The acronyms have evolved, and you should too.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know how drastically our buying habits have changed. We all shop like consumers now, so the lines between consumer and business buying have blurred considerably. Still, the old acronyms were useful in helping us categorize communications…except that they never did much to help us understand the people in the second part of the equation.

A few months ago, I was up to my eyeballs in a demanding project for a historic retailer. I was pouring myself into it, staying up late, bringing my kids to after-hours meetings, racing to meet weekly deadlines—and honestly, I figured I was failing.

If you’re familiar with inbound marketing, then you probably have a general idea of what SEO (search engine optimization) is all about. If you’re not sure what SEO is—you’ve got some work to do! This post covers the basics and explains why it's so important to incorporate SEO into your inbound marketing strategy.