2009, 2010, Information, Newsletter and White Paper

ClickInsights: What was your "Aha" moment in 2010? - Part 1

Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 31, 2011

I have invited our Panel of White Paper Experts to reflect on 2009 and answer the following question: What was your aha moment in 2009 ? Jonathan Kantor is the principal and founder of The Appum Group, " The White Paper Company ", and has been producing commercial white papers for the past 11 years.

Paper

Paper Enterprise Management B2B Thought Leadership Case Study

Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the.

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

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. White papers: Without a question, this continues to be the most effective content to build your in-house list.

Buying Cycle

Buying Cycle Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer Web 2.0

Does Your Blog Have a Long Tail | Blogging and Content Creation.

Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

Last week, I co-published a white paper with Chris Baggott , the CEO of Compendium Blogware (I’m on their advisory board). The free “Blogging’s Long Tail Approach&# white paper is devoted to describing this notion of blog content breadth, and its impact on search term selection, and search term optimization.

Long Tail Marketing

Long Tail Marketing Blogger Paper Content

Webinars

Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success

How to Leverage Behavioral Science Insights for Direct Mail Success

MORE WEBINARS

Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

I downloaded a white paper called “Understanding the Industrial Buy Cycle: How to Align Your Marketing with Your Customers’ Buying Process” from GlobalSpec that has done a very good job of explaining the four stages of the industrial buy cycle and how to match your marketing content to each stage.

Buying Cycle

Buying Cycle Buy Web 2.0 Allocation

Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

And they use different sources to get their information. Here’s a chart from Enquiro’s white paper, “Building Business Online: Your Digital Persuasion Portfolio” that shows how specific content from your website plays a role at different stages. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

Relevance

Relevance B2B Marketing CMS Development Buying Cycle

Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

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. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

Marketing Budget Creation

Marketing Budget Creation B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Marketing Budget

How Relevant Marketing Content Helps B2B Branding

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

That’s a shame and here’s why — among the top ten in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2009 , IBM was listed at #2, Microsoft, GE and Intel at number 3, 4 and 9 respectively. In the later stages, supplier Web sites and catalogs are the most important information sources. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

Relevance

Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Brand Identity

Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

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.”

Buying Cycle

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0

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

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? There is no secrecy.

Sales Management

Sales Management Pricing Price Marketing Websites

Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

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. A white paper would fit the bill nicely here. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

Sales Cycle

Sales Cycle Web 2.0 Buying Cycle Privacy Policies

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

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

He also said, “Use of information from social media sources and web mining is growing as sales professionals are looking to leverage every piece of intelligence they can find to help progress deals.&# This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

Sales Cycle

Sales Cycle Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads B2B Sales

5 Things Industrial Marketers Must Do to Attract Engineers and.

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

Anything you can do to help them find the right information quicker will score big with engineers. Lesson #3: Features are the benefits Your online marketing content may consist of images, videos, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, white papers and pre-recorded webinars. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle Lead Scoring

The 6 essential rules of a website redesign – Ignore them at your.

Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website The 6 essential rules of a website redesign – Ignore them at your peril by Achinta Mitra on January 26, 2010 in Industrial Websites , Search Engine Optimization (SEO) , Website Design & Development Is you current website an asset or a liability?

Rules

Rules Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Buying Cycle

How to Use a B2B Blog to Win Customers and Influence Prospects

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

Capture visitor information – Implement a method to capture visitor information from your business blog. Install some kind of a sign-up form to capture basic contact information such as name, company name and email address. It has to be a value exchange for people to give up their contact information to you.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Buying Cycle B2B Blogger

Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on July 14, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing Even though “content curation” is not a common phrase, there’s plenty of discussion to be found on the Internet. I searched Wikipedia for information but couldn’t find an exact definition.

Curation

Curation RSS Web 2.0 Content Marketing

7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products by Achinta Mitra on May 14, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog I am a big fan of Content Marketing or as some people like to refer to it as Inbound Marketing.

Webinar Metrics

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product

Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing.

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.”

Features

Features Web 2.0 Planning Work Management

7 “Rs” for B2B Marketing Content Planning

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

Not just any content, but ideas, information and expertise they find relevant and helpful for answering questions they have about problems they’re trying to solve. This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

Planning

Planning B2B Marketing Emarketing B2B

Shortening the Industrial Buy Cycle in 5 Simple Steps

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Create and deliver useful information such as white papers, industry research and trends and how-to guides for selecting the right solution provider. After you register, edit your profile to add a link back to your site or a landing page to download a free white paper or register for a webinar.

Buying Cycle

Buying Cycle Buy Work Management Marketing Management

5 Rules of Website Redesign for Engaging Engineers and Industrial.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Build a library of various content assets such as published articles, white papers, online demos, webinars, videos, technical specifications, datasheets, case studies and customer testimonials. The same holds true for video white papers. Whom do you trust when you are looking for authoritative and credible information?

Rules

Rules Marketing Websites Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0

Content Creation Made Easy

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Creation Made Easy by Achinta Mitra on August 24, 2009 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Blog Are you struggling with creating content? Studies have shown that people retain information quicker and longer when you engage their visual senses.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle

Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on July 20, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing , Sales Strategies To be successful in industrial and B2B marketing, one has to engage with prospects and customers in a meaningful manner. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

Creativity

Creativity B2B Marketing Lead Ranking Lead Scoring

Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial.

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on September 27, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Industrial Websites , Sales Strategies , Social Media Marketing Remember the very first music video ever played on MTV? They prefer to consume information at their convenience and in their preferred format. Kerry O’Malley´s last blog.

Social Media

Social Media Social Marketing Media Planning

How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project by Achinta Mitra on June 3, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Websites , Search Engine Optimization (SEO) , Website Design & Development What comes first – site content or site design?

Marketing Websites

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle

Do-it-Yourself Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Your WordPress.

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

2 comments… read them below or add one } Geoff Vincent September 22, 2010 at 9:39 am I use the All in One SEO plug in on my blog, really like it and would recommend it (as you say) for those of us who are tentative fooling with code. Achinta Mitra September 22, 2010 at 9:50 am @Geoff, Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

Optimization

Optimization SEO Buying Cycle Web 2.0

B2B Lead Generation Blog: Lead Generation via Industry Experts

markempa

MAY 20, 2005

Many experts will give you permission to post their articles and resources on your website or newsletter. Over time, as you build your lead generation program, your experts may be interested in co-developing white papers, special research reports, articles, and events with you. Why does this work? they need you.

Lead Generation

Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Scoring Lead Ranking

American Business Media - Research & Marketing

Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 26, 2009

focuses on the importance that readers, viewers, and attendees place on business info rmation to info rm and help the purchase/decision-making process. focuses on the importance that readers, viewers, and attendees place on business info rmation to info rm and help the purchase/decision-making process.

Research

Research Marketing Management Media Planning

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

Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Humanize Your Blog Remember, it’s a blog not a white paper, and a key differentiator is personality. If you have complementary resources like an Ebook, email newsletter, events or otherwise, make sure those are easy for first-time visitors to find as well. Consequently, I have two recommendations. they were like strangers.

Social Media

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy

Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing Efficiency and Effectiveness

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 11, 2010

This represents substantial growth when compared to 2009 cut-backs; however, even with the 2010/2011 snap-back in spending, most marketing budgets will remain below pre-recession levels. For example, an IDC survey of technology marketers revealed that 2010 revenue grew at a healthy 5.8%

Efficiency

Efficiency Marketing Budget Marketing Management Effectiveness

B2B Hubs Or PPC? Are All Leads Created Equal?

Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Mar 17, 2010 at 11:34am ET by Andy Komack B2B companies crave leads. Examples of hybrid Directories and multiple-vendor lead generation sites are MacRAE’S Blue Book and Bitpipe (Bitpipe is not technically an RFQ site, but leads can be fed to multiple vendors when non-vendor-specific content is requested such as a white paper or guide.)

Paid Content

Paid Content PPC Sales Qualified Leads Allocation

6 Tactics For Overcoming The High Cost Of Clicks In B2B PPC

Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

MEMBER LOGIN > | BECOME A MEMBER > Column: Strictly Business 6 Tactics For Overcoming The High Cost Of Clicks In B2B PPC Jun 8, 2010 at 9:05am ET by Andy Komack For anyone involved in marketing their B2B companies via paid search, it’s painfully obvious that the cost of clicks can be prohibitively high. for B2C lead generators.

Paid Content

Paid Content PPC Cost Per Click Paid Search Agency

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

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. I also think this would pair great with a recent white paper by White Horse called the TIME Method.

Social Media

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy

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

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Everything from supply chain management, product design, customer service, accounting and beyond can be informed through analysing the data collected through your social media strategy. There’s a lot of knee-jerk, half-truth information out there about social media and what it can do. link] Alasdair Munn Good post.

Social Media

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency

Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2012

White Papers. 2010 Eddie and Ozzie Awards Call for Entries OPEN! 2009 Eddie and Ozzie Awards Winners. The breakdown: “The Chartbeat interface is very intuitive and visual, so you can get a lot of information in one place. FOLIO: Alerts & Newsletters. Newsletter. . --> Bloggers. --> Resources.

Social Media

Social Media Enterprise Management Marketing Management CMS Development

19 New Featured Sources on the B2B Marketing Zone

Webbiquity

JULY 26, 2010

Add WordStream’s Advanced Keyword Tools to Your Website for free , June 8, 2010. Pricing Based on Customer Expectations , May 26, 2010. June 7, 2010. Great B2B Marketing Stats (in a GREAT format!) , June 13, 2010. March 18, 2010. June 8, 2010. Slideshow) , February 19, 2010. June 8, 2010.

B2B Thought Leadership

B2B Thought Leadership B2B Marketing Advertorials Thought Leadership

What Not To Do For Better B2B Customer Relationships

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

Buyers of technical products and services do look to vendors for providing relevant information for solving their problems. 2 comments… read them below or add one } Bruce Rasmussen July 2, 2010 at 4:59 am The importance of the sales experience is reinforced by the Integrated Sales Executive Council. Bruce Rasmussen´s last blog.

Marketing Automation Services

Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 B2B Lead Ranking

Driving Traffic to Your Homepage All the Time May Be a Big Mistake

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Driving Traffic to Your Homepage All the Time May Be a Big Mistake by Achinta Mitra on October 26, 2009 in Industrial Websites , Website Design & Development You’ve read up on all the traffic generation tactics and optimized your site to rank high on major search engines.

Traffic

Traffic Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel

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

Convince & Convert

MAY 19, 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 Why D.I.S. Awesome information!

Social Media

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy

B2B Search Marketing: 5 Must-Read Tips - Online Marketing Blog

Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 9, 2009

For B2C websites, the majority of content focuses purely on product information. Including video demos, case studies and newsletters on a site can help B2B organizations build relationships with their audience. That variety of keywords must be supported by relevant content and link building as well. out of 5) Loading.

Search Marketing

Search Marketing Online Marketing Work Management B2B Marketing

Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on August 24, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Websites , Website Design & Development Unless you’ve been on a very long sabbatical from industrial and manufacturing marketing, you very well know that your website should be the hub of your online marketing. You’d arm them with information about the marketplace.

Marketing Websites

Marketing Websites Marketing Budget Buying Cycle Web 2.0

ClickInsights: What was your "Aha" moment in 2010? - Part 1

Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the.

Webinars

Trending Sources

Does Your Blog Have a Long Tail | Blogging and Content Creation.

Webinars

Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

How Relevant Marketing Content Helps B2B Branding

Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

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

Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

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

5 Things Industrial Marketers Must Do to Attract Engineers and.

The 6 essential rules of a website redesign – Ignore them at your.

How to Use a B2B Blog to Win Customers and Influence Prospects

Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More.

7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products

Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing.

7 “Rs” for B2B Marketing Content Planning

Shortening the Industrial Buy Cycle in 5 Simple Steps

5 Rules of Website Redesign for Engaging Engineers and Industrial.

Content Creation Made Easy

Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving.

Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial.

How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project

Do-it-Yourself Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Your WordPress.

Top 24 B2B Marketing Posts in February

B2B Lead Generation Blog: Lead Generation via Industry Experts

American Business Media - Research & Marketing

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

Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing Efficiency and Effectiveness

B2B Hubs Or PPC? Are All Leads Created Equal?

6 Tactics For Overcoming The High Cost Of Clicks In B2B PPC

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

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

Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

19 New Featured Sources on the B2B Marketing Zone

What Not To Do For Better B2B Customer Relationships

Driving Traffic to Your Homepage All the Time May Be a Big Mistake

Top 60 B2B Marketing Posts and Hottest Topics November 2010

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

Top 47 B2B Marketing Posts - Hot Topics Ning and Facebook - July 2010

B2B Search Marketing: 5 Must-Read Tips - Online Marketing Blog

Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

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