Industrial Marketing Today

MARCH 8, 2011

A recent article by Paul Gillin ( @pgillin ) and published in BtoB Online , caught my attention because it talks about how engineers can have fun while doing serious business. Farnell decided they would fill this real need and thus, element14 was born in June 2009. In “Who says engineers don’t know how to have fun?”

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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.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

You need to move beyond the free Google Custom Search tool for websites. Sure, they are human beings like the rest of us but they have very different emotional triggers and needs when it comes to making work-related decisions. I should know — I am an engineer too. Engineers are creatures of habit.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Build a library of various content assets such as published articles, white papers, online demos, webinars, videos, technical specifications, datasheets, case studies and customer testimonials. It shouldn’t be an afterthought because retrofitting SEO after the redesign is typically not very effective and usually costs more.

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