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Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

The problem becomes more acute for the industrial sector because the industrial buy cycle can be a long and complex process that often involves multiple decision makers. Without a clear understanding of the stages, it is difficult to align your marketing content with your customer’s decision-making process.

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Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the.

Industrial Marketing Today

In Needs Awareness and Research phases, the first two stages of the industrial buy cycle (see my earlier post Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle ) your prospects and customers use a variety of online content to find solutions to their current problems and needs.

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Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

said it best when she wrote, “Passive reading of your content is not going to help online marketing initiatives shorten buying cycles or increase customer acquisition and revenues.” Your online content needs to play a much more active role in moving site visitors along in his/her buy decision.

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5 Rules of Website Redesign for Engaging Engineers and Industrial.

Industrial Marketing Today

Rule #1: Natural or organic search engine optimization (SEO) In the research phase of the industrial buying cycle , engineers and industrial buyers tend to use broad keywords and phrases that describe their current problem. One-size-fits-all site content will not help you engage. See rule #4 for other ideas on creating interaction.

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7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products

Industrial Marketing Today

However, industrial marketers face a challenge when it comes to producing a steady stream of fresh content to keep their target audience engaged. Here are seven content marketing strategies that you can use to engage your prospects and move them forward in their buying cycle. Share your thoughts by leaving a comment.

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The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement

Industrial Marketing Today

The bad news — more than a quarter (27%) have no specific strategy for customer engagement, and more than a third (34%) feel their companies do only a fair or poor job engaging their audiences. The “Mapping Marketing to the Transforming Buying Process,” report released by DemandGen Report revealed serious disconnects.

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7 “Rs” for B2B Marketing Content Planning

Industrial Marketing Today

Marketers need to create a process for content planning that helps them maximize the return from their investments in developing the content resources that fuel their online marketing programs. Recycle - Don’t toss out content that’s no longer pulling the audience it once did. Designing content for 1X use is wasteful.