The marketing landscape is constantly evolving. The biggest challenge? Knowing how, what, and where to connect with your audience. Here are 3 strategic takeaways on how to reach the people that matter most to you (and why it matters), from my week at Hubspot's Inbound conference:
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Marketing Strategy,
MarTech Stack,
Content Strategy,
Digital Marketing,
Marketing Automation
While many of our colleagues and partners were tempted by our offer of discounted tickets to this year’s INBOUND conference put on by HubSpot (part of the perks of being a HubSpot Certified Agency Partner), many could not make it. I promised them I would write with some of the highlights, so here they are. Please let me know if you were there too, and what you learned.
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MarTech Stack,
Audience Segmentation,
Brand Voice,
Content Strategy,
Marketing Automation
All of us at StitchDX left HubSpot’s INBOUND 17 conference energized, enlightened, and eager to take our work for SMBs and nonprofits to a higher level.
Here are my top online content marketing takeaways—let’s do this Casey Kasem-style and count ‘em down:
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nonprofit,
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Digital Marketing,
General,
hubspot,
Inbound Marketing,
Marketing Automation
25,000 marketers from all over the world have the date on their calendars: September 25-28.
It’s HubSpot’s annual Inbound conference and for us, it really is the can’t-miss event of the year!
First off, HubSpot puts on a hell of a show with keynote speakers past and present like Michelle Obama, John Cena, Billie Jean King, Martha Stewart, Alec Baldwin, Arianna Huffington, Anna Kendrick and Gary Vaynerchuk, as well as performers like Judd Apatow, Trevor Noah, Amy Schumer, Janelle Monae, and OneRepublic.
Then there are the digital marketing education opportunities and great networking with some of the greatest minds in inbound and digital marketing. It's all a lot to take in, but with the help of a little pre-gaming, you can definitely get the most out of your experience. Here’s what we at StitchDX are looking to get out of Inbound 2017.
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Marketing Strategy,
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CRM,
Digital Marketing,
hubspot,
Marketing Automation,
Search Engine Marketing
Lead generation is critical to your business. Marketing automation can take those efforts to the next level (and it's more affordable than you might think).
With 51 percent of businesses using marketing automation—and nearly 60 percent of B2B organizations looking to adopt the technology—odds are you’ve considered it for your business.
And if you’ve considered marketing technology for your business, then you know it requires a financial investment, as well as an investment in time to master its complexities. Taking all that into account, how do you know if it’s the right call for your business?
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Silver Certification deepens expertise in both inbound marketing and the HubSpot Platform
Lowell, Massachusetts. Today, stitchDX announced that it has become a Silver HubSpot Certified Agency Partner. HubSpot is the world’s leading inbound marketing and sales platform and works hand-in-hand with Agency Partners to grow their businesses through inbound software, services, and support.
“Navigating the process to become a Certified HubSpot Agency Partner allowed us to deepen our expertise in both inbound marketing and the HubSpot Platform,” noted StitchDX Founding Principal, Brian Bolton. “Achieving Silver status as quickly as we did has allowed us to put that expertise to work for our clients right away.”
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Gut-check time: How good do you feel about your digital marketing ROI?
If your answer is anything less than “great!” then you, like so many customers that we’ve worked with, probably already know you should be doing more with your “digital strategy”.
According to the 2017 HubSpot State of Inbound Marketing report, the two biggest, marketing and sales challenges that today’s businesses and organizations face, are:
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News Release,
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Reimagining a nonprofit website as a tool for lifting Hartford residents out of poverty.
Lowell, Massachusetts. Digital marketing and brand strategy agency stitchDX today announced that it is partnering with the Connecticut-based nonprofit, MoveUP. MoveUP identifies the most pressing needs facing adult learners and convenes the programs and people best-suited to devise solutions.
“We’re focused squarely on inspiring and supporting the type of creative thinking and collective action that will be catalysts for change in the greater Hartford area,” says MoveUp’s executive director, Sarah Dudzic, “and we excited for stitchDX to help us build the tools we need to do our job.”
New tools allow for new strategies
“Traditionally, nonprofits with limited budgets had little access to the type of digital marketing tools large corporations can afford,” said stitchDX Principal and Non-Profit Practice Lead Todd Felton. “Now, open-source and low-cost marketing automation technology enable nonprofits and social impact organizations to use digital tools to achieve their missions. Our newest client is as eager as we are to leverage that technology in their new website to enhance visitor engagement and strengthen their respected leadership position in addressing poverty in Hartford and beyond.”
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Core Messaging,
Digital Marketing,
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Logo & Brand Assets,
Marketing Automation,
Web Design & Development
You can build an awesome-looking, feature-packed business website with relative ease on any number of easy-to-use platforms. What makes your website truly awesome, however, is how hard and how well it works to grow your organization.
Assessing and improving the performance of your website is a matter of asking the right questions. Fortunately for owners and managers of small-to-medium-size businesses, StitchDX has assembled them in our latest eBook, The 10 Critical Questions You Should Ask About Your Website.
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CRM,
Digital Marketing,
General,
Marketing Automation,
Web Design & Development
There are some pretty compelling stats speak in favor of marketing automation for small and medium-size businesses:
- 80% of marketing automation users saw their number of leads increase. (VR Insight, 2015)
- 77% of them saw their number of conversions increase. (VR Insight, 2015)
- And on average, businesses users saw a 10% increase in sales pipeline resulting from marketing automation. (Forrester Research, 2014)
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Lead Scoring & Nurturing,
Marketing Strategy,
MarTech Stack,
Account Based Marketing,
Digital Marketing,
General,
Marketing Automation,
Web Design & Development