Webbiquity

MARCH 13, 2019

But, they’re clueless when it comes to generating leads via their website. But, at the end of the day, they need to generate “leads” that get fed into some kind of offline sales process—just like most b2b [and many b2c] companies do. Inbound Leads. They Buy Much Faster. Inbound Leads.”

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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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Webbiquity

JUNE 25, 2012

Sales leads generated through inbound marketing–the combination of content marketing, blogging, social media, website chat and SEM–cost 61% less than those produced through traditional demand generation techniques (e.g., Photo credit: DIY Marketers.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Even though her article is about the B2B buy cycle in general, it is a perfect follow up to my earlier post “Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.” She has focused on identifying the problem and providing a 5-step solution to shorten the buy cycle. What is the key to shortening the buy cycle?

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle by Achinta Mitra on September 3, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing These days it is popular to say “Content is marketing currency.”

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

Of course, Marketing Automation alone cannot live up to those hyped up expectations and has to take the brunt of the blame. Let’s get one thing straight from the get go, if you are in a declining market with low demand for your products and services, no amount of automation will help you generate new leads.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Yes, as an inbound marketer, your blog content has to be amazing. As a business becoming a blogging machine, it is easy to focus 100% on content and ignore valuable design elements of your blog that can act as powerful boosters of traffic and leads of your business.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

How does one generate high quality, educated leads, not just site visitors on a marketing budget that is less than 1% of the projected revenue? Over the past six months, their website traffic is up 89%, their free download program is up over 200% and they’ve generated over 1,500 leads. All I can say is WOW!

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

A vast majority of the survey respondents reported that outbound tactics outperformed inbound initiatives for generating qualified leads. I am wondering if it is a result of the age-old disagreement between sales and marketing on the definition of a qualified lead. This one caught me by surprise.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. However, the role of B2B marketers is changing and evolving more into revenue generation.

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NuSpark Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2011

These are primarily online pull tactics (including inbound marketing, content marketing, SEO and social media). Information is available free (or close to it) today that you couldn’t buy for any amount of money five years ago. In complex B2B sales, people still buy from people. The Benefits of a Business Blog.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 20, 2012

In fact, according to the 2012 State of Inbound Marketing , 70% of companies that publish articles 2-3 times per week have acquired a customer through their blog. Furthermore, according to our 2012 Marketing Benchmarks report , companies that increase blogging from 3-5X/month to 6-8X/month almost double their leads.

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SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

This shift has put increased pressure on B2B marketers to execute a strategy focused on demand generation and growing the lead pool. As a B2B marketing manager, how do you deal with changing digital trends in marketing and deliver the type of growth your organization expects? The answer: inbound marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Use it to map out your own plays for generating more high-quality leads, increasing sales and growing revenues. Content includes: Understanding the industrial buy cycle. What inbound marketing with content will do for you. Lead nurturing for better lead generation.

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SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

I remember my first marketing job like it was yesterday. My boss, the marketing director at the time, asked me: “Do you know what inbound marketing is?”. I knew marketing was about branding, sharing product information, and understanding consumer psychology. My boss told me about inbound versus outbound marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 22, 2011

If there is one important takeaway from this exercise, it is that blog posts live forever and continue to attract traffic long after they have been posted. That’s the power of inbound marketing with content. Thought Leadership: Marketing Engineering Services with Technical Articles. Thank you for being a loyal reader.

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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

APRIL 26, 2010

Here’s a short but highly informative slide show that explains how to use content effectively as inbound marketing. Using content for inbound marketing HubSpot , calls inbound marketing as flipping traditional outbound marketing on its head. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

They reported in a separate study by Technorati that blogs are right up there with many traditional media in terms of importance and influence on their buying behavior. Blogs help deliver information from the company to the consumer. And they are more likely to buy from people they know, like and trust.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

That is pretty much the mantra of B2B content marketing. Nothing happens until your site visitors and blog readers take some kind of an action after reading your content. What marketing content you serve at each phase of the buying cycle also matters. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Ardath Albee, CEO of Marketing Interactions, Inc. said it best when she wrote, “Passive reading of your content is not going to help online marketing initiatives shorten buying cycles or increase customer acquisition and revenues.” Your sales team must report to marketing and put these leads back into the hopper for nurturing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

In Needs Awareness and Research phases, the first two stages of the industrial buy cycle (see my earlier post Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle ) your prospects and customers use a variety of online content to find solutions to their current problems and needs.

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Buying Cycle Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer Web 2.0 60

Webbiquity

JANUARY 2, 2013

This post, along with 79 Remarkable Social Media Marketing Facts and Statistics for 2012 and 87 More Vital Social Media Marketing Facts and Stats for 2012 previously published here, provide a solid foundation for that understanding. What do buyers really want from social media marketers? Marketing Charts ).

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Single Grain

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Education can come in a number of different ways, but if you want to stay on top of the latest technology, growth hacks and business management strategies, the best place to look is: the leading SaaS blogs. Neil Patel's website and some of his posts: How to Remarket Leads Who Won’t Respond to Your Emails Through Google Ads.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

Because B2B and industrial buyers tend to be more sophisticated in the use of online content in making their decision over the entire buying cycle. 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.

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Leadspace

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

Whereas outbound marketing focuses on cold calling and making outbound interactions to bring in potential customers, inbound marketing is quite the opposite. Instead of outreach to actively generate awareness of your business, you go about it more passively. Create SMART inbound marketing goals.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website. 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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Webbiquity

MARCH 15, 2016

As winter comes to an end, so too does the Winter Wonderland of Marketing Stats series that’s been running here over the past few months. This final installment covers some fascinating though sometimes contradictory and confusing stats about business blogging and the value of marketing. Stratabeat ). Stratabeat ).

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Hubspot

MAY 31, 2013

Why would you want to adopt inbound marketing strategies when your website is “not ready” for the public? Or you might flip-flop it so the redesign comes after you nail your inbound marketing strategy. Inbound marketing before a website redesign, or after? which way is better? Let''s talk about why.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 28, 2010

This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website. 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

APRIL 22, 2010

Wilkinson , PhD, Associate Professor of Marketing at Montana State University Billings. You can buy the book from Amazon and visit his site at www.distributiontrap.com. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website. Thomas calls this “The Distribution Trap.”

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well by Achinta Mitra on April 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Social Media Marketing , Social Networking For a while, it was difficult to find hardcore data to make a business case for social media.

Social Media 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website. 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

Small Business Marketing 60

Small Business Marketing Blogger Web 2.0 Tips 60

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

That’s why we perused our brand spankin'' new Marketing Library -- which is now free and available to everyone -- and created an inbound marketing syllabus so you can have a successful transition from summer to fall. Inbound Fundamentals: Attracting Website Visitors. Use SEO to generate more leads!

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Landing Pages Planning Inbound Marketing High Quality Lead 28

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

As a B2B marketer, we want to reach our ideal prospects and communicate with customers to maintain top-of-mind awareness throughout their buying cycle. A B2B blog is the perfect online tool to accomplish that. Without passion and expertise, you will have a hard time sustaining your business blog over the long haul.

Web 2.0 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

I have listed some easy, do-it-yourself (DiY) SEO tactics to optimize your WordPress blogs for search engines. Just building a business blog is not going to help you drive traffic or generate leads. On-site SEO refers to changes that you can make within the code of your blog. What is On Site SEO?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2009

This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website. 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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