Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

Leave a Comment Previous post: 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products Next post: How to Use a B2B Blog to Win Customers and Influence Prospects FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales.

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B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Demand Generation Agencies 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

You are not alone, most business purchases, especially industrial products don’t lend themselves to a simple Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP). This was second only to downloading product data sheets. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post.

Sales Management 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

Success story #2: Developer of software suite for the upstream oil & gas industry The client’s old corporate website was designed by us to put a sharper focus on their target audience of reservoir and production engineers, operations personnel and upper management in oil and gas production companies.

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CMS Development Marketing Websites Work Management Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

But not easy to execute because there usually is a disconnect between what your prospect wants to hear and what you want to say about your company and its products and services. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post. Sounds simple, right?

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Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Of course, you don’t have to copy word for word any of the examples from above, you are the only one who can decide which approach works best for your product, service or list. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post.

Email Marketing 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

She defines it as “Contagious content must educate them [prospects and customers] about what they need to know, apply your company’s unique expertise in addition to your product and prove you walk your talk through the sharing of evidence. Are your company, products and services visible in various online channels used across the stages?

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

Leave a Comment Previous post: The Role of B2B Marketing is Shifting from Lead Generation to Revenue Generation Next post: 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

For example, segment your products and services by application and/or industry. Give them hardcore specifications typically found in product spec sheets. The first thing an engineer wants to know is do your products, parts and components meet his/her design specifications and standards?

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 3, 2010

Make a plan: Even before you start writing content and posting, you need to have a clear set of goals. Are you pre-selling a product or service? You don’t want to create another of those unless you are planning to sell advertisement space on your business blog. Both are free to download and will automate some of the SEO chores.

Business Blogging 60

Business Blogging Web 2.0 Long Tail Marketing Business 60

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Email strategy: Milwaukee Tool worked with email service provider (ESP) ExactTarget in developing an aggressive email campaign containing links to product videos. Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo? Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post.

Email Marketing 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

Don’t be afraid to tear apart your initial outline if you think it will improve the product. 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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Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Too often, marketers create new educational content based on internal triggers, such as a new product launch or the adoption of a new marketing strategy. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post.

Relevance 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

However, it is not so simple to measure customer engagement in situations with long sales cycles that’s commonplace with manufacturers, sellers of technical products and B2B consultative solution providers. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

You are well aware of the fact that the Internet has completely and permanently changed the way industrial buyers purchase technical products and services. Let’s say your business offers a software product designed to help business owners efficiently allocate revenue to related expenses to ultimately reduce costs.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Work Management Marketing Management 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

The answer lies in shifting from traditional company product marketing to customer problem oriented marketing. We need to develop customer-centric solutions-based marketing content instead of product-centric features and benefits marketing collateral. According to Tim Riesterer of CMM Forum LLC (now part of Corporate Visions, Inc.),

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Creativity B2B Marketing Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Learn to connect the dots – many times product managers and engineers have very deep knowledge about their products and the problems they can solve. Be a ruthless editor – business owners and product developers are passionate about their offerings. This will also lower the client’s fear of “you just don’t get it.”

Marketing Websites 60

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

If nothing else, it makes the mobile sales force much much more productive. 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

Social Media 60

Social Media Social Marketing Media Planning 60

NuSpark Consulting

JANUARY 3, 2015

In the last two-three weeks, I participated in 3 webinars and 5 software demos, with more planned this week. I have an RSS reader with 150 or so blogs to stay up to speed on the ever changing world of demand and lead generation. Paid Media. Plan search campaigns within the funnel.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Paid Content Lead Generation 100

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

Buyers of technical products and services do look to vendors for providing relevant information for solving their problems. Even though B2B customers consider product features and price very important, what they are really looking for is a remarkable sales experience.

Marketing Automation Services 60

Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 B2B Lead Ranking 60

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Use a free tool like Google’s Keyword Tool to find search terms and long-tail keywords that people are using to search for information related to your products and services. Here you can add a link to your Home page or a product page. That will give you an idea of demand. Add a link to your privacy policy in the footer.

Traffic 60

Traffic Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 60

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Sentiment: How much are you willing to automate verse check by hand? You can also set up various searches from Google, Twitter, etc and run the RSS feeds from each search through Yahoo Pipes and have the resulting feed delivered to your inbox or RSS reader to monitor ongoing. In other words, how accurate does it need to be?

Social Media 157

Social Media Media Paid Content Work Management 157

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Use WWSGD to include a little message before or after each of your posts, asking readers to subscribe to your RSS feed (or buy you a drink). Note that nearly 40% of all subscribers to this blog are via email, not RSS. Automation is the key these days and you have provided a powerful list.

Social Media 167

Social Media Media Paid Content Webinar Metrics 167

Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Use WWSGD to include a little message before or after each of your posts, asking readers to subscribe to your RSS feed (or buy you a drink). Note that nearly 40% of all subscribers to this blog are via email, not RSS. Automation is the key these days and you have provided a powerful list.

Social Media 40

Social Media Paid Content Tools Media 40

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2010

You’d arm them with information about your products and how people use them. 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

Marketing Websites 60

Marketing Websites Marketing Budget Buying Cycle Web 2.0 60