HubSpot's latest 2011 "
State of Inbound Marketing
" report is now available for download. The report is based on data from a recent survey of 644 professionals familiar with their business’ marketing strategy.
The research indicates that inbound marketing dominated organizations experience a 62% lower cost per lead than outbound marketing dominated organizations. This finding is
remarkably consistent
from year to year.
Previous studies conducted in 2009 and 2010 showed strikingly similar results: the 2009 survey showed that inbound marketing dominated organizations experienced a 61% lower cost per lead; in 2010 the delta was 60%.
Other key takeaways include:
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The gap between spending on inbound v. outbound continues to widen:
In 2009, inbound marketing had a 9% greater share of the lead generation budget; in 2011 inbound’s share was 17% greater.
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Blogs and social media channels are generating real customers:
57% of companies using blogs reported that they acquired customers from leads generated directly from their blog.
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More and more business are blogging:
Businesses are now in the minority if they do
not
blog. From 2009 to 2011 the percentage of businesses with a blog grew from 48% to 65%.
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Businesses are increasingly aware their blog is highly valuable:
85% of businesses rated their company blogs as “Useful”, “Important” or “Critical”; a whopping 27% rated their company blog as “Critical” to their business.
Download the 2011 State of Inbound Marketing report now
.