SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

I remember my first marketing job like it was yesterday. My boss, the marketing director at the time, asked me: “Do you know what inbound marketing is?”. I knew marketing was about branding, sharing product information, and understanding consumer psychology. What Is Inbound Marketing?

Inbound Marketing 98

Inbound Marketing Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 98

SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

As a B2B marketing manager, how do you deal with changing digital trends in marketing and deliver the type of growth your organization expects? The answer: inbound marketing. An Inbound Marketing Refresher. Some ideas to get started include: Inviting an influencer to write a guest blog article.

Inbound Marketing 105

Inbound Marketing Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing Peer-to-peer 105

Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 22, 2010

from my Google Analytics, the number of inbound links received, retweets and other social sharing. Marketing Automation vs. Inbound Marketing. However, you shouldn’t count on marketing automation to solve all your lead generation problems. Just like any marketing tactic or tool, there are pros and cons.

Top of Funnel 60

Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Marketing Analytics Tools Curation 60

Webbiquity

JANUARY 2, 2013

This post, along with 79 Remarkable Social Media Marketing Facts and Statistics for 2012 and 87 More Vital Social Media Marketing Facts and Stats for 2012 previously published here, provide a solid foundation for that understanding. What do buyers really want from social media marketers? ” ( Marketing Charts ).

Paid Content 100

Paid Content Stats Social Media Paid Search Agency 100

Industrial Marketing Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Use it to map out your own plays for generating more high-quality leads, increasing sales and growing revenues. What inbound marketing with content will do for you. Lead nurturing for better lead generation. How to feed your sales funnel with a business blog. Key benefits of marketing automation.

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Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel Companies Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

Your business will grow.&# (See Content Marketing – The Ultimate Cheat Sheet ). Here’s a short but highly informative slide show that explains how to use content effectively as inbound marketing. Instead of interrupting people with television ads, inbound marketers create videos that prospects want to see.

Marketing Budget Creation 60

Marketing Budget Creation B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Marketing Budget 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

Let’s get one thing straight from the get go, if you are in a declining market with low demand for your products and services, no amount of automation will help you generate new leads. You need to rethink your business model first and fast. The first is a diagnostic tool and the second one measures the health of the business.

Marketing Automation Services 60

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Marketing Automation 60

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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Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product 60

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.

Sales Cycle 60

Sales Cycle Web 2.0 Buying Cycle Privacy Policies 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

I know I have been guilty on more than one occasion of using popular clichés in my business marketing communications. I have added two of my own: cutting edge technology holistic approach You can read the complete list at The Encyclopedia of Business Clichés. He called it “The Gobbledygook Manifesto.”

B2B Marketing 60

B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Demand Generation Agencies 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities by Achinta Mitra on April 22, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies I read an eye-opening article by Andrew R. He has outlined what is wrong with the theory of mass marketing.

Distribution 60

Distribution Web 2.0 Lead Ranking Privacy Policies 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

Because of longer sales cycles, more promising opportunities are being lost since business conditions change at the other end and projects are put on hold indefinitely or being eliminated. A vast majority of the survey respondents reported that outbound tactics outperformed inbound initiatives for generating qualified leads.

Sales Cycle 60

Sales Cycle Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads B2B Sales 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well by Achinta Mitra on April 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Social Media Marketing , Social Networking For a while, it was difficult to find hardcore data to make a business case for social media.

Social Media 60

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

Creating effective marketing content requires a well-rounded skill set that includes researching, interviewing subject matter experts (SME), customers, and internal stakeholders, compiling all that information into cohesive content and a basic understanding of any existing content management system (CMS) to update your online content library.

Relevance 60

Relevance B2B Marketing CMS Development Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

If not, then you need to rethink your strategy to get the most out of optimizing your marketing content. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer.

Optimization 60

Optimization Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 28, 2010

Tagged as: b2b blogs About the Author Achinta Mitra calls himself a “marketing engineer” because he combines his engineering education with 20+ years of practical industrial marketing experience to connect the dots between strategic advice and tactical implementation. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Privacy Policies Buying Cycle RSS 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website.

Lead Generation 60

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Web 2.0 B2B Marketing 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website.

Budget Programs 60

Budget Programs Education Marketing Budget Lead Scoring 60

Go Beyond SEO

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Why are your competitors getting more business than you are? One of the most effective ways to build your practice is to have the right digital marketing strategy. After all, 85% of people hit the internet when they’re looking for local businesses, so a strong online presence goes a long way. You need them to find you.

Planning 79

Planning Social Media Marketing & Strategy SEO 79

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

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? Without passion and expertise, you will have a hard time sustaining your business blog over the long haul.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Buying Cycle B2B Blogger 60

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

One can dedicate an entire site to SEO because it is such a wide and deep online marketing topic. Social media among IT and business buyers of technology rose 50% over last year and finally pushed to majority status; 55% said they use social media as part of the technology buying process in 2009 versus just 37% in 2008.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project by Achinta Mitra on June 3, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Websites , Search Engine Optimization (SEO) , Website Design & Development What comes first – site content or site design?

Marketing Websites 60

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

However, accurately defining and measuring customer engagement in complex business or industrial sales is still elusive. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer.

B2B 60

B2B Marketing Analytics Tools Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

Link), was a survey of small business owners and found that the two most common tactics used in 2009 were tweeting e-mail newsletters and sending out blog entries to e-mail lists. In 2010, almost 50% of small businesses will include “follow us” links in their e-mails, and about 44% will include share options in their messages.

Social Media 60

Social Media Email Marketing Social Marketing Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

I have listed some easy, do-it-yourself (DiY) SEO tactics to optimize your WordPress blogs for search engines. Just building a business blog is not going to help you drive traffic or generate leads. On-site SEO refers to changes that you can make within the code of your blog. What is On Site SEO?

Optimization 60

Optimization SEO Buying Cycle Web 2.0 60

Go Beyond SEO

JULY 27, 2018

You could be losing business when potential clients come to your website simply by misrepresenting yourselves or not having accessible information. 57 percent of users say they won’t recommend a business with a poorly designed mobile site. To learn more about SEO and why you need it, you can read our last blog.

Budget Programs 84

Budget Programs Work Management Planning Marketing Management 84

Hubspot

MARCH 22, 2012

Calling all inbound marketers: it'll probably make your stomachs turn a bit, too. In a nutshell, the campaign is a push to encourage small businesses to send more direct mail (AKA junk mail), in an attempt to boost the suffering U.S. The program, which has been around since April 2011, charges small businesses 14.5

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Cost per Lead Service Inbound Marketing Television marketing 28

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

You are not alone, most business purchases, especially industrial products don’t lend themselves to a simple Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP). This is not a new problem; business marketers have been debating the pros and cons of publishing prices on their websites for several years now.

Sales Management 60

Sales Management Pricing Price Marketing Websites 60

Go Beyond SEO

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Why are your competitors getting more business than you are? One of the most effective ways to build your practice is to have the right digital marketing strategy. After all, 85% of people hit the internet when they’re looking for local businesses, so a strong online presence goes a long way. You need them to find you.

Planning 68

Planning Social Media Marketing & Strategy SEO 68

Go Beyond SEO

AUGUST 3, 2017

Directories, like Google My Business, Bing Places for Business, Yelp, AVVO, and literally thousands of others, are an SEO tactic your law firm needs to start implementing. Plus, we know you’re busy. Lawyer Blogs. If you deal with tax law for business LinkedIn is probably best.

Ideal Customer Profiles 94

Ideal Customer Profiles SEO Social Media Lead Scoring 94

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

However, I think it is a new and permanent reality of the current economy and have learned to adjust my business model accordingly. The client uses their in-house resources to regularly update the site content without spending more money on our professional marketing services. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

CMS Development 60

CMS Development Marketing Websites Work Management Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The majority of Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) consider customer engagement as their top priority according to a recent study done by Forbes Insights and George P. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

B2B Marketing 60

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

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Web 2.0 Allocation 60

Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website.

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Opt-in 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

This gives the rep a business reason for the call (to offer the content) which is much better than, “Are you ready to buy yet?&# The sooner marketers start thinking about content as strategic assets that must be managed accordingly, the more traction they’ll start to gain from the ways in which they use it.

Planning 60

Planning B2B Marketing Emarketing B2B 60

Go Beyond SEO

JULY 27, 2018

You could be losing business when potential clients come to your website simply by misrepresenting yourselves or not having accessible information. 57 percent of users say they won’t recommend a business with a poorly designed mobile site. To learn more about SEO and why you need it, you can read our last blog.

Budget Programs 68

Budget Programs Work Management Planning Marketing Management 68

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Quelch , the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, the common characteristic shared by the top B2B Global Brands is that their “CEO is a willing brand cheerleader, loves the brand heritage, and is a great storyteller.” According to a study done by Professor John A.

Relevance 60

Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Brand Identity 60