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B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog

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Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers.

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Six Insights (And One Inspiring Conclusion) from 27 Beneficial B2B Marketing Stats and Facts

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Meanwhile, the top three challenges for marketers are generating website traffic and leads (63%), proving the ROI of marketing activities (40%), and securing enough budget (28%). Simplifying and personalizing the buying process is now the key differentiator. LinkedIn Pulse ). HubSpot ). Lead quality > lead quantity?

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Top 10 Industrial Marketing Posts of 2011

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Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle. 3 Business Blogs with Proven ROI from Industrial Companies. Thought Leadership: Marketing Engineering Services with Technical Articles. B2B Lead Generation without Lead Nurturing is Doomed to Fail. Small Manufacturers Use Social Media Effectively.

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The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement

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That was one of the key findings of the “2010 Lead Generation Marketing ROI Study” by the Lenskold Group. The study also revealed that B2B marketers that measured ROI were better able to track leads to marketing touchpoints. It is not just a matter of measuring better ROI metrics or using the tools of marketing automation du jour.

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The Role of B2B Marketing is Shifting from Lead Generation to.

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In order to meet new revenue and ROI goals, marketers need to improve their strategic skills (50%) and sales skills (40%). 58% of respondents said their role, as marketers did not end even after they handed off qualified leads to sales.

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Business Value of Social Networking

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Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Business Value of Social Networking by Achinta Mitra on July 29, 2009 in Social Media Marketing , Social Networking Saw a very interesting video where Seth Godin talks about how useful social media is to businesses.

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Industrial and B2B Customer Engagement Simplified

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Some B2B marketers are using more sophisticated ROI measurement tools to track activities over the entire life cycle of a lead. For example, at Sopheon , a software provider, measures qualified leads by their source, their region, volume per region, the speed of aging, movement through the sales cycle and other metrics.

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