Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well by Achinta Mitra on April 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Social Media Marketing , Social Networking For a while, it was difficult to find hardcore data to make a business case for social media.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

To deepen and strengthen this relationship, marketers (and sales) must optimize the “return on time spent” by increasing the value received through each touchpoint. Source: IDC Analyst Connection: Coordinating Marketing and Sales across the Entire Revenue Cycle.) It is not just optimizing words within your marketing content.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

How does one generate high quality, educated leads, not just site visitors on a marketing budget that is less than 1% of the projected revenue? Over the past six months, their website traffic is up 89%, their free download program is up over 200% and they’ve generated over 1,500 leads. All I can say is WOW!

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. However, the role of B2B marketers is changing and evolving more into revenue generation.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Leave a Comment Previous post: Content Creation Made Easy Next post: Driving Traffic to Your Homepage All the Time May Be a Big Mistake FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

As Glen notes, commenting generally drives only a small amount of direct traffic, but helps establish a relationship with the blogger that can lead to links and other benefits down the road.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 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 For 2010, approximately six in 10 marketing professionals surveyed plan to increase their spending on content initiatives.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

Understanding and building accurate profiles of different personas requires a close alignment between sales and marketing. The sales team has a much better understanding of the needs of various stakeholders because of their customer-facing role. They have the insight on pain points and issues surrounding the customer.

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Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

by Achinta Mitra on November 16, 2009 in B2B E-Mail Marketing Do you know the key component of email marketing that generates more high-quality leads and drives sales? However, for email marketing to be a true driver of sales, your need something even more valuable and every email that you send out should have it.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 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 white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

Leave a Comment Previous post: 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products Next post: How to Use a B2B Blog to Win Customers and Influence Prospects FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2009

Leave a Comment Previous post: How To Gain Media-Exposure To Build Your Business Next post: Content Creation Made Easy FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales. This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

The Gender Gap in Social Networking Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial Sales Job? 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

MAY 5, 2010

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. Convert prospects into leads – a prospect that has made an inquiry or responded to an offer is now a lead. Ardath Albee, CEO of Marketing Interactions, Inc.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 10, 2010

In 2008, revenues were up to $16.6 Here are some highlights of the Aflac duck’s impact: First year after the duck’s introduction, sales were up by 29%. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 The company reported $9.7 billion (US and Japan combined) that year, up $1 billion from the previous year.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

You should spend considerable amount of time in planning your strategy for effective lead scoring. Social media among IT and business buyers of technology rose 50% over last year and finally pushed to majority status; 55% said they use social media as part of the technology buying process in 2009 versus just 37% in 2008.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 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 Typically, that means understanding the prospect’s pain and then offering a solution for relief.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 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 Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Are you interested in lead generation, lead nurturing and/or building authority and brand awareness? WHEN : When on the sales cycle do you expect to engage with your prospects? WHY : Why are you sending out this email campaign? Define your business objectives and what you expect to accomplish. Share your ideas here.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The Question by Achinta Mitra on June 12, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies , Website Design & Development Do you show prices on your B2B website?

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Relevant marketing content – key to thought leadership Positioning your company as a thought leader is critical in complex technical sales that have long buying cycles with many decision makers involved. Definitely not.” Analytics is the new marketing creative! This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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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.”

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

However, accurately defining and measuring customer engagement in complex business or industrial sales is still elusive. However, accurately defining and measuring customer engagement in complex business or industrial sales is still elusive. These metrics are all linked to 10 stages in Sopheon’s sales process.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The primary metrics measured are retention (58%), sales (44%), and revenue per customer (35%). As a result, most BtoB marketers tend to credit sales-ready leads to the last marketing touchpoint. That was one of the key findings of the “2010 Lead Generation Marketing ROI Study” by the Lenskold Group.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

Let’s get one thing straight from the get go, if you are in a declining market with low demand for your products and services, no amount of automation will help you generate new leads. I’ve seen too many marketers crash and burn because they believed that by “automating” all of their lead gen problems would be over.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

Additionally, when marketers create a nurturing program across the buying process, each new lead should start at the beginning of the program with touch 1. Hold some in reserve to use as an offer during an inside sales call to follow-up. Ardath is the author of eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 3, 2010

One way or another, you want it to be an integral part of your industrial marketing efforts in generating leads and driving sales. How do you turn your business blog into a powerful sales tool? Lead them to it. How effective has it been for generating leads? Do you want them to sign up for your newsletter?

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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. Extend its life by making your site content shareable via social media, RSS feeds and forward to a colleague. In complex industrial sales, researchers often do not have the authority to make the final purchase decision.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

We had real problems with lead quality.” “We The common thread amongst these complaints is lack of 1) sales satisfaction and 2) lead quality. So what is it about some content syndication programs that create leads that sales reps don’t want? We couldn’t reach half the contacts.”

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Follow these essential rules of a website redesign and you’ll truly create a powerful sales and marketing tool. 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. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

Design wins lead to production volume orders. As long as you can make their entire sales experience easy (both before and after) and your products meet specifications for them to specify with confidence, you probably have a lifetime customer unless you fail him/her badly. Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

How can you get the most out of your RSS feed(s)? Top 10 RSS Promotion Tips by SiteProNews Andy MacDonald , CEO of Swift Media UK , provides 10 tips for maximizing exposure to your RSS feeds, including registering with RSS feed directories, linking to your feed, and using auto-discovery. Aune del.icio.us

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing Content to Engage and Sell by Achinta Mitra on July 6, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies Marketing 101 teaches you “Customers buy benefits and not product features.”

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

Leave a Comment { 1 trackback } 7 | Industrial Marketing Today Previous post: Business Value of Social Networking Next post: 101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

I’d add that B2B blogs which provide individual contact information of the bloggers or experts referenced in the posts can lead to new sales opportunities. That is a very good way to generate a qualified lead from your blog. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. {

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Online Marketing Institute

AUGUST 14, 2011

Being a new tool set, there’s a lot of experimentation and it’s important to see what will actually make a change, It’s a very difficult medium to track, unlike transactional advertising, social engagement is hard to tie to point of sale or conversion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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