Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

Paul Dunay in his blog post, “4 C’s of B2B Marketing” has defined this very nicely. Wikipedia defines content marketing as “an umbrella term encompassing all marketing formats that involve the creation or sharing of content for the purpose of engaging current and potential consumer bases.” Don’t sell.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 9, 2010

The question is – What is the appropriate level of budget to support social media for a B2B company? First was the post on the Media Budget Ratio (MBR) for a B2B company. I actually tried to tackle this question a few times on my blog before. I often get asked the question – how do you.

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KEO Marketing

OCTOBER 10, 2016

“B2B Marketing Drives Business Growth: Learn from the Experts” Features Three Informative Sessions Lead by Globally Accomplished B2B Marketing Professionals. Titled “B2B Marketing Drives Business Growth: Learn from the Experts,” this special event will be held Tuesday, October 18, 2016 from 1:30 p.m.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

That is pretty much the mantra of B2B content marketing. Personas do matter in B2B content marketing You would be wasting your scarce resources if you pumped out marketing content without first having a clear and complete understanding of the personas of your B2B buyers.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content by Achinta Mitra on May 18, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies You can find plenty of clichés used (overused?)

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

It helps a great deal if you first learn what turns off your B2B customers in order to avoid making simple mistakes that can damage a customer relationship. There is a big difference between what B2B customers say they want and what really drives their purchasing decision. Have a safe and happy 4th of July weekend!

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well by Achinta Mitra on April 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Social Media Marketing , Social Networking For a while, it was difficult to find hardcore data to make a business case for social media.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

The top findings I got out of the release were: 47% of the sales professionals reported a slight increase in the size of their B2B pipelines this year as compared to last year. The success of outbound marketing does make sense in this context. Wait a minute, isn’t that what Content or Inbound marketing is all about?

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SnapApp

APRIL 25, 2018

. In the world of B2B tech marketing, women are making an incredible impact around the world on brands large and small. . From successful marketing campaigns, to leading teams that drive bottom-line results, to development of inventive lead generation tactics--there are no limits to the glass ceilings they are smashing. .

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B2B Marketing Traction

MARCH 19, 2010

As a B2B marketing consultant, I’m often asked what day of the week is the best day to send promotional email. In earlier days of B2B email campaigns, the school of thought was that the best days were Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday. ” is specific to your particular target market(s).

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

However, it is not so simple to measure customer engagement in situations with long sales cycles that’s commonplace with manufacturers, sellers of technical products and B2B consultative solution providers. I have written about this problem in my previous post, “The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement.”

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SnapApp

APRIL 25, 2018

In the world of B2B tech marketing, women are making an incredible impact around the world on brands large and small. From successful marketing campaigns, to leading teams that drive bottom-line results, to development of inventive lead generation tactics–there are no limits to the glass ceilings they are smashing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Yes, GE and Microsoft sell directly to end-users but they are primarily B2B companies. He suggests that B2B marketers take a cue from their B2C counterparts when it comes to increasing brand awareness. He suggests that B2B marketers take a cue from their B2C counterparts when it comes to increasing brand awareness.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

However, the role of B2B marketers is changing and evolving more into revenue generation. The recently released B2B Marketing Skills Survey jointly done by Genius and BtoB Magazine reveals some new trends and contradicts certain popular beliefs. Stay tuned as the role of B2B marketer continues to evolve.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

With a majority of marketing efforts going digital, that means even more content is needed. The instant gratification mindset of B2B content consumers means they’re demanding more content, faster. See my post Rule of 5 for B2B content development. Who has more “Rs&# to add to the list?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The New Rules of Engagement: CMOs Rethink Their Marketing Mix is based on a survey of 314 marketing executives at companies with more than $500 million in annual revenue. Fifty-six percent of the participants were primarily B2B marketers and the remaining 44% were B2C. Unfortunately, the answer is a big NO.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The Question by Achinta Mitra on June 12, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies , Website Design & Development Do you show prices on your B2B website?

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Exo B2B

MARCH 8, 2018

We start March with our Top 30 marketing influencers of 2018. So, with much enthusiasm, we skimmed through blogs, B2C and B2B marketing sites. Each year, several personal blogs and websites list their top 50 or 100 influencers in marketing, social networks or even B2B marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving from Fifth Graders? How can industrial and B2B marketers apply the same creative problem solving lessons in engaging with their prospects and customers?

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KEO Marketing

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Local Marketing Expert to Help Guide Phoenix’s Only Association Devoted Exclusively to B2B Marketing Professionals. Eric Cohen, Co-VP Programming, Yeager Marketing. Founded in 2008, the Phoenix BMA chapter is the only professional organization in the Valley devoted exclusively to B2B marketing,” said Kloefkorn.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Leadit Marketing specializes in B2B technology and B2B professional services companies. They are your self-proclaimed fully outsourced dream team of seasoned B2B marketers that understand the unique demands of your specific market. Go take a look at the latest video content from Leadit Marketing!

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products by Achinta Mitra on May 14, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog I am a big fan of Content Marketing or as some people like to refer to it as Inbound Marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

As a B2B marketer, we want to reach our ideal prospects and communicate with customers to maintain top-of-mind awareness throughout their buying cycle. A B2B blog is the perfect online tool to accomplish that. Are you using a blog as part of your B2B marketing?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

Of course, Marketing Automation alone cannot live up to those hyped up expectations and has to take the brunt of the blame. That is unfortunate because Marketing Automation software is a very useful tool and in my opinion, a necessity these days. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. {

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 7, 2009

One of the really cool things about the B2B Marketing Zone and Browse My Stuff is the ability of the system to determine hot topics or trends based on the content that is being brought together in topic hubs. Using the system, we found that these are the hottest topics in B2B Marketing for 2009. Did we get it right?

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Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 22, 2011

As we wind down 2011, this is a good time to review all the industrial marketing posts that I have published here and been viewed by you, my readers, during the year. Not all the posts were written in 2011, one was way back from 2008. That’s the power of inbound marketing with content.

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Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2009

B2B marketers are producing, managing, and distributing marketing content to reach prospects and turn them into customers. We have invited B2B Experts to shed light on the following question: How to use content effectively for demand generation? Recommended Resources from B2B Marketing Experts. Ardath Albee.

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Hubspot

APRIL 17, 2013

When you’re the shop on the corner, good luck competing with corporations with quarterly marketing budgets larger than your entire annual revenue. Inbound marketing helps level the playing field for marketers with less budget, and more brains. At least, that’s how the story used to go. You know, for a little inspiration.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

According to Bob Carrigan, CEO of International Data Group , “It [content] fulfills the promise of the Web, which is relationship marketing.” Using content or Inbound Marketing , you are able to make that key connection with your prospects by delivering specific content needed in order to make an informed decision.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 10, 2013

sales enablement: systems to share marketing information with sales ( Genius , SalesFusion , LeadFormix , RightOn Interactive , Optify) distributed marketing: systems shared between central marketing organizations and local branches, dealers, distributors, sales agents, etc.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 28, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website A Blogging Style to Call Your Own by Achinta Mitra on April 28, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Blog , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Social Media Marketing Creating a blog is not too difficult but building an active community around it is.

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markempa

JANUARY 11, 2011

Over the holidays, I had some time to really dive into the LinkedIn B2B LeadGen Roundtable discussions. Her question, and too many of her 30-plus responses, illustrated the disconnection between the expectations of marketers who are out on the frontlines every day and marketing gurus proclaiming the wonders of social media.

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markempa

JANUARY 11, 2011

Over the holidays, I had some time to really dive into the LinkedIn B2B LeadGen Roundtable discussions. Her question, and too many of her 30-plus responses, illustrated the disconnection between the expectations of marketers who are out on the frontlines every day and marketing gurus proclaiming the wonders of social media.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

Instead of spending most of their marketing budget on traditional industrial marketing channels like trade shows or direct mail, Vico produces webinars and creates content that site visitors download and others link to. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities by Achinta Mitra on April 22, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies I read an eye-opening article by Andrew R. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

However, there is another strong reason for optimizing your marketing content that has nothing to do with SEO. I am referring to optimizing customer engagement in B2B marketing. Because B2B and industrial buyers tend to be more sophisticated in the use of online content in making their decision over the entire buying cycle.

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