Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 10, 2011

Even though social media (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn) adoption is lower among industrial marketers, YouTube usage by manufacturers (50%) is higher than other B2B marketers (38%). This dependence on site traffic is even more pronounced among small and mid-sized manufacturers.

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Video Marketing Content Marketing Co-Registration High Quality Lead 60

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Today, it has matured to the point where marketers can deliver highly focused email campaigns to the right audience at the right time and in the preferred format. While it is good to have multiple links in your email, don’t confuse your target audience by making multiple offers in the same email. Share your ideas here.

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Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

However, none of that can happen until you drive lots of interested traffic to your business blog. Optimizing (SEO) your business blog is critical because it allows your target audience to find you in search engines and attract traffic. Maximize the All In One SEO Wordpress Plugin View more presentations from Scott Stawarz.

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Business Blogging Optimization Web 2.0 Business 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

As an added bonus, you can share your slideshow with much a larger audience by uploading it to a site like slideshare. It will help to drive more traffic to your site where you could build a deeper relationship with them. Extend its life by making your site content shareable via social media, RSS feeds and forward to a colleague.

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Rules Marketing Websites Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

Keep your focus squarely on finding topics that are of interest to your target audience and developing content. Some bloggers suggest that you pick topics that revolve around popular search terms/phrases used by your audience. Drive traffic – Don’t expect your prospects to find your blog just because you’ve built it.

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Web 2.0 Buying Cycle B2B Blogger 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

In the Needs Awareness and Research stages (the first two stages of the industrial buying cycle ), buyers use a broad array of sources, including social media, webinars, e-newsletters, Google, Bing, Yahoo and vertical search engines like thomasnet.com and globalsepc.com. That’s the goal of every branding effort.

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Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Brand Identity 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Before you can deliver your content and engage with your target audience, they need to find you! And the way to get found by your target audience is to define your offerings in terms of solutions to their problems then build your content strategy around those problems instead of benefits and features of your products.

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