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How Inbound Marketing Works, From Start to Finish [INFOGRAPHIC]

 

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Inbound marketing is no cakewalk. Marketers who are embracing inbound have a variety of different channels and tactics to master, including content creation, SEO, social media, lead generation, lead management, and analytics. It's no wonder that marketers new to inbound end up feeling overwhelmed and wondering what to tackle first.

Luckily, our friends over at inbound marketing agency IMPACT Branding & Design recently pulled together an infographic that helps inbound marketers understand the entire inbound process from start to finish -- from getting found online, to converting visitors into leads and customers, and then measuring the entire funnel. Well done, IMPACT, you captured the inbound process beautifully! 

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Posted by Pamela Vaughan on Mon, Feb 20, 2012 @ 08:00 AM

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oooh ! Makes a lovely poster for the wall - Thank you ;-)

posted on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 8:10 AM by chris windley


Very great infographic. Congratulations from Romania ! :) 
Best, Dan Daniel

posted on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 9:26 AM by Dan Daniel


Awesome infographic! Organized and Condensed! Love it! Thank you :) I am trying to wrap my brain around Inbound Marketing and this was soooooo helpful.

posted on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 10:30 AM by Barbara Elliott


I just love this! You guys (and Gals)rock!

posted on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 10:58 AM by David J Dunworth


Very best regards ! Go for it ! Dan Daniel

posted on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 10:59 AM by Dan Daniel


Good conceptualization, guys, but perhaps you want to call it "Online marketing", not "Inbound marketing". From Wikipedia - Inbound marketing is market research. In contrast to the above, pieces of information about customer needs and interests, not customers themselves, flow into the company. Knowledge of customer needs drives future company offerings, and product or service capability. This sense is related to the term product management and product ownership in Scrum. Peter Drucker believed this to be the quintessence of marketing. Companies who begin "Inbound marketing" from the web-site, never achieve a sustainable competitive advantage and do not max on profits.

posted on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 12:47 PM by Liana Antanovich


Great information and reference. This could be considered a great step by step guide to drawing, keeping, and sales through your websites. I will return for the latest info frequently.

posted on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 1:37 PM by Dan Mihaliak


Awesome graphic for hanging up in the office =]

posted on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 9:54 PM by Alex Fusman


The first step should be to write a good marketing report/analysis that outlines the strategy. 
Then you build a website based on that strategy. The base is your marketing plan, the site is as much a tool as all the other things mentioned. 
Please; clients have enough wrong ideas about websites as it is, do not add to that!

posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 3:48 AM by Evert


Great overall description of the process. You might want to change "CMS" to "CRM" in Step 3, part 2 "...and be entered as a lead in your CMS system". CMSes and CRMs are important to inbound marketing but the leads go in the CRM system.

posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 6:54 AM by Scott Lewis


@Liana. I respectively disagree with your comment for two reasons. Wiki is not a credible resource and inbound marketing is a new marketing concept and wonder when Drucker made this comment? I like the concept of inbound marketing and plan to incorporate it soon.

posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 8:52 AM by Chris Thompson, MBA


Fantastic article - I agree that Inbound Marketing is overwhelming and seems daunting at times, but I think that the key is to gather information and then try different approaches and mediums to see what will work best with your product/company. 
 
It's a new niche that we are carving out and while it's a challenge at times to sort it all out, it's so much fun being on the cutting edge and trying new things!

posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 9:07 AM by Christine


Really informative and nicely designed infographic by a great agency- nice job, IMPACT

posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 7:35 PM by Allison


All - Thank you so much for the comments! Scott, you are correct, that is a typo. I will make that change ASAP. Evert, you also make a fantastic point - I'm going to add that in, and if Hubspot doesn't mind, I would like to make this a 6 step process! If anyone else has any feedback, please let me know!

posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 7:59 PM by Bob Ruffolo from IMPACT


I'll pay for a poster of this infographic, if anyone can make one.

posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 2:37 PM by Allison


Hi Allison - Call my office at (203) 265-4377. We're going to make the aforementioned modifications and will be happy to get you a poster. 

posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 3:07 PM by Bob Ruffolo from IMPACT


Most useful infographic I've seen. Finally something I can refer my clients to explain that inbound marketing isn't the same as having a pretty website!

posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 9:38 PM by John Gray, law firm marketing


All, please see the updated infographic above with the changes as suggested by you. Thank you again for all the shares! We're working on a couple of more infographics we hope you find as useful and shareable! 
 

posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 9:46 AM by Bob Ruffolo from IMPACT


@ChrisThompson, you're wrong on both counts. @LianaAntanovich is correct. 
 
1. Time and again, Wikipedia has proved itself to be more reliable than other cyclopedia. Like all such publications, it is not a source, but it curates sources. One should use it as a route to your sources, not as a source itself. BTW, misusing the word "wiki" is a reverse-shibboleth. 
 
2. The phrase "inbound marketing" has meant product management, or product ownership for at least 25 years. I note your MBA is very recent.

posted on Friday, February 24, 2012 at 6:55 AM by Richi Jennings


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