Hubspot: Inbound Marketing and Web 2.0

The use of social media marketing has become a standard way in which organizations advertise their products or services. Social media marketing allows consumers to have immediate access to other consumers reviews or to post a review about a product or service. There is engagement between the company and the consumer (Evans, Dave 2010). Social Media emerged in the late 1980’s when websites such as Prodigy, Compuserve and America Online. Prodigy was first of it’s kind and was known as a ”consumer online service”. Half of the page is devoted to advertising. Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Hi5, Bebo and Orkut are all social media platforms that are utilized as platforms today.

market shares. This strategy delivered economies of scale that were critical in the crowded longdistance reselling market. “Because the volume of bandwidth determined the costs, more money

The key issue for Virgin Mobile USA is to select a pricing strategy that will both attract and retrain subscribers.

In 2010, Big Skinny CEO Kiril Alexandrov was looking to transcend from retail distribution and print advertising to the world of online marketing to achieve maximum growth. The retail sales pitch was an easy one, as Alexandrov focused on the value of the wallet and the impulsiveness of consumers (Benjamin & Kominers, 2012). Unfortunately, translating this type of sales pitch was much harder to do in the world of cyberspace.

Fingerhut’s strategy included extending credit to those who otherwise wouldn’t get it, boldface monthly payment amounts, providing personalized catalogs based on a massive consumer database and increasing customer loyalty by “promoting” customers who paid their balance on time, allowing them the opportunity to purchase higher priced products in the future.

Social media is not new. Facebook has been around since 2004, YouTube since 2005, and Twitter in 2006. What is new is how social media sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are affecting the way businesses market their products and services. Never before in our history have consumers been able to communicate so effortlessly with each other and with the businesses they frequent. Never before have businesses been able to interact and react to customer feedback so quickly and efficiently. However, just because businesses have the ability to use social media for their marketing and advertising efforts, does not necessarily mean they should. This paper intends to

As it can be observed in the analysis, Marketing Marys’ CLV of $ 10,625 is higher than Owner Ollies’ CLV of $ 4,815 but due to the market share of Owner Ollies’ of 73% it can be concluded that Owner Ollies provides HubSpot more revenues. Also, the costumer acquisition

On the other hand, prices are the most insignificant buying criterion in High End, Performance and Size segments. No matter how high the prices are, customers in these segments are more preferable to high-tech product. In particular, for the High End and Size segments, ideal position occupies 43% and products’ ideal age is 29%. Furthermore, reliability is the most important consideration to customers in Performance segment. Hence, Niche Differentiation is a proper alternative for these three segments.

September, 2012. These kits sold at a rate of 4-5 minute for the first day, before

Both Halligan and Shah realized the true potential of internet and visualized the impact of internet in transforming small businesses. After graduation, Halligan took up a position in sales and marketing and worked for high-tech companies. Shah took up a position in technology companies before starting his own company called “Pyramid Digital Solutions.” Halligan soon realized the traditional sales and marketing techniques also called “outbound marketing” were not working out for small companies. The outbound marketing techniques favored big companies and it was increasingly difficult for small companies to compete against big companies. When Halligan and Shah founded HubSpot they created a marketing software that leveraged the Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, social sites, and search engine optimization (SEO) to help businesses relate to their customers.

This essay examines Harley-Davidson's use of the Internet as a strategic marketing tool. Unlike their competitors' websites, Harley takes advantage of every online opportunity to build relationships with customers, promote their brand, and market Harley offerings. The Internet in particular is an effective promotion medium for Harley because it extends their efforts to market the company's products and services.

2. Unique business model – expanding on the self-service trend with a unique twist and custom pricing options will be appealing to all consumers.

In today’s business world, social media is being discussed on a daily basis. This phenomenon has taken over the marketing and advertising industries and has changed the way they handle their efforts to attract customers. There is a big misunderstanding that social media are only popular networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, but as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, social media are “forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and micro blogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos).” The rise of these online communities has given companies an opportunity to engage in conversations with their customers. This in

Over the last several years the process of reaching out to customers has been continually changing. Part of reason for this is because more people are turning to the Internet as a way to be able to promote their products and communicate to a larger audience. A good example of this can be seen with the election of Barack Obama in 2008, with him using this medium as a way to gain support and funding for his campaign. This allowed him to utilize this new technology to effectively connect with and inform voters about key issues. Over the course of time this helped his campaign to gain momentum. Once this occurred is when he was able to stand out against his rivals through effectively utilizing these tools. (Miller, 2008)

The retail flower market is highly fragmented. Our analysis suggests that the primary competitor for C&C is a member of FTD: 800-Flowers (Exhibit 4). Even though FTD captured the biggest annual sales market share (59%), as a worldwide member-owned cooperative, its primary revenue source is fees collected from order processing, not direct sales. Within this model, individual members of the co-op form the core production stream. 800-Flowers represents the biggest competitive challenge to C&C’s flower mail delivery business model because…...; however, despite relatively similar annual revenue numbers ($16MM and $10MM respectively) and minimum pricing model ($35/per order), 800-Flowers and C&C have disparate core competencies and value