Ambal's Amusings

JULY 27, 2011

Mike is a white paper expert and social media rockstar who launched Social Media Examiner in late 2009. In less than 5 months after launch, Social Media Examiner was declared the #1 small business blog in the world by Technorati and had added more than 13,000 email subscribers.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial Sales Job? 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?

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 2, 2013

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. What do buyers really want from social media marketers? 25 Social Media Facts and Statistics. Interruptions (like email and social media) are messing us up.

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Paid Content Stats Social Media Paid Search Agency 100

Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

RT @jaybaer: 5 Ways to Make Friends with Strangers on Your Blog [link] [link] Social Media Mktg. RT @jaybaer: 5 Ways to Make Friends with Strangers on Your Blog [link] [link] Social Media Mktg. That would be a fun discussion, right?

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 18, 2016

It’s true there have been guest posts published here, but those have been balanced out by posts I’ve written for other blogs.). Here are a dozen things I’ve learned and observations I’ve drawn from writing 1,000 blog posts. To be sure, a thoughtfully written business blog can generate leads (and sales).

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

However, to be successful with social media, you have to provide real value and that usually comes from great content. Paul Dunay in his blog post, “4 C’s of B2B Marketing” has defined this very nicely. Cold calling is replaced by useful content and tools that help people find them and contact them for more information.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 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 If not, then you need to rethink your strategy to get the most out of optimizing your marketing content.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Whether it’s a webinar or a multi-day conference, leveraging social media can help event organizers extend an event’s visibility, attendance and pre-event conversations. Sharing photos, videos, press releases, media coverage, speaker updates, etc. So what other ways have you used social media for your B2B event marketing?

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 28, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website A Blogging Style to Call Your Own by Achinta Mitra on April 28, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Blog , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Social Media Marketing Creating a blog is not too difficult but building an active community around it is.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Business Value of Social Networking by Achinta Mitra on July 29, 2009 in Social Media Marketing , Social Networking Saw a very interesting video where Seth Godin talks about how useful social media is to businesses.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Source: Frost & Sullivan ) Peer referrals: This is primarily social media marketing or the online version of word of mouth marketing (WOM). One can dedicate an entire site to SEO because it is such a wide and deep online marketing topic.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 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

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

Despite all the hype surrounding social media in B2B marketing, 50% of the marketers said they didn’t blog, 49% don’t use Twitter and 25% don’t use LinkedIn. It not just driving revenues for the company, 44% of marketers said their own compensation was tied to sales.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Web 2.0 B2B Marketing 60

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers by Achinta Mitra on September 29, 2009 in Industrial Marketing Blog , Industrial Websites , Social Media Marketing I came across an incredible blog post recently that I think every small business owner should read.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

. – an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. 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

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. Professor Quelch provides the example of Intel and its very successful advertising campaign “Intel Inside.” According to a study done by Professor John A.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

Leave a Comment Previous post: Successful Industrial Websites Require Part DiY and Part Professional Help Next post: Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo? Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The apparent disconnect is even more telling as seen by these key findings from the study: The two traditional interruptive marketing tactics, advertising (25%) and direct (20%) are still receiving the biggest share of the budgets, indicating that marketing budgets are misaligned with the CMO’s priorities.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 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

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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.&# Wait a minute, isn’t that what Content or Inbound marketing is all about?

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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. With the rising popularity of social media in B2B marketing, it is now more a method of tracking your friends or fans on Facebook, LinkedIn and/or Twitter. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

. – an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. 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 21, 2010

A B2B blog is the perfect online tool to accomplish that. If you are still not sure about the benefits of using a business blog, head over to HubSpot and read these articles: 6 Reasons Every Small Business Should Be Blogging… Are You Missing the Boat? I say you need both. That’s all you need for now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

Instead, I found something on Media Curation, which I thought was close enough: Media Curation is the emerging trend toward creating media content using a mix of machine and human resources. Advertisers will embrace trusted ‘places’ over trusted sources — large curated collections will achieve higher CPMs.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

Here are some stats, results and recommendations that I found very useful: In the Needs Awareness and Research stages, buyers use a broad array of sources, including social media, Webinars, e-newsletters, search engines and [vertical search engines like] GlobalSpec.

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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

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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? Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing?

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

I have listed some easy, do-it-yourself (DiY) SEO tactics to optimize your WordPress blogs for search engines. Just building a business blog is not going to help you drive traffic or generate leads. On-site SEO refers to changes that you can make within the code of your blog. What is On Site SEO?

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Results achieved: The company has seen a 26% increase in engine and automotive shipping customers since the campaign began in 2009 FreightCenter.com exceeded its original goal of a 50/50 split in only 18 months. Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo? This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

Source: CMP (now United Business Media ) Electronics Group’s Global Media Usage Study, 2006) 74% industrial buyers went looking for prices but only 23% of manufacturers published them on their website. This was second only to downloading product data sheets.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

Leave a Comment Previous post: A Blogging Style to Call Your Own Next post: How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer.

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Atomic Reach

JANUARY 3, 2019

It is a blog post that informs you of industry changes or a video on social media that reveals a customer reviewing the brand. She has been cited by Forbes as “The Most Influential Woman on Social Media,” and recognized by ForbesWoman as one of “The Top 20 Women Bloggers.”. Find her on Twitter & LinkedIn.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 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

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

It goes well beyond just cutting costs, today, it is more about accountability, analytics and engaging customers and prospects by using free or inexpensive social media tactics. Embrace social media: Yes, the jury is out on making a business case for social media but ignore it at your own peril.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 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

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Community/Customer forums – forums have been around a lot longer than social media and have proven to very effective for engaging the engineering community. Expertise blogs – starting your own company blog to showcase your internal experts is a great way to differentiate yourself from the competition.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 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

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