Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

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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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

They eat, breathe and sleep factor of safety or safety factor (used to provide a design margin over the theoretical design capacity to allow for uncertainty in the design process). Lesson #5: Path of least resistance Engineers are taught to find the path of least resistance.

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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

MAY 5, 2010

Your prospects are at different stages of their decision making process when they visit your site. 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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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Content marketing does not mean churning out white papers, case studies, articles, blog posts, podcasts and webinars for the sake of putting out content. Passive reading of your content will not move the prospect along in his/her decision making process. Read The Anatomy of a Great Web Persona by Brian Massey.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

I found a good answer to that in a comment by Mike Gospe on a blog post at leadsloth.com where he wrote, “But when it comes to marketing automation, I recommend caution. But here’s the thing: Inbound Marketing Automation, like most complex issues, is a Process. I like your steps for Continuous Process Improvements.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The “Mapping Marketing to the Transforming Buying Process,” report released by DemandGen Report revealed serious disconnects. 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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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The chart below shows the variety of content used at different stages of the industrial buy cycle (Source: Understanding the Industrial Buy Cycle: How to Align Your Marketing with Your Customers’ Buying Process from GlobalSpec). Leave a Comment { 1 trackback } Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial Sales Job?

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

These metrics are all linked to 10 stages in Sopheon’s sales process. This way the company can see exactly where the leads are coming from, how old they are, where they are in the process, which account executive is handling them and where leads typically fall out. You can read his entire blog post here.

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Industrial Marketing Today

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. We can only provide prices after a formal RFQ process 5. Dale Underwood of B2B Conversions Now has a step-by-step procedure for this on his blog. Why do we need prices on B2B websites?

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

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. If a video you used in a blog post relates, pull it through to the landing page for that content.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

That depends, see my earlier post, Do-it-Yourself Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Your WordPress Blog. Rule #2: Content comes before redesigning your website Avoid the site redesign cycle of frustration by first developing a clear game plan for creating or repurposing existing content for the new site.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Select only those that will help you optimize your nurturing campaigns and accurately gauge where the prospect is in their decision making process. Not every action or behavior needs to be tracked and measured. Determine in advance who will be responsible for measuring and who will decide on what fine-tuning actions need to be taken.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

I found this one from Michael Fortin’s blog. He explains it very well by saying, “Thus, for every feature about my company, the product that we use, the equipment that we operate or the process that we follow when completing work, I must transition the featured aspect into a believable benefit to the customer.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Interview them and then connect all the dots to develop compelling content that will move the visitor and/or the prospect in their decision making process. However, they may not be good at articulating those benefits and features. Be a ruthless editor – business owners and product developers are passionate about their offerings.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

These findings were consistent across most B2B industries with complex, multi-touch buying processes. Bruce Rasmussen´s last blog. If your sales team can just get these two basics right, it can boost its share of a customer’s business by an average of 8% to 15%.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 8, 2010

If you come storming into someone’s inbox without a relationship thanks to some shady append process, you’re going to be bounced out by the “Spam” button and blocked by ISPs. Robert Scoble argued that email faced deletion at the hands of Web 2.0 They must be explicitly invited into your home in order to enter. So too with email.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 22, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Social Media Too Big For Its Britches?

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

While it’s ok to post your blog posts to Twitter, etc., Bringing down the Twitter snobs , October 25, 2010 It seems that Mitch Joel and I are becoming the Social Media Odd Couple. Un-clog your blog. Unskewing the Web: Curators as filters , October 11, 2010 Image by prettyflower via Flickr. In the early days of Web 2.0

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2010

White papers continue to be very successful in generating registrations, especially in the early stages of the decision making process. Use social media judiciously to increase name recognition, drive traffic and build a community. Grow your in-house list by implementing a lead generation tactic.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Are You Slow Enough to Succeed in Social Media?

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