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?

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Writing on the Web

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Here’s what I look for in an optimized, good blog (one that gets Google search and reader results): A good blog title with a tag line that says what people will find on this blog (benefits to reader). An email subscription sign up button such as an RSS icon. If you love your blog, make it more findable to readers.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 23, 2011

Looking at data from the Webbiquity blog, several trends are apparent. This B2B blog isn’t necessarily representative of all blogs of course, but the trends likely aren’t much different for many business blogs. Six conclusions that can be drawn from this graph: It takes time to build a blog audience.

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Webbiquity

MAY 4, 2010

But even absent that advantage, traffic to a new blog can be ramped up quickly using the following 12 techniques. Build links to your blog from every possible source. Add your blog name and link to company email signatures and include it in your corporate newsletter or marketing emails as well. Seed this on Newsvine.

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Writing on the Web

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Then determine which ones are more likely not only to read your blog’s content, but also share it with others. Share your posts on Facebook , Twitter , Google +, and the many other popular Internet gathering places. It can be as simple as creating an email newsletter or making your blog accessible to RSS feeds.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 20, 2013

While this may be perfectly fine for a family event or a toddler that doesn’t know the difference, who wants to put time and effort into a business blog if readers aren’t showing up? What are the most effective ways to get blog posts read? Purchasing Google or Facebook advertising to drive awareness. Do keyword research.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

An outstanding list of useful WordPress plugins from Andy Beal, author of Radically Transparent: Monitoring and Managing Reputations Online and the brain behind the Trackur social media monitoring tool. Code to Create Custom Share Buttons for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & Delicious by B2B Online Marketing. Share this on Facebook.

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Hubspot

JUNE 12, 2012

As a business blogger , most of the tools you need to do your job live right up there in your noggin. you can make your job a heck of a lot easier -- and your blog posts even better -- if you have a supplemental arsenal of tools. all these tools are totally free. 10 Free Tools Business Bloggers Should Bookmark.

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PureB2B

AUGUST 3, 2016

It’s as close to automating blog posts as you can get, but be forewarned, as these typically create posts based on RSS feeds. A visitor’s first encounter with your brand might be via a blog post, and they might not even land on your homepage. Try Marketing Tools Like a Slide-in CTA. Worst case scenario?

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

Some B2B marketers are using more sophisticated ROI measurement tools to track activities over the entire life cycle of a lead. You can read his entire blog post here. The good news is that you can use a free tool like Google Analytics to get a very good handle on your customer engagement.

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Anything Goes Marketing

MAY 1, 2007

From the article Business Crawls onto Web 2.0 , the path to large corporations adopting to Web 2.0. looks promising as it seems that over half of the companies surveyed either have a blog or plan to have one (internal or internal) and the same goes for RSS ( Click here for the image ). USA Today , YouTube , blog marketing.

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PureB2B

AUGUST 3, 2016

It’s as close to automating blog posts as you can get, but be forewarned, as these typically create posts based on RSS feeds. However, as the term evolved into what we now refer to as a “blog,” its purpose and content have changed right along with its name. Try Marketing Tools Like a Slide-in CTA. Worst case scenario?

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

Instead of buying print ads in trade journals, they create their own blog and build an active community around it. Cold calling is replaced by useful content and tools that help people find them and contact them for more information.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

That’s unfortunate because when a webinar is done right, it can be a very powerful tool to educate and engage your audience. One can dedicate an entire site to SEO because it is such a wide and deep online marketing topic. Instead of taking up more space here, let me direct you to some of my earlier posts about industrial websites and SEO.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

That is unfortunate because Marketing Automation software is a very useful tool and in my opinion, a necessity these days. The first is a diagnostic tool and the second one measures the health of the business. It’s a combination of tools, methods or procedures, and analysis and activities.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Embrace social media: Yes, the jury is out on making a business case for social media but ignore it at your own peril. Make judicious use of Facebook, LinkedIn and Tweeter to communicate directly with your core audience and gather free market intelligence. Provide multiple ways to access relevant information with minimal clicks.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

A B2B blog is the perfect online tool to accomplish that. If you are still not sure about the benefits of using a business blog, head over to HubSpot and read these articles: 6 Reasons Every Small Business Should Be Blogging… Are You Missing the Boat? I say you need both. That’s all you need for now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

They are combining video, audio and sophisticated tracking tools to deliver email campaigns with highly customized messages that engage prospects in their preferred format and measure interactions beyond just open and click-thru rates and well into website behavior. According to SirrusDecisions research, the B2B buyer receives 20.3

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers. This is especially misplaced with group written blogs, where the broad content focus and inconsistent tonality makes RSS subscription less likely. Mark, you're spot on!

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

This a huge missed opportunity for businesses, especially given that because many businesses aren't leveraging features likes company updates, the clutter on LinkedIn is significantly less dense than on other social networks like Facebook or Twitter. 11 Reasons Your LinkedIn Company Page Sucks. function (sales, research, etc.),

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

If your blog is consistent enough that you believe RSS subscription is realistic, make sure visitors can easily subscribe to your RSS feed. (As As mentioned in my post about blog success metrics , if you cover a very wide topical area, subscriptions are less likely). Consequently, I have two recommendations.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

I have come across two tools for helping you dig deeper and create marketing content that focuses on benefits over features. The first tool is the Product Analysis Worksheet from the book Personal Selling: An Interactive Approach by Ronald Marks, Ph.D., and professor of marketing at the University of Missouri.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

RESEARCH Even before I open up my trusty word processor, I head over to Google’s Keyword Tool. B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

It is not just a matter of measuring better ROI metrics or using the tools of marketing automation du jour. B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Parametric part number search – in addition to the standard word search tool on your website, build a parametric search application. Valve sizing programs – these are great and easy to use tools for any manufacturer of valves for chemical, hydrocarbon and industrial process, power, water and wastewater industries.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

My take: Use a keyword research tool like the free Google Keywords Research Tool to come up with a list of keywords and phrases based around the problems and solutions you discovered in step #1. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

The truth is that if you are in the business of providing great value to your customers, or you are solving certain problems remarkably well, blogging will enable you to communicate this to your prospects in an effective, cheap and efficient way (if youre not providing great value then you shouldnt be in business at all).

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

You need to move beyond the free Google Custom Search tool for websites. B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 16, 2012

Despite any recent recent rants you may have seen about how blogging is dead or blogs are passé , the fact of the matter is that business blogging is now more important than ever. Write great blog post headlines? Optimize blog content for search? Emulate the best corporate blogs?

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Hubspot

MAY 24, 2010

Now that you've started to settle into your Monday, we hope you'll enjoy some of our favorite articles you may have missed in your RSS Reader last week. Our top article offers some useful tips for staying motivated during those trying, early months of blogging. Marketing Takeaway: Facebook isn't only advantageous for B2C companies.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Solution: Make more efficient use of tools like webinars and online meetings to bring together stakeholders who may be spread out all over the world. I suspect that as more understanding is gained of “how to&# use the tools the flood gates will open in the industrial sector. I appreciate you sharing your personal experiences.

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Hubspot

APRIL 12, 2011

Check out her posts on the StudentAdvisor Blog for the latest in college news. When it comes to business blogging, lists are an excellent accessory to have in your content generation toolbox. Finding out how many Twitter followers or Facebook likes a school had was a quick Google search away. Photo Credit: ell brown.

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 30, 2009

Subscribe to our RSS Feed Subscribe via Email Your email: Learn Inbound Marketing Inbound Marketing Software Learn how HubSpot can help turn your business into an inbound marketing machine. Submit guest post ideas to rburnes[at]hubspot[dot]com.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

I had a co-worker email me the other day asking for a blog post about the benefits of business blogging. I told her I'd shoot over one of our up-to-date blog posts about why businesses should blog and. The Benefits of Business Blogs for Marketing. It's for a friend," she said. Sure it was.

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Online Marketing Institute

MARCH 24, 2011

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Which content promotion tools are most useful? Which blog post promotion tactics are most effective? Is it still worthwhile to get listed in blog directories, and if so, which ones? Find the answers to these questions and more here among hundreds of recommendations about tools, tactics and techniques to promote blog posts.

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Hubspot

APRIL 26, 2013

When it comes to the role of business blogging in inbound marketing, there''s no question that it fits quite nicely into the ''Attract'' stage of the methodology. Not only can your blog help you bring in qualified visitors that you can convert into leads; it can also be a powerful lead nurturing tool.

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