=== Inbound Brew === Contributors: chris.fontes, rico.celis, sean.carrico Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2BMWMBED4R7R8 Tags: inbound marketing,contact forms,landing pages,lead management,keyword management,email,sitemap.xml,robots.txt,redirects,cta,call to action,social networking, sitemeta,SMTP,SEO, hubspot Requires at least: 3.0.1 Tested up to: 4.3.1 Stable tag: 1.4.2 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Inbound Brew provides a WordPress inbound marketing plugin, offering SEO and content marketing tools, completely free. == Description == **Recent Updates:** We are making significant improvements to our UI/UX! Not only did we add a new, fully customizeable navigation bar, we also overhauled the CTA and Settings module. Take a look at the new experience to see what is coming, as we are implementing these major changes to all modules. Inbound Brew will save you time and simplify your inbound marketing (sometimes called content marketing or permission marketing) processes. Inbound marketing, a concept made popular by Hubspot, allows you to create content that matters for the people that matter. Creating meaningful content results in customer education, market saturation, growth in domain authority, and lead generation. We have a heart for small business - there is no reason to have deep pockets in order to utilize inbound marketing to generate leads. Free of charge, we supply the tools necessary to **easily**: 1. Automatically push to social media (Push to Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter) 2. Create custom CTAs (Call To Action) 3. Create custom Landing Pages 4. Create custom Forms 5. Capture Leads and manage them 6. Create and manage Keywords 7. Easily manage SEO compliance 8. Create and manage Sitemap.xml 9. Manage robots.txt 10. Create and manage 301 and 302 redirects (includes wildcard redirects) 11. Manage email settings and send custom HTML rich emails 12. Create sitemeta (Facebook, Google, Twitter cards, meta description) In short, Inbound Brew does all the things you need to drive traffic, educate customers, generate leads, and create customers. For more information visit [inboundbrew.com](http://inboundbrew.com "Inbound Marketing for WordPress") == Installation == = From your WordPress dashboard = 1. Visit 'Plugins > Add New' 2. Search for 'Inbound Brew' 3. Activate Inbound Brew from your Plugins page. = From WordPress.org = 1. Download BuddyPress. 2. Upload the 'inbound-brew' directory to your '/wp-content/plugins/' directory, using your favorite method (ftp, sftp, scp, etc...) 3. Activate Inbound Brew from your Plugins page. = Once Activated = 1. If you do not have pretty permalinks enabled, you will want to enable them. (Landing Pages work best when they are enabled) 2. Visit 'Inbound Brew' dashboard to connect to your social networks 3. Visit 'Inbound Brew' dashboard to view the get started wizard. == Frequently Asked Questions == = Can I use my existing WordPress theme? = Yes. Inbound Brew work with most themes. = Where can I learn how to manage inbound marketing? = We offer free training via blog posts and white papers at [inboundbrew.com/blog](http://inboundbrew.com/blog "Inbound Marketing Blog") = Is this like Hubspot, Pardot, Infusionsoft, etc. ? = We offer similar tools to these enterprise-level solutions, but in simpler, streamlined method that makes more sense for small business or smaller markeing teams. = Can't I do all of this with existing tools? = You can find tutorials if you google "WordPress vs Hubspot" that will teach you how to make WordPress function more like Hubpost, then you can manually download a dozen plugins and install them, then configure them, then hope they don't conflict, then do a little coding to integrate it into your theme, then make sure each is updated, then check them every time you update WordPress Core, then pull your hair out and curse the amount of time you spend maintaining this house of cards you've built. OR, you can install one tool, that works amazingly well, and focus on spending time generating leads. = Why are you offering this for free? = We believe that: 1. Small business should have access to tools to enable growth; and 2. Inbound marketing is the most honest, thoughtful, value-providing way to generate leads. Inbound Brew wants to make a difference, and it starts with small business. = Do I need to use a specific version of PHP? = Inbound Brew requires PHP 5.4 or greater. == Screenshots == 1. Easily manage from your dashboard 2. Create custom button or image CTAa 3. Easily create landing pages that work with any theme 4. Capture lead information 5. Manage leads and view lead history 6. Customize emails to leads 7. Leverage on-page SEO tips 8. Connect to social media and add social share widget to your pages or posts. 9. Automate pushing to social media 10. Add and track keywords 11. Manage redirects 12. Manage Sitemap and Robots.txt 13. Choose Plugin Layout == Support == Leave us a [new idea here](http://inboundbrew.com/ideas "Inbound Brew Ideas") If you are having trouble with something, [please contact us](http://inboundbrew.com/contact "Inbound Brew Contact") == Changelog == 1.2.0 - We have fixed a significant amount of bugs. If you have suggestions, **please** [contact us](http://inboundbrew.com "Contact Inbound Brew") == Upgrade Notice == We just launched. No upgrades yet! But if you have suggestions, ***please*** [contact us](http://inboundbrew.com "Contact Inbound Brew")