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Report: Blogs Are An Important Part Of The Marketing Mix

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

They reported in a separate study by Technorati that blogs are right up there with many traditional media in terms of importance and influence on their buying behavior. Blogs help deliver information from the company to the consumer. Or from consumer to consumer to relay needed information on products and services.

Marketing Mix

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Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

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. Your business will grow.&# (See Content Marketing – The Ultimate Cheat Sheet ). Content Marketing’s slogan is – “Don’t pitch. Don’t sell.

Marketing Budget Creation

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Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the.

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Those that drop off the list are often those who did not provide the right level of information to buyers or did not meet some other perceived or real need in the buyer. Primary goals of marketing content in the early stages of the buy cycle There are two main goals that your content needs to achieve in the early stages.

Buying Cycle

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Webinars

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5 Things Industrial Marketers Must Do to Attract Engineers and.

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

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Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

And they use different sources to get their information. 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

Relevance

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How Relevant Marketing Content Helps B2B Branding

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

In the later stages, supplier Web sites and catalogs are the most important information sources. 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

Relevance

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How to Use a B2B Blog to Win Customers and Influence Prospects

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

A B2B blog is the perfect online tool to accomplish that. If you are still not sure about the benefits of using a business blog, head over to HubSpot and read these articles: 6 Reasons Every Small Business Should Be Blogging… Are You Missing the Boat? I say you need both.

Web 2.0

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Survey Finds Growth in Pipelines and Sales Cycles for B2B Lead.

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

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Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

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

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Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

By the time buyers reach the Procurement stage, supplier Web sites and catalogs are the most important information sources. Those that drop off the list are often those who did not provide the right level of information to buyers or did not meet some other perceived or real need in the buyer.

Buying Cycle

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B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The.

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? There is no secrecy.

Sales Management

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7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products

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.

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Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle by Achinta Mitra on September 3, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing These days it is popular to say “Content is marketing currency.”

Buying Cycle

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The 6 essential rules of a website redesign – Ignore them at your.

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?

Rules

Rules Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Buying Cycle

7 “Rs” for B2B Marketing Content Planning

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

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Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on July 14, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing Even though “content curation” is not a common phrase, there’s plenty of discussion to be found on the Internet. I searched Wikipedia for information but couldn’t find an exact definition.

Curation

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Do-it-Yourself Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Your WordPress.

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

I have listed some easy, do-it-yourself (DiY) SEO tactics to optimize your WordPress blogs for search engines. Just building a business blog is not going to help you drive traffic or generate leads. On-site SEO refers to changes that you can make within the code of your blog. What is On Site SEO?

Optimization

Optimization SEO Buying Cycle Web 2.0

Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing Content to Engage and Sell by Achinta Mitra on July 6, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies Marketing 101 teaches you “Customers buy benefits and not product features.”

Features

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Content Creation Made Easy

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

Studies have shown that people retain information quicker and longer when you engage their visual senses. 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

Web 2.0

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Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial.

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on September 27, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Industrial Websites , Sales Strategies , Social Media Marketing Remember the very first music video ever played on MTV? They prefer to consume information at their convenience and in their preferred format. Kerry O’Malley´s last blog.

Social Media

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Shortening the Industrial Buy Cycle in 5 Simple Steps

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

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Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving.

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. The four steps are: 1.

Creativity

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5 Rules of Website Redesign for Engaging Engineers and Industrial.

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

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How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project

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?

Marketing Websites

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle

What Not To Do For Better B2B Customer Relationships

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

Buyers of technical products and services do look to vendors for providing relevant information for solving their problems. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Bruce Rasmussen´s last blog.

Marketing Automation Services

Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 B2B Lead Ranking

Driving Traffic to Your Homepage All the Time May Be a Big Mistake

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

A Home page is great for attracting prospects at the top of the sales funnel that may have found your site using generic search terms and are just looking for information on companies in your market. Do they ask for information that you feel is irrelevant to your intent? What’s the solution? How did they find your site?)

Traffic

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Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card? You’d arm them with information about the marketplace. You’d arm them with information about your products and how people use them. If you were going to put them on the street, what would you do?

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Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

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Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

The 6 essential rules of a website redesign – Ignore them at your.

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