Oktopost

MAY 11, 2020

The COVID-19 outbreak has devastated the global economy in ways not seen since the recession of 2008. Social media activities in a crisis are usually broken down into three main services – customer service, crisis communications, and ongoing activities like lead generation. Lead generation and ongoing activities.

Social Media 75

Social Media Planning Media Business 75

Outgrow

JANUARY 22, 2020

Pat Flynn became an affiliate marketer in 2008 after he was laid off at his job. After one and a half years of working on his website, his first income in November 2008 through affiliate marketing was $8000. Out of all the information available out there, you need to filter the noise and provide value to your audience.

Paid Search Agency 101

Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Outgrow Work Management 101

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 20, 2009

Lead Generation Form Optimization Tips and Tricks - Google Analytics by VKI Studios Darcy Foster explains how to use Google Analytics and Omniture for conversion rate measurement, then provides tips for testing different approaches to improving conversions. clutter) from good (a clear call to action among other attributes).

Landing Pages 20

Landing Pages SEM Best Practices Search Engine Marketing 20

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Those that drop off the list are often those who did not provide the right level of information to buyers or did not meet some other perceived or real need in the buyer. They are very effective in delivering the right information to satisfy the diverse needs of the various stakeholders within your prospects’ companies.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer Web 2.0 60

SmartBug Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

But over the years, blogging has turned into one of the leading ways for organizations to share ideas, become the industry information leaders of their respective industries, and earn the trust of current and future clients. No way to skim content for salient information. No natural opportunity for lead generation.

Buyer Personas 72

Buyer Personas Marketing & Strategy Advertising Mediums Hubspot 72

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

By the time buyers reach the Procurement stage, supplier Web sites and catalogs are the most important information sources. Those that drop off the list are often those who did not provide the right level of information to buyers or did not meet some other perceived or real need in the buyer. There are plenty of charts and graphs too.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Web 2.0 Allocation 60

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

A client asked yesterday if I had some benchmark information to justify the cost of her marketing automation project. The Heart of Growing Conversion Rates," 2008): Best in Class Average % higher Inquires to Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) nearly 10% 3.9% 16% % firms w/lead to first call conversion > 50% 48.7%

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Marketing Qualified Leads 120

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

As we regularly remind readers on the ZoomInfo blog—the inception of the Internet brought about the sharing of information at a never before seen rate. Their channel is devoted to informative digital marketing videos on SEO, PPC, content marketing, and social media. Not only does this impact our personal lives on a regular basis—i.e.

Youtube 220

Youtube Advertising Channels Work Management Marketing Attribution 220

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

Now, B2B content marketing’s agenda is to educate and inform customers and prospects. Educate, inform and provide value to customers and prospects. Here’s a short but highly informative slide show that explains how to use content effectively as inbound marketing. Don’t sell. Don’t interrupt.

Marketing Budget Creation 60

Marketing Budget Creation B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Marketing Budget 60

KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 2, 2014

In late 2008, Google announced the release of their crawl error report in Webmaster Tools. When considering your B2B link building tactics, don’t forget regular discussions between business groups (or client/vendor relationships), which can lead to new information discovered, spurring new link building ideas.

Link Building 120

Link Building Tactics Ad Building B2B 120

KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 2, 2014

In late 2008, Google announced the release of their crawl error report in Webmaster Tools. When considering your B2B link building tactics, don’t forget regular discussions between business groups (or client/vendor relationships), which can lead to new information discovered, spurring new link building ideas.

Link Building 120

Link Building Tactics Ad Building B2B 120

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

Lead generation and lead nurturing have been put on the backburner and clients are interested only in finding leads that are ready to buy now (see my previous post, “The Role of B2B Marketing is Shifting from Lead Generation to Revenue Generation.” ).

Sales Cycle 60

Sales Cycle Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads B2B Sales 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

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. The focus there is to optimize it for keywords or phrases for people to find your website when searching for relevant terms.

Sales Cycle 60

Sales Cycle Web 2.0 Buying Cycle Privacy Policies 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

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. The results from three separate studies confirm this: 61% of engineers surveyed indicated pricing information as one of the primary reasons to visit a vendor’s website.

Sales Management 60

Sales Management Pricing Price Marketing Websites 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

And they use different sources to get their information. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

Relevance 60

Relevance B2B Marketing CMS Development Buying Cycle 60

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 20, 2009

The two clearest answers came from questions about the information salespeople want and why they don’t follow up on inquiries. By far the most desired piece of information about a lead was purchasing time frame: this was cited by 41% of respondents, compared with budget (17%), application (15%), lead score (15%) and authority (12%).

Work Management 120

Work Management Marketing Management Demand Generation Agencies Lead Ranking 120

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

Anything you can do to help them find the right information quicker will score big with engineers. If possible, add basic pricing information on your site to offer complete information without leaving your site. Having a search function on your website is no longer an option, it is a requirement.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle Lead Ranking 60

Tony Zambito

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

  Take the Great Recession as pundits now call the economic crisis we faced in 2008 and onward as an example.  Distinguish between numbers that merely inform on what is happening versus providing insight into “why” – realize that the “why” may be found in qualitative buyer insight.   Take FedEx as an example. 

Buyer Personas 100

Buyer Personas Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Social Media 100

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle by Achinta Mitra on September 3, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing These days it is popular to say “Content is marketing currency.”

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0 60

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

As we regularly remind readers on the ZoomInfo blog—the inception of the Internet brought about the sharing of information at a never before seen rate. Their channel is devoted to informative digital marketing videos on SEO, PPC, content marketing, and social media. Not only does this impact our personal lives on a regular basis—i.e.

Youtube 100

Youtube Advertising Channels Work Management Marketing Management 100

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

Capture visitor information – Implement a method to capture visitor information from your business blog. Install some kind of a sign-up form to capture basic contact information such as name, company name and email address. It has to be a value exchange for people to give up their contact information to you.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Buying Cycle B2B Blogger 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

In the later stages, supplier Web sites and catalogs are the most important information sources. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 All Rights Reserved.

Relevance 60

Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Brand Identity 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Provide this information in plain English with compelling reasons for people to do business with you. Provide multiple ways to access relevant information with minimal clicks. What they sorely need, is some strategic guidance that will produce measurable results, typically more leads and sales.

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Your site visitors are typically coming from general search engines and/or industry verticals like GlobalSpec or ThomasNet. The more detailed and specific information you can provide with the least number of search queries or clicks, the better will be the user experience. That’s good news but it also creates a credibility problem.

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

I searched Wikipedia for information but couldn’t find an exact definition. in Museum Studies, but the idea of acting as a curator of information to post on our website for the benefit of our clients and customers is extremely interesting. So curated content is not something new. What is content curation? Maybe it’s my M.A.

Curation 60

Curation RSS Web 2.0 Content Marketing 60

WebMarketCentral

JULY 7, 2008

MarketingSherpa's report provides useful advice for incorporating video into B2B lead generation plans, such as best practices in properly tagging corporate videos uploaded to YouTube. YouTube and the Paradox of Video Quality Online video is hot for many reasons: it's engaging, portable, re-usable and increasingly searchable.

Lead Generation 20

Lead Generation Work Management Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 20

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

Thank you for a very informative post. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. {

Features 60

Features Web 2.0 Planning Work Management 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Once they find the correct part number, offer datasheets with performance characteristics, applications and tolerance information, include a way for the visitor to send a quick question to your engineering department and if applicable, add a “buy now” button to take advantage of online sales. Thanks for sharing!

Webinar Metrics 60

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

Not just any content, but ideas, information and expertise they find relevant and helpful for answering questions they have about problems they’re trying to solve. With a majority of marketing efforts going digital, that means even more content is needed. Designing content for 1X use is wasteful. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

Planning 60

Planning B2B Marketing Emarketing B2B 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

Studies have shown that people retain information quicker and longer when you engage their visual senses. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 Resources

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle 60

Leading Results Rambings

AUGUST 4, 2013

First, look at our chart of how advertising and branding works for lead generation over time. When the advertising or SEO campaign stops, the leads fall off. #1 Read our blog post on Content Based Search Engine Optimization and get more information on how small successful steps leads to getting great rankings for SEO.

Lead Ranking 55

Lead Ranking B to B Lead Scoring Advertising Agencies 55

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Create and deliver useful information such as white papers, industry research and trends and how-to guides for selecting the right solution provider. How can you accomplish all that? In one word content – marketing content that is relevant and tailored to the prospect’s stage on the buy cycle. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. Resources

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Work Management Marketing Management 60

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 18, 2008

MarketingSherpa has just released its 2008 B2B Lead Generation Handbook (that's a link to the free executive summary PDF; the complete report will run you a cool $500). The 22-page executive summary contains some useful information for B2B marketers and CEOs (plus a little bit of misinformation best disregarded).

Lead Generation 20

Lead Generation Lead Ranking Lead Scoring B2B Thought Leadership 20

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Even though the widespread adoption of social media in industrial marketing has been slower than general B2B and B2C marketing, it has had a serious impact on industrial sales, especially on the traditional role of the outside sales rep. They prefer to consume information at their convenience and in their preferred format.

Social Media 60

Social Media Social Marketing Media Planning 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website. of Tiecas, Inc.

Optimization 60

Optimization SEO Buying Cycle Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

Opportunity Development: Research, understand and distill the relevant industry-specific information, key issues and business needs in order to educate the company, especially the sales force, on the specific business requirements of a given market. According to Tim Riesterer of CMM Forum LLC (now part of Corporate Visions, Inc.),

Creativity 60

Creativity B2B Marketing Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 60

Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 21, 2010

This gives them incentive to look elsewhere for more information on the topic you abandoned in mid-stream. Research showing that 79% of leads never become opportunities backs up the premise that our marketing efforts aren’t creating the best results across the long term. in January 2008. Seamus Walsh. Seamus Walsh's Tip.

Sales Qualified Leads 100

Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketing Leads 100