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SEO

What Is B2B Inbound Marketing & Why Does It Matter?

You may have heard of inbound marketing, or maybe you haven’t. Maybe you've wondered how the heck it could apply to a B2B company like yours. To understand B2B inbound marketing, w...

protocol 80 · Apr 2026
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CMS

Inbound Marketing Pricing: How Much Does it Really Cost for B2Bs?

Before getting into the meat of this post ... if you're looking for a quick answer, check out our inbound marketing pricing page. If you’re considering hiring an inbound marketing ...

Donny Kemick · Feb 2026
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PPC

Thinking About Hiring a Google Ads Agency? Ask These 11 Questions First

Choosing the right Google Ads agency can make or break your PPC results — especially for manufacturers and industrial companies where long sales cycles, niche audiences, and tight ...

protocol 80 · Oct 2025
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SEO

How Much Does it Cost to Outsource B2B Marketing?

Marketing is a line item on the budget that’s often in the company crosshairs, yet its ROI can be challenging to measure precisely. When discussing marketing efforts, outsourcing t...

protocol 80 · Dec 2024
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SEO

PPC vs SEO: Which is Better for Increasing RFQs?

What's that? You want to ditch annoying direct mail and cold calls?! You want to focus on driving quality traffic to your website to increase RFQs!?!? Kudos! You're making a smart ...

Donny Kemick · Nov 2024
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SEO

B2B Digital Marketing Plan Templates for 2026: KPIs & Goal Setting

In inbound/content marketing, we say, “Work SMARTer, not harder.” Why all the caps? Because any data-backed, results-oriented marketing strategy has its roots in SMART goals. We de...

Adam Vosler · Mar 2024
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PPC

Inbound vs. PPC: Is PPC Inbound or Outbound Marketing?

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Ryan Michelle Wilcox · Dec 2022
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PPC

How to Prepare a Google Ads Agency to Manage Your PPC Account

Starting a basic Google Ads account is not difficult in the least bit. With a bit of research and a credit card, you can get account going pretty quickly. However, maintaining an e...

Josh Curcio · Mar 2022
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PPC

10 Questions to Ask Your Google Ads PPC Agency

Because we have been doing training seminars on Google Ads recently, we get to talk to many businesses about their experiences. We completely understand that most business people w...

Josh Curcio · Mar 2022
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SEO

[TEMPLATES] B2B Content Mapping Example for Digital Strategy

What’s the most common cause of failure for a B2B digital marketing campaign? Most often, it’s either poor understanding of how inbound marketing works, or lack of commitment to a ...

Adam Vosler · Jan 2022
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