Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

I wrote this post because Chris, a regular reader of this blog, emailed me recently with a question on B2B lead scoring. His question – “Could you briefly describe the tools/process you use to ‘score’ sales leads?”. Lead scoring is a key component of marketing automation and a very effective tool for aligning sales and marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Most manufacturers and industrial companies use email marketing as a way to keep in touch with new leads and existing customers. It has been my experience within the industrial sector that these companies rarely use email marketing proactively for lead generation. To me, those contacts are prospects and not leads.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 22, 2011

I’ve heard some of my manufacturing clients call their subscribers free content leads. I’ve also read articles by other industrial marketers where they recommend using free content to generate new leads. However, I do have a problem with classifying these new subscribers as leads. Timeframe.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MARCH 16, 2012

Talking to manufacturers and industrial companies on a daily basis has convinced me that when they say they need help with their lead generation, they really want more RFQ (Request For Quote) opportunities. Generating new leads, qualifying and nurturing them until they turn into a RFQ is too much work for them.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Lead scoring has become very important in today’s B2B marketing. Lead scoring, a key component of lead nurturing and management, is an effective tool for aligning sales and marketing. In developing a lead scoring system, marketing has to make certain assumptions to classify prospects as hot or not.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers.

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Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 12, 2010

A lead is a lead, right? SAL – Sales Accepted Leads is the bridge between Marketing Qualified Leads (MQL) and Sales Qualified Leads (SQL). Clearly defining and understanding the implications of MQL, SAL and SQL are critical to the success of B2B lead generation. Defining qualified leads.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 30, 2011

Your landing page may be the culprit if your lead generation campaign is performing poorly. I realize that successful lead generation depends on many factors but the landing page is where your site traffic and email clicks convert into qualified prospects and leads. Bad landing pages kill conversions. Think again.

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Industrial Marketing Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

No matter the size of the company or the industry they are in, my conversations always boil down to them wanting more leads from their industrial marketing. Yet I see [.]. This is only a content summary. Please click on the headline to read the full article. Visit my website for more content on industrial marketing.].

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

How does one generate high quality, educated leads, not just site visitors on a marketing budget that is less than 1% of the projected revenue? Over the past six months, their website traffic is up 89%, their free download program is up over 200% and they’ve generated over 1,500 leads. All I can say is WOW!

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. However, the role of B2B marketers is changing and evolving more into revenue generation.

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Industrial Marketing Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

And I have used some of these tactics to help my industrial clients make their content more relevant in engaging with their target audience and converting more of them into qualified sales leads. The qualified lead comes from being designed in. Relevant content will and/or is…. See below).

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 17, 2010

While working on an email campaign for a client who markets to manufacturers in the Process Controls and Automation industry, I was asked if there was an easy way to combine web analytics with email marketing. He was already using Google Analytics (GA) to monitor his Web site.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

A vast majority of the survey respondents reported that outbound tactics outperformed inbound initiatives for generating qualified leads. I am wondering if it is a result of the age-old disagreement between sales and marketing on the definition of a qualified lead. This one caught me by surprise.

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Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Content Marketing Inbound Marketing industrial lead generation Industrial Marketing Industrial Marketing Blog marketing automation' Please click on the headline to read the full article. Visit my website for more content on industrial marketing.].

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 14, 2011

However, overall adoption rate of Inbound Marketing and Marketing Automation (MA) is still low among smaller manufacturers and industrial companies. You can automate some of the steps so you don?t Marketing Automation is still a ways away from seeing widespread use among small and mid-sized manufacturers.

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Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Marketing Automation vs. Inbound Marketing. Marketing automation is very effective in moving prospects through the middle of the marketing funnel until the handoff to sales and provides a good closed-loop system for lead recycling that would otherwise go to waste. B2B Lead Generation without Lead Nurturing is Doomed to Fail.

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Industrial Marketing Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Use it to map out your own plays for generating more high-quality leads, increasing sales and growing revenues. Lead nurturing for better lead generation. Key benefits of marketing automation. Content includes: Understanding the industrial buy cycle. What inbound marketing with content will do for you.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 3, 2011

Building strong customer relationships is probably a close second only to lead generation for most manufacturers and industrial companies. It makes perfect sense then to put a good deal of effort into nurturing new leads and building strong relationships in order to convert them into loyal customers.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 1, 2011

They agree it helps them get found in search engines early and often, drives hordes of traffic to their site and fills the top of their funnel with qualified leads at a lower cost per lead. I know how strange that might sound, but for most companies, leads mean more work and very little to show for it.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

You should spend considerable amount of time in planning your strategy for effective lead scoring. This is where marketing automation software can be a big help. Instead of taking up more space here, let me direct you to some of my earlier posts about industrial websites and SEO. Not every action needs to be scored.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Your readers may, in addition to these very specific tactical steps, wish to know a little about the background theory behind Inbound Marketing and Marketing Automation, what we call Inbound Marketing Automation. 2) Engage those visitors’ attention with industry leading content (website copy, white papers, videos, podcasts).

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

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 Typically, that means understanding the prospect’s pain and then offering a solution for relief.

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Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

by Achinta Mitra on November 16, 2009 in B2B E-Mail Marketing Do you know the key component of email marketing that generates more high-quality leads and drives sales? Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing?

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well by Achinta Mitra on April 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Social Media Marketing , Social Networking For a while, it was difficult to find hardcore data to make a business case for social media.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 28, 2010

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

Also see a very interesting post from Junta42, “Engage and Inspire Employees First, Customers Second.” ) Because of the longer cycles and the complexities of B2B and industrial sales, marketers find it very difficult to associate leads to specific marketing content. How about you, do you see the disconnect?

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

If you are using an outside email service provider (ESP), at the very least, they should provide automated subscription management – one-click opt-ins and opt-outs, manage hard and soft bounces and suppress “do not contact” names so you don’t accidentally email them again. Poor conversion rates and low ROI from e-mail marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Are you interested in lead generation, lead nurturing and/or building authority and brand awareness? Case study #1: B2B lead generation through better segmenting and more focused email content Business challenge: FreightCenter wanted to change its customer mix of 70/30 (B2C/B2B) to a more B2B-centric mix.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

In my opinion, the best way forward is to create some original content and mix in a healthy dose of content curation using the best of human skills and automation techniques. Economic reality may be part of the reason but it just may be/become a key component of your content marketing strategy. Where do you stand on this debate?

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 3, 2010

One way or another, you want it to be an integral part of your industrial marketing efforts in generating leads and driving sales. Lead them to it. Both are free to download and will automate some of the SEO chores. How effective has it been for generating leads? Do you want them to sign up for your newsletter?

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Convert prospects into leads – a prospect that has made an inquiry or responded to an offer is now a lead. Score this lead according to your preset BANT (Budget, Authority, Need, and Timing) criteria to determine if they are “sales-ready.” Your content also needs to perform another key function.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2009

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