Digital Inbound Marketing Blog

Pinocchio's truthfulness eventually helped him become a real boy. Similarly, authenticity in inbound marketing helps engage visitors by drawing them into a website. By providing visitors with content that is useful and honest, the transition to customer status begins.

Everyone loves a freebie, and the right sort of free information can send visitors flocking to your website. However, you don't need to give everything away. How can you know when it's good to give away a resource and when you should charge for it?

More and more website traffic is driven by mobile users; Pew reports that significant numbers of users have smartphones as their only means of online access. A large number of those - as many as 60%, according to the Mobile Path-to-Purchase Report - use only mobile devices for purchasing. Because this usage will only grow, mobile users should be at the front of your mind when you develop your content marketing strategy.

Low conversions, lackluster sales, and lost customers all indicate the lack of a viable marketing strategy. If your business needs a marketing makeover, return to the basics of effective inbound marketing with these simple strategies.

In an era of social media, e-mail marketing, and text messages, business owners and marketers frequently forget the value of face-to-face interaction. Corporate executives still strike deals on the golf course and in fancy restaurants - and for good reason. Face time remains essential to the healthy development of a brand.

From photographs of cats to Super Bowl commercials, viral content has become the Holy Grail of digital advertising. By the numbers, however, utilitarian content serves a greater purpose than flash-in-the-pain successes.

Utilitarian content solves a problem, fills a need, or answers a question. It stays relevant long after the latest celebrity ice bucket challenge video fades from the collective virtual memory.