Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 22, 2010

December is also a popular time for bands and musicians to release their “Best of” compilations, bloggers like to summarize their best posts and publishers publish their own “Top XX” lists. In keeping with that spirit, here are my five most popular industrial marketing blog posts from 2010.

Top of Funnel 60

Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Marketing Analytics Tools Curation 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

This timeless classic, one of the first bestselling self-help books published in 1937 and sold over 15 million copies globally is still relevant today. It is a balancing act between making your B2B blog too narrow in focus and standing out from the crowded field of bloggers.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Buying Cycle B2B Blogger 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

In the words of Jeffrey Zeldman , the renowned web designer, blogger, independent publisher and the king of Web standards according to Business Week, “Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it’s decoration.” Are you involved in or responsible for redesigning your company’s website?

Marketing Websites 60

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Here we are defining size as the number of published articles on a business blog at a given point in time. HubSpot results indicate that median leads start to grow once 24-51 articles are written and published. Median leads were 77% higher among marketers with blogs of 52+ articles versus bloggers with 24 to 51 articles.

Lead Generation 60

Lead Generation Business Blogging Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

Bloggers of all stripes have counted on the popularity of “list” posts whenever they’ve run out of fresh ideas for content. Curation: Doing more with less is the topic of a video I found in a post by Steve Rosenbaum who is the CEO of Magnify.net , a video curation and publishing platform. So curated content is not something new.

Curation 60

Curation RSS Web 2.0 Content Marketing 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 17, 2011

These decision-makers are not going to change their mindset easily and overnight, adopt a philosophy of “think like a publisher.” . Inviting guest bloggers to post on your company blog if you have one. Not just publish content for the sake of content marketing. Hiring an outside content creator.

Paid Search Agency 60

Paid Search Agency Content Marketing Companies Marketing Budget 60