Webbiquity

JUNE 16, 2015

Content marketing is now ubiquitous, with 93% of all marketers saying they do content marketing (it’s not clear what the other 7% are doing). But with so much content being produced, distributed and shared, how do you make your efforts stand out and grab the attention of your prospects? – Blogs (62%).

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 1, 2015

One of my favorite aspects of being in content marketing is seeing the next generation of leaders emerge. This post comes from Liz Bedor, a Content Strategist we hired just under a year ago. In that time, Liz has totally upped her game on her personal blog , Twitter , Linkedin and Instagram (pretty amazing photos there Liz).

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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? an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. In short, they are doing things that help them get found online.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be by Achinta Mitra on May 3, 2010 in Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog Remember the U.S. How about your business blog, is it all it can be for your industrial company?

Business Blogging 60

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 24, 2012

Stanford Smith obsesses about how to get small business blogs noticed and promoted at Pushing Social , except when he’s chasing large mouth bass! We’ve discussed the benefits of social business. Specifically, how to produce interesting content and how to publish it on a regular basis. It’s usually a look of pure terror.

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Writing on the Web

JULY 15, 2010

There was a time I was in love with blogging … I had already been in the business of content marketing for 5 years on the Web, using an old-fashioned website platform. In 2004, I started blogging. But my lover wasn’t really “the blog.&# But it’s not about “the blog…&#.

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Hubspot

APRIL 13, 2011

However, having a successful business blog not only supports lead generation; it also provides thoughtful engaging content needed to be successful on social media. While blogging is important, it can also be challenging. 7 Ways to Take Your Business Blog to the Next Level. Photo Credit: moyogo.

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Writing on the Web

APRIL 18, 2011

How do you master the art of writing content for the Web so that you provide quality information on your web pages, blog, and newsletters that works to convert readers to clients? You have to find what works for you in your business, with your target audience. And then publish a lot of content in many different forms.

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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.

Business Blogging 28

Business Blogging Business B2B Thought Leadership Stats 28

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

However, to be successful with social media, you have to provide real value and that usually comes from great content. Paul Dunay in his blog post, “4 C’s of B2B Marketing” has defined this very nicely. The old ways of pushing out content is no longer effective. Educate, inform and provide value to customers and prospects.

Marketing Budget Creation 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

Optimizing your marketing content around keywords or phrases is the first step in your content marketing strategy. Optimizing your marketing content around keywords or phrases is the first step in your content marketing strategy. After all, that’s how your prospects and customers will find your blog and/or Web site.

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PureB2B

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Social media is one of the fastest growing marketing channels for B2B businesses. LinkedIn is the top social network for B2B companies, where 44% of marketers get qualified leads. 4 Content Marketing. It’s extremely rare to find a credible, reputable business nowadays that doesn’t implement some form of content marketing.

Lead Generation 86

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Advertising Channels Word of Mouth 86

Go Beyond SEO

JULY 27, 2018

More and more people are looking to sites like LinkedIn and Facebook for reviews on firms and recommendations. That same survey found that 45 percent of all traffic to law firm websites is driven by LinkedIn, so posting on social media can only help you make connections. What can you do to engage potential clients on social media?

Budget Programs 84

Budget Programs Work Management Planning Marketing Management 84

PureB2B

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Social media is one of the fastest growing marketing channels for B2B businesses. LinkedIn is the top social network for B2B companies, where 44% of marketers get qualified leads. 4 Content Marketing. It’s extremely rare to find a credible, reputable business nowadays that doesn’t implement some form of content marketing.

Lead Generation 62

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Webinar Metrics Word of Mouth 62

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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Webbiquity

JUNE 23, 2010

Though the ultimate objective of either a website or blog is ultimately to drive increased sales, the two platforms have fundamentally distinct characteristics. Here are six key differences between business blogs and websites. Website: static content. Blog: frequently updated content. Blog: educational.

Enterprise Management 100

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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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Writing on the Web

MAY 26, 2010

What’s the most important thing to remember when you’re writing for your business blog? Educate readers, but try to entertain them while doing it. They can subscribe to your blog, leave a comment, vote on a poll or take a survey, answer a question… connect with you on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Trigger Marketing 100

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Relevant marketing content – key to thought leadership Positioning your company as a thought leader is critical in complex technical sales that have long buying cycles with many decision makers involved. We are all used to seeing case studies and they are powerful marketing content. Definitely not.”

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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. In other words, it is time to walk the talk!

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content by Achinta Mitra on May 18, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies You can find plenty of clichés used (overused?) in B2B marketing content.

B2B Marketing 60

B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Demand Generation Agencies 60

Go Beyond SEO

JULY 27, 2018

More and more people are looking to sites like LinkedIn and Facebook for reviews on firms and recommendations. That same survey found that 45 percent of all traffic to law firm websites is driven by LinkedIn, so posting on social media can only help you make connections. What can you do to engage potential clients on social media?

Budget Programs 68

Budget Programs Work Management Planning Marketing Management 68

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

AUGUST 24, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Creation Made Easy by Achinta Mitra on August 24, 2009 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Blog Are you struggling with creating content? Content creation doesn’t have to be hard. For example, “content creation.”

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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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High Quality Lead Link Building Ad Building Lead Scoring 72

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

With a majority of marketing efforts going digital, that means even more content is needed. The instant gratification mindset of B2B content consumers means they’re demanding more content, faster. Designing content for 1X use is wasteful. See my post Rule of 5 for B2B content development.

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PureB2B

AUGUST 28, 2018

What’s their educational background? Business Blog. Check out the topics they talk about on their blog. Find your sales lead on LinkedIn to get to know them on a professional level. Take a look at the groups they joined and the content they’ve shared to gain insight into their professional interests.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

That however is only part of the solution because if your content doesn’t engage the visitor s/he won’t take a desired action to move forward in the sales cycle. 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.”

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Sales Cycle Web 2.0 Buying Cycle Privacy Policies 60

Go Beyond SEO

JULY 27, 2018

More and more people are looking to sites like LinkedIn and Facebook for reviews on firms and recommendations. That same survey found that 45 percent of all traffic to law firm websites is driven by LinkedIn, so posting on social media can only help you make connections. What can you do to engage potential clients on social media?

Budget Programs 60

Budget Programs Work Management Planning Marketing Management 60

Webbiquity

MARCH 15, 2016

This final installment covers some fascinating though sometimes contradictory and confusing stats about business blogging and the value of marketing. For example, what percentage of businesses maintain company blogs? Samsung uses its blog to explore trends like the role of IT in improving healthcare delivery.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MARCH 12, 2012

The same study also found that 80% of the companies that had a blog, found it a very to somewhat useful tool. I believe the reason for the low adoption rate of blogs is that it takes a lot more effort to create fresh content for blogs. A blog post is much better suited to educate, engage and convert readers into leads.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

From 7,205 bloggers, the survey reports that 81% have been blogging for more than 2 years, two thirds of bloggers are male, and 65% are age 18-44 years old. They spend on average more than 10 hours a week blogging. Demographically bloggers also have higher incomes and education levels than the general population.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

Also see a very interesting post from Junta42, “Engage and Inspire Employees First, Customers Second.” ) Because of the longer cycles and the complexities of B2B and industrial sales, marketers find it very difficult to associate leads to specific marketing content. Unfortunately, the answer is a big NO.

B2B Marketing 60

B2B Marketing Top of Funnel BtoB Peer-to-peer 60

Writing on the Web

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

The big 3: Facebook , Twitter and LinkedIn. You HAVE to join LinkedIn and participate in groups. Will your business fall in the water if you don’t? Marketing you and your services is simply about educating your target audience about how you can solve their problems. Blog this on Blogger.

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Albacross

MARCH 19, 2019

Wordpress is one of the best platforms for your business blog. Your blog postings should be informative and educational providing content that your readers can relate with. Check out: Benefits of Blogging: 5 Reasons You Must Start a Blog Now. Social Networking.

Lead Generation 58

Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 58

PureB2B

AUGUST 28, 2018

What’s their educational background? Business Blog. Check out the topics they talk about on their blog. Find your sales lead on LinkedIn to get to know them on a professional level. Take a look at the groups they joined and the content they’ve shared to gain insight into their professional interests.

Research 62

Research Sales Qualified Leads Marketing Automation Services Work Management 62

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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