B2B Marketing Traction

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Are you on the fence about a Facebook company page for your business? I’m still hearing a lot of misconceptions about Facebook from business owners. Here are 11 reasons you may want to create a presence on Facebook in 2011 and beyond, no matter if you are a business-to-consumer or business-to-business (B2B) company.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 2, 2010

Inbound marketeering requires 2 simple things: First you need to be found and that requires the basic techniques of understanding how prospects search and the keywords they use. Second, you need to have compelling content that meets the prospects needs. This requires our prospects to become well informed before making any decision.

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Find the answers to those questions and others here in more of the best guides to business blogging of 2010 so far. Meaningful Metrics for B2B Blogging by Proteus B2B Marketing. Share this on Facebook. Continually come up with fresh and interesting topics? Avoid dumb mistakes that even smart bloggers make?

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

By then I had my own marketing company and at first, I spent a lot of time explaining to my clients – who were all B2B companies – why they didn’t need to run out and get a Facebook page. I had studied it and couldn’t see a way that Facebook could contribute to a complex B2B buying decision. Do not auto-post.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

As a B2B marketer, we want to reach our ideal prospects and communicate with customers to maintain top-of-mind awareness throughout their buying cycle. A B2B blog is the perfect online tool to accomplish that. Drive traffic – Don’t expect your prospects to find your blog just because you’ve built it.

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ClearVoice

MARCH 9, 2023

Let’s also return to 2010. Go beyond Facebook or Twitter posts. The B2B content marketing strategy checklist Unlike the B2C scenario, your business-to-business strategy is less about transactions and more about relationships. Be sure that your brand is front and center with prospects and customers.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy May 4, 2010 7 Subscribe Why am I in Marketing? And also explain my view on the role of the B2B Marketer.

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Oktopost

MARCH 2, 2020

When you think of it the buying journey of 2020 is not the same as 2010, and definitely not the same as pre 2000. Now, as a B2B marketer , you might be quick to point out that, sure, a lot has changed. Now, as a B2B marketer , you might be quick to point out that, sure, a lot has changed. But, that’s consumers not B2B.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

It helps move a prospect along the buying cycle. 7 “Rs&# for B2B Marketing Content Planning by Customer Think. How Much B2B Content is Enough? by Savvy B2B Marketing. How to Take Advantage of the New B2B Buying Behavior by Fast Company. . • It enhances your organization’s image (e.g.,

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

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. Your prospects are at different stages of their decision making process when they visit your site. You can’t satisfy all of them with one-size-fits all content.

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markempa

AUGUST 29, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. And if not, should you start?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 3, 2010

Market to them and never forget that even in B2B, human beings still make the decisions. Know your prospects pain points. Cultivate as many relationships and connection in your customer and prospects ecosystems as you can find. Nothing drives response more than strong titles addressing prospect needs. Know them all.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy June 18, 2010 3 Subscribe Need to Drive Leads? Offer tested content that meets well-defined prospect needs.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

In “ Revising Our Demand Generation Definition as B2B Marketers &# Adam does an excellent job of thoroughly putting a call to action out to all marketers that demand generation needs to be end-to-end. See in a “campaign world&# marketers think we have way more control over the prospect situation than we really do.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Here are brief descriptions of these five closes: Financial Close A financial close is the natural choice when you have successfully helped a prospect quantify the impact of their business problems. Help the prospect create the longest possible list of entries in the “For” column. If the prospect answers “Ten”, you’re done!

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 24, 2010

What does all this mean to the B2B marketer? Identify what activities your prospects engage in with their mobile devices. by Michael Brenner, June 24, 2010 Related Posts: 10 Reasons Why Mobile is Hot! Summit Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? Need to Drive Leads?

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 3, 2010

And so with the author’s permission I am summarizing it here for our B2B audience. In the past I spoke about The 4 Most Common Mistakes in B2B Content Marketing and described the importance of understanding and analyzing keywords. While the benefits of this approach are clear, B2B marketers must also be aware of the risks.

Social Media 100

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 1, 2010

It includes an excellent overview of how to maximize your Twitter searches to identify prospects. Share: Read more from Social Media Social Media Campaigns 2 Comments Post a comment Jeremy Victor Jul 1 2010 excellent list Brian. Keep it up Brian Rice Jul 1 2010 Hi Jeremy, Thanks for the positive feedback.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 2, 2019

B2B marketing has hit a wall. We already know that the B2B journey is powered by content as prospects want to self-educate. 56% of B2B marketing executives stated “positioning our company as a thought leader” as their top objective in a recent Economics Intelligence Unit study. Whatever audiences want, they want it now.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

At the same time, you know that social media has changed the marketing landscape : shouting to prospects with endless email offers may produce leads but you’re worried about the longer term implications to your market. It is easy to simply dismiss social media as “hype”, create a half-baked Facebook page and call it a day.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

Paul Dunay in his blog post, “4 C’s of B2B Marketing” has defined this very nicely. Now, B2B content marketing’s agenda is to educate and inform customers and prospects. Educate, inform and provide value to customers and prospects. How are you using content marketing in your B2B marketing?

Marketing Budget Creation 60

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 26, 2010

It includes an excellent overview of how to maximize your Twitter searches to identify prospects. Share: Read more from Social Media B2B Marketing , Social Media Click here to cancel reply. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

Social Media 100

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2010

While this study was focused on IT Buyers, the implications for the B2B Marketer should be relevant across the prospect universe no matter which industries you serve. While this study was focused on IT Buyers, the implications for the B2B Marketer should be relevant across the prospect universe no matter which industries you serve.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

This way we are engaging prospects earlier in the buying process and never stop engaging them even (or especially) after they purchase from us. For most B2B buying experiences, they expect to speak to a salesperson at some point in their journey. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples?

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy October 14, 2010 16 Subscribe Why Is Search…So…Darn…Hard?!

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

Speed is essential for the follow up Obviously the critical success factor for any responder program is the speed to which we call the prospect. There are 3rd party companies that boast the “Immediate warm transfer” of a prospect searching your web site, but this is not always the case, and can be costly.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving from Fifth Graders? How can industrial and B2B marketers apply the same creative problem solving lessons in engaging with their prospects and customers? Here’s what it does.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 17, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy August 17, 2010 Subscribe What Is Marketing Acceleration? We not only need to be fast, we need to get faster.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

In simpler words, a brand’s social activities need to help your prospects with something that is relevant to your brand. Michael Brenner Oct 4 2010 Great point: putting yourself in the customer’s shoes is the really the MOST if not the ONLY important thing. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

We asked Michael Stelzner "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" " Michael Stelzner's Marketing Prediction for 2010. Social media marketing will become a mainstream method for businesses to connect directly with customers and prospects.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

My advice is to B2B Marketers is to follow this natural ebb and flow. Maybe this works for your company as long as the number of marketing touches does not annoy the prospect to the point that they want to walk away. The request for better quality is made and sales wants to work with fewer and better leads that they can close.

Work Management 100

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy May 4, 2010 7 Subscribe Why am I in Marketing? And also explain my view on the role of the B2B Marketer.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 9, 2011

Besides the rise of social media as marketing channel, the emergence of marketing technology, more specifically Marketing Automation systems, in which you can configure the automated distribution of content to customers and prospects has been changing the way marketers see and create conent. What used to be clear roles (i.e.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Yes, GE and Microsoft sell directly to end-users but they are primarily B2B companies. He suggests that B2B marketers take a cue from their B2C counterparts when it comes to increasing brand awareness. He suggests that B2B marketers take a cue from their B2C counterparts when it comes to increasing brand awareness.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

The Campaign strategy needed here is minimal as the tactic result is an appointment with the designated prospect that has a need for you and is willing to discuss your product or service in more detail. It provides a specific date and time for the meeting with the prospect so as to waste none of the Account Executives time.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

Fifty-six percent of the participants were primarily B2B marketers and the remaining 44% were B2C. That was one of the key findings of the “2010 Lead Generation Marketing ROI Study” by the Lenskold Group. The study also revealed that B2B marketers that measured ROI were better able to track leads to marketing touchpoints.

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