Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

We asked Britton Manasco "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" " Britton Manasco helps firms become thought leaders and trusted authorities through value-rich content such as white papers, success stories and executive presentations.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

In social media content is not necessarily about creating white papers or videos. Context: this is important because some traditional marketing assets like white papers or product demos do not perform very well in social media. All the best, Steve O Michael Brenner Sep 16 2010 Hi Steve, thanks for your comments.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

The white paper also showed that business professionals are using social media more than online editorial and vendor content. Special thanks to George Krautzel , Co-Founder and President, Toolbox.com for providing us with a copy of the white paper. Click here to cancel reply. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on June 24, 2010 in B2B E-Mail Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Social Media Marketing , Social Networking Lately, social media seems to garner all the attention in the media and blog posts with very little mention about email marketing. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

I downloaded a white paper called “Understanding the Industrial Buy Cycle: How to Align Your Marketing with Your Customers’ Buying Process” from GlobalSpec that has done a very good job of explaining the four stages of the industrial buy cycle and how to match your marketing content to each stage.

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Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 7, 2010

We have invited White Paper Experts to shed light on the following question: "What mistakes must a copywriter avoid in copy used for lead generation?" Recommended Resources from Experts on white papers. Michael Stelzner's Book Writing White Papers: How to Capture Readers and Keep Them Engaged.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

The first thing to do is to turn it on by clicking on the Enabled button to the right of Plugin Status. This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Some of the other topics include: New B-to-B Search Marketing; Maximizing White Papers, Ezines Webinars & Podcasts; Marketing to Fortune 500; Video, Viral & Web 2.0 Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 B-to-B Marketing; How to Measure & Manage Leads and more.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content by Achinta Mitra on May 18, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies You can find plenty of clichés used (overused?) This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Click here to read 101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers. Leave a Comment Previous post: Content Creation Made Easy Next post: Driving Traffic to Your Homepage All the Time May Be a Big Mistake FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

Here are some of the key findings from the study: Emerging Trends: 61% of the respondents (500 total) cited Driving Revenue as the most important success metric as compared to Sales Accepted Opportunities (40%), Qualified Leads (39%) with website visits and click-through rates trailing way at the back at 12% each.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

More and more B2B marketers are shifting their marketing budget out of expensive pay per click (PPC) advertising and traditional media and into content creation, optimization and social media. For 2010, approximately six in 10 marketing professionals surveyed plan to increase their spending on content initiatives.

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Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Marketing gurus tend to talk about opt-in pages, sign up forms, calls to action and interactive squeeze pages to boost your click through and conversion rates. This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

For example, you can track how many times site visitors clicked on the play button for a video on a particular page. I don’t mean to suggest that you should ignore other channels of customer engagement such as your email opens, click-throughs, landing page hits, webinar sign-ups and Contact Us forms.

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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

AUGUST 20, 2010

Don’t force them to spend extra time or use multiple clicks because of a non-intuitive navigation scheme. Lesson #3: Features are the benefits Your online marketing content may consist of images, videos, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, white papers and pre-recorded webinars. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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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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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Build a library of various content assets such as published articles, white papers, online demos, webinars, videos, technical specifications, datasheets, case studies and customer testimonials. The same holds true for video white papers. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be by Achinta Mitra on May 3, 2010 in Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog Remember the U.S. Or do you want them to download a white paper? Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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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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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

MEMBER LOGIN > | BECOME A MEMBER > Column: Strictly Business 6 Tactics For Overcoming The High Cost Of Clicks In B2B PPC Jun 8, 2010 at 9:05am ET by Andy Komack For anyone involved in marketing their B2B companies via paid search, it’s painfully obvious that the cost of clicks can be prohibitively high.

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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. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Rose Dec 1 2010 Lots of good points here, Michael. The “we need a white paper now&# or “let’s pull together a XX&# directives tend to be reactive instead of proactive in many B2B marketing environments. Michael Brenner Dec 1 2010 Hi Diane and thanks for your comment! Hope it’s great!

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

People said they couldn’t remember downloading the white paper.” When someone registers to download a white paper or podcast or case study about the business challenge that your product solves, he or she is expressing an interest in that topic, not necessarily in your product. Twitter Click Here to follow me on Twitter.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 26, 2012

The DMA’s 2010 Response Rate Report reported a healthy 1.68% response rate to B-to-B prospecting letter mail and 2.18% to its cheaper cousin, postcard mail. From a lead generation perspective, you are getting people who are already looking around for solutions, and your risk is vastly reduced thanks to pay-per-click pricing.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 12, 2011

Note: Click to Enlarge). The data for this rockin’ infographic came from Marketo’s Content Marketing Cheat Sheet and the 2010 B2B Content Marketing white paper on benchmarks, budgets, and trends from the amazing content marketers at MarketingProfs and Junta42!

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

MEMBER LOGIN > | BECOME A MEMBER > Column: Strictly Business Finding The Right Calls-To-Action For Your B2B Website Nov 17, 2010 at 12:23pm ET by Shellie Foriska Marketers continue to search for ways to convert more website visitors into actual leads. To access this within your own account, click on Content > Navigation Summary).

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 10, 2011

Click here to view the embedded video. Click here to view the embedded video. Click here to view the embedded video. You can download the full report, “ B2B Content Marketing 2010: Manufacturing Report” from here. Tyco Flow Control. Miller Electric Manufacturing Co. Thermo Fisher Scientific.

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markempa

OCTOBER 2, 2006

« Podcast: Marketing and Sales for Big Complex Selling (pt 3) | Main | White Papers and Lead Generation, Key for BtoB Marketers » Webinar: A Multimodal approach to Lead Nurturing for Complex Sales Join me for a complimentary webinar hosted by the American Marketing Association and sponsored by WebEx.

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Online Marketing Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The focus on ROI that we’ve seen in 2010 will continue. iPads and tablet technology will continue to grow in relevance as paper-less sales tools and innovative presentation tools are developed specifically for B2B companies. Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. I call this CFO-driven marketing planning.

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ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Click to start video at this point — Asked about what has happened in marketing and sales that has or hasn’t surprised him in 2012, Bob talks about interconnectedness: “It’s sobering about how interconnected we are with other economies. 2012 Trends: Interconnectedness & Reluctance to Make Aggressive Decisions.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 23, 2011

With the economic recovery in 2010, top advertising firms and interactive agencies were finally able to report the return of healthy growth, according to BtoB Magazine's 2011 Top Agency Report. In 2010 we were recognition as one of the fastest growing private companies across the nation and as a Florida Company to Watch.

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markempa

MAY 23, 2005

Click image to enlarge) Dont try to "sell" me - Im not ready! Webcasts for Lead Generation White Paper - by web conferencing provider Interwise provides a great white paper on the subject. Click image to enlarge) Dont try to "sell" me - Im not ready!

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

For example, this could include methodologies, presentations, white papers and assessment tools to help sales professionals identify and illuminate buyer issues, benchmark buyers versus competitors and best practice leaders, and create / drive solution roadmaps to help resolve the most pressing customer issues.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. White Papers are Influence Kings, But Need Persona.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. We call this the “Internet fueled buying cycle.&#

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 15, 2005

« Lead Generation via white papers and webinars | Main | Better Sales and Marketing Integration » Combine Your Cold Calling Efforts With Email Marketing Targeted e-mail combined with outbound calling is the ideal 1-2 punch for increasing leads, sales activity and revenue. Plus, you can track many other elements as well.

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