Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers. This is especially misplaced with group written blogs, where the broad content focus and inconsistent tonality makes RSS subscription less likely. Very helpful post, Jay.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 23, 2009

To get more insight into the formula and how it works, after watching the presentation, check out some of their website design case studies. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Veredict : Those new to Marketing Experiments are in for a treat. If you are familiar with them, not much new material.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Social Media – according to a study early this year by Forrester Research, 91% of technology b2b decision makers use social media in some form (blogs, video, customer reviews, social networking sites, Twitter, etc.). If you don’t have in-house SEO resources, hire an agency or consultant, but either way, make SEO an ongoing priority.

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 21, 2009

At the company I work for we recently had an informal discussion about Facebook and Twitter, with people raising questions such as “why don’t we have a Tweeter page” or “let’s create a Facebook account and start inviting customers”. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 How will we measure success?

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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. The first study done by AWeber (aff. See charts below).

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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. Heck, even MS Word kept flagging curation as a misspelled word.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities by Achinta Mitra on April 22, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies I read an eye-opening article by Andrew R. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc.

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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. (See All Rights Reserved.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The majority of Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) consider customer engagement as their top priority according to a recent study done by Forbes Insights and George P. That was the good news part of the study. That was one of the key findings of the “2010 Lead Generation Marketing ROI Study” by the Lenskold Group.

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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? All Rights Reserved.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

If your blog is consistent enough that you believe RSS subscription is realistic, make sure visitors can easily subscribe to your RSS feed. (As Most blogs aren’t visually aggressive enough in the promotion of RSS, and very few do a good job at emphasizing the opportunity to subscribe via email (as 40% of C&C subscribers do).

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Let’s look at two case studies to see how industrial marketers are using email to reach and engage with industrial buyers. Case study #1: B2B lead generation through better segmenting and more focused email content Business challenge: FreightCenter wanted to change its customer mix of 70/30 (B2C/B2B) to a more B2B-centric mix.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

According to a study done by Professor John A. One of the key findings from the study was that B2B marketers are realizing that developing brand awareness among their customers’ customers can capture a larger share of channel margins and build loyalty that can protect them against lower-priced competitors.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

The chart below from a research study done by Forrester illustrates this point very clearly. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post. All Rights Reserved.

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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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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics? includes slides and worksheet) [link to post] – Posted using Chat Catcher [link] DMurrow (Dave Murrow) Twitter Comment RT @jaybaer: Develop a social media strategy in 7 steps. Sessions start October 5.

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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.”

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

According to the same research study done by GlobalSpec, during the initial Research phase, 42% of buyers evaluate four or more suppliers, but as buyers move closer to Procurement, only 26% get quotes from four or more suppliers. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Provide him/her with case studies and client testimonials to lower their risks and fears of selecting you. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post. Resources

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

RSS Feeds. --> --> Bookmark FOLIOMag.com. 2010 Eddie and Ozzie Awards Call for Entries OPEN! Study: B-to-B Marketers Lagging With Social Media. Follow her on Twitter. ); E-Mail Alert Sign-Up. --> Subscribe Now. --> Media Kit. --> About FOLIO. MediaPRO Community. SEARCH FOLIO: Search. Careers Home. Search Jobs. Post a Job.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 4, 2011

to $206 million in 2010, according to Metrics 2.0. 75% of daily social media users said email is the best way for companies to communicate with them compared to 65% of all email users according to a study by MarketingSherpa (2010). by Maria Pergolino According to the Radicati Group, Inc., Improve communication.

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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. Extend its life by making your site content shareable via social media, RSS feeds and forward to a colleague.

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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? All Rights Reserved.

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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

AUGUST 24, 2009

Studies have shown that people retain information quicker and longer when you engage their visual senses. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post. Resources

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DECEMBER 23, 2010

Log in now ClickZ Interactive Marketing Events Search Engine Watch Search Marketing Conferences Subscribe to Newsletter Subscribe to RSS Feeds Free Webcasts Members Area Forums Advertise You are here: SEW Home › Experts › Social Media Marketing › B2B Social Media Marketing -- Does It Work?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. You are indeed the perfect case study. You are indeed the perfect case study. “Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube.&# It’s not hard, it’s complicated. Bravo, man.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

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. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

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Online Marketing Institute

AUGUST 14, 2011

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 link] AdamSinger Hi J – I skimmed this in RSS and came here to comment, missed that point was from data (re: tracking). This entry was posted on Friday, August 12th, 2011 at 5:08 am and is filed under Altimeter , Social Media Measurement. Will send you a ping.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

Somehow, thousands of B2B companies seem to have come to the conclusion that because they aren’t being mentioned 65 times per hour on Twitter, that social media doesn’t matter to them, or their customers. No stack of case studies or conference road trips will do it, either. Social Media? It has to come from you.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

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. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. RSS Feed Click Here to receive new posts instantly via RSS.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Jeffbullas's Blog Internet Marketing Home Bio Speaking Grade your Site Marketing Resources Twitter Jeff’s YouTube Contact Congratulations: You have successfully subscribed! Write about customers successes – Write up a case study about a clients successful project, they will often let you publish their name 5. be authentic.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

A 2010 study by Forrester research found that online viewing now equals that of TV viewing. Use Social Media for extended reach – Sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are great outlets for extending your carefully-crafted public relations’ messages. However, the quickly expanding net also provides challenges.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Consumers are using social media (especially Twitter) as a 1-800 line, and agencies should be helping their clients answer the social telephone by setting up listening posts and protocols, and trying marketing to customer service in real-time. I'd love to write up a case study on you guys when you're ready.

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Heather Rast 07/06/2010 at 8:18 PM Permalink Hi, Elizabeth! Quick question: it looks like Backtype has changed its business model, removed the search feature from the website and instead is now focusing on overall analytics. Thanks for this post, a good read.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Home » B2B Marketers Have Little Social Media Engagement B2B Marketers Have Little Social Media Engagement Almost 60% of B2B marketers have little or no engagement in social media, according to a recent study by digital marketing firm White Horse.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Mark Jackson | August 18, 2010 | 0 comments ); //]]> Share Tweet My company has recommended blogging to many of our search engine optimization clients. A little over a year ago, I shared a case study on Search Engine Watch of a client’s website that had fewer than 100 pages of content indexed when we started working with them.

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