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    Inbound marketing

    Brian Halligan · 2010

    For decades marketers have interrupted their way into buyers' wallets with TV and radio advertising, cold calling, and email blasting. But this type of marketing is coming to an end, as buyers get more and more sophisticated about blocking interruptions using TiVo, Sirius Satellite Radio, spam protection, and Do Not Call lists. Buyers are moving their shopping and learning to search engines, the blogosphere, and the social media web.Get Found exposes proven best practices required to leverage the changing nature of buyer behavior. Learn how to use social media to intrigue your best customers to come to you- "get found" online. In simple language, the book explains how to: a- make changes to your website so that it ranks higher for terms typed in by your target market Identify and engage bloggers so they drive their readership to your site to enter your sales funnel; b- start a blog that will become part of the 1% of blogs that succeed; c- effectively use LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media sites; d- track your progress in search engines, the blogosphere, and social mediasphere and continually improve your strategy; and e- double-down on cost-effective sources of leads and divest cost-prohibitive sources. -- Description from (Oct. 17, 2011).

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    1. j5eb6achAug 2010
      "Inbound Marketing, Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs" by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah takes you step by step through exactly what its title says.
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    2. javeryJan 2010
      I would start with the Purple Cow and Free Prize Inside by Godin, they are high level but they talk about that fact that you need to make your product exceptional instead of pouring money into marketing.

      I would also check out Inbound Marketing by Halligan and Shah, I just got it and started it but so far it looks good.

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    3. aabajianSep 2025
      Their founders (Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah) are credited with defining "inbound marketing."

      Here is the original version of their book: https://www.amazon.com/Inbound-Marketing-Found-Google-Social...

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    4. shyamsterMay 2010
      "For some reason our species is drawn to numbered lists" - Quote from "Inbound Marketing" by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah.

      Most blog articles have a list in them but they are "locked" in an unstructured format instead of being allowed to evolve as people consume them.

      The idea is to make lists social with Twitter as the main communication platform. Here's my minimum viable product - twtpick.in. Check out this list that Kevin Rose crowd sourced via Twitter - Top iPad Apps - twtpick.in/1l.

      What do you think?

      P.S. I am also looking for a co-founder.

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