Optimize, Automate, and Scale Your Growth
INBOUND MARKETING ROADMAP
Whether you're an experienced marketer or considering an agency to augment your in-house team, digital marketing, process improvement, and technology selection can significantly impact the sales you generate and your ability to scale.
Talk to an advisor to learn how inbound marketing can help you engage more prospects and convert customers to scale.
TALK WITH AN ADVISOR
Share ideas & insights to identify best opportunities.
Drive revenue with a repeatable process.
Trial & error VS structured plan
DEMONSTRATING YOUR MARKETING VALUE IS HARD TO DO
Without a structured plan...
- Sales can flat-line. Or even worse, your profits can steadily decline.
- There is immense pressure to meet sales targets with inconsistent lead quality.
- Marketing does not contribute to company success. Time and resources are wasted.
Unpredictable marketing results can be very stressful. Without a plan, seeing results with inbound marketing can be difficult. You shouldn't feel that way. Inbound 281 has helped numerous businesses like yours by providing a clear game plan to achieve organizational goals. Our plan will work for you too.
BEFORE YOU WASTE ANY MORE TIME AND MONEY
NAVIGATE OVERWHELMING MARKETING CHALLENGES IN 5 STEPS
Step 1
EXECUTIVE BRIEFING
IDENTIFY SUCCESSFUL MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
Learn what strategies your top competitors are using to gain market share. Motivate your team with data that pinpoints low-hanging opportunities and quick wins for your team.
Once you know how much potential business you are losing to competitors, focus your team on winning that business back.
Step 2
DIAGNOSE & ALIGN
DISCOVER THE TACTICS THAT WORK
Align your team to eliminate the confusion and clutter of various marketing tactics. Ask yourself, what’s been working in your current strategy? What is not?
After carefully analyzing your current strategy, we will evaluate your team's tactics and compare them to the successful tactics used by other businesses to achieve growth. This will enable you and your team to gain a laser-like focus on the most effective tactics that align with your unique goals.
Step 3
GOAL PLANNING & DESIGN
DISCOVERING GOALS THAT FIT YOUR BUDGET
Your team will learn how you can leverage effective modern inbound marketing strategies, technologies, and tactics to design a plan around your goals - and your budget.
Together we'll review and assess any competitor research growth opportunities previously discovered and collaborate on designing your strategic plan for profitable customer acquisition.
Step 4
SOLUTION DESIGN
A CUSTOMIZED PLAN DESIGNED FOR YOU
You've done all the research, now it's time to build and execute a customized inbound marketing plan to motivate you and your team to grow your business.
We will review your competitive benchmark data, your current strategies, and all the opportunities we have uncovered to unite stakeholders around your custom growth plan.
STEP 5
GAME PLAN
READY - SET - START SEEING RESULTS
Your teams will align around a well-constructed marketing game plan that provides KPIs, clarity, direction, and a solid framework for the execution of successful inbound marketing campaigns and tactics.
By implementing this game plan, you will not only maximize your brand's visibility and reach but also ensure that every aspect of your marketing strategy is aligned with your business objectives for better growth and profitability.
INVEST IN YOUR TEAM'S GROWTH
INBOUND MARKETING TACTICS TO EMPOWER YOUR MARKETING TEAM
Your company's needs and goals are unique, and the tactics you employ should reflect that. How you strategically design your inbound marketing campaigns is very important to achieving your marketing goals and business results. These various foundational and campaign strategies can equip teams to become the savvy marketers they aspire to be.
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Marketing Assessment
We start with an evaluation of your current website and marketing efforts to pinpoint areas of improvement. We analyze how you compare to the competition and where opportunities exist.
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Proven Game Plans
Our Game Plans feature the specific deliverables, usually over a 12-month period, that we recommended to reach your goals. You'll have a step-by-step plan with month-by-month tactics.
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Customer Score Card
The Marketing Scorecard is the monthly report we provide you that has all the key marketing performance metrics (KPIs) that support your organization's strategic objectives & goals.
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Customer Buyers Process
Oftentimes called the Customer Buyers Journey. Understanding and defining this process is key to engaging prospective customers with relevant content in the Awareness, Consideration and Decision phases.
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Keyword Research
Being found on Google and other search engines is paramount to attracting fresh visitors to your website. To build a laser-focused website, we'll help you by analyzing your competitors, current rankings and potential keywords necessary to be found on SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages).
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Persona Development
Persona's are semi-fictional representations of your ideal or best customers. A detailed buyer persona will help you engage your most valuable prospects with relevant content in all of your marketing campaigns and SEO efforts.
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Website Design
Before you hire out your next website redesign consider the fact that not all websites are created equal. Almost anyone can create a pretty website with low-cost templates.
Today's most advanced websites are built on modules with a framework that allows almost everyone to be the designer and programmer. Drag-and-drop tools and styled pages make editing and maintaining a website easy.
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Social Media
Social media is one of the tactics you should consider to increase traffic to your website. SM strategies give you the opportunity to show your thought leadership in your industry. As visitors engage with your content sales teams will have the opportunity to reach out to qualified prospects.
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Get Found on Google with SEO
You can be found and rank on Google. SEO is the long game and should be deployed to attract more traffic to your website. It takes 3-9 months to start seeing the benefits of SEO work.
In the meantime you should consider other tactical efforts to drive traffic now to your website like paid media and sponsorship ads for an example. Typically, the best mix of traffic is 80% organic and 20% paid.
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Paid Media
Paid media and sponsorship ads come in many flavors. Many ad types and options are available that work for specific products and services.
Most ad campaigns require rigorous testing and monitoring of ads before you reach your optimum results and budget. While you may get results at the start, expect a ramp up period 3-6 months to fine tune and optimize your ad campaigns.
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Lead Generation
Having a great Marketing Automation platform is very important these days to maximize your lead generation efforts.
Expect to also leverage some great content to attract your ideal customers and amplify that content with various proven tactics like paid media, blogs, social media and other tactics.
-
Email Marketing
Email is not dead. You need an email to access just about everything these days. You do need relevant content to properly engage your prospects and customers.
Email is a very powerful nurturing tool. Used with automation, email can support new customer generation by automatically sending out relevant information over time that notifies sales when users are engaging with your content and website.
Foundational Work
There are a number of foundation items that support your marketing campaigns. These items should be considered before you invest valuable resources to maximize your efforts.
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Marketing Assessment
We start with an evaluation of your current website and marketing efforts to pinpoint areas of improvement. We analyze how you compare to the competition and where opportunities exist.
-
Proven Game Plans
Our Game Plans feature the specific deliverables, usually over a 12-month period, that we recommended to reach your goals. You'll have a step-by-step plan with month-by-month tactics.
-
Customer Score Card
The Marketing Scorecard is the monthly report we provide you that has all the key marketing performance metrics (KPIs) that support your organization's strategic objectives & goals.
-
Customer Buyers Process
Oftentimes called the customer buyer's journey. Understanding and defining this process is key to engaging prospective customers with relevant content in the awareness, consideration, and decision phases.
-
Keyword Research
Being found on Google and other search engines is paramount to attracting fresh visitors to your website. To build a laser-focused website, we'll help you by analyzing your competitors, current rankings and potential keywords necessary to be found on SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages).
-
Persona Development
Persona's are semi-fictional representations of your ideal or best customers. A detailed buyer persona will help you engage your most valuable prospects with relevant content in all of your marketing campaigns and SEO efforts.
MARKETING CAMPAIGNS
Your company's needs and goals are unique. How you strategically design your inbound marketing campaigns is very important to achieving your marketing goals and business results.
-
Website Design
Before you hire out your next website redesign consider the fact that not all websites are created equal. Almost anyone can create a pretty website with low-cost templates.
Today's most advanced websites are built on modules with a framework that allows almost everyone to be the designer and programmer. Drag-and-drop tools and styled pages make editing and maintaining a website easy.
-
Social Media
Social media is one of the tactics you should consider to increase traffic to your website. Social media strategies give you the opportunity to show your thought leadership in your industry. As visitors engage with your content, sales teams will have the opportunity to reach out to qualified prospects.
-
Get Found on Google with SEO
You can be found and rank on Google. SEO is a long game and should be deployed to attract more traffic to your website. It takes 3-9 months to start seeing the benefits of SEO work.
In the meantime, you should consider other tactical efforts to drive traffic now to your website, like paid media and sponsorship ads, for example. Typically, the best mix of traffic is 80% organic and 20% paid.
-
Paid Media
Paid media and sponsorship ads come in many flavors. Many ad types and options are available that work for specific products and services.
Most ad campaigns require rigorous testing and monitoring of ads before you reach your optimum results and budget. While you may get results at the start, expect a ramp-up period of 3-6 months to fine-tune and optimize your ad campaigns.
-
Lead Generation
Having a great marketing automation platform is very important these days to maximize your lead generation efforts.
Expect to also leverage some great content to attract your ideal customers and amplify that content with various proven tactics like paid media, blogs, social media, and other tactics.
-
Email Marketing
Email is not dead. You need an email to access just about everything these days. You do need relevant content to properly engage your prospects and customers.
Email is a very powerful nurturing tool. Used with automation, email can support new customer generation by automatically sending out relevant information over time that notifies sales when users are engaging with your content and website.
Our Three Step Proven Process
Three Steps to Achieve Inbound Marketing Success
Talk With an Advisor
Talk With an Advisor
Meet with an advisor for an executive briefing to review and uncover growth opportunities.
Create a Plan
Create a Plan
Get the perfect plan designed to help you win and meet your personal & business growth goals.
Start Getting Results
Start Getting Results
Execute your game plan and prove your value with a monthly score card with KPIs.
Inbound 281 is Certified
Focused on Your Results
HubSpot Gold Solutions Partner
You can be assured when working with Inbound 281, a HubSpot Gold Solutions Partner, that you are getting the most qualified Inbound Marketing Company to help you reach your goals.
HubSpot Certified Trainers
Inbound 281 is one of 150 HubSpot Certified Trainers (HCT) in the world. HCTs are part of a premier group of HubSpot experts who go above and beyond.
Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC) Consultants
Inbound 281 consultants for the MMTC assisting Michigan’s small and medium-sized businesses with growth marketing, sales and services to compete and grow.
HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED TO INVEST TO
MAKE IMPACTFUL MARKETING DECISIONS
Inbound 281's inbound marketing plans are flexible, fitting various budgets. You can opt for quick wins to validate campaigns or choose our Pro and Enterprise options for aggressive growth. We're here to drive your success.
Defined Goals With Measurable KPIs
Quick Wins That Deliver Immediate Results
Builders That Set The Foundation To Succeed
Drivers That Support Your Business Growth
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