Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

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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Writing on the Web

MARCH 13, 2013

Most small businesses don’t realize how much writing goes into publishing (and updating) a website or blog. Yet the content on your website or blog is the key component of your content marketing strategy. So who writes the web content? That’s a good question. And that can often be a poor decision.

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Writing on the Web

APRIL 13, 2011

Content marketing works: you can publish online content – blog posts, videos, webinars and web pages – that attracts clients to you. Using content marketing , you don’t have to chase after them, spend money on advertising, direct mail, or printed newsletters. Know your customers.

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Writing on the Web

AUGUST 26, 2014

Be Original and Offer Insight" width="325" height="228" title="The ABC’s of Great Blogging: Be Original and Offer Insight" /> When it comes to content marketing and great blogging, insight and originality rules. According to the authors of Content Rules : “Produce great stuff, and your customers will come to you.

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ClearVoice

JUNE 13, 2022

With a B2C business blog , you can: Educate your customers. But how exactly do you write a great (or even good) B2C blog post? Anyone can type some words in a content management system and hit publish. Anyone can type some words in a content management system and hit publish.

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BenchmarkONE

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

For example, it shows your on-site visitors that you have a living resource where you share knowledge, tips, and advice on various topics within your industry. In fact, a lot of SMEs who are creating content already do that, and that’s fine. There’s a time and a place for that content. If not (shame on you!),

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Hubspot

MAY 23, 2013

Lately, the whole marketing community is abuzz about content. Content is a necessity for any successful inbound marketing strategy, and with more and more marketers creating it, it''s becoming increasingly difficult to stand out from the barrage of content out there -- a lot of which is, well. The Content Marketing Deluge.

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Atomic Reach

JANUARY 3, 2019

This is where content marketing comes into play. Content Marketing allows brands to speak to you while coming across as authentic, empathetic, and dedicated to connecting with you. It is a blog post that informs you of industry changes or a video on social media that reveals a customer reviewing the brand.

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Buffer

MAY 4, 2022

A blog can also be a low-cost way to elevate your small business’s reach and also build credibility with your followers, making it a win-win situation. Another benefit of blogging is your posts are “owned content,” meaning you have complete freedom to create your blog as you please without relying on third parties.

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Writing on the Web

APRIL 10, 2013

Most bloggers and those who run small businesses that publish blogs are not natural-born writers, or even trained writers. Most businesspeople studied things such as marketing, communication, or business. Many small businesses are not willing or able to pay a writer when first starting out.

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Writing on the Web

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

If you’ve pre-written your blog posts, and scheduled publish dates, you can easily post links through your social media when new posts appear. Ideally, you should identify a quote or excerpt from your blog and schedule it to automatically post at peak usage time(s). What resources do you use to find ideas?

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Unlike Reachpocalypse, where Facebook didn’t really say anything on the record about it until 9 months after the evidence appeared , with Promocalypse they fired a warning shot 60+ days in advance via a post on the Facebook for Business blog (a resource I recommend you read with regularity). Mark Zuckerberg. .”

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 3, 2014

This call was like most calls – a successful yet struggling marketing manager was up against bosses who wouldn’t give a real content strategy a chance. They have all this expertise they could be sharing, but they just don’t think blogging works from their experience.” My bosses won’t give it a chance. And here’s why.

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Valasys

MAY 7, 2020

Using Guest blogging for high-quality link-building makes it a powerful tool for improving brand awareness, boosting your SEO endeavors, discovering new and useful contacts, and for streamlining the sales cycles. According to the Business Blogging Secrets Revealed report by Curata , 56% of externally sourced blog posts are from guest authors.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 1, 2011

Notice how discussions about content marketing are full of words like engagement, helpful, sharing, nurturing and community building. These are all great at soft selling without irritating the customer. However, have we gone too soft with content marketing when it comes to selling industrial products and services?

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Hubspot

JANUARY 20, 2021

But then, vlogging evolved into what we know it as today: a sustainable income source for influencers and an effective content marketing tool for brands. Imagine creating these high-quality videos for YouTube, but your ideal customer lives on Facebook and prefers short-form videos. Develop a content strategy.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Figure out which keywords you would like to rank high for and concentrate on creating content around them. Use your blog to demonstrate your thought leadership in that subject and reach out to fellow experts. Another effective way to attract traffic is by answering questions that your customers are frequently asking (e.g.

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Directive Agency

MAY 24, 2017

Sometimes creating content is easier said than done. Business owners and bloggers get busy, and it’s all too easy to leave a blog idle for a few weeks or even months. When this happens, your business can suffer. When a site is idle for too long, customers can lose interest, and site traffic can drop.

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Hubspot

JUNE 5, 2012

There is no shortage of different types of content you can create to feed your business blog. Thought leadership-based content, commentary on industry news, data-driven analyses, list-style posts. It's a business blogging classic. the options are numerous. But one type stands out from the rest. Introduce It.

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PureB2B

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

It’s crucial for marketers nowadays to adopt multichannel strategies and be where their customers are. However, not all lead generation channels are created equally, and businesses need to focus on what works specifically for them to increase efficiency and maximize returns. 4 Content Marketing. appeared first on PureB2B.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More With Less? Google News, aggregating content via RSS feeds and social bookmarking sites have been around for a while. So curated content is not something new. What is content curation?

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

For a B2B business blog, the “niche” is based on the key interests and concerns of the target customer. ? How can I figure out what content my target audience wants? How do I come up with content ideas for things to post about? How does backlinking play a pivotal role in blogging?

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PureB2B

AUGUST 3, 2016

But if there’s one thing we’ve yet to find a machine able to do properly, it’s crafting a compelling blog post. Sure, there’s software that can pull content off the internet for you. It’s as close to automating blog posts as you can get, but be forewarned, as these typically create posts based on RSS feeds. Worst case scenario?

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 29, 2011

You believe in the importance of creating relevant and interesting content for your prospects to consume. All of that has been pretty easy to integrate into your day to day marketing responsibilities, but there's one thing you really want to make more time for: blogging. This blog post (how meta is that?) Tweet This Stat! ).

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Business buyers typically seek additional information and resources for information on business products and services. In the growing content marketing field, some companies choose a pure creation strategy (often using blogging platforms for publishing) and find it to be a challenge.

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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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Hubspot

JUNE 16, 2020

For example, if you are writing for enterprise audiences, how are you framing that content to achieve your goals? If you're writing for the professional who is part of a large organization, how does your blog cater to their needs? Many marketers agree — blogging is an important part of their content strategy.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

within the same five-year span, podcasts have risen in popularity and surpassed blogs in searches. However, marketers still consider blogging a top marketing channel. At Foundation, blogging with intent has helped us generate millions of dollars in the pipeline for both us and our clients," says Simmonds. In the U.S.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 6, 2013

Deploying internal communities using software platforms like IBM or Jive just because your competitors are doing so is a complete waste a time, money and resources. There must be positive business outcomes. There has to be a strategic initiative as to why you want to change your business. There needs to be reason “why”.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

One of the key findings from the study was that B2B marketers are realizing that developing brand awareness among their customers’ customers can capture a larger share of channel margins and build loyalty that can protect them against lower-priced competitors. You can leverage existing content like PowerPoint files.

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PureB2B

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

It’s crucial for marketers nowadays to adopt multichannel strategies and be where their customers are. However, not all lead generation channels are created equally, and businesses need to focus on what works specifically for them to increase efficiency and maximize returns. 4 Content Marketing.

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Online Marketing Institute

MAY 18, 2010

Longer sales cycles due to more complex products and services and business purchasing processes often require more information. The content used to educate buyers of B2B products and services can be a very valuable asset when it comes to content optimization and acquiring leads via organic search. How many off site? Sub domain?

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PureB2B

AUGUST 3, 2016

But if there’s one thing we’ve yet to find a machine able to do properly, it’s crafting a compelling blog post. Sure, there’s software that can pull content off the internet for you. It’s as close to automating blog posts as you can get, but be forewarned, as these typically create posts based on RSS feeds. Worst case scenario?

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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. Read full article….

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Single Grain

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Here are the top 16 SaaS bloggers that all businesses should follow for the most up-to-date, advanced and useful business techniques that will help you grow your business. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Rand Fishkin. He frequently published unique, original content that you won’t find elsewhere. Neil Patel. Hiten Shah.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Businesses that blog attract more leads, build brand trust, and have an easier time nailing revenue goals. It’s also what customers prefer – 70% of people would rather learn about a company through its articles rather than advertisements. B2B marketers who blog get 67 percent more leads than those who don’t.

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Hubspot

MARCH 28, 2019

So it’s enough of a benefit to simply be notified when these works of art are published: However, most business blogs can’t compete on that standard (it’s wildly time consuming and expensive to produce content like that). Essentially, it’s a piece of premium content you can use to entice someone to sign up for your list.

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