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Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

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. Now, B2B content marketing’s agenda is to educate and inform customers and prospects. Educate, inform and provide value to customers and prospects. Don’t sell. Don’t interrupt.

Marketing Budget Creation

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5 Things Industrial Marketers Must Do to Attract Engineers and.

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

Anything you can do to help them find the right information quicker will score big with engineers. If possible, add basic pricing information on your site to offer complete information without leaving your site. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

Web 2.0

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Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

And they use different sources to get their information. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Leave a Comment Previous post: Successful Industrial Websites Require Part DiY and Part Professional Help Next post: Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo?

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How Relevant Marketing Content Helps B2B Branding

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

In the Needs Awareness and Research stages (the first two stages of the industrial buying cycle ), buyers use a broad array of sources, including social media, webinars, e-newsletters, Google, Bing, Yahoo and vertical search engines like thomasnet.com and globalsepc.com. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

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Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the.

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Those that drop off the list are often those who did not provide the right level of information to buyers or did not meet some other perceived or real need in the buyer. Source: Frost & Sullivan ) Peer referrals: This is primarily social media marketing or the online version of word of mouth marketing (WOM).

Buying Cycle

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Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

Here are some stats, results and recommendations that I found very useful: In the Needs Awareness and Research stages, buyers use a broad array of sources, including social media, Webinars, e-newsletters, search engines and [vertical search engines like] GlobalSpec. There are plenty of charts and graphs too.

Buying Cycle

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B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The.

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

There have been many studies done over the years that indicate that price information is the very reason why most B2B buyers visit a vendor’s website. The results from three separate studies confirm this: 61% of engineers surveyed indicated pricing information as one of the primary reasons to visit a vendor’s website.

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Survey Finds Growth in Pipelines and Sales Cycles for B2B Lead.

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

He also said, “Use of information from social media sources and web mining is growing as sales professionals are looking to leverage every piece of intelligence they can find to help progress deals.&# an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

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Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

According to Bob Carrigan, CEO of International Data Group , “It [content] fulfills the promise of the Web, which is relationship marketing.” Using content or Inbound Marketing , you are able to make that key connection with your prospects by delivering specific content needed in order to make an informed decision.

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7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products

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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The 6 essential rules of a website redesign – Ignore them at your.

Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Develop your message: Put some thought into who, what and why about your business. Provide this information in plain English with compelling reasons for people to do business with you. Provide multiple ways to access relevant information with minimal clicks. Instead, explain how those things benefit your customers.

Rules

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Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

According to Jeff Ogden, the Fearless Competitor , you are going to need two critical pieces of information to conduct a content audit. There is plenty of information out there about buyer personas. Read The Anatomy of a Great Web Persona by Brian Massey. And in a complex industrial buy cycle, things can get well…complicated.

Buying Cycle

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Content Creation Made Easy

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

Studies have shown that people retain information quicker and longer when you engage their visual senses. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. READ If you are going to edit your own content which is not a good idea, then read your text aloud.

Web 2.0

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How to Use a B2B Blog to Win Customers and Influence Prospects

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

Capture visitor information – Implement a method to capture visitor information from your business blog. Install some kind of a sign-up form to capture basic contact information such as name, company name and email address. It has to be a value exchange for people to give up their contact information to you.

Web 2.0

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7 “Rs” for B2B Marketing Content Planning

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

Not just any content, but ideas, information and expertise they find relevant and helpful for answering questions they have about problems they’re trying to solve. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Designing content for 1X use is wasteful.

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Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

I searched Wikipedia for information but couldn’t find an exact definition. Instead, I found something on Media Curation, which I thought was close enough: Media Curation is the emerging trend toward creating media content using a mix of machine and human resources. So curated content is not something new.

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Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Thank you for a very informative post. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. { Your article with the examples helped me see it clearly.

Features

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Shortening the Industrial Buy Cycle in 5 Simple Steps

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Create and deliver useful information such as white papers, industry research and trends and how-to guides for selecting the right solution provider. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. How can you accomplish all that? He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

Buying Cycle

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5 Rules of Website Redesign for Engaging Engineers and Industrial.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

The more detailed and specific information you can provide with the least number of search queries or clicks, the better will be the user experience. The shelf life of your content is pretty short because new information is generated very quickly on the Internet. That’s good news but it also creates a credibility problem.

Rules

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Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

Opportunity Development: Research, understand and distill the relevant industry-specific information, key issues and business needs in order to educate the company, especially the sales force, on the specific business requirements of a given market. According to Tim Riesterer of CMM Forum LLC (now part of Corporate Visions, Inc.),

Creativity

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How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Be a ruthless editor – business owners and product developers are passionate about their offerings. Harness that power by gathering all the information and then editing the material into cohesive content. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

Marketing Websites

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Do-it-Yourself Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Your WordPress.

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. 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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Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial.

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Even though the widespread adoption of social media in industrial marketing has been slower than general B2B and B2C marketing, it has had a serious impact on industrial sales, especially on the traditional role of the outside sales rep. They prefer to consume information at their convenience and in their preferred format.

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What Not To Do For Better B2B Customer Relationships

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

Buyers of technical products and services do look to vendors for providing relevant information for solving their problems. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

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Driving Traffic to Your Homepage All the Time May Be a Big Mistake

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

A Home page is great for attracting prospects at the top of the sales funnel that may have found your site using generic search terms and are just looking for information on companies in your market. Do they ask for information that you feel is irrelevant to your intent? What’s the solution? How did they find your site?)

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Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2010

You’d arm them with information about the marketplace. You’d arm them with information about your products and how people use them. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. She said, “Treat your website as if you were hiring a six-figure salesperson.

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Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

5 Things Industrial Marketers Must Do to Attract Engineers and.

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Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

How Relevant Marketing Content Helps B2B Branding

Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the.

Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The.

Survey Finds Growth in Pipelines and Sales Cycles for B2B Lead.

Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products

The 6 essential rules of a website redesign – Ignore them at your.

Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

Content Creation Made Easy

How to Use a B2B Blog to Win Customers and Influence Prospects

7 “Rs” for B2B Marketing Content Planning

Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More.

Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing.

Shortening the Industrial Buy Cycle in 5 Simple Steps

5 Rules of Website Redesign for Engaging Engineers and Industrial.

Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving.

How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project

Do-it-Yourself Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Your WordPress.

Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial.

What Not To Do For Better B2B Customer Relationships

Driving Traffic to Your Homepage All the Time May Be a Big Mistake

Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

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