Once you launched your business, you realized that being an entrepreneur takes considerable time and effort. From the start, you wore many hats – from sales and marketing to finance and customer support. You were virtually a one-person show focused on survival. The time has come to take the next steps and grow your business, […]
As you begin to fill your CRM with leads and opportunities, the need for a solid lead-nurturing strategy becomes more apparent. Allowing “bad timing” or “not-ready” leads to fall by the wayside could result in the loss of future revenue for your business. In this article, we’ll discuss lead nurturing best practices to keep your […]
Marketing has never been tougher. Customers are more connected, they are consuming more and more content via the Web through more and different mobile devices, and they are just more demanding. They want to get their questions answered (without talking to a sales rep), find what interests them, make educated choices, and feel in control […]
How can you know for sure you’re getting the best out of your website or Facebook page? No matter what tools you’re using, the statistics say the same: content marketing is the most powerful booster for your business. 85% of marketers worldwide use it to get more traffic and sales. And it’s not that much […]
Marketing is an essential part of running a successful business. In fact, business and management expert Peter Drucker once said, “Business has only two functions — marketing and innovation.” Different types of marketing strategies and campaigns have different levels of effectiveness: some marketing strategies are more expensive with very little measurable effect, while others are […]
Inbound. Outbound. And everything in between. If you’re a business owner, you’ve probably heard these terms a hundred times—yet still wonder what they actually mean in practice. Here’s the simplest way to think about it: Inbound marketing earns attention by helping people find you when they’re actively researching. Outbound marketing pushes messages out to people […]
Ever notice how some products just don’t get it? The tools and solutions they propose seem to be a good fit but as you dig into the demos and details, you realize they’re more work than they’re worth. That was the case for the team at GuavaBox, an inbound marketing agency. The team ended up […]
This is the last post in our series of five steps to landing page success. Let’s do a quick recap of what we’ve covered so far: Starting by defining your landing page goals and metrics Then creating a successful landing page (and what that looks like) Measuring the performance of your landing page Then creating […]
In week one, we looked at the ingredients needed for a successful landing page. So far we’ve covered how to define your landing page goals and how to create a successful landing page. This week, we’ll talk about how to measure your landing page’s performance. Page performance is one of the most exciting parts of […]
When it comes to excuses from the sales team about inbound marketing, we’ve heard them all. If you have people on your team that say they want to attract leads and increase conversion rates but don’t want to do inbound marketing, these lame excuses may already be familiar to you. 1. We’re a B2B business […]
