Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

BtoB marketers need to create and deliver content that is relevant to those searching for their solution while mapping it to the prospect’s buying cycle. To deepen and strengthen this relationship, marketers (and sales) must optimize the “return on time spent” by increasing the value received through each touchpoint.

Optimization 60

Optimization Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle 60

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Check out our Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing which provides you a worksheet to map this out). Lead nurturing and lead scoring are key to B2B marketing success. ckburgess : Hotel websites are built around product |so are most BtoB websites | build around buyer personas instead. Think big, start small, move quickly!

B2B Marketing 48

B2B Marketing Buyer Personas B2B Lead Scoring 48

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Once they find the correct part number, offer datasheets with performance characteristics, applications and tolerance information, include a way for the visitor to send a quick question to your engineering department and if applicable, add a “buy now” button to take advantage of online sales. Share your thoughts by leaving a comment.

Webinar Metrics 60

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product 60

Paul Gillin

AUGUST 4, 2011

In a survey of marketers conducted by BtoB magazine last year , Facebook was ranked last in usefulness among the top five social networks, trailing blogs, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter, in that order. Buddy Media uses it to capture leads , as does e-mail marketing provider Infusionsoft. SAP plays inline videos. million likes*.

Facebook 50

Facebook B2B Marketing Rules Salesforce.com 50

ViewPoint

MAY 2, 2012

He is a regular contributor to BtoB Magazine and was founding editor of TechTarget and editor-in-chief of Computerworld. Companies are on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and have a blog—very often with just one person devoted to maintaining all these outlets. It's got to be a solid budget item".

Social Media 120

Social Media BtoB Media Inbound Marketing 120

Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Manufacturing marketers do understand the value of a business blog for thought leadership, search engine optimization (SEO), lead generation and community building but proving its ROI has been a challenge. As a result, many of them either ignore blogging as a marketing strategy or wait until their competition launches one.

Business Blogging 60

Business Blogging Enterprise Management Paid Search Agency ROI 60

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Paul has spent more than 20 years in marketing, creating buzz for leading technology companies such as Google, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Avaya and Cisco. The big opportunity here is for B2B marketers to have a lead nurturing platform in place and then start layering on these tactics to keep the conversation going with potential prospects.

Thought Leadership 48

Thought Leadership Buzz BtoB Wiki 48

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Before you know it, you're stuffing chocolates, er, leads, anywhere you can hide your lack of success from the boss. “Companies rarely have enough of the right content to make marketing automation work,” Jeff Ernst, a principal analyst with Forrester Research , recently told BtoB, the magazine for marketing strategists.

Marketing Automation Services 28

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Work Management Top of Funnel 28

Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 22, 2009

Millions of white papers, books,… Read more… Doug Kessler | March 24th, 2009 | 4 comments SouthWest rap elevates the brand Saw a fabulous YouTube video the other day, where a Southwest airlines attendant delivered the pre-take-off welcome and safety instructions via an entertaining rap. Zillions of blog posts. See it here.

Paid Search Agency 40

Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Agencies B2B Marketing 40