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Shortening the Industrial Buy Cycle in 5 Simple Steps

Industrial Marketing Today

Even though her article is about the B2B buy cycle in general, it is a perfect follow up to my earlier post “Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.” That’s precisely why Kerry’s article caught my attention. What is the key to shortening the buy cycle? The steps are: 1.

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Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

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

Industrial Marketing Today

Google News, aggregating content via RSS feeds and social bookmarking sites have been around for a while. The final piece of the content curation puzzle was an article by Lee Odden of TopRank Online Marketing blog. I’m glad that you found my article helpful. Heck, even MS Word kept flagging curation as a misspelled word.

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The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities

Industrial Marketing Today

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. He has outlined what is wrong with the theory of mass marketing.

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11 Reasons Why Prospects Don’t Convert Into Customers

Convince & Convert

If you haven’t yet written a book, the “social proof” (or evidence) surfers seek can come from articles, videos, reports, case studies, testimonials, badges, certifications, press releases, and so on. Social Media Examiner’s Patricia Redsicker delivers powerful ideas in her article, “3 Easy Steps to Engaging Your Customers.”.

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101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers

Industrial Marketing Today

This article has actionable tips and advice from people like Seth Godin, Mark Cuban and Michael McLaughlin just to name a few. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post. As an entrepreneur your days are probably packed with items that need your immediate attention.

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B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog

Industrial Marketing Today

Here we are defining size as the number of published articles on a business blog at a given point in time. HubSpot results indicate that median leads start to grow once 24-51 articles are written and published. Median leads were 77% higher among marketers with blogs of 52+ articles versus bloggers with 24 to 51 articles.