Marketing Craftmanship

AUGUST 19, 2011

As a result, website visitors might see…a company blog with only 3 posts over the past year; no press releases issued since 2009; a “Coming Soon” graphic for the In the News section; an archive of quarterly newsletters with many issues skipped; a 2 year-old white paper that’s no longer relevant; and zero upcoming events scheduled.

Thought Leadership 100

Thought Leadership Paper Press Case Study 100

B2B Marketing Traction

OCTOBER 12, 2011

It did mine recently – I received a call about a post I did in 2009 from an executive at a financial services company on the East Coast. Write about what you do and include keywords and phrases that will attract new customers and prospects. Press releases. Does your online content make your phone ring? Whitepapers.

Online Marketing 100

Online Marketing Planning Paid Search Agency Content 100

The Effective Marketer

MAY 3, 2011

With markeeting budgets still being threatened due to economic uncertainty, marketers are pressed to justify their purchases and show ROI. Vendors should therefore really work with their customers and prospects in trying to justify the purchase. United States License.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Planning Marketing Automation Services 100

B2B Marketing Traction

MARCH 13, 2012

They handle objections and answer questions of prospects all the time. How-to guides – tell your customers (and better yet prospects) how to do things that include your product or services. Company news and announcements – some businesses post their press releases and announcements in their blogs.

Blogger 100

Blogger B2B Sales Case Study Case Studies 100

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 13, 2009

Free Marketing Stuff Can Sell As marketers our job is to generate brand awareness, educate our prospective customers on the benefits of our products and get them to purchase. And how do you reach even greater number of prospects? Simon Mason says: June 16, 2009 at 12:25 pm Hi Daniel, Interesting post. Give away free stuff.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Marketing Management 100

Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 31, 2010

To answer these pressing questions, we had dusted off our trusty crystal ball and passed it along to 39 of the world's top B2B marketers, e-mail marketers and social media gurus, and asked them one straightforward question, “ What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? BONUS TOP POST from 2009. Conversation.

Viral Marketing 100

Viral Marketing Best Practices Paper Blogger 100

Conversica

OCTOBER 28, 2019

First launched in 2009, the flagship Conversica® Sales AI Assistant has over a decade of expertise helping companies find and secure customers more quickly and efficiently by autonomously contacting, engaging, qualifying and following up with leads via natural, two-way conversations. About Conversica.

Enterprise Management 75

Enterprise Management Marketing Management Gartner Sales Qualified Leads 75

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

After all, that’s how your prospects and customers will find your blog and/or Web site. Keep in mind your marketing content may exist in various forms and formats; company website, blog, email campaigns, press releases, marketing collateral and social networks. I am referring to optimizing customer engagement in B2B marketing.

Optimization 60

Optimization Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle 60

markempa

JUNE 13, 2006

You can read the press release or listen to my podcast about it. Brian Carroll closes the loop on lead generation, taking you from defining a lead, thinking like your prospects, tactics to increase lead generation, passing leads from marketing to sales, measuring the results, and nurturing the leads for increased revenue. I had the pr.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Sales Generation Leads 120

markempa

JUNE 16, 2006

A normal book launch involves sending press releases to the media and then hoping and praying that overworked and overwhelmed journalists (who doesnt know you exist already) will suddenly see you on the radar.I Simply put, the web has changed the rules for press releases. Simply put, the web has changed the rules for press releases.

PR 120

PR Lead Generation Rules Generation 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 8, 2009

Note: after I posted this, it was pointed out to me that the bulk of traffic on several sites relates to customer log-ins rather than marketing prospects. Judging from the press releases on their Web site, this may be due to a new release last October that added Salesforce.com integration. Results are in the following table.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Demand Generation Vendors 120

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

Typically, that means understanding the prospect’s pain and then offering a solution for relief. But not easy to execute because there usually is a disconnect between what your prospect wants to hear and what you want to say about your company and its products and services. Sounds simple, right?

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Web 2.0 Allocation 60

The Effective Marketer

JULY 21, 2009

Let’s put aside the fact that the press and the Internet in general are full of stories about how social media is transforming businesses and think in terms of marketing strategy. This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 at 8:47 pm and is filed under Communication , Marketing Strategy , Online Marketing , Social Media.

Social Media 100

Social Media Planning Work Management Social Marketing 100

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. Create an expertise blog to showcase your internal subject matter experts and allow your prospects and site visitors to interact with them directly.

Relevance 60

Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Brand Identity 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

Now, B2B content marketing’s agenda is to educate and inform customers and prospects. Educate, inform and provide value to customers and prospects. Instead of interrupting people with television ads, inbound marketers create videos that prospects want to see. The old ways of pushing out content is no longer effective.

Marketing Budget Creation 60

Marketing Budget Creation B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Marketing Budget 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Is it so outdated that you avoid sending prospects and customers to your site? It goes well beyond just cutting costs, today, it is more about accountability, analytics and engaging customers and prospects by using free or inexpensive social media tactics. Nothing will turn off your prospects more than outdated and stale content.

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Valasys

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In 1836, a French newspaper called ‘ La Presse ’ was the first ever platform to have an advertisement space. 2008 to 2009 – Facebook established engagement ads and also starts to offer advanced ad targeting. . From likes and stories to ads, Facebook has continued to consistently evolve. 2014 – Facebook takes over WhatsApp.

Facebook 40

Facebook Paid Search Agency Ads API 40

markempa

AUGUST 17, 2007

Here are some direct mail content ideas: personal letters, dimensional mailers, books, newsletters, press releases, white papers, event invitations, research reports, case studies, success stories, article reprints and third-party articles. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

Lead Nurturing 120

Lead Nurturing Lead Generation Tactics Lead Scoring 120

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

In order to get on the buyer’s short list as early in the buy cycle as possible, your B2B website needs to provide relevant information that your prospects are looking for. We want the prospect to contact us for pricing information so we can engage with them further 3. This may include basic pricing information.

Sales Management 60

Sales Management Pricing Price Marketing Websites 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

JULY 20, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on July 20, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing , Sales Strategies To be successful in industrial and B2B marketing, one has to engage with prospects and customers in a meaningful manner. Prospects will tune you out until that happens.

Creativity 60

Creativity B2B Marketing Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

An article I read on Eloqua’s blog “It’s All About Revenue,” shed some light on this. 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.&#

Sales Cycle 60

Sales Cycle Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads B2B Sales 60

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

They are combining video, audio and sophisticated tracking tools to deliver email campaigns with highly customized messages that engage prospects in their preferred format and measure interactions beyond just open and click-thru rates and well into website behavior. WHEN : When on the sales cycle do you expect to engage with your prospects?

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB 60

Launch Marketing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

When you open your news app or scroll through your favorite news site, you might be hard pressed to find B2B marketing campaigns making the first page—or really any page for that matter. What They Did: Squarespace has attained their growth and success thanks to their focus on reaching a wide range of prospective clients. What They Did.

Campaigns 70

Campaigns B2B Marketing Examples Paid Search Agency 70

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 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

Budget Programs 60

Budget Programs Education Marketing Budget Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The big hurdle they face is in engaging and converting readers into prospects, leads and ultimately customers. Passive reading of your content will not move the prospect along in his/her decision making process. Most B2B marketers find it relatively easy to create and use content to gain search engine presence.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0 60

markempa

MAY 13, 2007

So heres the challenge that most marketers face.they want to think long term but keep getting sucked in by the more immediate and pressing issue of a not having enough high quality sales leads. Bryan replies, "So many companies are still scraping the bottom end of their sales funnel while many potential prospects are left unsold.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation ROI Top of Funnel B2B Marketing 120

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

What I do want to talk about here is the how and not the why of you should translate your features into tangible benefits if you want your marketing content to engage with prospects and convert them into customers. To convert those prospects into customers, you must sell them on the benefits of the experience that they can expect.

Features 60

Features Web 2.0 Planning Work Management 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

Leave a Comment Previous post: 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products Next post: How to Use a B2B Blog to Win Customers and Influence Prospects FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales.

B2B Marketing 60

B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Demand Generation Agencies 60

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 8, 2009

In the fourth of a series of Thought Leader interviews for MarketingSherpa's 6th Annual B2B Marketing Summit 2009 , we talk to Richard Fouts, research director at Gartner, Inc., Besides, we all know from experience that the best campaigns engage prospects over time, with multiple media. Fouts presented yesterday in Boston.

Gartner 100

Gartner Social Media Social Marketing Planning 100

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2009

In the fourth of a series of Thought Leader interviews for MarketingSherpa's 6th Annual B2B Marketing Summit 2009 , we talk to Richard Fouts, research director at Gartner, Inc., Besides, we all know from experience that the best campaigns engage prospects over time with multiple media. Fouts presented yesterday in Boston.

Gartner 100

Gartner Social Media Social Marketing Planning 100

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 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

Lead Generation 60

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Web 2.0 B2B Marketing 60

markempa

JUNE 14, 2006

I saw a press release for a study last week completed by the Nielsen Norman Group , which also supports this finding. According to their study, the practice of making users register before providing them with deeper information will send sales prospects running.

B2B Sales 120

B2B Sales Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 120

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

They forgot to first set a strategy that carefully targets prospects with relevant messaging. Number of campaigns sent out, trade shows attended or press releases published do not generate revenues. I’ve seen too many marketers crash and burn because they believed that by “automating” all of their lead gen problems would be over.

Marketing Automation Services 60

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Marketing Automation 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Passive reading of your content will not move the prospect any closer to his/her decision to buy from you. That’s where you can use your content to segment your visitors, profile them based on their actions, capture pre-qualified prospects, leads and registrants for your webinars and downloads.

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

We already have lots of brochures and data sheets to give to our prospects and customers. Figure out what the pressing issues are, what motivates them to act now rather than later and then write in a voice that addresses their concerns. There’s nothing new we can say on our website.

Marketing Websites 60

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

How do you shift the focus from you or your company to your prospects and customers? Here are seven content marketing strategies that you can use to engage your prospects and move them forward in their buying cycle. Instead, weave a story around your marketing copy to make it more engaging for your site visitors and prospects.

Webinar Metrics 60

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product 60