2009, Content Marketing, Media Plans and Twitter

Is Your Twitter Addiction Paying Off

Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

I love the Twitter culture and community, and I spend quite a bit of time using Twitter. Maybe you found this blog from Twitter? But, for about 99.999999% of the world, Twitter usage is not an end, it’s a means to an end. Your Twitter goals may vary. 53% of Twitter users never tweet ).

Twitter

Twitter Paid Content Paid Search Agency PR

The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

It seems obvious that there is a big disconnect between the goals of B2B content marketing and true customer engagement. It is not just a matter of measuring better ROI metrics or using the tools of marketing automation du jour. B2B marketers need to close the gap between their perception and the reality of customer engagement.

B2B Marketing

B2B Marketing Top of Funnel BtoB Peer-to-peer

Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More With Less? Next, I came across a blog post written back in September of 2009 by Rohit Bhargava of Influential Marketing Blog.

Curation

Curation RSS Web 2.0 Content Marketing

Webinars

How to Leverage Behavioral Science Insights for Direct Mail Success

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Why Content Marketing Matters To Me And Should To You

Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

But I am incredibly delighted to top the list of content marketing blogs, because for me content marketing is becoming fundamental to business success at every level. Is Your Company in the Content Marketing Industry? What formerly was the sole bastion of the media, is now also a company bailiwick.

Paid Content

Paid Content Content Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning

Business Value of Social Networking

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Business Value of Social Networking by Achinta Mitra on July 29, 2009 in Social Media Marketing , Social Networking Saw a very interesting video where Seth Godin talks about how useful social media is to businesses.

Social Networks

Social Networks Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Web 2.0

Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 20, 2010

They have compiled over 50 marketing charts and graphs based on analysis of their 2,500 business customers. NOTE: Requires registration to download) Please share with your friends and followers: Related posts that may interest you: Social Media Marketing: Time Trap or Opportunity Magnet?

Social Media

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Web 2.0

The Twofold Benefit of Optimizing Marketing Content

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

Optimizing your marketing content around keywords or phrases is the first step in your content marketing strategy. webinars website design White Paper Marketing whitepapers YouTube Marketing Matters Marketing Matters is our monthly e-newsletter on best practices in industrial and B2B marketing.

Optimization

Optimization Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle

A Blogging Style to Call Your Own

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 28, 2010

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Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Privacy Policies Buying Cycle RSS

The Role of B2B Marketing is Shifting from Lead Generation to.

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

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Web 2.0 B2B Marketing

The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

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Distribution

Distribution Web 2.0 Lead Ranking Privacy Policies

Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

That is pretty much the mantra of B2B content marketing. Nothing happens until your site visitors and blog readers take some kind of an action after reading your content. Transforming that concept into an actionable reality is a very different story. In other words, it is time to walk the talk!

Relevance

Relevance B2B Marketing CMS Development Buying Cycle

101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers by Achinta Mitra on September 29, 2009 in Industrial Marketing Blog , Industrial Websites , Social Media Marketing I came across an incredible blog post recently that I think every small business owner should read.

Small Business Marketing

Small Business Marketing Blogger Web 2.0 Tips

Generating More “Educated Leads” on a Small Budget

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

How does one generate high quality, educated leads, not just site visitors on a marketing budget that is less than 1% of the projected revenue? webinars website design White Paper Marketing whitepapers YouTube Marketing Matters Marketing Matters is our monthly e-newsletter on best practices in industrial and B2B marketing.

Budget Programs

Budget Programs Education Marketing Budget Lead Scoring

Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

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.”

Marketing Budget Creation

Marketing Budget Creation B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Marketing Budget

Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content by Achinta Mitra on May 18, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies You can find plenty of clichés used (overused?)

B2B Marketing

B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Demand Generation Agencies

Optimizing Your WordPress Business Blog

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

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Business Blogging

Business Blogging Optimization Web 2.0 Business

Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo?

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

Link), was a survey of small business owners and found that the two most common tactics used in 2009 were tweeting e-mail newsletters and sending out blog entries to e-mail lists. I came across two research studies that answer the last question with a big YES! The first study done by AWeber (aff.

Social Media

Social Media Email Marketing Social Marketing Web 2.0

Industrial and B2B Customer Engagement Simplified

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

I have written about this problem in my previous post, “The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement.” Some B2B marketers are using more sophisticated ROI measurement tools to track activities over the entire life cycle of a lead. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

B2B

B2B Marketing Analytics Tools Web 2.0 Buying Cycle

Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Social media marketing is all about potential audience. If someone signs up to follow your company on Twitter, when you tweet will that person see it? That depends upon how many other people/brands they are following, and how often they check Twitter. Social media connectivity is digital bumper stickering.

Social Media

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency

Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Your sales team must report to marketing and put these leads back into the hopper for nurturing. That closes the loop in your content marketing cycle while minimizing loss of qualified leads. Your content also needs to perform another key function. How well is your content performing for you?

Sales Cycle

Sales Cycle Web 2.0 Buying Cycle Privacy Policies

How Relevant Marketing Content Helps B2B Branding

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Most CEOs of manufacturing, engineering and technical companies do not believe in the value of brand building and consider it the domain of consumer marketing (B2C). Branding is an expense item like the rest of marketing. Yes, GE and Microsoft sell directly to end-users but they are primarily B2B companies.

Relevance

Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Brand Identity

Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

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Buying Cycle

Buying Cycle Buy Web 2.0 Allocation

Successful Industrial Websites Require Part DiY and Part.

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

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CMS Development

CMS Development Marketing Websites Work Management Web 2.0

Survey Finds Growth in Pipelines and Sales Cycles for B2B Lead.

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

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Sales Cycle

Sales Cycle Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads B2B Sales

Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the.

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

One can dedicate an entire site to SEO because it is such a wide and deep online marketing topic. 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.

Buying Cycle

Buying Cycle Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer Web 2.0

Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle by Achinta Mitra on September 3, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing These days it is popular to say “Content is marketing currency.”

Buying Cycle

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0

Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing?

Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing? 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?

Email Marketing

Email Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Opt-in

7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products

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.

Webinar Metrics

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product

High-Performance Email Marketing for Attracting and Engaging.

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

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. Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo?

Email Marketing

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB

B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The.

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 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 Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

Sales Management

Sales Management Pricing Price Marketing Websites

Content Creation Made Easy

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? Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle

Blastoff for My New Social Media Newsletter

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

3 must-read articles about social media (plus a bonus from the Convince & Convert vault) Sent twice per week (usually Monday and Friday) Sent at 1pm pacific time 3-2-1: it’s the greatest newsletter in the history of social media newsletters. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000.

Newsletter

Newsletter Social Media Media Paid Search Agency

The 6 essential rules of a website redesign – Ignore them at your.

Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

The one thing that this recession has taught B2B marketers is to do more with less. This trend towards lower-cost content marketing is likely to continue well into 2010. Is it so outdated that you avoid sending prospects and customers to your site? It may be time to invest in your online presence.

Rules

Rules Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Buying Cycle

How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 3, 2010

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Business Blogging

Business Blogging Web 2.0 Long Tail Marketing Business

5 Rules of Website Redesign for Engaging Engineers and Industrial.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Therefore, the easier you make it on them to share your site content, the more likely you are to be included in the final shortlist of vendors. Creates Content Marketing With Lasting Impact ). Rule #4: Build credibility and gain authority The Internet has made everyone into a publisher of content.

Rules

Rules Marketing Websites Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0

7 “Rs” for B2B Marketing Content Planning

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

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Planning

Planning B2B Marketing Emarketing B2B

5 Things Industrial Marketers Must Do to Attract Engineers and.

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 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 Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle Lead Scoring

B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 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 Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

Lead Generation

Lead Generation Business Blogging Lead Scoring Lead Ranking

Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing Content to Engage and Sell by Achinta Mitra on July 6, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies Marketing 101 teaches you “Customers buy benefits and not product features.”

Features

Features Web 2.0 Planning Work Management

Don't Count on Marketing Automation to Solve All Your Lead.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales. 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

Marketing Automation Services

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Marketing Automation

Shortening the Industrial Buy Cycle in 5 Simple Steps

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

In one word content – marketing content that is relevant and tailored to the prospect’s stage on the buy cycle. 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

Buying Cycle

Buying Cycle Buy Work Management Marketing Management

Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving from Fifth Graders? Tweets that mention Can Industrial & B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving from Fifth Graders? Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

Creativity

Creativity B2B Marketing Lead Ranking Lead Scoring

How to Use a B2B Blog to Win Customers and Influence Prospects

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 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 Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Buying Cycle B2B Blogger

Are You Growing Enough Voices

Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

I couldn’t write Katie Van Domelan’s post about social media listening tools. I don’t have the chops to write Mike Corak’s piece on the role of language in content marketing. Josh Lysne contributed a social marketing management process (and companion document) that I’d never seen.

Paid Search Agency

Paid Search Agency Blogger Advertising Agencies PR

Is Your Twitter Addiction Paying Off

The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement

Webinars

Trending Sources

Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More.

Webinars

Why Content Marketing Matters To Me And Should To You

Business Value of Social Networking

Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well

The Twofold Benefit of Optimizing Marketing Content

A Blogging Style to Call Your Own

The Role of B2B Marketing is Shifting from Lead Generation to.

The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities

Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers

Generating More “Educated Leads” on a Small Budget

Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content

Optimizing Your WordPress Business Blog

Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo?

Industrial and B2B Customer Engagement Simplified

Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

How Relevant Marketing Content Helps B2B Branding

Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Successful Industrial Websites Require Part DiY and Part.

Survey Finds Growth in Pipelines and Sales Cycles for B2B Lead.

Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the.

Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing?

7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products

High-Performance Email Marketing for Attracting and Engaging.

B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The.

Content Creation Made Easy

Blastoff for My New Social Media Newsletter

The 6 essential rules of a website redesign – Ignore them at your.

How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be

5 Rules of Website Redesign for Engaging Engineers and Industrial.

7 “Rs” for B2B Marketing Content Planning

5 Things Industrial Marketers Must Do to Attract Engineers and.

B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog

Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing.

Don't Count on Marketing Automation to Solve All Your Lead.

Shortening the Industrial Buy Cycle in 5 Simple Steps

Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving.

How to Use a B2B Blog to Win Customers and Influence Prospects

Are You Growing Enough Voices

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