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We're taking a short break...
By Bob Dearsley on May 3, 2019

Ladies and gentlemen, we’re taking a short break. As of next week – 06 May 2019 – we’ll be on a short hiatus.

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Content without strategy is just stuff!
By Bob Dearsley on April 29, 2019

In this week's video, the author and curator, Bob Dearsley, discusses content strategy and what businesses need to do to create content that attracts, engages and converts website visitors...

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Top tips for developing a video content strategy
By Bob Dearsley on April 15, 2019

In this week’s video, the editor, Aaron Carpenter, is answering the questions for a change. Featuring a guest appearance from Be Found Online’s CEO – the inimitable Steve Krull – in this...

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Social Media Strategy is a Cocktail Party
By Bob Dearsley on April 1, 2019

In this week’s video, the author and curator, Bob Dearsley, explains the importance of social media, as well as why businesses should take the ‘cocktail party’ approach when engaging with...

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What is Growth-Driven Design? (GDD)
By Bob Dearsley on March 18, 2019

In this week's video and blog, the author and curator of No More PR & Marketing Bollox, Bob Dearsley, explains why businesses need to utilise Growth-Driven Design for any website build and...

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Your website meets your prospects before you do
By Bob Dearsley on March 11, 2019

In this week's video, the author and curator, Bob Dearsley, explains how your website is the first touch point between you and your potential customers, and how to set your website up so it...

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Product & Marketing Differentiation: Put a goat in a tree!
By Bob Dearsley on March 4, 2019

In this week's video, the author and curator, Bob Dearsley, explains how businesses can "stand out" from the competition and attract interested parties in an oversaturated marketplace by,...

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Finding out what success looks like
By Bob Dearsley on February 25, 2019

In this week’s video, the author and curator, Bob Dearsley, and the CEO of Be Found Online, Steve Krull, discuss goal therapy and why businesses need to clearly define goals and objectives...

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What is Inbound PR?
By Bob Dearsley on February 18, 2019

In this week’s video, the author and curator, Bob Dearsley, discusses Inbound PR, including what it is, how it works and why businesses should be utilising it to increase brand awareness...

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Make sure you put a chicken test in your project!
By Bob Dearsley on February 11, 2019

In this week's video and blog, the author and curator of No More PR & Marketing Bollox, Bob Dearsley, discusses how businesses can stop wasting time by putting in a "chicken test" as early...

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Corporate messaging: Finding your Ronseal moment
By Bob Dearsley on January 28, 2019

In this week's video and blog, the author and curator of No More PR & Marketing Bollox, Bob Dearsley, discusses corporate messaging and how businesses can easily encapsulate what it is they...

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Inspiration for the book and the term 'Bollox'
By Bob Dearsley on January 21, 2019

In this week's video - Bob Dearsley, the author and curator of No More PR & Marketing Bollox, talks about his inspiration for the title of the book (now weekly blog site) and why the term...

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If you want to generate more leads, sort out your website!
By Bob Dearsley on February 26, 2018

Ask any sales director what he wants and the answer is always “more leads!”. If you accept your website meets your prospects before you do, that is to say that your prospects are more than...

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Choosing the right CMS for your website
By Bob Dearsley on February 19, 2018

Back in the early days of the World Wide Web, websites were hardcoded. Businesses had static, ‘brochure’ type websites written entirely in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and only...

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A simple guide to measuring content marketing ROI
By Bob Dearsley on February 12, 2018

When I talk to marketing and sales directors who have embraced content marketing - or to put it another way, ‘Inbound Marketing’ - they are all enthusiastic about its value and success. But...

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The importance of Marketing Automation for SMEs & start-ups
By Bob Dearsley on February 5, 2018

When it comes to marketing and sales activity in early the growth stage of any business, the main challenge facing start-ups and SMEs is a fundamental lack of budget and manpower. Once...

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Three ways topic clusters can transform your search rankings
By Bob Dearsley on January 29, 2018

(Image credit: HubSpot) The way your potential customers – your prospects – search for and find your business and its services online is changing. In the past, people would enter...

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The Lowdown on SEO Spam Emails
By Dan Golden on January 22, 2018

There is a dark side to the SEO industry that we need to speak openly about. In the past, a lot of SEO companies did things to influence search results - things that worked at the time...

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Perfection in marketing & business and why it’s a problem.
By Bob Dearsley on January 15, 2018

Many start-ups and SMEs have CEOs who are perfectionists. It is a trait that they have to learn to curb if they are going to be successful, grow and scale the business. That may sound odd?...

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Top marketing tips for 2018
By Bob Dearsley on December 22, 2017

If your world was anything like ours, 2017 has been a roller coaster of a year that has hurtled along relentlessly – and suddenly, we find ourselves staring at the beginning of 2018. On...

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New Year Marketing Campaigns: Preparing for 2018
By Bob Dearsley on December 18, 2017

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How will marketing in 2018 be different?
By Bob Dearsley on December 11, 2017

As the end of the year approaches, a question we might ask ourselves as marketers and salespeople is: “What can we do better in 2018?” Undoubtedly, 2017 has been full of interesting...

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The importance of sales and marketing alignment
By Bob Dearsley on December 4, 2017

When I started my first job in sales as a fresh-faced and surprisingly innocent young man, not long out of university and not overly worldly wise, I was encouraged to cold call...

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Using Snapchat and Instagram for B2B Marketing
By Ant Musker on November 20, 2017

In the relatively short period of time that modern social media has been around – only 13 years – it has evolved tremendously. The earliest forms of online social media were limited to...

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Four social media stats that will change how you market your business
By Max Greene on November 13, 2017

Over the past several years, the popularity of social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest has exploded. Whether you use the networks in your personal life or...

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Why you need a culture code in 2018
By Bob Dearsley on November 6, 2017

Culture: the ideas, customs and social behaviour of a particular people, organisation or society. People talk grandly about the “culture” of an organisation - or "business culture", but it...

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AI in marketing and customer service: What can chatbots do for marketers?
By Bob Dearsley on October 30, 2017

Artificial intelligence (AI); a level of technological sophistication that was previously confined to the realms of science fiction and television. Go back ten – or even five – years and...

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The Sales & Marketing process was always about “Closing”. What is it now?
By Bob Dearsley on October 2, 2017

In 1992, playwright David Mamet gave us the now immortal line, “Always be Closing!” The line comes from his play Glengarry Glen Ross - and is delivered by Blake, a sales trainer working for...

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Top tips on preparing for GDPR for small businesses
By Bob Dearsley on September 25, 2017

If you missed my previous blog on the GDPR and what it is, you can catch up here. This blog however, will shed some more light on preparing for the GDPR, helping them to get on top of the...

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What is the GDPR? A quick guide to the GDPR for small businesses
By Bob Dearsley on September 18, 2017

What is the GDPR? Coming into force on the 25th May, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represents the most comprehensive change to data security in the last two decades. ...

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Data-driven content marketing: what should you write about?
By Bob Dearsley on September 11, 2017

Before the advent of marketing automation and analytics, identifying the content which best drove engagement and conversions was difficult. Businesses could produce blog after blog – and...

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Will Inbound Marketing work for my business?
By Bob Dearsley on August 28, 2017

Five reasons why people fail at Inbound Marketing In short, the answer to the question: “Will Inbound Marketing work for my business?” is “Yes!” – but only if you’re willing to invest time...

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Instagram for B2B: is it relevant?
By Bob Dearsley on August 21, 2017

Not all of us will remember social media in its infancy, a landscape marked by social media networks such as MySpace, Bebo and Friends Reunited Years later however, the landscape has...

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B2B Lead Generation, Customer Acquisition & Client Engagement
By Bob Dearsley on August 14, 2017

Marketing in 2017 is very different to marketing even five or six years ago. Your prospects have increasingly little time and patience for outbound marketing methods, such as mass volume...

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If Online Marketing Is Now A Science, What's The Key To Mastering It?
By Reed Gusmus on August 7, 2017

Like so many other industries influenced by the rapid advance of digital tools and other technologies, the manner in which marketing professionals approach their responsibilities is...

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Why you should be using topic clusters in your SEO
By Stephen Higgins on July 31, 2017

Competition on search engines like Google is extremely high. Companies all over the world are constantly battling with each other to rank highly on a Google SERP (Search Engine Results...

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Why do you think you need to redesign your website?
By Bob Dearsley on July 24, 2017

In today’s digital-first world, the way in which customers or prospects engage with businesses is very often via Google search and they then arrive on the business’ website. We live in a...

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Analysis of the Top Marketing Automation Software
By Bob Dearsley on July 17, 2017

If you’re thinking of scaling up your business’ lead generation and customer acquisition – there’s one highly effective solution: marketing automation. Marketing automation provides your...

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A Marketer’s Guide: Instagram VS Snapchat Stories
By Austin Fisher on July 10, 2017

This guest blog post, 'A Marketer's Guide: Instagram VS Snapchat Stories' was originally published onMediumand is printed here with the author's permission. You can follow the author...

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Best practice SEO advice: What is grey hat SEO?
By Bob Dearsley on July 3, 2017

As I mentioned in my last blog post on the top SEO ranking factors, there are several SEO factors you can indulge in and practice to ensure your website is functioning optimally and has the...

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Best practice advice on Google's top SEO ranking factors
By Bob Dearsley on June 26, 2017

When it comes to optimising your website for Google, things get a little complicated. A quick Google search for the ‘most important search engine ranking factors’ will deliver you 2.6...

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The Key to Growth? Illuminating Your Best Bets
By Morgan Brown on June 19, 2017

This guest blog post, 'The Key to Growth? Illuminating Your Best Bets' was originally published on Medium and is printed here with the author's permission. You can follow the...

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Historical blog optimisation: updating old blog content to improve lead generation
By Bob Dearsley on June 12, 2017

When it comes to content creation, up-to-date, relevant and fresh blog content is certainly the way to go, but it’s important to not overlook your website’s older content assets. But, no...

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Why your website and content need to be mobile-friendly
By Bob Dearsley on June 5, 2017

Back in 2016, mobile search exceeded desktop search for the first time – and has shown no signs of slowing down since. According to statistics from Statista, the number of smartphone users...

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Email marketing tips for small businesses
By Courtney Sembler on May 29, 2017

In this guest blog post, Courtney Sembler, an Inbound Marketing Professor at HubSpot, shares a series of email marketing tips for small businesses, as well as how small businesses can...

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Measuring multichannel marketing ROI in the modern digital world
By Bob Dearsley on May 15, 2017

In this blog post, digital marketing strategist Bob Dearsley, discusses the importance of being able to measure marketing ROI in today’s diverse, multi-channel world – and how marketing...

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Viral content marketing: So you went viral - what next?
By Bob Dearsley on May 8, 2017

Going viral is often unexpected - and not in the way you want it to. Preparing in advance, whether that virality is good or bad, is key. Learn how you can prepare for viral content...

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Content writing tips: Don't let your style get in the way of your content
By Bob Dearsley on May 1, 2017

When it comes to publishing content, ensuring your style is consistent and your content is well presented is just as important as its quality and relevance. With these content writing tips,...

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Marketing automation software comparison: HubSpot, Marketo & Pardot
By Bob Dearsley on April 17, 2017

How can the tale of the Three Bears help you to choose the best marketing automation platform for your business? In the past, marketers and salespeople would have to go through the...

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How To Spot & Exclude Bot Traffic in Google Analytics
By Bob Dearsley on April 10, 2017

This blog post was originally published on The B2B Marketing Lab and has been republished and updated by the author. Have you noticed an increase in the amount of Bot Traffic your website...

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