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.

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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. Ardath Albee, CEO of Marketing Interactions, Inc. Ardath Albee, CEO of Marketing Interactions, Inc. You can’t satisfy all of them with one-size-fits all content.

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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.

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Writing on the Web

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

5, 2010 at 5 p.m. Here’s where I’ve posted more information about the Scribe sale , and these 3 tips on how to get great search engine results : SEO for Smart Content Marketers: You’ve got to do keyword research (so you know what words people will use to find you). Blog this on Blogger. Go there now, please.

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Writing on the Web

JUNE 23, 2010

If you want to learn about formatting sales and landing pages using Wordpress , please register for the free Webinar I’m hosting Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 4 p.m. Blog or Website: Do You Use Wordpress as a Website? I’m interviewing Suzanne Bird-Harris, developer of the WP Sales Page wizard.

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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?

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Hubspot

JULY 13, 2010

Online marketing, or inbound marketing as well call it at HubSpot , has many moving pieces. But as a CEO, you don’t need to get caught up in the details of your company’s online marketing efforts. As a busy CEO, you likely don’t have much time. Why Online Marketing Is Important.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 2, 2010

Fact: it is obscenely easy to set up a business blog today and begin driving new, qualified traffic to your site soon. Regular readers of HubSpot's blog are probably already experiencing the benefits of regular blogging, including harvesting the long tail of search traffic to drive incremental, high-quality leads to their site.

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Hubspot

JULY 23, 2010

Excellent content leaves the reader with something new that they didn’t have before. People like to get something from blogs they read. You don’t have to be Shakespeare to have a good blog. Remarkable Content – A mix of content is good. Keep content topical, informative, and non promotional.

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Writing on the Web

JULY 4, 2012

With the onslaught of social media in the last 10 years, the ever constant question is, what can it do for my business and my business blog? First, why should you bother with social networking sites ( Facebook , LinkedIn , Twitter ) if you’re in business? If you want customers, you need to go where they are online.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Business buyers typically seek additional information and resources for information on business products and services. In the growing content marketing field, some companies choose a pure creation strategy (often using blogging platforms for publishing) and find it to be a challenge.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo? Link), was a survey of small business owners and found that the two most common tactics used in 2009 were tweeting e-mail newsletters and sending out blog entries to e-mail lists.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Without a statistical measure of your blogging progress, adding content to your blog on a regular basis can be an incredibly lonely proposition. This sounds simple, but it’s shocking how many bloggers aren’t clear on the core business rationale behind their blog initiative. As I see it, there are 3 options here: 1.

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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. This 28-page white paper is chock full of useful information for aligning your marketing content with the industrial buy cycle. There are plenty of charts and graphs too.

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Online Marketing Institute

MAY 18, 2010

Longer sales cycles due to more complex products and services and business purchasing processes often require more information. The content used to educate buyers of B2B products and services can be a very valuable asset when it comes to content optimization and acquiring leads via organic search. How many off site?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

We converted several of their PowerPoint files into online Flash presentations to highlight the primary benefits and features of their software suite. The client uses their in-house resources to regularly update the site content without spending more money on our professional marketing services. Take a quick poll.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial Sales Job? To get on the radar screen in the early stages, shoot for a variety of content instead of generic one-size-fits-all marketing content. Not so fast!

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The Question by Achinta Mitra on June 12, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies , Website Design & Development Do you show prices on your B2B website?

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Develop your email marketing strategy first Before you begin developing customized content and using sophisticated analytics, the first order of business is to develop a sound and sustainable email marketing strategy. Each has its own pain points and needs the right content to address them.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website The 6 essential rules of a website redesign – Ignore them at your peril by Achinta Mitra on January 26, 2010 in Industrial Websites , Search Engine Optimization (SEO) , Website Design & Development Is you current website an asset or a liability?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Remember that your likelihood of a first-time visitor coming back goes up the more content they consume on that first visit. So, make sure first-time visitors can access other content that may be of interest, convincing them that perhaps they should make a return trip. At first, you knew everyone at the party. But then, it all changed.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

Lesson #3: Features are the benefits Your online marketing content may consist of images, videos, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, white papers and pre-recorded webinars. It is always a good idea to serve up your marketing content in different formats but your text is the key component.

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Writing on the Web

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Not surprisingly, 25% of respondents said they were complete blogging newbies and needed guidance on the fundamentals of blogging…the technical know-how as well as content creation strategies. Make your blog sticky – help your readers ‘take off their coats and stay awhile’. Blogging 101: 6 Weeks to Confident Blogging.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

In one word content – marketing content that is relevant and tailored to the prospect’s stage on the buy cycle. Before you can deliver your content and engage with your target audience, they need to find you! Don’t just rely on analysis, refine your list based on relevance to your business, products and services.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Today, technical buyers and engineers expect suppliers to have a substantial online presence with a website packed with relevant content in a variety of formats and easily searchable. I’m sure you’ve read many times that engineers hate marketing/marketers and they want only the facts.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Blog Create a blog for the conference and source content from speakers and attendees. The blog can even extend beyond the conference and be used as a year-round source of information. 10 Web Tools Every B2B Social Media Marketer Should Use Content may be king but distribution and optimization are.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Business Unusual Visit our Website Authentic, Passionate Digital Marketing. Skip to content Home What We Do About Us Partners Contact Us: Fill in this Form « Powerhouse Strategy Business Branding Listbuilding 101: How to Create a Money Magnet » Blog Marketing: To Do Or Not to Do?

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Hubspot

MAY 27, 2010

I attended and spoke at the Online Marketing Summit. I met dozens of business and marketing folks from the Phoenix area, along with several from Canada and had a great chance to take the pulse of online marketing. Generate knowledge and ideas to help drive more online business 3.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

KISSmetrics Home About KISSmetrics What Can You Learn from 7 Awesome Corporate Blogs? By Cameron Chapman on Oct 8, 2010 11 Comments Share Tweet Share A winning corporate blog can bring new traffic to your website and added attention to your company. Included in the people who blog is Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Inbound marketing takes time, but most marketers only have a few hours in the schedule that they can carve out for inbound marketing, which can make prioritizing activites extremely difficult. If you only have a few hours to dedicate to inbound marketing per week, how should you allocate your time? Create good link bait.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Great content this month via the B2B Marketing Zone. 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.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Really great content around B2B Marketing again this month. Here’s what the social signals said was the best content and the hottest topics. Look at companies like General Electric who do an amazing job with their blog and yet have almost no “community or comments at all. There better be. Why not use it?

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Webbiquity

JULY 26, 2010

For those not familiar with it, the B2B Marketing Zone (a.k.a. the BMZ) was officially launched a year ago as the first content aggregation hub for leading business-to-business bloggers. Add WordStream’s Advanced Keyword Tools to Your Website for free , June 8, 2010. Should You Use Foursquare for Your Business?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 15, 2010

Have you added the ability for email recipients to share content on Twitter, Facebook, Digg and elsewhere? Most quality email service providers give you the option of easily adding sharing tools, and you can then run a report showing which of your subscribers clicked your Twitter link, and/or shared content on Facebook.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

Best of B2B Marketing. July 1, 2010 to July 31, 2010. The 20 craziest things you can do on Twitter - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , July 7, 2010 OK, we’ve heard all the great business success stories about connecting and learning through Twitter. But that’s content for another blog post.

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Online Marketing Institute

MARCH 30, 2011

Rohit positioned that, as more corporations and individuals create content, the role of the content curator is needed. Rohit describes this position as: Someone whose job it is not to create more content , but to make sense of all the content that others are creating. Heres what they found.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 7, 2020

The start of 2020 marks 10 years since the launch of the Webbiquity blog in January, 2010. Barely missing the top 10 were three posts that compiled the funniest, most creative, and most off-beat marketing posts of the year: Funny Business: The Best Digital Marketing Humor, 2013 Edition ; What’s So Funny About Digital Marketing?

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