Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 20, 2010

Social Media & B2B Marketing Tagged as: Social media , Social Networking About the Author Achinta Mitra calls himself a “marketing engineer” because he combines his engineering education with 20+ years of practical industrial marketing experience to connect the dots between strategic advice and tactical implementation.

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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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JULY 9, 2010

They forgot to first set a strategy that carefully targets prospects with relevant messaging. Automating the “garbage in, garbage out” marketing approach benefits no one.” an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. I would take this a little further.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc. Resources

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APRIL 21, 2010

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JULY 29, 2009

101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers Tagged as: Seth Godin , Social media , Social Networking About the Author Achinta Mitra calls himself a “marketing engineer” because he combines his engineering education with 20+ years of practical industrial marketing experience to connect the dots between strategic advice and tactical implementation.

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MAY 11, 2010

Wait a minute, isn’t that what Content or Inbound marketing is all about? IMO, content is still the king in B2B lead generation, sales and marketing need to agree on a unified lead definition and figure out how best to use relevant content in driving sales. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – of Tiecas, Inc.

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MAY 7, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc. Resources

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AUGUST 10, 2010

However, none of that can happen until you drive lots of interested traffic to your business blog. Optimizing (SEO) your business blog is critical because it allows your target audience to find you in search engines and attract traffic. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

Tagged as: email marketing , Social media , Social Networking About the Author Achinta Mitra calls himself a “marketing engineer” because he combines his engineering education with 20+ years of practical industrial marketing experience to connect the dots between strategic advice and tactical implementation. All Rights Reserved.

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JUNE 15, 2010

Success story #2: Developer of software suite for the upstream oil & gas industry The client’s old corporate website was designed by us to put a sharper focus on their target audience of reservoir and production engineers, operations personnel and upper management in oil and gas production companies. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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MAY 26, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. Typically, that means understanding the prospect’s pain and then offering a solution for relief. Sounds simple, right? All Rights Reserved.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc. Resources

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Social media among IT and business buyers of technology rose 50% over last year and finally pushed to majority status; 55% said they use social media as part of the technology buying process in 2009 versus just 37% in 2008. Source: ITSMA ) Webinars: This is a very popular content marketing tactic used in industrial and B2B marketing.

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JUNE 29, 2010

Use social media selectively to engage with your target audience in a more personal way and humanize an otherwise impersonal interaction that is purely transactional. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

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JUNE 12, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc. Resources

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OCTOBER 2, 2010

Are you targeting final decision makers, users and/or influencers? WHAT : What do you expect your list to do? While it is good to have multiple links in your email, don’t confuse your target audience by making multiple offers in the same email. How are you using email marketing to reach and engage with your target audience?

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

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AUGUST 3, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc. Resources

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JULY 29, 2010

Johnson , Industrial Marketing , Junta42 , Lenskold Group About the Author Achinta Mitra calls himself a “marketing engineer” because he combines his engineering education with 20+ years of practical industrial marketing experience to connect the dots between strategic advice and tactical implementation. All Rights Reserved.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc. Resources

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JANUARY 26, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. Leave a Comment Previous post: Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing? Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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MAY 3, 2010

The term ‘long tail’ was first used by Chris Anderson to describe the strategy of targeting less-competitive niche markets instead of highly competitive broad keywords. You want your blog post to attract the largest targeted readership. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer.

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APRIL 30, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc. Resources

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Solving the content conundrum It is our responsibility as practitioners of inbound marketing to coax relevant content out of the client, be it internal or external. It is our job then as marketers to massage it and add some sizzle in order to persuade the reader to take a desired action. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. { He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – 4 comments… read them below or add one } S. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. Resources

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AUGUST 20, 2010

So I’m not only familiar with an industrial marketer’s target audience, I am the audience or at least a member of it. Having worked closely with many manufacturers and companies from the industrial sector, I have learned several valuable lessons about what works when it comes to marketing to engineers and technical buyers.

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JULY 6, 2010

.&# Features Tell, Benefits Sell It would seem that all a B2B or industrial marketer has to do is write benefits laden copy and magically prospects would become customers. However, it is not so easy to translate features into benefits that really engage and speak directly to your target audience. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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JULY 14, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. { He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc. Resources

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JUNE 8, 2010

Before you can deliver your content and engage with your target audience, they need to find you! And the way to get found by your target audience is to define your offerings in terms of solutions to their problems then build your content strategy around those problems instead of benefits and features of your products.

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MAY 21, 2010

Define your target readers – Are you trying to build a following among design engineers, plant or operations managers? Keep your focus squarely on finding topics that are of interest to your target audience and developing content. You have to take steps to direct traffic to your business blog by various means.

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JULY 20, 2010

Solution Mapping: Look across the company’s portfolio of offerings to identify and put together – or map a solution for each of that market’s key business requirements – incorporating products, services and programs as needed. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

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JULY 23, 2010

To complicate matters even more, it is a moving target since search engines are constantly changing their algorithms and most of it is not public knowledge. According to Jill Whalen, CEO of High Rankings , “The solution is for all business owners to insist on SEO right from the start. And yes, it does cost money. All Rights Reserved.

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MAY 31, 2010

I have listed some easy, do-it-yourself (DiY) SEO tactics to optimize your WordPress blogs for search engines. Just building a business blog is not going to help you drive traffic or generate leads. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Resources

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

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JULY 1, 2010

About the Author Achinta Mitra calls himself a “marketing engineer” because he combines his engineering education with 20+ years of practical industrial marketing experience to connect the dots between strategic advice and tactical implementation. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. {

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

One of the best landing pages (actually targeting several different audiences, all rolled into one) that I’ve seen is for Cisco Eos software platform. It is a great way to combine storytelling with product demonstration tailored to a specific target audience. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – All Rights Reserved.

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