Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

According to the same research study done by GlobalSpec, during the initial Research phase, 42% of buyers evaluate four or more suppliers, but as buyers move closer to Procurement, only 26% get quotes from four or more suppliers. One can dedicate an entire site to SEO because it is such a wide and deep online marketing topic.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Let’s look at two case studies to see how industrial marketers are using email to reach and engage with industrial buyers. Case study #1: B2B lead generation through better segmenting and more focused email content Business challenge: FreightCenter wanted to change its customer mix of 70/30 (B2C/B2B) to a more B2B-centric mix.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

I found a series of blog posts on pricing on your website at Dave Jung’s B2B Blog , some of those articles date back to 2006. There have been many studies done over the years that indicate that price information is the very reason why most B2B buyers visit a vendor’s website. Why do we need prices on B2B websites? Resources

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Online Marketing Institute

MARCH 30, 2011

As we fast forward to 2011, content curation techniques are now a key part of content marketing itself. My friends at HiveFire recently executed a content curation study of 150 marketing executives. Marcus Reply Nick Stamoulis Posted March 30, 2011 at 4:00 pm | Permalink Content is an important aspect of any marketing strategy.

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 15, 2009

Online Marketing Blog TopRank’s internet marketing blog on the intersection of digital PR, social and search engine marketing. For example, a list of competitors that run blogs in your client’s industry. How NOT to pitch a blog - Online Marketing Blog [.]

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Ardath Albee, CEO of Marketing Interactions, Inc. said it best when she wrote, “Passive reading of your content is not going to help online marketing initiatives shorten buying cycles or increase customer acquisition and revenues.” an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

I’m not talking about a cosmetic facelift but turning it into a marketing powerhouse as you position your company for the recovery. Optimize, optimize, optimize : That’s the golden rule of online marketing as is location, location, location in real estate. Use case studies to demonstrate tangible results.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

However, to be successful in your online marketing, you must come up with fresh and interesting content regularly. Studies have shown that people retain information quicker and longer when you engage their visual senses. If you are not a professional copywriter, coming up with new content regularly can be a difficult task.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

In his post, Manifesto For The Content Curator: The Next Big Social Media Job Of The Future, he defines a content curator as “someone who continually finds, groups, organizes and shares the best and most relevant content on a specific issue online.” Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. {

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Build a library of various content assets such as published articles, white papers, online demos, webinars, videos, technical specifications, datasheets, case studies and customer testimonials. The objective here is to drive people to your website, which should be the hub of your online marketing. All Rights Reserved.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Blogging for Community These blogs seek to guild a consistent readership that interact with the blogger(s) and advocate on behalf of the content on other social outposts. In the well-documented Marriott case study, they tracked $500 mm in bookings from links on the corporate blog. Very helpful post, Jay.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Great content this month via the B2B Marketing Zone. 50 (of the) Best Twitter Guides, Stats, Tips and Tools of 2010 (So Far) , October 5, 2010 While a dwindling number of business executives still dismiss Twitter as a waste of time, recent research suggests it is one of the most valuable social networks for business.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Ten reasons to blog – even if nobody reads it - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , November 7, 2010 Building an engaged community through a business blog can be extremely difficult — sometimes impossible. First off, how do you define content marketing? This is up from 16% in 2008. What is it? Tweet This!

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Most blogs aren’t visually aggressive enough in the promotion of RSS, and very few do a good job at emphasizing the opportunity to subscribe via email (as 40% of C&C subscribers do). Otherwise, it would be feel like an advertising content, not a blog post anymore. All rights reserved.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

The other thing that bugs me (in addition to the clamor for proven ROI) is the need for case studies before companies get involved. link] jaybaer I’d like to see a study on social media germination and shelf-life for public vs private companies, or by how long companies have been in business. Great, great stuff.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Looking at marketing surveys and studies from the past year, a few trends are clear, among them that buyers are firmly (and increasingly) in control of the purchase cycle. In response, marketers are producing an increasing amount and variety of content to support all stages of the decision process. 9 General Marketing Stats.

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