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Mike Broomfield

Mike Broomfield

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Why focusing on visitor engagement matters

Sales funnelWhat does the phrase ‘visitor engagement’ mean to you? In the world of inbound marketing, it’s a highly effective tactic that can generate valuable leads for your business.

We all know that the main objective of inbound and using tools like HubSpot is to drive visitors to your website and convert them into loyal customers and brand advocates.

However, what many businesses don’t realise is that visitor engagement is fundamental to converting their website traffic into leads.

Topics: B2B Lead Generation

Sales Pipeline Growth Case Study - Enable

Background

Enable specialises in building custom software that meets businesses’ specific requirements. Its bespoke solutions are designed to deliver in areas where enterprise systems and off the shelf software simply can’t deliver.

One of the software solutions developed by Enable is a niche rebate management software platform, DealTrack. Created in collaboration with DCS Group, the UK’s largest distributor of health, beauty and household brands, the platform is aimed at helping organisations manage complex trading agreements involving retrospective payments.

Topics: Inbound Marketing Case Studies

5 Common Misconceptions About Inbound Marketing

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Instead of interrupting prospects with unwanted marketing messages, Inbound Marketing attracts prospects to your website by providing relevant, helpful content.  Much has been written about Inbound and its value but there are still a whole host of misconceptions out there about Inbound.

In this blog, we will explore some common misconceptions people have about Inbound Marketing and we will attempt to debunk them.

Topics: Inbound Marketing

How to Maximise Lead Conversion with Inbound Marketing

In their book ‘Inbound Marketing’, Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah co-founders of Hubspot, outline that marketers in mid-size and large companies spend 80 percent of their time worrying about conversion rates and 20 percent of their time getting more visitors to their website.

The emphasis on lead conversion vs website visitors varies from industry to industry. In the IT technology sector, particularly in the IT Channel, there is still a dependency on traditional outbound marketing, because quite simply that is the way most channel partners have grown in the past. 

Topics: Sales Enablement Inbound Marketing B2B Lead Generation

Why You Should Consider the 'Refocused' Lead Generation Companies

When thinking about todays modern buyer, consider this for one moment…how do you buy?

Are you stumped to find the information you need to make a considered decision, be that in your personal or professional life? Of course not, you consult and research that 'big library in the clouds'.

Are you dithering and need to phone a friend (or worst still a salesman), of course not, you get onto your social network and ask your peers and colleagues for recommendations.

So buyers have fundamentally changed, they are digitally driven, they have rapid access to information from multiple devices, they start their search on the web, the buyer has changed more in the past 10 years than in the past hundred.

Topics: Inbound Marketing B2B Lead Generation