Inbound Marketing for Small Businesses

Many small businesses have realized the effectiveness of inbound marketing in reaching targeted audiences with measurable results. Spending some time and money on planning and executing an effective inbound marketing plan can be the difference between a good year and a great year for your business.

Inbound marketing process is based on:

Attracting your ideal client by providing relevant, optimized content and distributing it across different online channels.

Converting visitors into qualified leads by offering premium content that encourages them to sign up to receive.

Nurturing these leads by providing the right information at the right time, shortening the sales process and turning these leads into customers.

Delighting your customers with a continuous stream of valuable content to turn them into referral sources.

Benefits of Inbound Marketing

Turn the World into Your Marketplace

There are many benefits of inbound marketing, especially for small businesses:

You can reach prospects, 24 hours a day, every day. There is no other marketing activity that has extensive reach at minimal costs. Whether your world is global or local, inbound marketing can put your business in front of your customers when they are searching.

You get an incredible amount of visibility that far exceeds your business size or geographic location, enabling you to reach more potential clients. Planned and executed correctly, your online marketing efforts can return a much greater return within a reasonable budget.

A professionally developed website and quality content can position your business as an expert resource in your industry, making it easy and convenient for prospects learn about what you do, how you do it, and the knowledge you possess.

Generating leads through inbound marketing enables you to build a larger, more qualified prospect list that you can nurture through marketing activities such as an online newsletter.

Before you can reap the benefits of inbound marketing, you need a plan. Putting structure around your strategy helps you remain focused on the goal.

Client Testimonials

I started working with Debra in 2007 to get a better understanding of how to market my roofing business. I went through the Masterful Marketing 8 Step Program and found it to be extremely valuable. I not only developed a marketing plan and budget for my business, I also developed a new perspective on how… “Kelly Shepard”

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Your Inbound Marketing Plan

Planning your Inbound Marketing Strategy

Understand your target audience before you can dive into choosing your inbound marketing strategies. The process requires you define your inbound marketing goals and then choose the strategies to achieve your goals. In addition, your inbound marketing strategy needs a solid web presence to support your inbound marketing activities.

Inbound marketing strategies include:

Search Marketing
search marketing

Optimize content based on how people search creating visibility in the organic search engine results.

Content Marketing
content marketing planning & execution

Develop a strategy to address the needs of your target audience at each stage of the buying journey.

Social Media
social media strategy

Reach your audience by promoting your content on the social media platforms most relevant to them.

Inbound Marketing Services

Inbound Marketing Planning & Execution

Are You Ready for Inbound Marketing?

Have Questions?

Inbound marketing takes resources to be successful but it can be done, even by a one person business. The key is to create a practical plan that you can handle or get some resources to help.

Just remember these stats about inbound marketing:

74% of marketers worldwide use inbound marketing as primary strategy

Leads cost 61% less than outbound marketing

Generates 3 times the number of leads

Websites with blogs generate 126% more leads

Inbound marketing is 10X more effective for lead conversion

If you are still unsure whether inbound marketing will work for your business, contact me and let's set up a brief call. I'll be happy to answer your questions.

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