The Future of Marketing is Inbound Marketing

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What is the future of marketing? How will inbound marketing change how you reach new customers? Learn about inbound marketing and social media marketing and blogging to expand your brand and sales. (Brandsource Convention Presentation by Mike Volpe.)

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The Future of Marketingis Inbound Marketing

Mike Volpe

VP Marketing @HubSpot

Twitter: @mvolpe

Marketing is Changing

1950 - 2000 2000 - 2050

Outbound Marketing

More Bad News…

The Good News…

Inbound Gives Leverage

Budget vs. Brains

Flickr: Refracted Moments Flickr: Gaetoan Lee

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

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…

Flickr: Gaetoan Lee

Publish Everything

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

Target Content to Your Personas

Kadient photo by: David Meerman Scott

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

http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/jan2009/ca20090113_373506.htm

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

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

Thank You!

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

Mike Volpe

VP Marketing @HubSpot

Twitter: @mvolpe