Mar
30

What is a CRM system and why is it important for your business?

By FunnelBud 

Finding new customers and increasing sales is central to the survival and growth of any business. But how can you achieve these goals effectively? One important piece of the puzzle is having a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system in place. CRM is essential if you run a small or medium-sized business and want to grow your business. If [...]

Jan
6

When love alone is not enough

By FunnelBud 

Some lessons are more costly than others. Our partner Thomas Nordén got one on the expensive side the first time he bought a Marketing Automation system. I first came into contact with marketing automation about 15 years ago when I was working as a marketing manager at Tobii Dynavox. I fell in love with the features that the tool, in my case Marketo, could [...].

sep
17
How to get started with inbound marketing and marketing automation

How to get started with Inbound Marketing and Marketing Automation

By Yusuf Young 

I often meet companies that want to start with Inbound Marketing and Marketing Automation, but are not sure how. What should be done and in what order? Therefore, I will write down a step-by-step guide for exactly what you need to do to get started.The guide is based on my own experience with over 30 companies in the capacity of marketing manager at a small [...].

aug
23
Marketing Automation ROI

Marketing Automation: The 4 peripheral costs and how to get ROI

By Yusuf Young 

Why do so many companies fail to get ROI from their Marketing Automation system? We asked ourselves this question a few years ago, when we were Marketing Automation consultants. At the time, we worked with several tools, including the most popular ones at the time, Hubspot and Pardot. Regardless of the system, we saw that companies almost always underestimated the true cost of Marketing Automation.

May
17
marketing automation

Choosing marketing automation? Consider this.

By Yusuf Young 

If you are choosing a marketing automation system, you may be familiar with the graph below. It's a picture of the nearly 300 systems on the market today: and the number of systems is growing rapidly every year. But when you read the blogs of some of the largest system providers, it's easy to think that their systems are unique or that they have invented the category itself [...].

dec
13
Persona

SharpSpring releases personas: the right content for the right person!

By Yusuf Young 

Now SharpSpring is releasing personas, helping you send the right message to the right person.What is a persona? A persona is a fictional representation of your buyer. It helps you and your team to create the right messages that resonate with your personas.With SharpSpring , you no longer need to have personas just as a list of attributes - but you can use personas in

aug
21

Which marketing activities are best outsourced? Three tips.

By Yusuf Young 

Marketing consists of three types of activities: Strategy Projects Recurring activities All three can be outsourced depending on your needs, but outsourcing works differently depending on which of the above activities you want to outsource. Below we will go through what can be outsourced and what outsourcing means in each group. 1: Outsourced marketing strategy Setting a marketing strategy is a rare job, and you can [...]...

Jun
15
page builder

Sharpspring releases new blogging tool and landing pages

By Yusuf Young 

One of the most annoying things that marketers do in tools like Hubspot and Pardot is that they are like big toolboxes. You have to jump between different parts of the system and click all over the place to do simple things like create a small funnel.Now Sharpspring is releasing several new tools that will help you avoid this! BlogLanding pagesBuilt-in funnels (landing pages are not separate [...]].

Mar
27
digital marketing

The three processes of digital marketing

By Yusuf Young 

Digital marketing can, in 9 out of 10 cases, be simplified to three simple processes: inbound marketing, lead nurturing and digital sales campaigns.If you implement all three well, you will be able to scale up to a level you never thought possible, reach more customers than ever before, and see a huge impact on your sales. You will also have more time [...].

Mar
10
attract via social media

How to get more leads through social media

By Yusuf Young 

Social media to get leads is not difficult. There are many consultants out there who try to make social media seem complicated, almost unattainable.Of course they do! They are consultants! They want to make money! In reality, it's very simple. Here I'm going to explain a method that I know works for any company, small or large.Social media requires [...]...