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Is Inbound Marketing Actually Profitable or Just a Slogan

Convince & Convert

Yesterday, HubSpot, the creator of the term “Inbound Marketing,” filed for an IPO. It was our first detailed look into the financial health of HubSpot, and after reading it pretty carefully, I am left with a provocative question. Hubspot has been around since 2006, and their S-1 details financial information from 2009.

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Nine Social Media Marketing Stats You Can Use

Webbiquity SMM

Facebook was opened up to the public in 2006. Here are three key findings from recent research, supported by nine useful social media stats, and recommendations on what to do with this information. Twitter emerged at the SXSW conference in March 2007. Buyers appreciate business social media use. Small Business Trends ). MediaPost ).

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The Story of Ignite Social Media, The Original Social Media Agency

Ignite Social Media

This was 2006, just after Twitter had launched, but the world didn’t yet know Tumblr, Pinterest, or Instagram. But in terms of running the business, we really like Hubspot as both a CRM and as a marketing/tracking tool. About the only thing missing was a lightbulb over my head. We don’t have time to wait.

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87 More Vital Social Media Marketing Facts and Stats for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

The recent 72 Fascinating Social Media Stats post on JeffBullas.com was one of my post popular guest posts ever, so here is an entirely new set of social media stats, facts and research findings. Of Twitter’s 165 million users, half access Twitter on mobile devices at least occasionally. ( HubSpot ). Marketing Pilgrim ).

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Best Social Media Stats, Facts and Marketing Research of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

the sources below provide a vast wealth of data, statistics and research results, as well as a bit of interesting social media trivia. Discover the answers to all of these questions and more here in more than 40 of the best resources for social media and marketing stats, facts and research of the past year.

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15 Lessons That Took Me 15 Years to Learn by Jim Tobin

Ignite Social Media

Facebook opened to the public moving away from colleges in September of 2006. I saw a HubSpot survey recently where a big number of marketers, I think it was about 87%, said that they would do less content if it meant they could do better content. There’s actually research going back to the 1950s. Do less but do better.

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The Top #Nifty50 Women in Technology on Twitter for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

Boston’s amazing Laura Fitton is an inbound marketing evangelist for HubSpot, founder of @oneforty, and co-author of the best-selling Twitter For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)). Before joining Adobe in 2006, Ann was vice president of sales and marketing at Intel Corporation. Laura Fitton. Angelina Ward. angelinaward.

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