There is a clear change happening in the marketing field. As consumers become more skilled at using online searches and social media to discover new products and services that fit their needs, Inbound Marketing is gaining traction among both B2B and B2C marketers. As a full-service marketing agency that has adopted Inbound Marketing as both a practice and a service, our team still values traditional outbound marketing. However, understanding the potential of a well-implemented Inbound Marketing strategy, we consistently advise clients and prospects not to ignore it in their overall marketing plan.
Here’s a closer look at some of the stats and facts of why Inbound Marketing is winning in today’s marketing world over traditional outbound marketing, which was highlighted in a recent article from the folks over at Mashable thanks to a superb infographic developed by Voltier Digital:
- 44% of traditional outbound direct mail is never opened, which is a waste of budget, paper and postage
- 86% of people now skip through television commercials thanks to DVR
- 84% of 25 to 34 year olds have exited a favorite website because of an irrelevant or intrusive ad
- 91% of email users have unsubscribed from a company email that they previously opted into
- In a down economy with scaled back marketing budgets, Inbound Marketing costs 62% less per lead than traditional outbound marketing
- The average budget spent on company blogs and social media has nearly doubled in the last two years
- 2/3 of marketers say their company blog is “critical” or “important” to their business, since 57% of businesses have acquired a customer through their company blog
- 57% of companies have reported customer acquisition through LinkedIn, 48% through Facebook and 42% through Twitter
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