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Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

The problem becomes more acute for the industrial sector because the industrial buy cycle can be a long and complex process that often involves multiple decision makers. Without a clear understanding of the stages, it is difficult to align your marketing content with your customer’s decision-making process. All Rights Reserved.

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Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

Passive reading of your content will not move the prospect along in his/her decision making process. In order to get there, you need to start with a content marketing plan and that starts with a content audit. Once you have done your content audit, you can begin the content mapping process. What is a content audit?

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The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement

Industrial Marketing Today

This tendency often neglects the other marketing channels that played a role in early stages of the purchase funnel. The “Mapping Marketing to the Transforming Buying Process,” report released by DemandGen Report revealed serious disconnects. Unfortunately, the answer is a big NO. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The.

Industrial Marketing Today

You are not alone, most business purchases, especially industrial products don’t lend themselves to a simple Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP). We can only provide prices after a formal RFQ process 5. Have you struggled to answer that question? We could have conflicts with our channel partners 4. All Rights Reserved.

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Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

Your prospects are at different stages of their decision making process when they visit your site. It must help your customers make the best use of their purchase. You can’t satisfy all of them with one-size-fits all content. That closes the loop in your content marketing cycle while minimizing loss of qualified leads. of Tiecas, Inc.

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5 Rules of Website Redesign for Engaging Engineers and Industrial.

Industrial Marketing Today

Rule #2: Content comes before redesigning your website Avoid the site redesign cycle of frustration by first developing a clear game plan for creating or repurposing existing content for the new site. The key here is to serve up relevant content that matches the prospect’s state or stage on the decision making process. of Tiecas, Inc.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

After two-and-a-half years, iPhone app developers are getting fed up with Apple’s lengthy and often inconsistent approval process. The approval process for apps is a black hole,” says Tom Conlon of Popular Science. The app store approval process complaints are greatly exaggerated. Also, $0.30