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Mapping the Inbound Marketing Ecosystem
How to use Google, blogs and social media to get found online.
Rick Burnes
Twitter: @rickburnes
February 8, 2009
Agenda
I. About Inbound Marketing
II. SEO
III. Content
IV. Social Media
V. How to Measure ItV. How to Measure It
What’s the Next Marketing Hairstyle?
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SEO
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This Ain’t No Haircut!
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WikipediaWikipedia
How Do You Navigate a Complex Landscape? A Map!
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Traditional Marketing (Outbound)
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Marketing Today (Inbound)
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How Do the Best New Companies Market?
1950 - 2000 2000 - 2050
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Budget vs. Brains
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Outbound Is Expensive
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Inbound Is Cheaper
Why Inbound Is Cheaper
What Is Inbound Marketing?
Get Found
• Publish
• Promote
• Optimize
Process Tools
Get Found
• Content Mgmt
• Blogging
• Social Media
• SEO
Website Visitors
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Leads
• SEO
• Analytics
Convert
• Test
• Target
• Nurture
Customers
Convert
• Offers / CTAs
• Landing Pages
• Lead Intelligence
• Lead Mgmt
• Analytics
Social
SEO
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Social
Media
Blog
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Agenda
I. About HubSpot & Inbound Marketing
II. SEO
III. Content
IV. Social Media
V. How to Measure ItV. How to Measure It
How Do You Get to the Top?
Pick Your Keyword Battles
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Fight for “Ninja” … or “Ninja Halloween Costume”
Two Sides of Optimization
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On-Page Off-Page
Optimize “On Page”
• Page Title
• URL
• H1,H2,H3 tags• H1,H2,H3 tags
• Page Text• Bold
Half of On-Page SEO Is Invisible
• Description
• Keywords
• Alt text on images
Optimize (Off-Page)
• Recommendations from friends1. “I know HubSpot”
2. “HubSpot sells great marketing software”
3. You trust the person saying this
• Links are online recommendations1. A link: www.HubSpot.com
2. Anchor text: Internet Marketing
3. Link is from a trusted website
How Do You Get Links?
Have something worth linking to.
Blogging Means More Inbound Links
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How Google Weights Optimization
On Page
(25%)
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Off-page optimization is critical.
Off Page
(75%)
SEO
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Blog
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Agenda
I. Inbound vs. Outbound Marketing
II. SEO
III. Content
IV. Social Media
V. How to Measure ItV. How to Measure It
A Nice-Looking Restaurant Site
Another Nice-Looking Restaurant Site
What’s the difference?
Blog = Better SEO, More Traffic
Website
Grade
Indexed
Pages
Monthly Unique
Visitors
www.craigieonmain.com 56 99 6,000
www.greenstreetgrill.com 25 8 2,200
Data from website.grader.com and compete.com
How Many Tickets Do You Have?
What Should You Write About?
Topics that attract Holly & Larry – your business’ target personas!
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(Holly Allison, VP, Marketing, Vico Software) (Larry Berezin, COO, NYC Parking Ticket, LLC)
Content Attracts the Right People
Neil Diamond Neil Diamond
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What Content Channels Are Best?
• Blog
• Podcast
• Videos
• Photos
• Presentations• Presentations
• eBooks
• News Releases
Get Into the Content Mindset
• Make emails into blog posts
• Turn forum posts into blog
posts
• Shoot videos at events
• Interview customers for your • Interview customers for your
blog
• Repurpose company data for
public reports
• Share lessons you learn
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Agenda
I. About HubSpot & Inbound Marketing
II. SEO
III. Content
IV. Social Media
V. How to Measure ItV. How to Measure It
Social Media Is Now a Staple
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• Unmeasured
• Small scale
• No business impact
• But lots of fun
• Highly measurable
• Massive scale
• Major driver of leads, sales
• Still fun
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PR, Social-Media Style
Need to urgently speak with a business that is very actively leveraging social media strategies; for ZDNet
408 555-1234?
I spoke about our use of social media for biz on 2 panels -http://tinyurl.com/4v4cgh AND http://tinyurl.com/6943l9
I will call you right now
PR, Social-Media Style
Elapsed Time:
50 Minutes
Social Media Drives Leads
HubSpot Social Media Leads
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Twitter is largest category, at >40% of HubSpot’s total social media leads.
How to Get Started
Listen
Listen More
Build Relationships
Share Your Content
What Are They Saying About You?
Places to listen• Search.Twitter.com
• google.com/blogsearch
• Technorati.com
• Existing blogs• Existing blogs
• Industry Twitterers
• Twitter.grader.com
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Participate in Q&A
Discussions
• Yahoo! Answers
• LinkedIn Q&A • LinkedIn Q&A
and Discussions
Distribute Your Content
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Conversation & Distribution
Conversation
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Conversation
Distribution
AND
What Gets Shared?
Rarely
Shared
Frequently
Shared
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• Product info
• Free trials
• Software documentation
• New data
• Funny videos
• Top-notch blog posts
Blogging Increases Twitter Reach
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Twitter Plays a Bigger SEO Role
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Results
from
Social
SEO
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Social
Media
Blog
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Agenda
I. About HubSpot & Inbound Marketing
II. SEO
III. Content
IV. Social Media
V. How to Measure ItV. How to Measure It
Assess Search Engine Optimization
http://websitegrader.com/
Measure Blog Subscriptions
• A measure of you blog’s total reach
• A “sticky” number
Track the Whole Funnel
Website Visitors
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Leads
Customers
How to Track Your Funnel
Track visitors.
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How to Track Your Funnel
Track leads.
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How to Track Your Funnel
Track customers.
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Track the Whole Funnel for Each Channel
SEO Visitors Blog Visitors PPC VisitorsSocial Media
Visitors
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Leads
SEO Customers Blog Customers PPC Customers Social Media
Customers
Why Tracking Via Channels Is Critical
Visitors Leads Conversion Customers Net
Conversion
Twitter 3,289 554 17% 12 0.4%
Facebook 504 75 15% 6 1.2%Facebook 504 75 15% 6 1.2%
Stumbleupon 511 28 5% 1 0.2%
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Final Thoughts …
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It’s an Ecosystem
Social
SEO
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Social
Media
Blog
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Build Leverage
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Who Knows How to Put All the Pieces Together?
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HubSpot Puts the Pieces Together
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Thank You!
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