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The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement

Industrial Marketing Today

That was one of the key findings of the “2010 Lead Generation Marketing ROI Study” by the Lenskold Group. The study also revealed that B2B marketers that measured ROI were better able to track leads to marketing touchpoints. It is not just a matter of measuring better ROI metrics or using the tools of marketing automation du jour.

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Top 10 Industrial Marketing Posts of 2011

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Not all the posts were written in 2011, one was way back from 2008. 3 Business Blogs with Proven ROI from Industrial Companies. As we wind down 2011, this is a good time to review all the industrial marketing posts that I have published here and been viewed by you, my readers, during the year.

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Business Value of Social Networking

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Even though the use of social media like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn is growing exponentially, there is a raging debate about measuring its ROI. I use LinkedIn and Twitter quite a lot in my online networking and sure, I’ve grown my network in a short period of time. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Resources

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The Role of B2B Marketing is Shifting from Lead Generation to.

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In order to meet new revenue and ROI goals, marketers need to improve their strategic skills (50%) and sales skills (40%). 58% of respondents said their role, as marketers did not end even after they handed off qualified leads to sales. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc. Resources

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Don't Count on Marketing Automation to Solve All Your Lead.

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Or do we need to show a verifiable ROI? There’s is no question that marketing departments do become a lot more efficient by automating many of these marketing tasks. However, is improving efficiency enough to justify investing in Marketing Automation? It is the second question that seems to cause the most problems. All Rights Reserved.

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Content Marketing: Think Like a Publisher, Act Like an Investor

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“Nobody cares about your products and services (except you)” was the title of a blog post written by David Meerman Scott (Author of the wildly successful book The New Rules of Marketing & PR and his new book Real-Time Marketing & PR ) back in 2008. What is your content marketing ROI?

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Industrial and B2B Customer Engagement Simplified

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Some B2B marketers are using more sophisticated ROI measurement tools to track activities over the entire life cycle of a lead. I have written about this problem in my previous post, “The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement.” Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc. Resources

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