2009, Content, Paper and 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. Optimizing your marketing content around keywords or phrases is the first step in your content marketing strategy. After all, that’s how your prospects and customers will find your blog and/or Web site.

Optimization

Optimization Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle

Best Random but Interesting Posts, Articles and Resources of 2009

Webbiquity

MAY 20, 2010

What exactly is “Web 3.0?&# Beyond standard content like case studies and white papers, what other information formats work best for b2b lead generation and nurturing? A Top 25 List of Social Media, Web 2.0 & Marketing ‘Best-Of-Lists!’ Need Content? ’ by Futurelab.

LEADSExplorer

LEADSExplorer Resources Best Practices Paid Search Agency

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

How Relevant Marketing Content Helps B2B Branding

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.

Relevance

Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Branding

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. Even if you have carefully segmented your target audience by demographics, different people within the same company can and do react differently to your content.

Relevance

Relevance B2B Marketing CMS Development Buying Cycle

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?) in B2B marketing content.

B2B Marketing

B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Demand Generation Agencies

Tuula Lehtimäki & Jari Salo & Heidi Hiltula & Mikko Lankinen. Harnessing web 2.0 for business-to-business marketing - Literature review and an empirical perspective from Finland. ISBN:978-951-42-9120-3

Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 4, 2009

means technologies that enable users to easily communicate, and organize, create and share content. tools, we mean blogs and podcasts, social networks, communities, content aggregators and virtual worlds. Among the examined Finnish industrial firms the utilization of web 2.0 Overall, web 2.0

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Business to Business Wiki Copyright

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

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

In Needs Awareness and Research phases, the first two stages of the industrial buy cycle (see my earlier post Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle ) your prospects and customers use a variety of online content to find solutions to their current problems and needs.

Buying Cycle

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

Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

That however is only part of the solution because if your content doesn’t engage the visitor s/he won’t take a desired action to move forward in the sales cycle. said it best when she wrote, “Passive reading of your content is not going to help online marketing initiatives shorten buying cycles or increase customer acquisition and revenues.”

Sales Cycle

Sales Cycle Web 2.0 Buying Cycle Privacy Policies

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

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? Content creation doesn’t have to be hard. For example, “content creation.”

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle

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? Google News, aggregating content via RSS feeds and social bookmarking sites have been around for a while. So curated content is not something new. What is content curation?

Curation

Curation RSS Web 2.0 Content Marketing

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

7 “Rs” for B2B Marketing Content Planning

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.

Planning

Planning B2B Marketing Emarketing B2B

The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

Also see a very interesting post from Junta42, “Engage and Inspire Employees First, Customers Second.” ) Because of the longer cycles and the complexities of B2B and industrial sales, marketers find it very difficult to associate leads to specific marketing content. Unfortunately, the answer is a big NO.

B2B Marketing

B2B Marketing Top of Funnel BtoB Peer-to-peer

Marketing By Objectives « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

So write “objective -> action -> budget&# down on paper, in big letters and stick it to your corkboard or use a post-it and glue it to your computer monitor. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Maybe now is time for some change. United States License.

Planning

Planning Work Management Marketing Management Effectiveness

Optimizing Your WordPress Business Blog

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

I keep these checked to avoid any duplicate content issues. Now that you have a better idea of optimizing your WordPress blog to attract traffic, don’t forget, it is your content that will create fans and convert them into customers. Spend 80% of your time writing engaging content and the rest of your time on optimizing your blog.

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

by Achinta Mitra on June 24, 2010 in B2B E-Mail Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Social Media Marketing , Social Networking Lately, social media seems to garner all the attention in the media and blog posts with very little mention about email marketing. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

Social Media

Social Media Email Marketing Social Marketing Web 2.0

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

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

This white paper aims to change that perception of them. This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now. Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics.

Lead Generation

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Web 2.0 B2B Marketing

A Blogging Style to Call Your Own

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 28, 2010

Leave a Comment Previous post: Focus on Content in B2B Marketing Next post: 7 “Rs&# for B2B Marketing Content Planning FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Privacy Policies Buying Cycle RSS

Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 20, 2010

The first report is titled “2010 Social Media Marketing Industry Report” and it is from Michael Stelzner , the founder of WhitePaperSource and the author of Writing White Papers. This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

Social Media

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Web 2.0

The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now. 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

Distribution

Distribution Web 2.0 Lead Ranking Privacy Policies

How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project by Achinta Mitra on June 3, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Websites , Search Engine Optimization (SEO) , Website Design & Development What comes first – site content or site design?

Marketing Websites

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle

Generating More “Educated Leads” on a Small Budget

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

Instead of spending most of their marketing budget on traditional industrial marketing channels like trade shows or direct mail, Vico produces webinars and creates content that site visitors download and others link to. This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

Budget Programs

Budget Programs Education Marketing Budget Lead Scoring

Web Prototyping With PowerPoint « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Planning

Planning Work Management Effectiveness Marketing Budget Creation

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

Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

Without a clear understanding of the stages, it is difficult to align your marketing content with your customer’s decision-making process. The white paper has deconstructed the complex industrial buy cycle into four distinct stages that the buyer systematically goes through. There are plenty of charts and graphs too.

Buying Cycle

Buying Cycle Buy Web 2.0 Allocation

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. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

Social Networks

Social Networks Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Web 2.0

5 Things Industrial Marketers Must Do to Attract Engineers and.

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

Lesson #3: Features are the benefits Your online marketing content may consist of images, videos, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, white papers and pre-recorded webinars. It is always a good idea to serve up your marketing content in different formats but your text is the key component. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle Lead Scoring

How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be

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. Let form follow function: Your blog’s design should never overwhelm or distract from the content.

Business Blogging

Business Blogging Web 2.0 Long Tail Marketing Business

Successful Industrial Websites Require Part DiY and Part.

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

The client uses their in-house resources to regularly update the site content without spending more money on our professional marketing services. This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now. Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design.

CMS Development

CMS Development Marketing Websites Work Management Web 2.0

Kindle Marketing Lessons « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

MAY 29, 2009

Initially I got the paper version of WSJ and later was an avid reader of WSJ.com. This entry was posted on Friday, May 29th, 2009 at 2:43 pm and is filed under Marketing Planning , Marketing Strategy , Pricing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Like Be the first to like this post.

Planning

Planning Work Management Effectiveness Marketing Management

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

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

He also said, “Use of information from social media sources and web mining is growing as sales professionals are looking to leverage every piece of intelligence they can find to help progress deals.&# Wait a minute, isn’t that what Content or Inbound marketing is all about? This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

Sales Cycle

Sales Cycle Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads B2B Sales

Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing?

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? This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

Email Marketing

Email Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Opt-in

Best of 2008: Amusing, Creative and Just Plain Odd

Webbiquity

JANUARY 4, 2010

.&# In another noteworthy post, Ian presciently warns readers about 11 Internet Marketing Trends To Ignore in 2009 , such as “Vertical Search. I hate to kick that dead dog again, but it sucked in 2007, it sucked in 2008, and it’ll continue to suck wind in 2009.&#. The Steven Wright Guide to Content Marketing by Copyblogger.

Creativity

Creativity Paid Search Agency Web 2.0 Best Practices

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

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now. 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

Sales Management

Sales Management Pricing Price Marketing Websites

High-Performance Email Marketing for Attracting and Engaging.

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Develop your email marketing strategy first Before you begin developing customized content and using sophisticated analytics, the first order of business is to develop a sound and sustainable email marketing strategy. Each has its own pain points and needs the right content to address them. WHAT : What do you expect your list to do?

Email Marketing

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB

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.” This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now. Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design.

B2B

B2B Marketing Analytics Tools Web 2.0 Buying Cycle

B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Don’t spend all your time and resources crafting lead generating offers (white papers, webinars, online demos etc.). Leave a Comment Previous post: Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle Next post: Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial Sales Job?

Lead Generation

Lead Generation Business Blogging Lead Scoring Lead Ranking

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

Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

This trend towards lower-cost content marketing is likely to continue well into 2010. Create fresh content: Don’t copy-paste static brochureware text and put it on your website. Nothing will turn off your prospects more than outdated and stale content. Search engines love sites with constantly changing fresh content.

Rules

Rules Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Buying Cycle

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. This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now. Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design.

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. Create and deliver useful information such as white papers, industry research and trends and how-to guides for selecting the right solution provider. How can you accomplish all that?

Buying Cycle

Buying Cycle Buy Work Management Marketing Management

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

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

Create content – It is easy to get bogged down with the design aspects of a company blog. Keep your focus squarely on finding topics that are of interest to your target audience and developing content. After all, blog content is what will influence people to take a desired action. That’s all you need for now.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Buying Cycle B2B Blogger

The Twofold Benefit of Optimizing Marketing Content

Best Random but Interesting Posts, Articles and Resources of 2009

Trending Sources

Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

How Relevant Marketing Content Helps B2B Branding

Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content

Tuula Lehtimäki & Jari Salo & Heidi Hiltula & Mikko Lankinen. Harnessing web 2.0 for business-to-business marketing - Literature review and an empirical perspective from Finland. ISBN:978-951-42-9120-3

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

Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

Content Creation Made Easy

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

7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products

7 “Rs” for B2B Marketing Content Planning

The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement

Marketing By Objectives « The Effective Marketer

Optimizing Your WordPress Business Blog

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

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

A Blogging Style to Call Your Own

Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well

The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities

How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project

Generating More “Educated Leads” on a Small Budget

Web Prototyping With PowerPoint « The Effective Marketer

101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers

Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Business Value of Social Networking

5 Things Industrial Marketers Must Do to Attract Engineers and.

How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be

Successful Industrial Websites Require Part DiY and Part.

Kindle Marketing Lessons « The Effective Marketer

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

Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing?

Best of 2008: Amusing, Creative and Just Plain Odd

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

High-Performance Email Marketing for Attracting and Engaging.

Industrial and B2B Customer Engagement Simplified

B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog

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

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

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

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