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Top 10 Industrial Marketing Posts of 2011

Industrial Marketing Today

As we wind down 2011, this is a good time to review all the industrial marketing posts that I have published here and been viewed by you, my readers, during the year. Not all the posts were written in 2011, one was way back from 2008. Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.

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The Evolution of Content Marketing: How It's Changed and Where It's Going in the Next Decade

Hubspot

Google changed the game. In 2011, Google conducted its landmark Zero Moment of Truth (ZMOT) study. It found that 88% of shoppers use what's known as a Zero Moment of Truth — a discovery and awareness stage in a buying cycle where a consumer researches a product before buying it. And it did just that.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B.

The ROI Guy

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? At the same time, B2B buyers are taking advantage of the wealth of information available via the Internet and social media to become more empowered, taking charge of the buying cycle. The Death of a Salesman?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload.

The ROI Guy

Thursday, November 04, 2010 IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales Enablement Define Marketing for 2011 I just had the pleasure of presenting a webinar with Randy Perry, VP Business Value at IDC. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling.

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4 Content Strategies for B2B Corporate Blogging

Online Marketing Institute

Besides Google Adwords and Bing, what other major PPC sevices are. Real-Time Activity Stream 4 Content Strategies for B2B Corporate Blogging Derek Edmond | Apr 1, 2011 | 0 Comments No matter how much planning and goal setting goes into a B2B corporate blog, the writing and content ultimately is what will make a blog successful.

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Best Web Presence Optimization Guides and Tips of 2011

Webbiquity

Oh well, whatever you call the discipline of maximizing a company’s online visibility in a world where search is much more than Google-Yahoo-Bing and where web presence is much more than a corporate website, here are 18 of the best blog posts and articles from the past year on how to do it well. That sounds like a Google search to me.”

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SEO beyond Search Engine Optimization: Convergence with Content Strategy & Towards a Holistic Strengthening of Digital Capability

Valasys

The mid-2000s witnessed link building & keyword stuffing as main practices, which are still in practice ; however, they soon became lackluster in late-2000s when Google updated their algorithm, which was inclined towards intent-based targeting of the prospects. The algorithms are subject to minor changes almost daily.