Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

This timeless classic, one of the first bestselling self-help books published in 1937 and sold over 15 million copies globally is still relevant today. 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.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Buying Cycle B2B Blogger 60

markempa

JUNE 21, 2006

A number of bloggers I know have become or are in the process of becoming published authors after starting a blog. MB) Also, an interesting article " Its Not Too Late To Start Blogging (But It Will Be Soon) ,"was just published on RainToday.com by Larry Bodine. His Professional Marketing Blog is good too.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Sales Generation B2B Thought Leadership 120

markempa

JULY 5, 2007

« Podcast: Interview with MarketingSherpas Anne Holland | Main | Early Stage Leads are too important for Sales People Alone » Off-Topic: On Selling Ideas in 1776 Fellow blogger Tom Pick, over at the The WebMarketCentral Blog tagged me to write something off topic, interesting, seasonal and non-work related this week.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Generation B2B Thought Leadership Leads 120

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Here we are defining size as the number of published articles on a business blog at a given point in time. HubSpot results indicate that median leads start to grow once 24-51 articles are written and published. Median leads were 77% higher among marketers with blogs of 52+ articles versus bloggers with 24 to 51 articles.

Lead Generation 60

Lead Generation Business Blogging Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

Bloggers of all stripes have counted on the popularity of “list” posts whenever they’ve run out of fresh ideas for content. Curation: Doing more with less is the topic of a video I found in a post by Steve Rosenbaum who is the CEO of Magnify.net , a video curation and publishing platform. So curated content is not something new.

Curation 60

Curation RSS Web 2.0 Content Marketing 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

In the words of Jeffrey Zeldman , the renowned web designer, blogger, independent publisher and the king of Web standards according to Business Week, “Content precedes design. We already have lots of brochures and data sheets to give to our prospects and customers. Design in the absence of content is not design, it’s decoration.”

Marketing Websites 60

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

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). Which is closer to buying, a consumer searching for “flat panel TV&# or a consumer searching for “26 inch 720p flat panel TV.&# ?

Long Tail Marketing 117

Long Tail Marketing Blogger Paper Content 117

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

These individuals are often the “face&# of their organizations; as they get quoted in press releases and news articles, pen bylined articles, speak at conferences, and talk to industry influencers and prospective customers, their names can become almost as well known as their brands. Buy yourname.com if it is available.

Work Management 100

Work Management Jigsaw Wikipedia Digg 100

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011 Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle With two economic downturns in the past ten years, buyers are more frugal than ever, demanding that each investment help them do-more-with-less, provide a bottom-line impact, and deliver superior value.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management ROI 40

markempa

NOVEMBER 18, 2005

On the other side, Ive heard numerous speakers and bloggers declare e-mail marketing dead. For example, I get some numerous e-mails from companies that know me (in some cases Im their customer!) On the other side, Ive heard numerous speakers and bloggers declare e-mail marketing dead. That’s simply not true.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Relevance Resources B2B Marketing 120

markempa

MARCH 27, 2005

RSS is still bleeding edge especially for non-bloggers. Bloggers over-hype RSS. The idea seems to be catching on and now there are multiple sites publishing details of how to get your leads of Salesforce.com. RSS is still bleeding edge especially for non-bloggers. Bloggers over-hype RSS.

RSS 120

RSS Salesforce.com Lead Generation Sales Leads 120

markempa

FEBRUARY 3, 2005

IT Must Help Marketing and Sales Collaborate with Lead Generation Fellow blogger, Jim Berkowitz and his CRM Mastery E-Journal provides excellent insight into the lead tracking issue. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Leads Lead Marketing Qualified Leads 120

Ambal's Amusings

APRIL 29, 2010

She empowers her clients to create customer-centric nurturing programs that leverage strategic story development to engage prospects until they are sales ready. By mapping content to buying stages your content will address prospect needs from status quo through purchase decision. Get Customers. It has a job (or many) to do.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Marketing Automation Services Webinar Metrics Content Marketing 100

Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 12, 2009

42 content marketing tactics, over 50 case studies and hundreds of resources - The Content Marketing Playbook: 42 Ways to Connect with Customers is packed with lots of ideas to execute on your content strategy. Marketers have to create a story that customers and prospects want to listen to. Get Customers. Joe Pulizzi.

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency Content 100

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

His “Pull and Stay&# advice; segmenting customers into barrels; platforming; social currency, and other concepts are instantly applicable to real world marketing challenges fitting a wide variety of circumstances. As a business owner your goal needs to be having no gap at all, optimizing every point of contact with your customer.&#

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Paid Search Agency Peer-to-peer 115

Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Way back in the early days of PitchEngine (like 2009), people thought we were crazy to offer our social media news release service for free. “I can publish search engine optimized pitches for free, really?&# It’s not just distribution, it’s self publishing. Why Am I sharing This?

Social Media 115

Social Media SEO Marketing Websites PR 115

Outgrow

MAY 23, 2022

They’re a blogger, they’re a writer, they’re a on TikTok. I mean, you got to remember that was before search engines were really a thing that was before social media came out and as we were trending that direction, I was lucky enough to be in business-to-business publishing. No, you don’t have to be everywhere.

Content Marketing 52

Content Marketing Work Management Personalization Lead Ranking 52

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

I’ll continue publishing the Social Media Messenger after a short hiatus. If you’re signed up to receive Convince & Convert blog posts via email, or if you’re a subscriber to The Social Media Messenger – my other email publication – you should be receiving the 3-2-1. All rights reserved.

Newsletter 114

Newsletter Social Media Media Paid Search Agency 114

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

To best develop thriving, mutually beneficial relationships with your customers, think of your social communication and email communication programs as two rungs on a content ladder. Sure, social media is rooted in conversations, and listening to your customers and then responding on the social Web is a pillar of social media.

Social Media 114

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 114

readwrite

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Williams seems to spawn revolutionary publishing platforms with the wave of a hand: Blogger.com , Twitter and, though it didn’t work out as well, the podcasting platform Odeo. Costolo is best known to date for his work at Feedburner, the RSS publishing and analytics service bought and squandered by Google.

RSS 40

RSS Lead Ranking Twitter Advertisements 40

The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 VMware launches Realized ROI toolkit, powered by Alinean Provides quantifiable proof to customers of the realized ROI from prior VMware deployments. Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle Is there an ROI from Social Media? ► September (18) Tech Media Publishers looking more Like Interactiv.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

IDC’s most resent customer experience survey of over 200 key IT decision makers reveals that Frugalnomics is indeed in full effect. This can cause buyers to slow the buying lifecycle as they struggle on their own to put the pieces together, or worse, dismiss your solution altogether because of perceived benefit or value issues.

Work Management 40

Work Management ROI Marketing Management Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Although the desire may be there to pursue improved internal and external customer service improvements via enterprise innovation, most state budgets will remain challenged well into the recovery, yielding a pragmatic, economic-focused CIO. Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle Is there an ROI from Social Media? Latest Research.

ROI 40

ROI Enterprise Management Marketing Budget Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

However, solving this problem will be difficult for most teams, as sales remains inwardly focused on the traditional funnel based selling process, rather than having a keen understanding of how customers make decisions and actually buy - the buying lifecycle.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Using an Alinean powered ROI calculator, he explained how customers can combine the cloud with existing applications and infrastructure, achieving IT cost savings, flexibility and an ability to get ideas to market rapidly. Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle Is there an ROI from Social Media? Powered by Blogger.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Management 40

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

This is because B2B has a smaller potential customer base, a higher average price point, and a customer decision funnel that is more influenced by word of mouth and reputation. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. 2) B2B and B2C are really not that different, on many levels.

Social Media 150

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 150

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Resources Alineans Social Media ROI Calculator can help: [link] (Free to use and see results onlune, registration required to download customized report) Source: Marketers Optimistic About Finding Social Media ROI (Mashable, February 09, 2011) Posted by Tom Pisello at 10:32 AM Email This BlogThis! Powered by Blogger. Latest Research.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Budget Programs Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

Although Forrester was predicting 8-9% IT budget growth earlier in the year, its latest survey of 2,800 global CIOs and other IT decision-makers, revealed that their predictions, as were others, were overly optimistic, with the vast majority of respondents indicating that their budgets remained the same in 2010 as they were in 2009.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Spending 40

The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

New Customers in Q1 2010 Alinean has been selected to develop and power value-based sales and marketing campaigns for Wipro , PGI , CSC , CiRBA , MokaFive , Shoretel , Informatica and OfficeMax. Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle Is there an ROI from Social Media? White Papers are Influence Kings, But Need Persona.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management ROI 40

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 24, 2009

MarketingSherpa's 2009 Social Media & PR Benchmark Guide (PDF) provides a wealth of useful statistics and guidance. They do want assistance in understanding whether to buy, how to buy, and what is available to them." Here's some research on how to do that. technologies."

Social Media 20

Social Media Paid Content Paid Search Agency Web 2.0 20

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

At the same time, B2B buyers are taking advantage of the wealth of information available via the Internet and social media to become more empowered, taking charge of the buying cycle. Many vendors will also need to consider adding “buy it now&# options for solutions they would never have thought to have this for in years past.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Automation Services 40

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 11, 2010

On The Road Again If you’re reading this on the day it’s published, me and my family are somewhere between Albuquerque and Oklahoma City , with cars full of kids, the dog, the cat, the snake, the lizard, and 8 cases of wine. I'm connected with quite a few Indiana bloggers and they are all terrific. And my laptop.

Social Media 116

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 116

Convince & Convert

JUNE 11, 2010

We also have an outstanding publisher ( Wiley & Sons ), and a fortuitously patient, experienced editor ( Shannon Vargo ) guiding us through the obstacle course. Customers can be won or lost, every second of every day. And I look forward to buying as many of you a cocktail as possible on publication date. I know it.

Webinar Metrics 126

Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency Social Media PR 126

Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Swix also plans to publish its own API so that third-parties can push and pull Swix data into other applications. They’ve only been around approximately 8 weeks, and they already have thousands of customers. Mr. Lake told me that beta customers are likely to receive a discount when Swix switches over to a monthly fee service.

Social Media 117

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 117

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining. Raj Kadam is CEO of Viralheat , a social media listening platform (disclosure: I am a paid customer of Viralheat). Should companies treat customers differently?

Paid Content 135

Paid Content CRM Paid Search Agency Social Media 135

Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

To be on the same list (much less on top) with bloggers for whom I have tremendous respect and admiration ( Valeria Maltoni , Lee Odden , David Meerman Scott , and many others) is a real affirmation for what I’m trying to do. If you purchase a magazine ad to promote your company, that ad might generate a lot of new customers.

Paid Content 125

Paid Content Content Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning 125

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Improved up-sell / cross-sell is a good example of an indirect benefit from a new CRM system that helps the call center improve its interaction with customers. Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle Is there an ROI from Social Media? ► September (18) Tech Media Publishers looking more Like Interactiv.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40