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Survey Finds Growth in Pipelines and Sales Cycles for B2B Lead.

Industrial Marketing Today

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. However, the sales cycles have also become longer, making it much harder to close deals. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

That however is only part of the solution because if your content doesn’t engage the visitor s/he won’t take a desired action to move forward in the sales cycle. 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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Face-to-Face Selling Is Still Effective

Kaon

Forrester Research released a study on how B2B marketers will be allocating budgets in 2015, and the #1 category across the board is face-to-face events, just as it has been since 2008. Buyers (especially when there is more than one person involved in the decision process) make better-informed decisions through face-to-face meetings.

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Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

Industrial Marketing Today

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. of Tiecas, Inc.

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Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

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.

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ClickInsights: Biggest roadblock to converting marketing leads

Ambal's Amusings

If your company’s sales cycle is 9 months and you run 3-month campaigns—switching focus along with a change in quarter—you’re leaving most of your prospects hanging. This gives them incentive to look elsewhere for more information on the topic you abandoned in mid-stream. in January 2008.

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7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products

Industrial Marketing Today

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. Share your thoughts by leaving a comment.