9 ways too start inbound marketing today

Using inbound marketing will draw customers to you on the platform of their choice. It is not pushed through cold-calling or knocking on there door. This kind of content will bring customers in your front door, as opposed to the outbound marketing methods which will go to customers who have not asked for it and might not even require your services. Through inbound marketing, you create content which is specifically designed to appeal to your ideal clients, it attracts prospective clients to your business and ensures that they will keep coming back for more. The best part about inbound marketing is that it’s not a paid form of advertising. Prism Global defines four specifically targeted components of Inbound Marketing:

Show or provide the best content to the client at the right time and place through SEO and social media marketing.

Once you have attracted your customers to your site, you convert them to become valuable leads through obtaining their contact information on a landing page. Note that collecting their contact information was not forced on them such a buying data from large companies. 

The Best Inbound Marketing Strategies include:

1. Email 
2. Podcast 
3. Video 
4. Picture 
5. Blogs 
6. E-books
7. Webinars
8. Social Media Marketing.
9. SEO (search engine optimization)

You offered them valuable information/answers which they were looking for, and they are eager to provide their contact details to receive more dynamic information. Close – leads are now transformed into customers. At this stage, you use refined marketing tools such as marketing automation, lead nurturing, and social media monitoring to ensure that the correct leads

are closed at the perfect time.

With Inbound Marketing, you will stay engaged with the customer even after your job is done. With storytelling, social media, and trigger marketing. You can follow it up with appropriate, customized marketing activity. The goal is to delight your customers by having been able to solve their problems as well as turning them into becoming promoters of your business. There is another tremendously important benefit of Inbound Marketing. Since it is content-driven, it lives on your site as long as you want it to. With paid marketing (outbound marketing) such as Google AdWords and

Facebook ads, your leads and website traffic also stops when you stop paying for ads

5 awesome low cost marketing tactics

Everyone wants to know how to market for free, or at least, as cheap as possible. Here are some marketing avenues I have tried and know that work. They’re simple and will get you where you want to be, or at least a good start. In my opinion they’re not exactly the easiest methods, but effective and cost very little. With that said, some of these tactics can be tedious and time consuming, but cheap and effective they are. So let’s get started with the first one.

• You’re probably staring at it in your hands right now. That’s right, it’s your cell phone. You can do more than just make phone calls, you can watch videos, text friends, and surf Facebook on it. My advice is this: Start calling people! Grab the phone book and offer your services to everyone in the Yellow Pages. Now, I know cold calling is one of the most terrifying things people can do, as opposed to a face-to-face meeting. But it is extremely effective and it will get results.
  

• Do a free give-away with one of your services in exchange for contact information and good reviews, or try selling them on other services. It's easier once they've seen some of your work. I have personally used this. If you go to my website, a lot of the videos there I did for free just for a good review. It also help me build a portfolio to show future clients. This method will work! It will cost you a little bit in time and resources but it is highly effective.

• Start a blog or vlog! Tell your story and share it on all social sites and email it to everyone you know. This is one of the most used methods by marketers today, for good reason, it works.

• Don’t like to write? don’t want to call? Try video. Set up a quick backdrop and a little bit of lighting, grab your cell phone, and do a Facebook live video. There’s a reason video is number one and it’s because people are lazy and they don’t want to read. Videos are easy to watch and are much easier than reading.

• One of the most powerful things you can do is build an email list and put together an email automation and/or drip campaign, or maybe a learning or educational series doled out over 3 to 4 months, one email or two emails a week. Always interject your products and services with links to great material. This works and you will be amazed at your return on investment.

And of course there are many other ways to market your business for little to no cost, and I will write many more blogs on the topic. This is a good way to get started with your business today to get results and get you where you want to be in your business. It will get you there faster than just about anything else without doing paid-per click or SEO tactics. It is a little more elbow grease with a big pay-off.

Why Hire a Digital Marketing Company

Most business owners start out by doing every thing that is needed to run a business- janitorial, carpet cleaning, maintenance, marketing, as well as the business itself. If you are a business owner you know about the many hats a business owners wears. When you start out you usually have to do it all yourself, but once you are up and running, you can then hire some of these things out.

So, when should you hire a digital marketing company?

Usually it is when you are looking for new innovations, fresh ideas, or a new spin on a product or service. Or maybe your team is too busy, and you need results now! Too many start ups fail due to over extending their business. Or they may go the other way and don't extend at all. There has to be a balance in everything you do.

One should consider their goals and how to reach them within their budget. This is easier said than done, especially when there is a deadline in the mix. But, let's say you have weighed the pros and cons and have decided to use a digital marketing company like Digitally Amped Marketing. You've already come up with how much you can spend, you have a clear call to action, and a good idea of your target audience. What do you do next? How do you pick a marketer? Usually it is based on your budget and the route you want to deliver your message. Most of the time you can ask the company what they specialize in and if it matches what and how you have envisioned for your marketing plan.

You get in contact with the for mentioned marketing agency. It looks expensive at first glance. But if you compare to the cost of hiring a full team of marketers, it's often a steal of a deal.

So when you are ready to take your business to the next level, call Digitally Amped Marketing.

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