Marketers understand the value of focusing on specific campaign goals. A microsite represents one more way to do this effectively. For many brands, their primary website represents a political hurdle where frequent updates, marketing experiments and timely updates present a challenge for...
Small business owners juggle many jobs in keeping their businesses afloat. One of these is often marketing. A review of small business marketing trends indicates nearly half (47 percent) of small businesses take a Do-It-Yourself approach to marketing. The State of Small Business Marketing One study...
B2B marketing statistics and trends illustrate the global B2B marketing industry is still going strong. It's predicted to grow annually through 2018. Digital, in particular, will continue to garner attention with a 12.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), per PwC. B2B Marketing Budgets In 2014,...
Inbound marketing works well for startups for many reasons: lower customer acquisition costs compared to traditional advertising, wider audience reach, shortened sales cycle and more. Grow a startup business and edge out the competition with these inbound essentials for a startup marketing plan....
Home automation is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Instead, we see Alec Baldwin on TV planning a party with the help of Alexa, while the latest iOS update for iPhones offered a default smart home app. Certainly smart home market size trends and projections suggest this is no passing fad....
Whether the phenomenon is deemed the choice paradox or analysis paralysis, most people have experienced an inability to decide when confronted with too many options. Marketers aim to appeal to an audience, by educating and delighting. This doesn’t mean piling on the choices. The job of an inbound...
Organic search can be a powerful driver of leads. For many inbound marketers, search engine optimization (SEO) is a vital channel for lead generation, brand visibility and sales nurturing--and blogs can play a significant role in driving search efforts. In thinking about how to make more...
Content is still king. Inbound marketing requires quality content to drive traffic, visibility and leads. Content needs to exist for each stage of the buying process. So, when asked “Does web content have an ROI?” illustrate the return on investment with these metrics demonstrating conversion and...
Digital marketing spending trends in the US and globally offer valuable insight into the industry today. One encouraging finding is Forrester Research’s forecast that digital marketing spending will continue to rise through 2019. The research firm forecast an increase from 57.29 billion US dollars...
Even before the great earbud controversy of 2016, Apple was facing steep competition for global mobile market share. This article’s collection of iOS mobile market stats are telling about the 1 billion active mobile users of Apple. Apple Market Share Apple’s share of the global smartphone OS market...