Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

You are not alone, most business purchases, especially industrial products don’t lend themselves to a simple Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP). This was second only to downloading product data sheets. Have you struggled to answer that question?

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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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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

Leave a Comment Previous post: The Role of B2B Marketing is Shifting from Lead Generation to Revenue Generation Next post: 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

But not easy to execute because there usually is a disconnect between what your prospect wants to hear and what you want to say about your company and its products and services. Sounds simple, right? In short, this is good, practical and actionable stuff and not some marketing theory.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

She defines it as “Contagious content must educate them [prospects and customers] about what they need to know, apply your company’s unique expertise in addition to your product and prove you walk your talk through the sharing of evidence. Are your company, products and services visible in various online channels used across the stages?

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

For example, segment your products and services by application and/or industry. Give them hardcore specifications typically found in product spec sheets. The first thing an engineer wants to know is do your products, parts and components meet his/her design specifications and standards?

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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? Of course, you don’t have to copy word for word any of the examples from above, you are the only one who can decide which approach works best for your product, service or list.

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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. For an eCommerce site that is easy, it is typically the value of transaction per visit.

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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. Too often, marketers create new educational content based on internal triggers, such as a new product launch or the adoption of a new marketing strategy.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

Let’s get one thing straight from the get go, if you are in a declining market with low demand for your products and services, no amount of automation will help you generate new leads. You need to rethink your business model first and fast. Here are the key takeaways from the webinar: Don’t confuse marketing activity with results.

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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? Don’t be afraid to tear apart your initial outline if you think it will improve the product.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

The answer lies in shifting from traditional company product marketing to customer problem oriented marketing. We need to develop customer-centric solutions-based marketing content instead of product-centric features and benefits marketing collateral. According to Tim Riesterer of CMM Forum LLC (now part of Corporate Visions, Inc.),

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

You are well aware of the fact that the Internet has completely and permanently changed the way industrial buyers purchase technical products and services. Let’s say your business offers a software product designed to help business owners efficiently allocate revenue to related expenses to ultimately reduce costs.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Learn to connect the dots – many times product managers and engineers have very deep knowledge about their products and the problems they can solve. Be a ruthless editor – business owners and product developers are passionate about their offerings. This will also lower the client’s fear of “you just don’t get it.”

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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. You can get more ideas from my earlier post, “7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products.&# I’m glad that you found my article helpful.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

If nothing else, it makes the mobile sales force much much more productive. It allows someone who is on the road to supply the right information to the customer, demonstrate the exact solution via a video, refer them to a blog or tech article with the detailed solutions for their problem and take an order while traveling.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 2, 2013

Ever feel frustrated and less productive than you’d like to be at work, even though you’re working hard and putting in a ton of hours? Despite growing interest in the concept of social business , less than 20% of U.S. After that, it falls off sharply; 61% use YouTube, 39% are on Google+, 26% utilize Pinterest (really?)

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 30, 2009

Website Grader Badge Connect with Us HubSpot on Facebook HubSpot on Twitter InboundMarketers LinkedIn Group ProMarketers Facebook Group Subscribe to Blog RSS Want to share your Inbound Marketing advice with the community? Q: How do you compare your video marketing efforts on YouTube with your blogging program?

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Atomic Reach

JANUARY 3, 2019

Since 2009, she has given one-on-one actionable marketing advice to clients to help them build their businesses online. com , and recognized by Forbes as a “Top Five Social Sales Influencer,” Neal Schaffer is a prominent voice in the world of business oriented social media. Find him on Twitter & LinkedIn. Through PamDidner.

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Webbiquity

JULY 26, 2010

B2B Social Media: Why Do Business Professionals Use Social Media? Writing on the Web ( Ning Advertorial Business Blogging Online Marketing Linkedin Landing Page ). How to Convert Readers into Clients on Your Blog , May 26, 2010. B2B Voices ( Trade Youtube Twitter Leads Sales ). June 8, 2010. June 8, 2010.

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Hubspot

JULY 27, 2010

Karen first launched Google’s corporate blog back in 2004. Today the company has digital embassies for virtually every product. This armada spans dozens of blogs, Twitter profiles, YouTube and more recently, Facebook. Read other business, news, corporate blogs to get a feel for all that's possible.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

Buyers of technical products and services do look to vendors for providing relevant information for solving their problems. Even though B2B customers consider product features and price very important, what they are really looking for is a remarkable sales experience.

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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.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Now, she simply shares the metrics from the team’s blogging and social efforts to show the rest of the company how important their contributions are. July 29, 2010 at 2:43 pm Related Topics: Business To Business blogs 23 Comments » 23 Responses to “Blogs are Becoming the New Front Door for Prospects: Is Yours Open?&#

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Webbiquity

APRIL 27, 2021

YouTube got started in 2005. According to Google Trends, search interest in social media marketing took off in late 2008 / early 2009. Shindig (2009) turned virtual event attendees into participants with the ability to network freely using video chat, and interact directly with presenters “on stage.”

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2010

You’d arm them with information about your products and how people use them. 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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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Sure, teenagers spend a lot of time on YouTube, but did you know that three-quarters of business executives watch work-related online videos weekly? Among the findings: “Three-quarters of all executives said they watched work-related videos on business websites at least once a week, and more than half did the same on YouTube.”

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