Inbound marketing Articles

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B2B
Inbound Marketing

Benchmark your blog: How to use marketing data to grow your traffic

Disclaimer first. Blogs don’t come with a formula. No matter how finely you crunch the data, you will not find this secret prize buried in...

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Inbound Marketing
Copywriting

How to edit: constructive vs. non-constructive feedback

How to edit. Everyone has their own views on this topic. Do you tell it straight? ‘Sandwich’ criticism between two compliments? When is a...

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Strategy
Inbound Marketing

How to manage an outsourced marketing agency like a boss

No-one is good at everything. 'In order for a business to grow, there needs to be a healthy level of collaboration and delegation,’ says...

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How to do marketing
Inbound Marketing

Inbound marketing jargon-buster

Just what you were looking for: a marketing jargon-buster. Phew.

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How to do marketing
Strategy

5 B2B marketing metrics you need to stop measuring now

In a classic episode of South Park, Gnomes steal underpants as part of a business scheme that they hope will be hugely profitable. They are...

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Inbound Marketing
PR

Press release Frankenquotes (and how to avoid them)

Why do companies insist on using press release Frankenquotes? For a classic example, see this from our old friends Nortel:

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How to do marketing
Communication

13 elementary marketing mistakes made by tech startup CEOs

This piece is from the heart. I’ve made my fair share of marketing mistakes running two tech companies – Intelligent Games and Turbine –...

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How to do marketing
Strategy

The 7 qualities of an eye-catching and effective call-to-action

An effective call-to-action is critical to inbound marketing. Get it wrong and your content-driven inbound marketing strategy could fail.

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How to do marketing
Strategy

6 ways to use social proof in an inbound marketing campaign

With so much information on the internet, it can be difficult for customers to know who to trust. This is where social proof comes in.

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How to do marketing
Inbound Marketing

Marketing secrets of coffee baristas: why choice matters

Most coffee drinkers will tell you that they like a ‘dark, rich, hearty roast,’ says Malcolm Gladwell. But if that’s what everybody wants,...