Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 15, 2012

Right off the bat let me say that this post is not about email marketing versus social media. However, I’ve had conversations with manufacturers and industrial companies where I am asked if email marketing is still relevant and effective since all the talk these days is about social media.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

As a result, most BtoB marketers tend to credit sales-ready leads to the last marketing touchpoint. The report was based on a survey of over 70 BtoB marketers and was conducted by Genius.com. This tendency often neglects the other marketing channels that played a role in early stages of the purchase funnel.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MARCH 8, 2011

Building a thriving online community around your social media strategy takes a lot of hard work. A recent article by Paul Gillin ( @pgillin ) and published in BtoB Online , caught my attention because it talks about how engineers can have fun while doing serious business. In “Who says engineers don’t know how to have fun?”

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 22, 2012

According to a survey conducted in 2011 by BtoB and Rainmarker Systems, while only 35% of B2B marketers are involved with selling directly online, 58% of those companies have an increasing commitment to the channel. My social media friend Tom Lee, Jr., Manncorp Inc.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Today, the customer split is 55/45 in favor of B2B clients Read the full case study on BtoB Online at [link] Case study #2: Driving qualified traffic and growing in-house list using emails with videos links Business challenge: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 14, 2011

Build a larger base of loyal customers and spread the word via social media channels. They use the entire spectrum of content and social media marketing. Attract more leads and acquire new customers. Become the go-to source of information related to your niche and build thought leadership.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Community/Customer forums – forums have been around a lot longer than social media and have proven to very effective for engaging the engineering community. BTW, it recently won BtoB Magazine’s BtoB Social Media Awards 2010 in the blog category.

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