the future of marketing is inbound marketing

The Future of Marketingis Inbound Marketing

Mike Volpe

VP Marketing @HubSpot

Twitter: @mvolpe

Marketing is Changing

1950 - 2000 2000 - 2050

Outbound Marketing

Outbound Marketing is Harder

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More Bad News…

The Good News…

Inbound Marketing

Blog SEO Social Media

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Inbound Gives Leverage

Budget vs. Brains

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NY Parking Tickets

Blogging + SEO + Social Media• 7x more website

visitors• 25x more visitors

from Google• 8x more links to

website

Website Visitors

http://www.hubspot.com/customer-case-studies/bid/4976/NYC-Parking-Ticket-Service-Sees-7x-Increase-in-Traffic-With-HubSpot



Music Videos

• Video• 40,000 views first week• 10,000 views first day

• Social Media• #1 source = StumbleUpon• #2 source = Twitter• #3 source = Facebook

• SEO• Page 1 for “inbound marketing”• 50+ inbound links to blog article

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BlendTec - Will It Blend?

Videos + Social Media• 55,000 inbound links• 83,000 YouTube

subscribers• 500+ Facebook groups• 5 Digg front page

stories• 3x Sales Increase

Questions to ask yourself...

How am I expanding my online footprint?

Am I publishingshare-worthy content?

How can I start and join relevant

conversations?

Am I presenteverywhere that peoplediscuss my industry?

Stop thinking like amarketer or advertiser.

Start thinking like apublisher and

socializer.

Some Ideas…

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Publish Everything

• Blog• Podcast• Videos• Photos• Presentations• eBooks• News Releases

Publish Everywhere

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Target Content to Your Personas

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1,000’s of Tweets about report - Twitter drove 30% of traffic

Link-Worthy & Share-Worthy

What Gets Shared?

Rarely Shared

FrequentlyShared

• Product info• Free trials• Software documentation

• New market data• Educational content• Top-notch blog posts

Make Sharing Easy

Twitter for Customer Service

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Social Media is Personal

Are you going to let Comcast

provide morepersonal

service than you do?

What about Best Buy?

1-1 Personal Service & Advice

Home Depot on Facebook

Personal Profile vs. Business Page

• Set up a Personal Profile first and then create a Business Page that you will administer

• Personal Profiles have friends (mutual acceptance) and Business Pages have fans (one-way opt-in)

Create an Engaging Presence

• Events• Videos• Discussions• Photos• Blog Articles

Go Viral – Leverage News Feed

• News Feed shows updates on your and your friends’ activity

• First thing you see when you log in

• Your updates show on your profile “Wall”

• Allow users to engage with you – each activity is shared with their network

Draw on Your Network

Twitter.Grader.com Keyword Search

Search.Twitter.com

Optimize for Search

• Facebook Search• Based on # Fans

• Public Search• Check your settings

Advertise on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/advertising/

Note: You must be logged in to create an ad

http://www.facebook.com/advertising/

Measure Friends, Fans, Activity

Additional Resources

• Facebook Marketing eBook• http://www.hubspot.com/facebook-for-business-marketing-hub/

• Twitter Marketing eBook• http://www.hubspot.com/twitter-marketing-hub/

• Social Media Marketing Kit• http://www.hubspot.com/twitter-marketing-hub/

• Blog: http://Blog.HubSpot.com

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Thank You!

Today’s slides & more resources:www.MikeVolpe.com/BrandSource

Mike Volpe

VP Marketing @HubSpot

Twitter: @mvolpe

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