Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

Anything you can do to help them find the right information quicker will score big with engineers. If possible, add basic pricing information on your site to offer complete information without leaving your site. Having a search function on your website is no longer an option, it is a requirement.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

Here are some stats, results and recommendations that I found very useful: In the Needs Awareness and Research stages, buyers use a broad array of sources, including social media, Webinars, e-newsletters, search engines and [vertical search engines like] GlobalSpec. There are plenty of charts and graphs too.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

There have been many studies done over the years that indicate that price information is the very reason why most B2B buyers visit a vendor’s website. The results from three separate studies confirm this: 61% of engineers surveyed indicated pricing information as one of the primary reasons to visit a vendor’s website.

Sales Management 60

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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?

Sales Cycle 60

Sales Cycle Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads B2B Sales 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

According to Bob Carrigan, CEO of International Data Group , “It [content] fulfills the promise of the Web, which is relationship marketing.” Using content or Inbound Marketing , you are able to make that key connection with your prospects by delivering specific content needed in order to make an informed decision.

Sales Cycle 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Make sure there are well-established guidelines for employees to participate in social networks. Provide this information in plain English with compelling reasons for people to do business with you. Provide multiple ways to access relevant information with minimal clicks. Use case studies to demonstrate tangible results.

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

According to Jeff Ogden, the Fearless Competitor , you are going to need two critical pieces of information to conduct a content audit. There is plenty of information out there about buyer personas. Read The Anatomy of a Great Web Persona by Brian Massey. And in a complex industrial buy cycle, things can get well…complicated.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0 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? Studies have shown that people retain information quicker and longer when you engage their visual senses.

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Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle 60

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

Anything Goes Marketing

MARCH 8, 2009

LinkedIn: Starting an Alumni Group When Linkedin started a groups feature (like Facebook groups) I thought about how I could network with former colleagues. Some of the smartest people that I knew were from a technology post-grad college that I attended called the “Information Technology Institute (ITI) in Toronto. social networks.

Social Media 100

Social Media Web 2.0 Media Blogger 100

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

I searched Wikipedia for information but couldn’t find an exact definition. Next, I came across a blog post written back in September of 2009 by Rohit Bhargava of Influential Marketing Blog. Bloggers of all stripes have counted on the popularity of “list” posts whenever they’ve run out of fresh ideas for content.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

Not just any content, but ideas, information and expertise they find relevant and helpful for answering questions they have about problems they’re trying to solve. With a majority of marketing efforts going digital, that means even more content is needed. Designing content for 1X use is wasteful.

Planning 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

Capture visitor information – Implement a method to capture visitor information from your business blog. Install some kind of a sign-up form to capture basic contact information such as name, company name and email address. It has to be a value exchange for people to give up their contact information to you.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Buying Cycle B2B Blogger 60

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 21, 2009

SEO is such a complex subject that you can barely scratch the surface in one hour so knowing where to go for more information is invaluable. Veredict: If you are new to social networks, community building, etc. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Like Be the first to like this post.

Inbound Marketing 100

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

Thank you for a very informative post. 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 Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. {

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WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 31, 2009

A free DIY approach to social media by iMedia Connection Rebecca Weeks provides a "cheat sheet" with five key tactics to increase website traffic through social media, including interaction on the most popular social networking sites, using free Twitter tools to maximize the value of that platform, and getting exposure on social news sites.

Social Media 20

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

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

Buying Cycle 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

The more detailed and specific information you can provide with the least number of search queries or clicks, the better will be the user experience. The shelf life of your content is pretty short because new information is generated very quickly on the Internet. That’s good news but it also creates a credibility problem.

Rules 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

Opportunity Development: Research, understand and distill the relevant industry-specific information, key issues and business needs in order to educate the company, especially the sales force, on the specific business requirements of a given market. According to Tim Riesterer of CMM Forum LLC (now part of Corporate Visions, Inc.),

Creativity 60

Creativity B2B Marketing Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Harness that power by gathering all the information and then editing the material into cohesive content. 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 Websites 60

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 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

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Even though the widespread adoption of social media in industrial marketing has been slower than general B2B and B2C marketing, it has had a serious impact on industrial sales, especially on the traditional role of the outside sales rep. They prefer to consume information at their convenience and in their preferred format.

Social Media 60

Social Media Social Marketing Media Planning 60

B2B Marketing Traction

MARCH 10, 2010

Just as technology emerged in the movie industry to make 3D movie production more cost-effective, so too has it emerged to provide B2B marketers with a 3 dimensional, not 2 dimensional, platform to provide compelling information about products and services and engage the people who like them. Be Interesting in Your Social Networks.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing B2B Social Networks Opinions 100

B2B Marketing Traction

MARCH 10, 2010

Just as technology emerged in the movie industry to make 3D movie production more cost-effective, so too has it emerged to provide B2B marketers with a 3 dimensional, not 2 dimensional, platform to provide compelling information about products and services and engage the people who like them. Be Interesting in Your Social Networks.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing B2B Social Networks Opinions 100

Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 1, 2009

The exact quote was: "Companies that significantly reduce their sales and marketing investment in 2009 will be gone by 2010." I think social networking is a misnomer, it's Networking 2.0. Sales 2.0, We should not worry so much about what comes after Sales 2.0. Sort of an informal survey.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Peer-to-peer Web 2.0 Budget Programs 100

Online Marketing Institute

MARCH 13, 2011

It digs up information on Web visitors in real time, helping salespeople follow up on a visit with a cold call and a pitch. Detailed information is vital for spotting potential customers. “How do you leverage otherwise anonymous traffic?&# Together, this offers clues about what the visitor might be interested in buying.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management 40

Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 3, 2009

The exact quote was: "Companies that significantly reduce their sales and marketing investment in 2009 will be gone by 2010." I think social networking is a misnomer, it's Networking 2.0. Sales 2.0, We should not worry so much about what comes after Sales 2.0. Sort of an informal survey.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Peer-to-peer Web 2.0 Budget Programs 100

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is hard False. And that’s only because of the alphabet soup of social networks, lifestreams, sharing sites, etc. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. “Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube.&#

Social Media 152

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 152

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

Buyers of technical products and services do look to vendors for providing relevant information for solving their problems. 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 60

Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 B2B Lead Ranking 60

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Driving Traffic to Your Homepage All the Time May Be a Big Mistake by Achinta Mitra on October 26, 2009 in Industrial Websites , Website Design & Development You’ve read up on all the traffic generation tactics and optimized your site to rank high on major search engines.

Traffic 60

Traffic Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 60

The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 11, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Mapping the Social Media Landscape Infographics, according to Wikipedia are “graphic visual representations of information, data, or knowledge&#. It’s also a wonderful way to communicate your message.

Social Media 100

Social Media Work Management Media Marketing Budget Creation 100

Convince & Convert

JULY 8, 2010

Robert Scoble argued that email faced deletion at the hands of Web 2.0 March 2009. John Dvorak declared that email was a “carcass on the side of the information highway, rotting away.” October 2009. In fact, it’s quite telling that every single social network still requires members to sign-up with an email address.

RSS 129

RSS Paid Search Agency Social Media Email Marketing 129

B2B Marketing Traction

JANUARY 20, 2011

Facebook has the highest number of members of any social networking site. Reality: Largest Adoption Rate in 2009 was Women Over 55. ” In fact, in 2009, the fastest growing demographic on Facebook was women over 55. Reality: Your Company Page Is Not Visibly Tied To Your Personal Information.

Facebook 100

Facebook Privacy Policies Ideal Customer Profiles Privacy 100

Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 22, 2009

So click here to find out whether they changed my mind… Read more… Stan Woods | June 16th, 2009 | one comment The Content Marketing Workbook It’s here. Read more… Doug Kessler | June 11th, 2009 | 3 comments Choose your patients carefully The most respected surgeons in the world have the best survival rates.

Paid Search Agency 40

Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Agencies B2B Marketing 40

LeadSloth

JANUARY 12, 2010

2009 was the year in which Marketing Automation really took off. Social Media Marketing FAIL: In 2010, we’ll see a lot of companies spend a lot of money trying to make a big splash into social networks and many will crash and burn. See also her recent blog post Five B2B Marketing Surprises From 2009.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Sales Management Automation 100

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

50 (of the) Best Twitter Guides, Stats, Tips and Tools of 2010 (So Far) , October 5, 2010 While a dwindling number of business executives still dismiss Twitter as a waste of time, recent research suggests it is one of the most valuable social networks for business. Is social media creating a generation of cowards? Collaboration.

B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing Enterprise Management Planning Work Management 40

Convince & Convert

APRIL 22, 2010

Content Marketing & Thought Leadership Most often used in a B2B scenario, you create and distribute free information snacks so you can sell paid meals down the road. link] [link] davidweiner RT @jaybaer: Is Social Media Too Big For Its Britches? link] [link] Glenn Taylor Very concise information! This is complex stuff!!

Social Media 130

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