Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Business Value of Social Networking by Achinta Mitra on July 29, 2009 in Social Media Marketing , Social Networking Saw a very interesting video where Seth Godin talks about how useful social media is to businesses. What’s working for you?

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers by Achinta Mitra on September 29, 2009 in Industrial Marketing Blog , Industrial Websites , Social Media Marketing I came across an incredible blog post recently that I think every small business owner should read.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers.

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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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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

They are hoping that their lead generation problem will somehow solve itself if they continue to do business as usual. Call me cautious or conservative but I advise my clients to do a strategic industrial marketing assessment before spending the money on deploying the digital marketing tactic du jour.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 11, 2011

The current economy and a global supply chain have forced many manufacturers to reevaluate how they do business these days. Traditional sources of new business – word-of-mouth referrals and repeat business from existing customers have slowed to a trickle for many of these industrial companies.

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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. It also produces a great looking business blog/site with fine typography on the front end. What is On Site SEO?

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Industrial Marketing Today

MARCH 17, 2011

The mantra for effective business blogging is to regularly pump out fresh content that is reader-centric and not focussed too much on you, your products or your company. Many manufacturers and industrial companies tend to back away from launching their business blog because of this content dilemma. Add a link…you know the drill!

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 7, 2011

Visit Grainger’s current site and you can immediately see how they’ve transformed their business by using online content marketing strategies. Content under the Services tab is packed with customer-centric content all geared to help their customers harness the power of the Internet to make their own businesses more efficient.

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Industrial Marketing Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

It is difficult nowadays to find a marketing company or an independent expert not using a business blog to attract and engage with its target audience. GlobalSpec recently conducted a Social Media Survey of engineering, technical, manufacturing and industrial professionals and found that only 24% of these companies have a business blog.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 26, 2011

Ergo, these people are too busy at work and couldn’t be bothered with anything that is deemed as interruption marketing. The bulk of new sales comes from referrals and repeat business for many manufacturers and industrial companies. Those marketing tactics need to be updated to make them effective in today’s context.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Develop your email marketing strategy first Before you begin developing customized content and using sophisticated analytics, the first order of business is to develop a sound and sustainable email marketing strategy. Define your business objectives and what you expect to accomplish. WHY : Why are you sending out this email campaign?

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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

JANUARY 10, 2011

According to a new report released by the Content Marketing Institute, manufacturers have some of the highest adoption rates for content marketing tactics as compared to other industries. Videos (48%) are the preferred content format over other digital tactics (podcasts, virtual conferences and e-books) by a wide margin.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

B2B marketers with blogs generate 67% more leads according to a study done by HubSpot (See Why Your Sales Funnel May Run Dry Without a Business Blog ). You’ll find more about curation as a content marketing tactic in my post, “Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More With Less?”. Content curation.

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Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Just like any marketing tactic or tool, there are pros and cons. Three Business Blogs with Proven ROI from Industrial Companies. Manufacturing marketers do understand the value of a business blog for thought leadership, search engine optimization (SEO), lead generation and community building but proving its ROI has been a challenge.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 11, 2011

What if you could combine the best of both these marketing tactics? For example, you may want to dominate a specific niche or keyword phrase that is only a small but profitable part of your main business. By now, most industrial marketers are aware of the power of inbound marketing for lead generation.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

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. Source: ITSMA ) Webinars: This is a very popular content marketing tactic used in industrial and B2B marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The apparent disconnect is even more telling as seen by these key findings from the study: The two traditional interruptive marketing tactics, advertising (25%) and direct (20%) are still receiving the biggest share of the budgets, indicating that marketing budgets are misaligned with the CMO’s priorities.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 22, 2012

They’ve always depended on a constant flow of referrals and repeat business. Michael Clark, Vice President, Marketing and Public Relations at American Arbitration Association said that the best marketing advice he ever received was “Sales keep you in business. They are accustomed to customers calling them for RFQs/RFPs.

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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. I say you need both.

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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

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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APRIL 3, 2011

Many of them will also tell you that the bulk of their new business comes from repeat customers. Ross Perot that exemplifies this business philosophy: “Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers.

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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

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. 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

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Despite all the promises of online marketing tactics, industrial marketers are still wrestling with the same lead generation problem year after year. The two most important benefits in my opinion are: Aligning sales and marketing by adopting a unified definition of a qualified lead by using lead scoring based on business objectives.

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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. A vast majority of the survey respondents reported that outbound tactics outperformed inbound initiatives for generating qualified leads.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 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 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

JANUARY 26, 2010

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. Embrace social media: Yes, the jury is out on making a business case for social media but ignore it at your own peril.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Social media and online marketing have forced the traditional salesperson to change his/her tactics like the rest of us but have not made them expendable. However, to remain relevant, they do need to embrace and master today’s social media and digital marketing tactics. Leave your comments below. Kerry O’Malley´s last blog.

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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. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

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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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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. –

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Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Nine out of ten B2B marketers are now using content marketing to grow their businesses, according to the recent study released by MarketingProfs and Junta42|Content Marketing Institute. B2B marketing tactics to use right now. It’s not business all the time. Click here to view the embedded video. Engineers have fun too.

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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. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website.

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