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. As marketers, we need to shorten the industrial buy cycle by producing marketing content that is relevant and tailored to the prospect’s stage on the buy cycle.

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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. Wikipedia defines content marketing as “an umbrella term encompassing all marketing formats that involve the creation or sharing of content for the purpose of engaging current and potential consumer bases.”

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

With a majority of marketing efforts going digital, that means even more content is needed. The instant gratification mindset of B2B content consumers means they’re demanding more content, faster. Designing content for 1X use is wasteful. See my post Rule of 5 for B2B content development.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Unlike most white papers, this guide is very light on marketing (selected pages have sidebars headed “How Marketo Does It&# rather than embedding marketing copy in the content—a nice touch). Content marketing plays a key role in lead nurturing as well as a successful lead generation and social media strategy. Post this on Diigo.

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Industrial Marketing Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

I figured these companies would be great examples of marketing with content. What I found was somewhat contrary to conventional content marketing practices. Fluor Corporation ( www.fluor.com , NYSE: FLR) – $22 billion in 2009. billion in 2009. www.jacobs.com , NYSE: JEC) — about $10 billion in 2010.

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NuSpark Consulting

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Only instead of keeping your white shirt from turning blue, these piles set the stage for a range of marketing and sales activities – from personalizing outbound content, to prioritizing sales resources, to predicting whether a particular lead will turn into an honest-to-goodness paying customer. What to do?

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Industrial Marketing Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

I figured these companies would be great examples of marketing with content. What I found contradicts the rules of content marketing as practiced today. Fluor Corporation ( www.fluor.com , NYSE: FLR) – $22 billion in 2009. billion in 2009. www.jacobs.com , NYSE: JEC) — about $10 billion in 2010. billion in Q2-2010.

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