markempa

MARCH 21, 2006

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading! So how do you ask for referrals?

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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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markempa

NOVEMBER 9, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. If you are unfamiliar with RSS Feeds, or would just prefer email notification of updates to my blog, all you have to do is type your email address in the subscribe form on the left.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be by Achinta Mitra on May 3, 2010 in Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog Remember the U.S. How about your business blog, is it all it can be for your industrial company?

Business Blogging 60

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 11, 2009

Here at Marketo, everyone is very excited about the upcoming SiriusDecisions 2009 Summit being held May 13-15 in Scottsdale, Arizona.      Last year attendees made big leaps in integrating their sales and marketing teams during the event.  through opportunity completion and beyond. 

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markempa

MARCH 8, 2006

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

Webcast 120

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

As a B2B marketer, we want to reach our ideal prospects and communicate with customers to maintain top-of-mind awareness throughout their buying cycle. A B2B blog is the perfect online tool to accomplish that. The focus of your blog will be determined by how well you can define your readership. I say you need both.

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markempa

FEBRUARY 7, 2006

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Sales cycles have gotten longer and number of decision makers involved in a typical buying process has increased too. As a result, traditional sales prospecting techniques simply dont cut it anymore.

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markempa

JANUARY 4, 2006

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Less selling time : Because of longer sales cycles (and theyll get longer), sales people cannot afford to spend time on unqualified leads. Enlisting the support of one decision maker is rarely enough.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

(See contradiction #4) Contradictions and Myth Busters: Only 17% of the marketers felt they were “sales driven.” 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.

Lead Generation 60

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markempa

NOVEMBER 14, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. « Winning the Complex Sales Cycle with Thought leading Content | Main | Embattled CMOs share strategies to improve marketing influence » Google Makes Web Analytics Free but will it help your lead generation?

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markempa

MARCH 30, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. When it comes to word of mouth marketing (WOM), Ive observed that many B2B marketers, marketing blogs and the media seem overly concerned about brand building. They have it wrong. " Read my post on defending thought leadeship.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

Paul Dunay in his blog post, “4 C’s of B2B Marketing” has defined this very nicely. Instead of buying print ads in trade journals, they create their own blog and build an active community around it. However, to be successful with social media, you have to provide real value and that usually comes from great content.

Marketing Budget Creation 60

Marketing Budget Creation B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Marketing Budget 60

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Buyers no longer rely on sales people for basic information or exploratory “consultation.&# They get 95% of the information they need from the Internet—online publications, analyst reports, vendor websites, blogs and other social media—before they have any contact with sales. Share this on del.icio.us. Post this on Diigo.

Marketing Automation Services 100

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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 ? Blog WhitePaperPundit Twitter Jonathan_Kantor. He is also the author of the White Paper Pundit blog. Blog sharing sites such as BizSugar.com, Sphinn.com, and Reddit.com.

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markempa

JUNE 8, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Also See: Winning the Complex Sales Cycle with Thought leading Content FREE lead generation consultation from InTouch Just Tell Us How To Contact You First and Last Name Company Email Telephone Ext.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

However, it is not so simple to measure customer engagement in situations with long sales cycles that’s commonplace with manufacturers, sellers of technical products and B2B consultative solution providers. Some B2B marketers are using more sophisticated ROI measurement tools to track activities over the entire life cycle of a lead.

B2B 60

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

In 2009, there were 1,147,910 households with a TV in metropolitan Charlotte, North Carolina. Consider Nielsen ratings, which are used to determine the popularity of all TV shows and, consequently, how the dozens of billions of dollars in TV advertising is apportioned. And there isn’t going to be.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

WHEN : When on the sales cycle do you expect to engage with your prospects? 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. Share your ideas here.

Email Marketing 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

Budget Programs 60

Budget Programs Education Marketing Budget Lead Ranking 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Even though her article is about the B2B buy cycle in general, it is a perfect follow up to my earlier post “Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.” Pay attention to the terminology and words your target audience uses when they discuss their problems on social media, forums and blogs.

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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

MAY 26, 2010

B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

Buying Cycle 60

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

This past week was the first in a series of two great conferences, the MarketingSherpa's 6th Annual B2B Marketing Summit 2009 in San Francisco. We issued a press release, and we've gotten some great blog posts as well as Tweets - to both the blog posts, as well as the press release. Next week, Oct. Find me there and say hello.

Social Media 100

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

How can you use marketing content to generate a decent volume of sales-ready leads at a low(er) cost? Content marketing does not mean churning out white papers, case studies, articles, blog posts, podcasts and webinars for the sake of putting out content. What is effective content marketing?

Buying Cycle 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Digital marketing, social media and the constant pressure to cut costs have radically changed this traditional industrial sales model. I read a blog post by Robert Lesser of Acquiring Minds where he talks about the ways that digital marketing has changed complex B2B sales. Kerry O’Malley´s last blog.

Social Media 60

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Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 21, 2010

We have invited B2B Experts to shed light on the following question: " What is the biggest roadblock to converting marketing leads into the sales pipeline? Blog Marketing Interactions Twitter Ardath421. Ardath Albee's book eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale. Blog B2BContentMarketing Twitter SeamusWalsh.

Sales Qualified Leads 100

Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketing Leads 100

Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

This past week was the first in a series of two great conferences, the MarketingSherpa's 6th Annual B2B Marketing Summit 2009 in San Francisco. We issued a press release, and we’ve gotten some great blog posts as well as Tweets – to both the blog posts, as well as the press release. Find me there and say hello.

Social Media 100

Social Media Lead Gen Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 100

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

If a video you used in a blog post relates, pull it through to the landing page for that content. B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

I found a good answer to that in a comment by Mike Gospe on a blog post at leadsloth.com where he wrote, “But when it comes to marketing automation, I recommend caution. If you’d like to read more about how to design this process, this Blog Post may be useful:: [link] The Process post is the top one on this page.

Marketing Automation Services 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

I found this one from Michael Fortin’s blog. I will visit this blog regularly. B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

Features 60

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Anything Goes Marketing

MARCH 24, 2009

At your own company there still may be plenty of interest for your products or services but companies may not have the budget to purchase from you which means longer sales cycles and missed forecasts. How are the best in class companies still reaching their 2009 targets? Come Together.

Sales Management 100

Sales Management Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Work Management 100

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

Achinta Mitra July 23, 2010 at 11:39 am Jack, Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving your comment. B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

Creativity 60

Creativity B2B Marketing Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 60

Online Marketing Institute

AUGUST 14, 2011

Why not just establish some sort of conversion goal from the web on your own site (blog or www) as hub and create a social segmentation, establish process to campaign tag special links / promos and set everything else as a KPI (community size, engagement events). data above). data above). Will send you a ping.

Analytics 40

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

About Automation Toolbox Automation Consulting Privacy Policy Blog Glossary Resources Contact Calculator Login close Client Login coming soon. And marketers can finally show ROI just like their sales, manufacturing, and financial counterparts. Please contact Gossamar for credentials. Please contact Gossamar for credentials.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Have a process for nurturing leads not-sales-ready. He discussed how leads move through the sales cycle and the important role that nurturing plays, as all leads are not ready to buy at the same time. . Have a system for rating ‘qualified’ and ‘warm’ leads. Have a process for handing leads back to marketing.

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Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Lead Nurturing Sales Leads 48

Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2010

Blog Marketing Interactions Twitter Ardath421. Blog Webbiquity Twitter TomPick. He's also the award-winning writer of the Webbiquity blog , which focuses on B2B lead generation and web presence optimization -- the fusion of SEO, search marketing, social media, content marketing and interactive PR. Tom Pick's blog Webbiquity.

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