INBOUND VS. OUTBOUNDMARKETING
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OUTBOUND MARKETING
The strategy of pushing a message out far and wide hoping it resonates. Advertising to the many in hopes of persuading the few.
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• More than ¾ of all US adults are online.
• One third of US consumers spend >3 hours online every day.
• 52% of adults in our country are on Facebook
• 93% of marketers use social media for business
• 10.3 billion searches are made on Google every month
• 78% of internet users search for products and services online
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““The internet has turned what used to be a controlled, one-way message into a real-time dialogue with millions.”
~Danielle Sacks, in Fast Company magazine
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OUTBOUND MARKETING
• Print Advertising
• Television Advertising
• Radio Advertising
• Cold Calling
• Trade Shows
• Email Blasts
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CHANGING (CHANGED?) WORLD
• 300,000,000 US Citizens
• 200,000,000 are on the FTC do not call list
• 86% of people say they have skipped or fast-forwarded through TV ad
• 44% of direct mail is never opened
• In 2010, there was a 46% decline in trade show spending
• 84% of adults age 25-34 have left a website because of intrusive or irrelevant advertising
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“Audiences everywhere are tough. They don’t have time to be bored or brow beaten by orthodox, old-fashioned advertising. We need to stop interrupting what people are interested in and be what people are interested in.”
~ Craig Davis (Chief Creative Officer, world’s 4th largest ad agency)
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INBOUND MARKETING
Any marketing tactic that relies "on earning people’s interest instead of buying it."
(Source: Wikipedia)
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Inbound marketing is about creating and delivering relevant, remarkable, anticipated messages to people who actually want to get them.
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CREATING CONTENT
• 1/3 of US companies use blogs for marketing purposes
• Companies that blog get 55% more website visitors
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69%
60% 60%
49%
40% 32%
24% 22% 15%
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B2B marketers are shifting their budgets !toward inbound marketing.
“I WILL INCREASE MY INVESTMENT IN THIS MARKETING TACTIC THIS YEAR.”
SOURCE: MARKETINGSHERPA, OCTOBER 2010
INBOUND OUTBOUND
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More than half of marketers increased !their inbound marketing budget in 2011.
15 SOURCE: HUBSPOT STATE OF INBOUND MARKETING REPORT, 2011
54%
35%
11%
INCREASED BUDGET NO CHANGE DECREASED BUDGET
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The average budget spent !on company blogs !& social media has nearly !doubled in two years.
16 SOURCE: HUBSPOT STATE OF INBOUND MARKETING REPORT, 2011
9%
17%
2009 2011
“THE PORTION OF MY MARKETING BUDGET ALLOCATED TO SOCIAL MEDIA & OUR COMPANY BLOG IS...”
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Inbound marketing costs 62% less "per lead than traditional, outbound marketing.
INBOUND: AVG COST/LEAD: $143
SOURCE: HUBSPOT, 2011
OUTBOUND: AVG COST/LEAD: $373
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Inbound marketing tactics !don’t just generate leads. !They generate revenue.
“OUR COMPANY HAS ACQUIRED A CUSTOMER THROUGH THIS CHANNEL.”
SOURCE: HUBSPOT STATE OF INBOUND MARKETING REPORT, 2011
57% 57%
48%
42%
COMPANY BLOG LINKEDIN FACEBOOK TWITTER
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3 out of 4 inbound marketing channels cost less than !any outbound channel.
SOURCE: HUBSPOT STATE OF INBOUND MARKETING REPORT, 2011
55%
47%
39% 36%
33%
27%
19%
BLOGS SOCIAL MEDIA SEO TELEMARKETING DIRECT MAIL PPC TRADE SHOWS
INBOUND OUTBOUND
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“THIS LEAD-GEN TACTIC IS BELOW AVERAGE COST.”
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Outbound marketing costs more.
SOURCE: HUBSPOT STATE OF INBOUND MARKETING REPORT, 2011
47%
29% 27%
21%
13% 13%
9%
TRADE SHOWS PPC DIRECT MAIL TELEMARKETING SEO SOCIAL MEDIA BLOGS
INBOUND OUTBOUND
“THIS LEAD-GEN TACTIC IS ABOVE AVERAGE COST.”
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• 67% of B2C companies and 41% of B2B companies have acquired a customer through Facebook
• 57% of businesses have acquired a customer through their company blog
• 42% have acquired a customer through Twitter
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