Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2010

If you are looking for a more formal approach, check out The Marketing Leadership Council which offers a marketing planning tool called MarkPlan and recently held a series of workshops on marketing planning. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider.

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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? Michael Brenner May 16 2010 Thanks Barb. You are my first comment.

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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? Michael Brenner May 16 2010 Thanks Barb. You are my first comment.

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DECEMBER 9, 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 December 9, 2010 9 Subscribe Finding The Time To Tweet or Blog? Harald Michael Brenner Dec 11 2010 Hello Harald.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Share: Read more from Sales Alignment B2B Marketing , Lead Qualification , Sales Alignment , Telemarketing 6 Comments Post a comment Rhino B2B Telemarketing Oct 9 2010 Love it! is a great closing tool with a product that has many clear benefits. Trinity Oct 10 2010 A very good advice. Michael Brenner Oct 14 2010 Thanks Matt.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 2, 2010

Not understanding our target audience’s pain points : Simple surveys using free tools like SurveyMonkey or Zoomerang can provide quick and easy access to a prioritized list of prospect pain points. Michael Brenner Jun 3 2010 Great point Daniel. Ryan Beale Jun 3 2010 Michael, Great post. What does someone from 3M say?

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

In this post, I’m going to focus on a powerful DiY SEO tool for WordPress blogs. 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 Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Social media is just another channel and just another tool to reach customers. Share: Read more from Social Media B2B Marketing , Social Media 7 Comments Post a comment Paige ONeill Jun 9 2010 Great post, Michael. Michael Brenner Jun 9 2010 Thanks Paige. Michael Brenner Dec 22 2010 I appreciate the inclusion.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

Cold calling is replaced by useful content and tools that help people find them and contact them for more information. For 2010, approximately six in 10 marketing professionals surveyed plan to increase their spending on content initiatives. How are you using content marketing in your B2B marketing?

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

ROI” and “Sales” are the 4 th and 5 th most important metric according to Chief Marketer April 1, 2010 study. There are plenty of statistical modeling tools that can help you determine which mix of tactics, topics, and partners will deliver a predictable result. Kelly May 24 2010 Michael, I had fun reading your post. Keep it up.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

kenny madden Aug 13 2010 Michael, Great post. Happy to connect kenny@spiceworks.com Michael Brenner Aug 14 2010 Hi Kenny, thanks for your comments. Michael Brenner Aug 14 2010 Thanks Christopher, service level agreements are exactly what is needed between sales and marketing. Here is something I put together on the topic.

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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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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. How do you turn your business blog into a powerful sales tool?

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

You need to move beyond the free Google Custom Search tool for websites. 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 Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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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. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. per week in 2006.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

That is unfortunate because Marketing Automation software is a very useful tool and in my opinion, a necessity these days. The first is a diagnostic tool and the second one measures the health of the business. It’s a combination of tools, methods or procedures, and analysis and activities.

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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. Thanks for the post.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

Some B2B marketers are using more sophisticated ROI measurement tools to track activities over the entire life cycle of a lead. The good news is that you can use a free tool like Google Analytics to get a very good handle on your customer engagement. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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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.”

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

That’s unfortunate because when a webinar is done right, it can be a very powerful tool to educate and engage your audience. 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

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

That was one of the key findings of the “2010 Lead Generation Marketing ROI Study” by the Lenskold Group. It is not just a matter of measuring better ROI metrics or using the tools of marketing automation du jour. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. How about you, do you see the disconnect?

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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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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 21, 2009

What I liked best was the tips on tools you can use and where to find additional resources. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

RESEARCH Even before I open up my trusty word processor, I head over to Google’s Keyword Tool. 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

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

My take: Use a keyword research tool like the free Google Keywords Research Tool to come up with a list of keywords and phrases based around the problems and solutions you discovered in step #1. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

A B2B blog is the perfect online tool to accomplish that. 2 comments… read them below or add one } Jim Cahill May 23, 2010 at 9:46 am Achintra, Great points! Take it easy, Jim Achinta Mitra May 24, 2010 at 8:22 am Hi Jim, Great to see you here and thanks for leaving your thoughtful comments.

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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? 6 comments… read them below or add one } RogerW September 28, 2010 at 11:16 am Your Post is right on the money.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Yes No Home | Features | About | Buzz | Help | Discuss | Language | Developers | Gear Terms of Service | Privacy | Content Policy | Copyright © 1999 – 2010 Google This blog is not hosted by Blogger and has not been checked for spam, viruses and other forms of malware.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

AUGUST 20, 2007

Yes No Home | Features | About | Buzz | Help | Discuss | Language | Developers | Gear Terms of Service | Privacy | Content Policy | Copyright © 1999 – 2010 Google This blog is not hosted by Blogger and has not been checked for spam, viruses and other forms of malware.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 25, 2010

Re-casting How We Think About B2B Marketing Automation I was analyzing results from our recent B2B Marketing University series , which Silverpop launched this past Fall, and the data seem to point to an eye-popping, potential ‘banner year’ for marketing automation in 2010. Is their definition the same as mine?

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

2010 was the year social media moved from cutting edge to mainstream (right?). Michael Brenner Nov 18 2010 Hi Chris, Thanks so much for your comments. James Nov 18 2010 Good points Chris. cheers, James Michael Brenner Nov 18 2010 Hi James, Thanks for your comments. Eric Martin Nov 21 2010 Michael, Good list.

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JULY 29, 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 July 29, 2010 8 Subscribe Why Do You Tweet? So identifying and working the “personal brand&# really is key.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 17, 2010

One of the main reasons I began to utilize social media tools like LinkedIn and Twitter was because it provided me with direct access to other employees within my company and across our ecosystem. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider.

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MAY 17, 2010

One of the main reasons I began to utilize social media tools like LinkedIn and Twitter was because it provided me with direct access to other employees within my company and across our ecosystem. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Use a free tool like Google’s Keyword Tool to find search terms and long-tail keywords that people are using to search for information related to your products and services. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. That will give you an idea of demand.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Share: Read more from Sales Alignment B2B Marketing , Lead Qualification , Sales Alignment 29 Comments Post a comment Mario Sep 30 2010 More and more the line between sales and marketing is blured. Michael Brenner Sep 30 2010 Thanks Mario, It’s a great point. Michael Brenner Oct 2 2010 Hi Nick, thanks for the comments.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 4, 2010

Michael Brenner Jun 4 2010 Hi Ryan. Cindy Lavoie Jun 4 2010 I’m noticing these days that many corporate people are overly concerned about what department social media should reside in and who should “own&# it. Michael Brenner Jun 4 2010 Hi Cindy, I couldn’t agree more. See my recent article for more.

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