Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 15, 2010

White Paper Pundit Helping you understand the world's most unique business communications medium « Brand Promotion in a White Paper: Where Should You Draw the Line? as outlined in my new book: “Crafting White Paper 2.0?. as outlined in my new book: “Crafting White Paper 2.0?.

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Paper Best Practices RSS Landing Pages 40

markempa

AUGUST 11, 2005

« Two new reports on marketing and lead generation | Main | Combine Your Cold Calling Efforts With Email Marketing » Lead Generation via white papers and webinars MarketingSherpa published a great article today on how Redhats Director of Marketing Communications, Chris Grams, broke the rules for distributing white papers and webinars.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Paper Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Leads 120

Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 17, 2009

I have invited our Panel of B2B Marketing Experts to reflect on 2009 and answer the following question: What was your aha moment in 2009 ? Content Strategy: The Future of Marketing (via Joe Pulizzi with Christine Halvorson). Cashing in With Content (a classic by David Meerman Scott). Get Content. via Beth Harte).

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management B2B Thought Leadership 100

Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 9, 2009

It’s a big world out there in the content-marketing/social media/B2B blogosphere, so we would like to save your time by rounding up the best posts and articles of the week. The 4 Step Content Strategy Program - Content Strategy Simplified. Content strategy is not easy. TGIF and welcome to ClickDigest weekly roundup!

Lead Gen 100

Lead Gen Paper Template Sales Qualified Leads 100

Webbiquity

MAY 20, 2010

Beyond standard content like case studies and white papers, what other information formats work best for b2b lead generation and nurturing? 25 Free Social Media Marketing & SEO Ebooks, White Papers + Other Downloads by SEOptimise. ** 5 Stars. Need Content? What exactly is “Web 3.0?&#

LEADSExplorer 100

LEADSExplorer Resources Best Practices Paid Search Agency 100

Writing on the Web

JANUARY 19, 2012

2012 Content Marketing – how did we get here so fast? Here’s a checklist for reviewing your 2011 content marketing results so you can know where to spend your time and energy in 2012: What were your most effective blog posts in terms of numbers of page views? Which white paper or special report got good download rates?

Planning 100

Planning Marketing Plans Content Marketing Content 100

Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 31, 2011

I have invited our Panel of White Paper Experts to reflect on 2009 and answer the following question: What was your aha moment in 2009 ? Jonathan Kantor is the principal and founder of The Appum Group, " The White Paper Company ", and has been producing commercial white papers for the past 11 years.

Paper 100

Paper Enterprise Management B2B Thought Leadership Case Study 100

Marketing Craftmanship

AUGUST 19, 2011

Most brochureware websites contain no content that requires updating, and other than perhaps a “Contact Us” form, no interactive capabilities. These functions might include: “News”; “In the News”; “Upcoming Events”; “Thought Leadership”; “Case Studies”; “White Papers”; “Webinars”, etc.

Thought Leadership 100

Thought Leadership Paper Press Case Study 100

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). The free “Blogging’s Long Tail Approach&# white paper is devoted to describing this notion of blog content breadth, and its impact on search term selection, and search term optimization.

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Long Tail Marketing Blogger Paper Content 117

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. It is not just optimizing words within your marketing content. Why is it important?

Optimization 60

Optimization Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle 60

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 60

Relevance B2B Marketing CMS Development Buying Cycle 60

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 60

Buying Cycle Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer Web 2.0 60

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 60

Marketing Budget Creation B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Marketing Budget 60

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 60

B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Demand Generation Agencies 60

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 60

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0 60

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 60

Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Brand Identity 60

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 60

Curation RSS Web 2.0 Content Marketing 60

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 60

Sales Cycle Web 2.0 Buying Cycle Privacy Policies 60

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 60

Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle 60

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 60

Planning B2B Marketing Emarketing B2B 60

Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2010

B2B Marketing Content falls under 2 broad category - 1. Content addressed to a Technical Decision Maker 2. Content addressed to a Business Decision Maker. "Write Content to Address the Problem and the Perspective" Ardath Albee's Bio. Ardath Albee. Blog Marketing Interactions Twitter Ardath421.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management B2B Business 100

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 60

B2B Marketing Top of Funnel BtoB Peer-to-peer 60

Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 31, 2010

2010 Content Marketing Trends and Predictions. Content marketing is changing like never before at a faster pace than we’ve seen in the last 100 years. What is the future of content marketing? Every B2B marketer wants their content to be so widely acclaimed that it goes “viral.” BONUS TOP POST from 2009.

Viral Marketing 100

Viral Marketing Best Practices Paper Blogger 100

markempa

AUGUST 17, 2007

« Webcast: Closed-Loop Lead Generation & Management | Main | Off topic: Response to meme - 8 Random Things About Me » Content ideas for lead nurturing and tactics to use When it comes to lead nurturing , I find that many marketers get stuck because they lack enough good content to do it consistently.

Lead Nurturing 120

Lead Nurturing Lead Generation Tactics Lead Scoring 120

markempa

OCTOBER 27, 2014

It can be things like giving them extra relevant content they didn’t expect or, if they attended a webinar, giving them a follow-up executive summary or an extra white paper that’s relevant. 80% of marketing leads are lost or discarded, according to a MarketingSherpa presentation delivered at B2b Marketing Summit 2009.

Conversion Rate 120

Conversion Rate Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles 120

Everything Technology Marketing

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Here is a recent survey report on B2B technology marketing collateral trends from Eccolo Media that you may find interesting: “ Eccolo Media 2009 B2B Technology Collateral Survey Report ”. Key findings in the report: • White papers – especially those that are long on expert content and light on sales jargon – continue to be the No.

Trends 100

Trends Paper Customer Surveys B2B Sales 100

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 60

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product 60

WriteSpark

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Yet the 2009 Media Consumption Benchmark Report from the media/research firm TechTarget found that these media are ranked lower by IT buyers.

Case Studies 120

Case Studies Case Study Advertising Benchmark Lead Scoring 120

WriteSpark

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Content Marketing. White Papers. Set the Purchasing Agenda with White Papers » B2B Tech Buyers Like Social Media. The key findings:  Tech buyers are increasing their participation in social media, with content provided by technology vendors receiving high rankings for use during the sales process.

Social Media 120

Social Media Media Forrester Copywriting 120

Onalytica B2B

JANUARY 8, 2019

In 2009 I dove headlong into working with Eloqua and Salesforce and at that point I was hooked on designing demand generation workflow and measuring results. I also enjoy working on joint content projects such as guides and white papers and moderating roundtable events that share best practices.

Marketing Budget 108

Marketing Budget Budget Programs Demand Generation Agencies Work Management 108

Ambal's Amusings

JULY 27, 2011

Mike is a white paper expert and social media rockstar who launched Social Media Examiner in late 2009. Create highly sharable content that meets people's needs. Identify and work with outside experts, many of whom will gladly promote your content. Attract and retain raving fans that will help your business grow.

Business 100

Business Sample Press Paper 100

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 60

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

WriteSpark

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Content Marketing. White Papers. If you are involved in such a program, or if you simply have the responsibility for working with customer references and success stories, you will likely benefit from an upcoming event:  The 2009 Customer Reference Forum. White Paper Writer. Case Studies. Social Media.

Conference 120

Conference Copywriting Copyright Case Study 120

Ambal's Amusings

MAY 27, 2010

Is less better than more when it comes to content? Instead of bombarding prospects with "too much content" should companies carefully chose 1 or 2 pieces of important content that will educate prospects? What kind of content is most useful in each phase of the B2B marketing cycle? Content has a job to do.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Content Marketing B2B Planning 100

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 60

Buying Cycle Buy Web 2.0 Allocation 60

Ambal's Amusings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Measuring ROI on content marketing is not straightforward; that is why most firms put measurement on the back burner. We asked our panel of B2B marketing experts "How can B2B marketers measure return on investment (leads generated, market awareness etc) for the money/effort spent on creating and marketing content?

ROI 100

ROI Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management 100

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 60

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Web 2.0 60