the years claiming to know the answer to manufacturers’ most burning marketing question: What content channel is most effective for my business? The challenge with deciphering these reports is that the data is inconsistent. Some reports claim direct email is the most effective channel for manufacturers, others say LinkedIn and even more recommend sticking to in-person events like trade shows. The inconsistencies can make a B2B marketer’s head spin. In actuality, just like B2C businesses, manufacturing customers and prospects are very different from company to company. Here are a few important steps to take to identify your most effective channels and produce the best content for each.
Proving the value of your online marketing and advertising campaigns should be easy. Every website platform, online advertising program and social media website now comes complete with data - tons and tons of data. When you add that to Google Analytics, MOZ, SEMrush and the like, you have endless reporting capabilities at your fingertips. In fact, if you are not currently overwhelmed with the sheer volume of available data, please, tell us your secret.
Online articles with images every 75-100 words get double the amount of shares as articles with fewer images, according to Buzz Sumo. Even more interesting, Buffer revealed that images get 567% more inbound links than text-only content.
Two years ago, HubSpot unveiled their CRM software at the annual Inbound conference in Boston, MA. It forever changed sales and marketing alignment for businesses using HubSpot software for inbound marketing strategy. HubSpot’s CRM was an incredible offering for our clients in need of an integrated CRM system, and we were happy to see consistent improvements made since its launch. This week at Inbound 2016, it was announced that HubSpot’s product connection between sales and marketing is going to get even deeper. Here is a list of the 12 new and improved product features being talked about at Inbound this week.
Despite reports of oversaturation of content and overwhelmed search engines, content creation remains a key strategy component for any inbound marketer looking for increased lead generation, overall brand awareness and growth.
We all know there is a ‘big event’ starting today somewhere in Brazil and I bet a lot of us marketers are busy thinking about clever ways to attach our brands to the concepts of teamwork, perseverance and positive sportsmanship.
How many times have you hit “send” on an email and questioned if it would actually be opened? Writing good subject lines can be a daunting task for even the best writer. In this week’s flashback post, you’ll want to check out “17 Tips & Best Practices” to help you with writing catchy subject lines that will get your emails opened. This week’s posts also include tips for using Facebook demographics to connect with your community, how to analyze web elements that may be handicapping your conversion rate and all about how to use Facebook live videos for business. Take a look at my favorite posts from this past week:
