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Shortening the Industrial Buy Cycle in 5 Simple Steps

Industrial Marketing Today

Even though her article is about the B2B buy cycle in general, it is a perfect follow up to my earlier post “Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.” She has focused on identifying the problem and providing a 5-step solution to shorten the buy cycle. How can you accomplish all that?

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Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

But not easy to execute because there usually is a disconnect between what your prospect wants to hear and what you want to say about your company and its products and services. The white paper has deconstructed the complex industrial buy cycle into four distinct stages that the buyer systematically goes through.

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Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle by Achinta Mitra on September 3, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing These days it is popular to say “Content is marketing currency.”

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How to Use the Funnel to Optimize B2B Lead Conversion

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Plus, we really should use the word “lead” more carefully, moving it a little closer to what sales thinks of as a lead: someone who is in the target market and wants to have a conversation with sales about buying the product. The companies, decision makers, and influencers who look like your ideal customers for each solution you sell.

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

Industrial Marketing Today

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. Not every action needs to be scored.

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Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

Industrial Marketing Today

Even if you have carefully segmented your target audience by demographics, different people within the same company can and do react differently to your content. What marketing content you serve at each phase of the buying cycle also matters. That is pretty much the mantra of B2B content marketing.

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A Blogging Style to Call Your Own

Industrial Marketing Today

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website A Blogging Style to Call Your Own by Achinta Mitra on April 28, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Blog , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Social Media Marketing Creating a blog is not too difficult but building an active community around it is.

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