42 delicious and suprising facts about marketing
Hubspot is a great blog. They just released an article with 42 retweetable facts or so…
Here are three of them…
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Fantasy: Saying “please retweet” in a tweet only annoys people.
Fact: Saying “Please ReTweet” in a tweet leads to more tweets.
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Fantasy: Blogging is overrated & not particularly effective for marketing.
Fact: Companies that blog get 55% more web traffic & 70% more leads than those that don’t
Fact: 57% of companies have acquired a customer through their blog.
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Fantasy: Email is still one of the most effective ways of communicating with prospects.
Fact: Email usage is declining by as much as 59% across all age groups.
Fact: US internet users spend 3x more minutes on blogs & social networks that on email.
