Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

Features: attributes that products or services have. As you can see from the two techniques discussed here, features only tell your prospects about the attributes of your product and services. However, this is the exception and not the rule and is typically used in product specification or data sheets.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

You are well aware of the fact that the Internet has completely and permanently changed the way industrial buyers purchase technical products and services. Don’t just rely on analysis, refine your list based on relevance to your business, products and services. My take: Now it is time to winnow your list from step 3.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

As the founder of Tiecas, I have been helping manufacturers and engineering services companies boost their sales with better do-it-yourself (DiY) marketing for over 20 years. What they sorely need, is some strategic guidance that will produce measurable results, typically more leads and sales. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

For example, segment your products and services by application and/or industry. Design wins lead to production volume orders. 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

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

This will lead to your visitors bookmarking your site for future reference and becoming a valuable resource. Instead of thinking of Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter as lead generators, use them to increase awareness and drive traffic to your website. Another advantage of using social media is increasing your “likeability quotient.”

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

The focus is squarely on you, your company and its products and services. Using all or any of the above content strategies will help you shift the focus from your products and services back to the customer. 2) Engage those visitors’ attention with industry leading content (website copy, white papers, videos, podcasts).

Webinar Metrics 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 14, 2012

Over the years, Tiecas began to offer more media planning, design and production of marketing collateral, four-color and prepress services. We became a full-service integrated marketing communications firm. I launched this blog in 2008 and have written more than 160 posts about industrial and manufacturing marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

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. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Six months later, very little traffic, even fewer leads and no sales > The new web site sucks, hasn’t done anything for our business. > Oh, we need content, okay let’s just copy & paste from our old marketing collateral. Develop content templates – sometimes it helps to develop a template for creating new content.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I service industrial companies, as you do. I know for me, as the SOLE sales person for my company, digital marketing and social media is not “killing&# the need for face to face meetings with clients; but I do think it is perhaps minimizing the number of meetings, and speeding up the sales cycle.

Social Media 60

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Southwest Airlines has to coordinate its marketing and customer service response, in real-time, create its own content on its blog and Twitter account, while also dealing with the media jackals. Power, Risk & Accountability Today, I gave a presentation to LEAD San Diego, a group of Southern California business leaders.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Would You Try It With a Fox?

Paid Search Agency 121

Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies CAN-SPAM PR 121

Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Way back in the early days of PitchEngine (like 2009), people thought we were crazy to offer our social media news release service for free. Sales reps from traditional PR distribution services were even quoted as saying, “there’s a reason it’s free.&# – implying that it doesn’t perform well.

Social Media 115

Social Media SEO Marketing Websites PR 115

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

You can contribute more to your organisation than just leads – such as product improvement ideas that you gather through interaction with your customers – and thus help keep your company competitive and increase the value you bring to the table. At the end of the day however, does it matter? link] Henry Great post.

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Social Media Work Management Marketing Management Media 123

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

They also have a nice integration with Klout – the leading service to gauge Twitter influence – automatically including Klout scores for each person. Tip of the Iceberg Unlike enterprise-class social anthropology services like Rapleaf , Flowtown is incredibly easy-to-use, and is tuned for the do-it-yourself marketer.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

The ModernaDesign website makes no mention of App development as a service. HTML5 and open web standards could lead the way: [link] [link] alexanderkesler Is It Curtains for the App Store? August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. All rights reserved.

Social Media 113

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 113

Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. corporate expenditures on social media will increase by an AVERAGE of 34% a year , and that by 2012, as much will be spent on social media as on email marketing.

Social Media 121

Social Media Paid Search Agency Media Advertising Agencies 121

Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

After all, why would they even be coming to your Web site unless they had questions about your product or service? I would also make a point to solicit input from customer service and sales teams, as they have more day-to-day interaction with fence-sitters. Now you’re using social media to its full advantage. I think not.

FAQ 137

FAQ Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Social Media 137

Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

The team’s record for the last five years: 2009-10 (14-60) so far 2008-09 (24-58) 2007-08 (22-60) 2006-07 (32-50) 2005-06 (33-49) In fact, the Timberwolves have won a playoff series only one time in their 21 years of existence. It’s a good mix of coach-speak, highlights, community service footage, and cheerleader features.

Social Media 120

Social Media Paid Search Agency Media Advertising Agencies 120

Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

She leads the agency’s social media group, and has more than 20 years experience in consumer, technology, B2B and social media marketing. By transparent, I mean keep it real and no lip service. Let social media promote your corporate social responsibility – [link] [link] Jam Morgan I enjoyed reading the post.

Social Media 137

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 137

Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

You often are buying in part because of the service and personnel of the company in question. For whom is it more important to have a humanizing social media presence? telegraph service). That's where I think you hit the nail on the head in your second paragraph: social media has tremendous “potential&#.

Social Media 130

Social Media Media Paid Search Agency Budget Programs 130

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media can enable conversations and participation but the real value comes from what we do with those conversations. This is particularly true if your social media strategy is integrated into your entire organization. “Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube.&#

Social Media 149

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 149

Convince & Convert

APRIL 14, 2010

Geek Squad makes its living providing technology configuration and repair services, via BestBuy stores everywhere. They aren’t trying to sell you services – at least not at that point – they are being helpful. Social Media Success = Find a Way to Remove Friction Start today by conducting a Helpfulness Audit for your company.

Social Media 128

Social Media Media Paid Search Agency CAN-SPAM 128

Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

link] Rachel Edelstein I had a manager at “The Nature Company&# who had the best customer service advice that I have ever gotten. link] Rachel Edelstein I had a manager at “The Nature Company&# who had the best customer service advice that I have ever gotten. Their support, open ears, and ability to lead by example.

Social Media 112

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 112

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

Buyers of technical products and services do look to vendors for providing relevant information for solving their problems. after they surveyed more than 1,200 purchasing decision makers in small, medium, and large companies throughout the United States and Western Europe who are responsible for buying high-tech products and services.

Marketing Automation Services 60

Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 B2B Lead Ranking 60

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Hordes of traffic that convert poorly are useless for generating qualified leads that convert well into paying customers. Use a free tool like Google’s Keyword Tool to find search terms and long-tail keywords that people are using to search for information related to your products and services. What’s the solution?

Traffic 60

Traffic Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 60

Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

In Search of Mass Influencers In a fascinating new Forrester Research study about online peer influence, Augie Ray and Josh Bernoff determine that consumers generated more than 500 billion online impressions about products and services in 2009. They really know the product, service, and benefits. population. Will you write one?

Social Media 147

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 147

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I look forward to getting past the basic questions of application of social media for B2B and starting to focus on things like lead generation and social CRM as we move forward in 2010.-= Big List: 13 B2B Social Media Prediction Blog Posts For 2010 =-. Big List: 13 B2B Social Media Prediction Blog Posts For 2010 =-.

Social Media 147

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 147

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

There are a ton of marketing and ad agencies in the same boat, as well as service and recruitment agencies. No doubt about it, you can create a buzz rapidly using social media, but unless there is a solid product/service/brand/campaign behind it, it means nothing, as it will be washed away in the endless woe of status updates and posts.

PR 160

PR Social Media Paid Content Media 160

Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

Your potential customers have questions about your company, your products, your services, your competitors. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. But, when the next issue is printed, unless you advertise again, the flow of new customers stops. Content marketing is the exact opposite.

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Paid Content Content Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning 124

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. I’ve spent a lot of time working with various social media monitoring tools and I’ve whittled my list of favorites down to two or three. Any factors you look for or service you use that I didn’t mention?

Social Media 155

Social Media Media Paid Content Work Management 155

Convince & Convert

MAY 20, 2010

And it’s about behavior that leads to dollars. Premature Calculation The problem with the pet naming approach is that you end up having the “is this working&# conversation when the social media program is already in operation, which forces you to conduct statistical gerrymandering to determine which measures are relevant.

Social Media 116

Social Media Webinar Metrics Media Paid Search Agency 116

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 31, 2010

I may not use the service anymore but it’s their right when they are putting all the work and technology into connecting everyone and providing the service. I think that is what leads to comment-less blogs and promotional updates. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.

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Conversion Paid Search Agency Social Media Advertising Agencies 116

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Audience: Business Development Professionals, Marketing Managers, Channel Managers, Customer Service Professionals, Product Managers. There is now a Product and Services tab that lets you feature everything about your company and what you sell. This is up from 16% in 2008. Published by Hubspot, May 2010. Ready to get started?

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management B2B Marketing Work Management Marketing Management 40

Convince & Convert

JUNE 15, 2010

Companies should follow, not lead, their customers across the social Web. You provide a list of your customers’ email addresses, and these services figure out how (and who) among your customers are on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and niche social networks, what their “likes” are, and other important details.

Social Media 153

Social Media Ideal Customer Profiles Paid Content Media 153

Convince & Convert

JUNE 3, 2010

To me, it’s one of a new breed of web services sitting squarely in the center of a number of different online trends, each of which are changing the face of the web, the way we use it, and even what we actually define as a website these days. Do you think the ownership issue could lead to a privacy issue similar to FB?

Social Media 110

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 110

Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2010

Our strategies and expectations for social media are in reality a complement to what we’re doing in email and lifecycle marketing. The fundamental shift within the organization towards transparency and customer service is the bottom of the iceberg, while tweeting is just a tip. Twitter and Facebook are not strategies.

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Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 119