The problem with using outbound marketing as a primary strategy today is that it is becoming less and less effective while remaining ever so expensive.
Luckily for us, inbound marketing was born and has become the next best thing since sliced bread (If you’re a marketer or sales professional, I hope you’d agree!).
Now we have content marketing, blogging, SEO, social media, and other ways to attract visitors and leads to our business instead of pushing out unwanted messages to our audience.
But there’s a lot to inbound marketing that needs to be understood. After all, it’s constantly changing, and there’s a lot to learn!
In addition to the great content we provide here on the HubSpot blog, we thought we would share with you some of our other favorite blogs on everything inbound marketing. So here is a list of 21 awesome inbound marketing blogs you should start reading today. And if you have any favorites that aren't already on this list, please add them in the comments section. Happy reading!
1. AdhereCreative Inbound Marketing & Brand Development Blog
Adhere Creative's marketing blog offers many great tips on how to get the marketing results you’re looking for by using content, blogging, branding, SEO, and more.
2. At the Goal Line by In2Communications
At the Goal Line offers thoughts and opinions on sales, marketing, social media, digital content, technology, and social business.
3. B2B Inbound Blog
B2B Inbound offers a ton of great content on blogging , B2B marketing tactics, and everything inbound marketing.
4. Bluleadz Inbound Marketing Blog
BlueLeadz focuses on everything marketing and more, including SEO, networking, lead generation, and web design.
5. Brand & Capture by KunoCreative
This blog includes topics on content marketing, social media, lead analysis, marketing analytics, branding, mobile marketing, website design -- you name it!
6. inBlurbs Inbound Marketing Blog
This inbound marketing blog covers all of inbound marketing including SEO, blogging, social media, landing pages, lead generation, and analytics.
7. Internet Marketing and SEO Tips by Pagetender
The name of this blog speaks for itself. Go here to learn about the world of internet marketing.
8. Keenpath Inbound Marketing Blog
This inbound marketing blog focuses on SEO, blogging, and social media marketing to increase leads and sales for business.
9. LyntonWeb Blog: Perspectives on the Social Web
Lynton’s blog offers some juicy content on blogging, CRM, design, email, Facebook, geolocation -- and the list goes on and on!
10. Market8 Inbound Marketing & Branding Blog
If you’re a small business marketer, this blog is for you. It provides tons of thought leadership on marketing strategy, SEO, web design, social media, interactive media, inbound marketing, and creative design.
11. MarketingSherpa Blog
If you’re not already familiar with MarketingSherpa, you should be (like right now). They are among the best at testing, research, and knowing what works in marketing.
12. Momentum Search Marketing Blog
Coming to you from the UK is a great inbound marketing resource. It includes a very long laundry list of topics -- practically everything you can think of!
13. Optimize This by Find & Convert
Author, speaker, podcaster, and CEO of Find and Convert, Bernie Borges blogs about the intersection of search and social media, providing sound advice for success.
14. Pollock Inbound Marketing Blog
Pollock offers this great blog for all your online lead generation and inbound marketing needs. Don't miss a single post!
15. PR20/20 Blog
PR 20/20's agency blog features inbound marketing and public relations trends, news, and resources.
16. Pull Marketing Blog by Pull Not Push
If you’re a small business owner looking to get found online, look to the Pull Marketing blog.
17. Spark Inbound Marketing Blog
This blog has a lot of great content on -- you guessed it -- inbound marketing!
18. The Best B2B Marketing Blog by Precision Marketing Group
The authors at Precision Marketing Group really know their stuff. This blog contains frequently updated content to hone your marketing skills and knowledge.
19. The Inbound Marketing Company
You can’t call yourself The Inbound Marketing Company without having an awesome blog. Luckily, this company does. This blog, too, covers way too many inbound marketing topics to list.
20. The Inbound Marketing Spot by Trust eMedia
This is a great source for social media, sales, search marketing, and more.
21. WebMarCom Blog
WebMarCom gives us news and updates about inbound marketing, lead generation, and the effective use of internet marketing.
22. B2BBloggers
Jeremy Victor maintains an excellent blog here covering a variety of topics in B2B marketing and sales, including how to create a great presence as a business and encourage engagement.
23. IMPACT Learning Center
The IMPACT Learning Center shares high-level inbound marketing expertise and tools you need to grow your sales and your business.
Which of these blogs are your favorites? What other blogs would you add to the list?
Photo Credit: How can I recycle this
Inbound Marketing Blog Feed
Chad H. Pollitt 1:35 PM on August 18, 2011
Jessica:
Thank you for including Kuno on your list. We work really hard as a company to frequently publish good inbound marketing content and this inclusion makes all of the hard work worth it. We look forward to reading your future posts. . .
@CPollittIU
Director of Social Media & Search Marketing
Kuno Creative
منتدى ديزاين 2:10 PM on August 18, 2011
[العاب فلاش ]url:http://www.b7bk-d.com/games
[مركز تحميل فلاش ]url:http://www.b7bk-d.com/up
[دليل مواقع ]url:http://www.b7bk-d.com
[مدونة ]url:http://www.b7bk-d.com
Bernie Borges 2:23 PM on August 18, 2011
Jessica,
Thanks for compiling this list. I'm honored to be included among such great inbound marketing minds!
Cheers,
Bernie Borges
Find and Convert
Gruv Media 2:39 PM on August 18, 2011
Great Post! Hubspot continues to be an incredible source of valuable info for social media and internet marketers!
Nathan Yerian 2:49 PM on August 18, 2011
We are honored to be included in your list. These all look like great resources. This will add a few more bookmarks to my collection.
This isn't exactly "inbound marketing", but many of the principles on Brian Clark's blog can be used for inbound purposes. http://www.copyblogger.com/
Tracy Terry 4:49 PM on August 18, 2011
Jessica,
Thank you so much for the awesome list of inbound marketing blogs. We are truly honored for being included in your list.
We'll definitely be checked all of them out!
Tracy Terry
Trust eMedia
Mark Mathson, Keenpath 5:20 PM on August 18, 2011
Jessica,
Thank you for including Keenpath on this list!
Appreciate being included alongside these other blogs.
Most of these blogs were already in my reading/RSS list, but the ones that weren't, now are!
Mark Mathson
Ilias Chelidonis 11:13 PM on August 18, 2011
Hey Jessica,
Nice list, i guess the best way to get as much knowledge as possible on inbound marketing is to read as much as you can, apply as much as you can and see what really works.
Ilias
Eric Baum 11:48 PM on August 18, 2011
Jessica, thank you for including Bluleadz in this list. It's really nice to be recognized for the hard work we put into our blog.
Eric Baum
Bluleadz Inbound Marketng
Louise 3:59 AM on August 19, 2011
Thank you for this useful post. These are some great blogs to follow, I'm sure I will be following and reading what they post! It's useful for marketers to get as much information from as many different sources as they can!
Laurel Miltner 8:16 AM on August 19, 2011
Jessica,
Thanks for sharing this great list of resources. There are a few blogs on here that I hadn't seen before, and look forward to digging into.
Also, thanks for including the PR 20/20 blog on your list.
Laurel Miltner
@laurelmackenzie
Jody Raines 8:41 AM on August 19, 2011
Thanks so much for including WebMarCom on the list of inbound blogs to read. Hubspot is an incredible source of great information and we are honored to be a Certified Hubspot Partner. We also are editors of a podcast called Addicted To Social Media (A2SM.com) and look forward to connecting with others there as well!
Greg Elwell 10:23 AM on August 19, 2011
Jessica,
Thank you for including B2B Inbound in the company of really terrific inbound marketing bloggers! I read and learn from many of them already!
Best regards,
Greg Elwell
B2B Inbound
Paula Pollock 10:54 AM on August 19, 2011
Thank you for the mention, Jessica. We will strive to keep content relevant for everyone.
Best - Paula Pollock
Pollock Marketing Group
Greg Linnemanstons 12:18 PM on August 19, 2011
Love the list, and want to suggest you add one more: Whole Brain Marketing by Weidert Group! We're a full service marketing strategy & communications firm that is also certified Hubspot VAR. Check it out!
http://www.weidert.com/whole_brain_marketing_blog/
Sharon Kissner 4:28 PM on August 19, 2011
A list of 21 "must-read" blogs -- are you serious? Don't you people have work to do? No, I really do appreciate the list, but would challenge you to cull it down -- which ones can you NOT live without?
Kerry 9:26 AM on August 22, 2011
social media monster also have a great blog on the latest tips on social media marketing!!!
http://hipsterstips.tumblr.com/