Inbound Marketing YOURCOMPANY Using the Internet to help
Inbound Marketing @ YOUR-COMPANY Using the Internet to help prospects find us and convert more visitors into paying customers Instructions on how to complete this PPT presentation for your company are in this article:
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. Changes in Purchasing Behaviors Marketing Needs to Adapt Our Current Marketing Grade Plan for Improvement
Changes in Purchasing Behavior 98% Search in Google • Buyers start purchasing process in search engines Source: Marketing Sherpa
Changes in Purchasing Behavior • When was the last time when you were considering making a purchase over $1000 that you did the following? – Used the yellow pages – Got on a plane to go to a trade show – Responded to a print advertisement – Responded to a direct mail advertisement – Did a search in Google or another search engine – Asked a friend for advice, and they emailed you a URL as a response
Marketing Needs to Adapt Outbound Marketing • Inside Sales • Telemarketing • Tradeshows • Seminars • Print Advertising • Direct mail/email Inbound Marketing • SEO • Pay per click • Blogging / Blogosphere • Social Media / Buzz • Targeted Landing Pages • Marketing Analytics
Marketing Needs to Adapt Outbound Marketing • Low response rate (1 -5%) • Expensive / Wasteful • Becoming more difficult • “Interruption” based Inbound Marketing • High response rate (20 -50%) • Low cost / High ROI • Wide open playing field • “Permission” based
Marketing Needs to Adapt • Consumers have control – Spam software blocks email – Caller ID blocks cold calls – Government is on consumer’s side • Can –Spam Act • National Do Not Call List • Today, the goal of marketing needs to be to “get found” by customers when they are looking, not “get in their face” when they are not looking.
New Rules of Marketing • Get Found by Qualified Prospects – Search Engines – Blogosphere – Social Media • Convert Prospects to Customers – Landing Pages – Lead Intelligence – Marketing Analytics
OUR-COMPANY Advantage • On the Internet, a smaller company can outmarket a larger company. • Size of budget and number of employees is less relevant. • David can beat Goliath, if he is smart about using the Internet.
OUR-COMPANY in Search Engines • Our best prospects are looking for us. • We’re not in the places where they’re looking. Search Term Monthly Searches Can you find OUR-COMPANY? Term 1 [input volume] [input yes or no] Term 2 [input volume] [input yes or no] Term 3 [input volume] [input yes or no] Term 4 Term 5 [input volume] [input yes or no] Put the volume from a keyword research [input yes or no] tool, and put[input “yes” volume] if you are on the first page of Google results when you search for that term in Google, put “no” if you are not on the first page of results. Source: www. websitegrader. com and Hub. Spot Internet Marketing
OUR-COMPANY in the Blogosphere • • XX Blogs about “Term 1” XX Blogs about “Term 2” None of these blogs are from OUR-COMPANY Technorati (a blog search engine) gets 4. 5 million visitors per month Search for relevant blogs on Technorati, and list the numbers here. Source: Technorati and Hub. Spot Internet Marketing
OUR-COMPANY in Social Media • XX Stories on Digg about “Term 1” (none from OUR-COMPANY) – Digg is a top 100 website - over 20 million people visit each month • 72 Questions about “Term 1” on Linked. In (none from OUR-COMPANY) – Linked. In gets 1. 5 millions visitors/month, the average user is 39 and makes $139 K/year, over on Digg, Delicious, Linked. In or other 500, 000 Search C-level members social media relevant to your company and list the results here. Source: Hub. Spot Internet Marketing, Digg, Linked. In, Compete. com
OUR-COMPANY Marketing Grade • We’re way behind on the Internet. • Good news: We can improve and WIN! Metric OUR-COMPANY Competitor 1 Competitor 2 Website Grade (Overall) [enter metric] Alexa (Traffic) [enter metric] Google Page Rank (SEO) [enter metric] Use www. websitegrader. com and show your current situation against your competition on a couple relevant metrics. Source: www. websitegrader. com http: //www. websitegrader. com/wsgid/432155/default. aspx
OUR-COMPANY Marketing Plan • Begin comprehensive Internet marketing program today – Search Engines: SEO & PPC – Blogosphere – Social Media • Goals in First 6 Months – Double web traffic – Double web leads – Website Grade above 70 • Goals in Following 6 Months – Double web traffic AGAIN – Double web leads AGAIN – Website Grade above 80
OUR-COMPANY Marketing Plan • Budget: $10, 000/year – Internet Marketing Software: $3, 000 – PPC Spend: $6, 000 – Writing / Content / Other: $1, 000 • Additional funds based on performance Adjust based on your own company situation in terms of budget and expectations. Make sure you include money to pay for tools (software, training, research) to help you achieve your goals, not just money for PPC ads. (PS – Be sure to check out www. hubspot. com) we’re experts at helping companies leverage the internet for inbound marketing.
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