The Effective Marketer

JULY 29, 2009

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 at 8:29 pm and is filed under Communication , Marketing Management , Marketing Strategy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 25, 2009

So get over it and start thinking about connecting with your audience. A good speaker with a great slide deck is something we don’t see every day, so show the audience that they are in for a treat! Use strategically located polling questions : One way to engage the audience during a webinar is to use polling questions.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

Optimizing (SEO) your business blog is critical because it allows your target audience to find you in search engines and attract traffic. However, none of that can happen until you drive lots of interested traffic to your business blog. An invisible blog doesn’t draw a crowd and neither will you have the opportunity to engage with them.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 28, 2010

The tricky part is that it must resonate with your audience and not because you happen to be passionate about smoething. 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

APRIL 26, 2010

His 4C’s are: Content – the creation of a steady stream of engaging content Connection – connecting with the audience you wish to attract Communication – communicating with them in an ongoing conversation Conversion – and then converting them at the illusive moment of need What is content marketing?

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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. In the later stages, supplier Web sites and catalogs are the most important information sources. Branding is an expense item like the rest of marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

Do they really communicate better with our audience or are we as copywriters/content creators just being lazy? 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 19, 2010

Even if you have carefully segmented your target audience by demographics, different people within the same company can and do react differently to your content. And they use different sources to get their information. The chart below from a research study done by Forrester illustrates this point very clearly.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 7, 2009

The room was packet (the number I heard was 80 attendees) and a lot of information was flowing to and from the audience back to the presenters. This entry was posted on Saturday, March 7th, 2009 at 9:32 pm and is filed under Marketing Planning , Marketing Strategy , Social Media , Uncategorized. United States License.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

So I’m not only familiar with an industrial marketer’s target audience, I am the audience or at least a member of it. Website copy optimized for keywords and phrases is how your technical audience will find you. I should know — I am an engineer too. Give them hardcore specifications typically found in product spec sheets.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Today, it has matured to the point where marketers can deliver highly focused email campaigns to the right audience at the right time and in the preferred format. While it is good to have multiple links in your email, don’t confuse your target audience by making multiple offers in the same email. Share your ideas here.

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The Effective Marketer

APRIL 29, 2009

Marketing presentations and educational sessions : usually involving a moderator and a speaker, sharing PowerPoint slides and often making use of polling questions and maybe annotations to engage the audience. This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 at 9:42 pm and is filed under Communication , productivity.

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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. Sounds simple, right?

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 12, 2009

Don’t let anything up to imagination, add to the presentation what the audience needs to do or what needs to happen based on the information just presented. Don’t let anything up to imagination, add to the presentation what the audience needs to do or what needs to happen based on the information just presented. What is the summary?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

Success story #2: Developer of software suite for the upstream oil & gas industry The client’s old corporate website was designed by us to put a sharper focus on their target audience of reservoir and production engineers, operations personnel and upper management in oil and gas production companies.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

For those moving to online marketing, Laura discussed the importance of Web 2.0 Automation gives marketers a better way to reach out and start a dialogue with their target audience. It is most important to put your Web presence at the center of your strategy. Email, search and direct mail generate leads.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Depending on the stage of the prospect, your content needs to: Move them from ignorance to awareness – define the problem and make your target audience aware of generic solutions and the benefits of your offerings. You can’t satisfy all of them with one-size-fits all content. A white paper would fit the bill nicely here.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

Re-purpose - The same content can be modified for use with different personas and verticals to increase relevance and personalization rather than relying on general, one-size-fits-all content to meet the needs of a variety of audiences. Recycle - Don’t toss out content that’s no longer pulling the audience it once did.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

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. Source: ITSMA ) Webinars: This is a very popular content marketing tactic used in industrial and B2B marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

However, it is not so easy to translate features into benefits that really engage and speak directly to your target audience. It is only when you tie them together or translate features into benefits can you engage with your target audience and increase your success rate of closing the sale. Share your thoughts by leaving a comment.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Before you can deliver your content and engage with your target audience, they need to find you! And the way to get found by your target audience is to define your offerings in terms of solutions to their problems then build your content strategy around those problems instead of benefits and features of your products.

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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.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The bad news — more than a quarter (27%) have no specific strategy for customer engagement, and more than a third (34%) feel their companies do only a fair or poor job engaging their audiences. They [CMOs] believe they can do a better job at engagement, but often don’t know how,” said Stuart Feil, editorial director of Forbes Insights.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

Keep your focus squarely on finding topics that are of interest to your target audience and developing content. Some bloggers suggest that you pick topics that revolve around popular search terms/phrases used by your audience. After all, blog content is what will influence people to take a desired action.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Make judicious use of Facebook, LinkedIn and Tweeter to communicate directly with your core audience and gather free market intelligence. Embrace social media: Yes, the jury is out on making a business case for social media but ignore it at your own peril. It is not about you: Shift the focus from you to them.

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 21, 2009

This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 at 8:47 pm and is filed under Communication , Marketing Strategy , Online Marketing , Social Media. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 9 Responses to Why Social Media Is Not For Everyone neoco says: July 22, 2009 at 3:44 am Nice post and very relevant.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 21, 2009

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 3 Responses to Inbound Marketing Training for Free David Meerman Scott says: June 22, 2009 at 3:29 am Hey Daniel, @repcor at Hubspot did a great job organizing these. There are several free online courses and resources on the web you can use to learn more about it.

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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 Automating the “garbage in, garbage out” marketing approach benefits no one.”

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

Next, I came across a blog post written back in September of 2009 by Rohit Bhargava of Influential Marketing Blog. It’s a way for organizations to further their role as a resource to their audience. Advertisers will embrace trusted ‘places’ over trusted sources — large curated collections will achieve higher CPMs.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

As an added bonus, you can share your slideshow with much a larger audience by uploading it to a site like slideshare. Select the best social media outlets depending on where your target audience hangs out and use them for starting your conversation. See rule #4 for other ideas on creating interaction.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Don’t be persona non grata – take the time to really understand the persona of the target audience. 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 31, 2010

You need to optimize it for search engines in order for your target audience to find your B2B blog (see my earlier post, “How to Use a B2B Blog to Win Customers and Influence Prospects” ). I have listed some easy, do-it-yourself (DiY) SEO tactics to optimize your WordPress blogs for search engines.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Pay close attention to your website , does it truly address the needs of a global audience? 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 Not so fast!

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 8, 2011

The 2009 article caught my attention because this CIO was Making IT Fun Again , and I like fun. Since then, Kristin has moved to covering social media and Web 2.0 DO keep updated with personal interests of your target audience and their career objectives. I try my best to not say anything unless I can actually add value.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

April 30, 2009 — Laura Ramos Email, Search, and Direct Mail Deliver Results Over Time I am very appreciative to Roy Young and Ann Handley at MarketingProfs for partnering with Forrester and me on the B2B marketing budget trends and effectiveness survey. This is the first year we asked about the role of the corporate Web site.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 9, 2009

skip to main | skip to sidebar Strategic Guy Timely views and best practices in the world of technology public relations Sunday, April 12, 2009 Three Phases of Social Media Maturation At Strategic Communications Group (Strategic) weve been through the cycle. April 13, 2009 12:55 PM Axel Schultze said. There is now a baseline.

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Anything Goes Marketing

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

During my research, I stumbled upon a great article by the Canadian Marketing Blog called " 2009 B-to-B Demand Creation Trends " eh (Canadian joke). Tags: B2B email marketing lead nurturing lead generation blogging lead qualification closed loop Web 2.0. youtube landing pages enewsletter RSS webinars / webcasts Google.

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