The role of Twitter and blogs in lead generation for small and medium businesses

A recent report from HubSpot claims that inbound online marketing attracts more and cheaper leads small and medium businesses.

HubSpot, as you probably know, but for the record, an inbound online marketing platform and company, says that, well, what it does has the potential to double the average monthly leads for smaller and medium level businesses.

A company’s presence on Google as well as its customer base can take a hike if a community of followers is created through twitter and a regular influx of updated content on a blog is guaranteed.

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Need inspiration? Take 2 pills of social media guru pain relief & then focus on what matters

Chris_Hall Last week, contributor Chris Hall, who blogs on CowBell and is one of the administrators of the Social Marketing Forum and its Facebook page, wrote the following post…

I’m carrying on a theme from an earlier post but I don’t think it’s just me that sees companies and individuals across social media going through plenty of self-analysis and soul searching lately.

The reasons for this to me are relatively clear.

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