Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 16, 2011

I’ve read a few articles and blog posts about how some manufacturers are using Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook to listen, engage and market to their customers. Probably the most common use of social media is videos on YouTube. These people have readily embraced video marketing, YouTube and social media.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

As a B2B marketer, we want to reach our ideal prospects and communicate with customers to maintain top-of-mind awareness throughout their buying cycle. Without passion and expertise, you will have a hard time sustaining your business blog over the long haul. A B2B blog is the perfect online tool to accomplish that. I say you need both.

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Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 22, 2011

3 Business Blogs with Proven ROI from Industrial Companies. Manufacturer’s Marketing Video Becomes a YouTube Sensation. Relevant Content Converts More Industrial Site Visitors into Sales Leads and Customers. B2B Lead Generation without Lead Nurturing is Doomed to Fail. Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 14, 2011

Just as publishers start by learning everything about their target audience and what information they want, content marketers must realize it is not about them but about their customers. That was the advice from Joe Pulizzi (founder of Junta42 and co-author of Get Content Get Customers ) at a Content Strategy New England meetup last year.

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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. Let me end this post with a humorous video that I found on YouTube.

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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. Define your business objectives and what you expect to accomplish.

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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.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

Thomas , PhD Assistant Professor of International Business, University of Akron and the Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Transportation Security. For decades, business and management gurus have preached that manufacturers should focus on core competencies and innovate to remain competitive in a global market.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

After all, that’s how your prospects and customers will find your blog and/or Web site. I am referring to optimizing customer engagement in B2B marketing. When developing content, it’s important to build customer personas, and create individual content paths for each of them. Why is it important?

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 28, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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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.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Is it so outdated that you avoid sending prospects and customers to your site? It goes well beyond just cutting costs, today, it is more about accountability, analytics and engaging customers and prospects by using free or inexpensive social media tactics. It is all about the customer and not you and your company.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing Content to Engage and Sell by Achinta Mitra on July 6, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies Marketing 101 teaches you “Customers buy benefits and not product features.”

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

The sales team has a much better understanding of the needs of various stakeholders because of their customer-facing role. They have the insight on pain points and issues surrounding the customer. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on July 20, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing , Sales Strategies To be successful in industrial and B2B marketing, one has to engage with prospects and customers in a meaningful manner. 1 “leadership competency” of the future.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

Now, B2B content marketing’s agenda is to educate and inform customers and prospects. Educate, inform and provide value to customers and prospects. Your business will grow.&# (See Content Marketing – The Ultimate Cheat Sheet ). The old ways of pushing out content is no longer effective. Don’t sell.

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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.

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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.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

Without a clear understanding of the stages, it is difficult to align your marketing content with your customer’s decision-making process. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

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.” It must help your customers make the best use of their purchase. Ardath Albee, CEO of Marketing Interactions, Inc. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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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. Other than some initial hiccups, the updates and the usage have been flawless with our client receiving very favorable comments from their customers. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

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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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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

According to Jill Whalen, CEO of High Rankings , “The solution is for all business owners to insist on SEO right from the start. While the cost of entry for a small business is going to be higher, investment will pay off many times over later on.” One-size-fits-all site content will not help you engage.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

You need to move beyond the free Google Custom Search tool for websites. As long as you can make their entire sales experience easy (both before and after) and your products meet specifications for them to specify with confidence, you probably have a lifetime customer unless you fail him/her badly.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

In the words of Jeffrey Zeldman , the renowned web designer, blogger, independent publisher and the king of Web standards according to Business Week, “Content precedes design. It doesn’t matter whether you work for a corporate marketing department or the owner of a small business website. If so, you know the frustration.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The big hurdle they face is in engaging and converting readers into prospects, leads and ultimately customers. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website.

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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. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

Share customer stories or provide examples to make it more interesting and help your readers connect with their own situation. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. REVEAL Adding a personal experience helps to humanize your content.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

Think about new “arrangements&# of content as resource centers for prospects and/or customers. 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?&# an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

Just building a business blog is not going to help you drive traffic or generate leads. You need to optimize it for search engines in order for your target audience to find your B2B blog (see my earlier post, “How to Use a B2B Blog to Win Customers and Influence Prospects” ). What is On Site SEO?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. in Museum Studies, but the idea of acting as a curator of information to post on our website for the benefit of our clients and customers is extremely interesting. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

How do you shift the focus from you or your company to your prospects and customers? Customize them to suit your particular product line, which makes it much easier to specify and buy your valves. Your own engineers, technical and R & D team members are great resources for generating fresh content that is more customer-focused.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Any help that I can provide to my clients to alleviate the problem is greatly appreciated and rewarding for my business. Let’s say your business offers a software product designed to help business owners efficiently allocate revenue to related expenses to ultimately reduce costs. My take: Sharpen your listening skills.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

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. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Learn to differentiate between metrics and key performance indicators (KPI).

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