What is blogger outreach?
It’s the process of developing a communication strategy that helps you reach out to bloggers with strong influence online for the purpose of promoting your content to their target audience.
Outreach programs can be tedious and some say "take too much time". As a result, software tools such as Ninja Outreach, BuzzStream and BuzzSummo that help to reduce the amount of time to research may help.
What is your business model online? How successful will you be if each of the tasks you see on the business models below were on your personal to-do list? Can you be an expert in each of them? How long will it take to become proficient? The Internet is not simply a phone book and is much more complex than you may realize.
Below you will see a variety of business models which you may be using. As you look at each type of business models, understand how these might match your needs.
Before I share with you a great pop-up tool, let's talk about that party at your home.
When you have a party at your home... you greet people personally, with enthusiasm, and make special offers to ensure their comfort.
In a sense, you "pop-up" into their face and it is accepted and appreciated. Your offers are helpful and the intent is obvious.
And then came the website page - where Internet marketers are about "getting" more.
Here is a potential guerrilla marketing checklist to get you started in the adventure of becoming "famous". Guerrilla marketing works 100% of the time if executed well.
To that end, if you are starting from scratch and are hoping to become "famous" but low on funds (and in a hurry), this outline might prove helpful. It is based heavily on guerrilla marketing tactics with an inbound marketing mindset.
The keyword ranking tools listed below will save you a long search through the Internet. If you are a professional, you probably already have the tools.
If you are a DIY entrepreneur, you search for great software or services to stay up to date with the latest website ranking strategies and tools.
Beyond keyword ranking tools are resources for blogger outreach programs. I have included NinjaOutreach as a resource to consider it an option in your marketing plan.
With HubSpot's all-in-one-marketing system, there are many SEO tools built-in and already available. As a result, I have not found it as necessary to use as many SEO tools.
Even so, here are many SEO software tools that will compliment any marketing system, including those using HubSpot.
For the DIY entrepreneur who wants to embed RSS feeds into their website, instructions and resources are listed below.
What is RSS?
RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.
Note: Not all of these are simple/easy. I share them with you in case you have someone on your team who has the expertise to get it done.
Guerrilla marketing relies on time, energy and imagination rather than a big marketing budget. Since most entrepreneurs are re-inventing budgets and methods to build business during tough times, guerrilla marketing tactics may be the answer.
Jay Conrad Levinson is the father of guerrilla marketing. You too can acquire the skills needed to double business with a class or coaching from a guerrilla marketing trainer and coach.
The slideshow below reviews the last 36 months from random websites to consider B2B website traffic trends. Consider these as you answer "Does it matter?" or "Let's take it easy, no one cares".
The charts show 36 months of history. Some websites will only show what is available.
These charts are from B2B websites, and each company have a different level of engagement along with a unique marketing strategy.
All of the websites from this random selection use HubSpot. The reports are from the “Sources” tool inside the all-in-one marketing system.
This particular marketing chart shows how social media accounts does little to influence decisions while peer recommendations is an important influence.
What it does not tell you is whether the vendors use social media tools to connect and add value or instead used in traditional methods similar to broadcasting. However, the study also demonstrates that buyers feel that vendors’ social activity can help establish a company’s credibility.
MarketingCharts.com article refers to the survey:
There appears to be demand for more marketing technology, according to the report, as more than 4 in 10 feel that their existing stack is out-of-date and insufficient."
