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AUGUST 26, 2010

Social Media Tips for Marketers The highlight of this article is the section on “The Art of Conversation” from Jason Falls, who shares essential tips for everyone that is looking to participate in social media. It includes an excellent overview of how to maximize your Twitter searches to identify prospects. All rights reserved.

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JUNE 29, 2010

In this article I will summarize a whitepaper Robert wrote on the 11 reasons why outbound telemarketing fails. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. Sometimes, inbound demand generation isn’t enough to fill our funnels.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Two timely articles I saw yesterday helped me to crystallize these thoughts. I’ve already published my B2B Marketing predictions for 2011 and while I think I captured a good mix of new and traditional issues, I realized that one thing was missing: a common theme. But what does that mean…?

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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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OCTOBER 26, 2010

Two recent articles on Harvard Business Review offer some great advice. The second article that inspired me was &# How Forethought (Not Intuition) Separates the Good from the Great &# by Jeff Stibel, CEO of Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. And then there are truly strategic plans that will move our organizations forward.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More With Less? Google News, aggregating content via RSS feeds and social bookmarking sites have been around for a while. So curated content is not something new. What is content curation?

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Having crafted a few myself, I am writing this article to share my experiences and tips on what has worked and what didn’t. For example, effective demand generation with high quality content that meets customer needs will produce awareness and will drive consideration of your product.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

With a majority of marketing efforts going digital, that means even more content is needed. The instant gratification mindset of B2B content consumers means they’re demanding more content, faster. Designing content for 1X use is wasteful. See my post Rule of 5 for B2B content development.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

According to Kit Eaton , from Fast Company magazine in his article “ State of the Blogosphere “: There’s plenty more data in there, but the headline summary would seem to be that blogging is rapidly becoming more professional, and it’s challenging the mainstream media in terms of influence over consumer spending habits.

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JUNE 18, 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 June 18, 2010 3 Subscribe Need to Drive Leads? Follow these 6 Content Marketing Tips That Drive Leads.

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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

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

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

I keep these checked to avoid any duplicate content issues. Now that you have a better idea of optimizing your WordPress blog to attract traffic, don’t forget, it is your content that will create fans and convert them into customers. Spend 80% of your time writing engaging content and the rest of your time on optimizing your blog.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

This article has actionable tips and advice from people like Seth Godin, Mark Cuban and Michael McLaughlin just to name a few. 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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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.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I think this quote in the article from Erich Joachimsthaler, Founder and CEO of Vivaldi Partners sums it up well: “Brand Social Currency is not about social media, not about buzz, not about tactics. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

and then provide targeted content based on that information. We have also had success with creating specific content around each step in the buy cycle on each landing page. For instance, in the connect mode, we provide short case studies and third-party “in the news&# perspective/ articles via PDF.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

and then provide targeted content based on that information. We have also had success with creating specific content around each step in the buy cycle on each landing page. For instance, in the connect mode, we provide short case studies and third-party “in the news&# perspective/ articles via PDF.

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DECEMBER 16, 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 16, 2010 8 Subscribe What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role?

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DECEMBER 16, 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 16, 2010 8 Subscribe What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

The client uses their in-house resources to regularly update the site content without spending more money on our professional marketing services. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

When we start with customer needs and pains and then craft solutions, offers, content and marketing programs towards the customers, our businesses will start to sustain growth. I especially was glad to see content programs listed under your insight-driven marketing comment. Mark William Schaefer Dec 3 2010 Excellent article Michael.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

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.

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Marketing Insider Group

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? I scan articles and quickly share them.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

In this article I will argue for the importance of and the 5 steps to create marketing ROI through demand generation. A recent article from eMarketer.com titled: Is the Click Still King? Step 4: Identify or create valuable content and offers. If you have content- test which pieces work best. This is the trickiest part.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

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. Before you can deliver your content and engage with your target audience, they need to find you!

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

An article I read on Eloqua’s blog “It’s All About Revenue,” shed some light on this. He also said, “Use of information from social media sources and web mining is growing as sales professionals are looking to leverage every piece of intelligence they can find to help progress deals.&# This one caught me by surprise.

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JUNE 12, 2010

I found a series of blog posts on pricing on your website at Dave Jung’s B2B Blog , some of those articles date back to 2006. 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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AUGUST 10, 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 August 10, 2010 15 Subscribe Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy? Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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AUGUST 10, 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 August 10, 2010 15 Subscribe Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy? Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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MAY 21, 2010

If you are still not sure about the benefits of using a business blog, head over to HubSpot and read these articles: 6 Reasons Every Small Business Should Be Blogging… Are You Missing the Boat? Create content – It is easy to get bogged down with the design aspects of a company blog.

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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

JULY 9, 2010

2 comments… read them below or add one } Eric Goldman July 18, 2010 at 11:22 am Achinta; This is a great article – thanks for posting it! Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. {

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AUGUST 12, 2010

Lead scoring is a key component so that once a lead meets a quality threshold, it is sent to sales with all the relevant history such as marketing tactics responded to, content viewed, solution interest, budget or timeframe. Kim Albee, Genoo Marketing Automation Aug 17 2010 Thoughtful article.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Today, technical buyers and engineers expect suppliers to have a substantial online presence with a website packed with relevant content in a variety of formats and easily searchable. The key here is to serve up relevant content that matches the prospect’s state or stage on the decision making process.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on July 20, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing , Sales Strategies To be successful in industrial and B2B marketing, one has to engage with prospects and customers in a meaningful manner.

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MAY 31, 2010

You have full control over this SEO technique since you can add, edit code and content at anytime. It automatically optimizes your titles, generates META tags and avoids the typical duplicate content found on WordPress blogs. What is On Site SEO? On-site SEO refers to changes that you can make within the code of your blog.

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