{"id":1174,"date":"2013-04-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zenmedia.go4wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/24\/six-surprising-facts-from-hubspots-2013-state-of-inbound-marketing-report\/"},"modified":"2020-10-16T10:00:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T10:00:30","slug":"six-surprising-facts-from-hubspots-2013-state-of-inbound-marketing-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenmedia.com\/blog\/six-surprising-facts-from-hubspots-2013-state-of-inbound-marketing-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Surprising Facts About Inbound Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each year, HubSpot releases an annual report<\/a> on the state of inbound marketing.\u00a0 Their findings are widely used by marketers around the world to set strategy, tweak methodologies and create new tactics. \u00a0HubSpot enlists the help of a broad marketing community to help gather insights and share the lessons they’ve learned. The research they have compiled in this year’s report — their 5th annual — uncovered several interesting and surprising facts about inbound marketing. Here are excerpts highlighting the ones we found most interesting:<\/p>\n

Inbound marketing has achieved a majority market share<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The majority of marketers have embraced inbound strategies. In 2013, 60% of companies have adopted some element of the inbound methodology into their overall strategy.<\/p>\n

Amid rapid growth, some marketers still struggle to define “inbound marketing”<\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to our survey results, the industry still suffers from some educational gaps. While the rapid growth we have witnessed to date is impressive – 60% of marketers have currently adopted inbound strategies \u2013 there is still room for growth, as an additional 19% of\u00a0marketers are unsure whether to characterize their marketing activities as “inbound”.\u00a0 As\u00a0the industry matures, and more marketers become educated on the inbound methodology,\u00a0we expect this confusion to abate.<\/p>\n

Executives and sales functions not quite buying in to inbound marketing<\/strong><\/h2>\n

While most marketers say they do inbound, when it comes to allocating resources, only 17% of sales\u00a0teams and 11% of company executives lend their full support to inbound marketing efforts.\u00a0To ensure inbound marketing’s long-term success, it needs to move beyond a marketing focused tactic and gain larger support and endorsement company-wide.<\/p>\n

B2C companies are slightly more concerned with reaching the right customers than are B2B\u00a0<\/strong>companies<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This data makes sense in light of consumer-facing marketers’ keen customer emphasis, as B2C companies were 20% more likely to be customer-focused than their B2B counterparts. Reaching the right audience is a primary concern internationally. More than 23% of international respondents report this metric to be the top priority, followed by converting leads to customers and increasing lead volume, with 22% and 21% of the responses, respectively.<\/p>\n

We are in the midst of a growth spurt<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Inbound outpaces traditional lead generation in both lead production and spending: Forty-eight percent of marketers plan to increase their inbound marketing spending this year \u2013 the third year in a row that inbound budgets are increasing at or near a 50% pace. Executives lead this strong growth, as 53% of CEOs and CMOs increased their 2013 inbound marketing budgets.<\/p>\n

(No surprise here!) Social media, SEO, and blogs rank as the top channels to watch in the coming years<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Social media and SEO each contribute 14% of marketers’ total pipeline in 2013. According \u00a0to marketers, SEO and social media also lead in sales conversions<\/a>, netting 15% and 13%\u00a0above average conversion rates in 2013, respectively, while accounting for a combined\u00a023% of all inbound budgets. An additional 21% of marketers report that social media has\u00a0become more important to their company over the past six months.<\/p>\n

If you have questions about how inbound marketing can help your company, contact the Zen Media Group<\/a> and we’ll get you answers.<\/p>\n

Photo Source<\/a><\/p>\n

Information Source:<\/p>\n

HubSpot’s 2013 State of Inbound Marketing Report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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