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How to make Inbound Marketing and Marketing Automation work for your B2B company

Inbound Marketing is taking the B2B world by storm.

Today, over 90% of B2B buyers start their sales cycle online by searching for solutions to their needs. In the process, power is shifting from Seller to Buyer. Traditional Outbound Marketing is failing. And Inbound Marketing is taking over.

And here's the key: to make Inbound Marketing work, you need Marketing Automation. That's because the web is too fast and too big to handle manually. Hence the topic of this lens: Inbound Marketing Automation.

Here you'll find a collection of content that explains:
1. The trend to Inbound Marketing and Inbound Marketing Automation.
2. How to best implement Inbound Marketing Automation.
3. The big benefits for you (as B2B marketer) and your B2B organization.

Blog Posts on Inbound Marketing Fundamentals

Still wondering what Inbound Marketing is all about? Check out these blogs/ resources:
B2B Marketing is going "Inbound"
The Big Picture.
Inbound Marketing Fundamentals 1: The Shift in Power from Seller to Buyer
Covers the fundamental internet-enabled shift in power from seller to buyer, and how you can take advantage of it.
Inbound Marketing Fundamentals 2: The Shift from Outbound to Inbound Marketing
A closer look at the irreversible shift from Outbound Marketing to Inbound Marketing, including the top 3 benefits of Inbound Marketing for B2B companies.
Inbound Marketing Fundamentals 3: The Shift from Manual to Automation
Covers the critical role of Marketing Automation with Inbound Marketing.

Whitepapers and Resources on Inbound Marketing and Inbound Marketing Automation

Step by Step guides that review the opportunities, and help you tap into the potential. I haven't figured out how to add .pdf documents directly to this lens, so here are some links to download the information.
Marketing 2.0: Five Steps to Harnessing the Power of Marketing 2.0 for your B2B Company
The big picture. This paper explores the differences between the old and new ways of B2B Marketing, and then lays out the five practical steps to assist you in taking advantage of the new Marketing 2.0 opportunities.
Seven Ways to Boost Profits Using Sales and Marketing Automation
This paper describes how you can boost Profits through Inbound Marketing Automation by both increasing Revenues and decreasing Costs! That's right, you can do both!
How to get Priceless Market Insight for Free
Inbound Marketing Automation gives marketers a number of innovative tools to understand their markets in ways never possible before. But more than that, Inbound Marketing Automation delivers this insight without the time-consuming, expensive market research that was previously part-and-parcel of marketing.

Other Great Inbound Marketing and Marketing Automation Resources

Websites, blog posts, and misc tools.
Inbound Marketing University
Want to take a free one- week crash course in Inbound Marketing, complete with virtual classroom, exam and certification? Then go to Inbound Marketing University. Kudos to Rebecca Corliss and HubSpot for grabbing this trend, and adding some real value to our B2B marketing industry. Great lecturers. Great Topics.
Inbound Marketing Automation made Easy
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Axel is President and Co-founder of Gossamar Inc, an Inbound Marketing Automation company. His background includes over 30 years experience in senior... more »

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