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. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

Defining B2B Customer Engagement Forrester Research has proposed a definition of customer engagement that makes a lot of sense to me. With the rising popularity of social media in B2B marketing, it is now more a method of tracking your friends or fans on Facebook, LinkedIn and/or Twitter.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

I downloaded a white paper called “Understanding the Industrial Buy Cycle: How to Align Your Marketing with Your Customers’ Buying Process” from GlobalSpec that has done a very good job of explaining the four stages of the industrial buy cycle and how to match your marketing content to each stage.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

I’ve read several articles about the impending death of email marketing because of the steady decline in open and click-through rates (CTR). Can we deliver a powerful 1-2 punch by combining social media and email marketing? I came across two research studies that answer the last question with a big YES!

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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. I use it to research key words/phrases that people are using to search for answers to their particular problem. That led me to other popular search terms like blog content creation, content creation help, online content creation etc.

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 30, 2009

Blog HubSpot TV Contributors Marketing Kit Internet Marketing Blog The HubSpot Inbound Internet Marketing blog covers all of inbound marketing - SEO, Blogging, Social Media, Landing Pages, Lead Generation and Analytics. Submit guest post ideas to rburnes[at]hubspot[dot]com.

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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. What readers don't want to do is spend the necessary hours researching information to figure it out on their own!

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

According to SirrusDecisions research, the B2B buyer receives 20.3 And that reality of the flooded inbox is very evident from steadily dropping response rates of only 1% to 3% range for traditional email marketing. email campaigns per week, up from 15.4 per week in 2006.

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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

JUNE 29, 2010

As marketers, we need to shorten the industrial buy cycle by producing marketing content that is relevant and tailored to the prospect’s stage on the buy cycle. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

They’ll ask friends at other companies, post queries to industry email discussion groups and boards, ping analysts or surf the Web researching. webinars website design White Paper Marketing whitepapers YouTube Marketing Matters Marketing Matters is our monthly e-newsletter on best practices in industrial and B2B marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

Put it on a refresh schedule and spiff it up to keep it in tune with constantly shifting markets. For example, if you reference research conducted a year ago, is there a new source that will increase relevance? Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. Refresh - Content gets stale over time.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

In one word content – marketing content that is relevant and tailored to the prospect’s stage on the buy cycle. Create and deliver useful information such as white papers, industry research and trends and how-to guides for selecting the right solution provider.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The content mapping discussed here is based on the four stages of the industrial buying cycle identified as Needs Awareness, Research, Consideration & Comparison and Procurement (See my earlier post Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle ).

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

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

JUNE 3, 2010

Solving the content conundrum It is our responsibility as practitioners of inbound marketing to coax relevant content out of the client, be it internal or external. Retrofitting optimization is much harder and it isn’t as effective as creating content from the ground up that is optimized for carefully researched keywords and phrases.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Rule #1: Natural or organic search engine optimization (SEO) In the research phase of the industrial buying cycle , engineers and industrial buyers tend to use broad keywords and phrases that describe their current problem. In complex industrial sales, researchers often do not have the authority to make the final purchase decision.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

By ‘we” I mean my 17-year old daughter who helped me a ton with the research. Here are 199 Digital Marketing Stats to drive your marketing strategy… Content Marketing Stats. On average, inbound marketing overheads 62% less per lead than outbound marketing, which is more traditional.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

there are four key steps involved in creating customer solutions marketing that demonstrate how you can create value in the context of the customer’s problem. webinars website design White Paper Marketing whitepapers YouTube Marketing Matters Marketing Matters is our monthly e-newsletter on best practices in industrial and B2B marketing.

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Hubspot

MAY 9, 2019

Fundamental Marketing Courses. Inbound Certification by HubSpot Academy. From attracting leads to engaging prospects and delighting customers, this course covers the fundamentals of what inbound marketing is all about. Marketing Fundamentals: Who Is Your Customer? Business Blogging by HubSpot Academy.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 9, 2014

They could be checking their email, reading the news, watching a YouTube video … and there you are, with something new and awesome to show them. Increase the effectiveness of search engine optimization (SEO) and content marketing. It also includes some pretty big Google sites, like YouTube and Gmail.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Here on the HubSpot blog, we’ve written glossary-themed posts that cover some of the core components of inbound marketing -- we''ve covered email marketing , website optimization , social media , and the list goes on. So we thought it was time to create a blog post that could serve as an inbound marketing glossary.

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Webbiquity

JULY 26, 2010

Writing on the Web ( Ning Advertorial Business Blogging Online Marketing Linkedin Landing Page ). Content Marketing Results: Landing Pages Rule , July 12, 2010. How to Convert Readers into Clients on Your Blog , May 26, 2010. Why Use Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn for Content Marketing?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

That was the key finding of a research study done by McKinsey & Co. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. { webinars website design White Paper Marketing whitepapers YouTube Marketing Matters Marketing Matters is our monthly e-newsletter on best practices in industrial and B2B marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Your objectives must be driven by the former and not the other way around Creating high converting landing pages Here are the steps you should take for creating optimized landing pages that convert well: Do some research – don’t guess or go by your gut feel as to what your prospects are searching for. Place your logo at the top left.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Email Marketing: Improve deliverability by deleting subscribers? 4) Personal Branding: The five elements of being seen as a thought leader through crowdsourcing (2) Recognition Blogs are Becoming the New Front Door for Prospects: Is Yours Open? I’ve been focusing on how the buyer experience and the sales.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 21, 2011

This detailed description can provide your inbound marketing team with a clear vision of its target customers. Perhaps your audience flocks more to Facebook than Twitter, or maybe they are more concentrated in an industry-specific social network. As a marketer, the time and effort you spend on these networks should reflect that.

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Hubspot

MARCH 1, 2012

Maybe they'd like to know more information about them (say, their marketing techniques?) If you're looking to compete on inbound marketing techniques , you can actually find out quite a lot about your competitors by performing competitive content analysis. Finally, pay attention to the way their blog is structured.

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

He’s recently discussed how he raised money to grow his startup, how he used SEO to support that growth, and how content marketing has played a crucial role in NerdWallet’s success. It was his sister, who wanted to learn about the best credit card available in the market. Connect with influencers.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 13, 2014

Having the ability to move quickly in the world of content creation is a necessity for inbound marketers. Blogging is a core component of content marketing, driving site traffic, quality leads, and establishing your position as a thought leader in your industry. Facebook or Twitter Chats? Have you tried video?

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Hubspot

JUNE 23, 2011

What the Consumer Engagement Cycle is and how you can leverage it through inbound marketing. How Social Fresh leverages outside experts for content marketing. I'm in booking mode for new guests for Inbound Now! What inbound marketing or social media mastermind would you like to see me interview next?

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Hubspot

MARCH 10, 2016

Here on the HubSpot blog, we’ve written glossary-themed posts that cover some of the core components of inbound marketing. We've covered social media terms , content marketing terms , smarketing terms , email marketing terms , website optimization terms. heck, even marketing acronyms. 7) Business Blogging.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 9, 2012

“In many ways, marketing used to be a lot like software development,” wrote marketing technologist Scott Brinker. Yearly plans of a few major initiatives would lumber forward with rigid hand-offs between the different stakeholders -- researchers, strategists, creatives, media buyers, etc. 2) Blogging. 4) Copyright.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Sure, teenagers spend a lot of time on YouTube, but did you know that three-quarters of business executives watch work-related online videos weekly? companies now use social media for marketing (though the figure varies widely based on size of company)? Over 2 billion videos are viewed every day on YouTube.

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