Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

Some B2B marketers are using more sophisticated ROI measurement tools to track activities over the entire life cycle of a lead. For example, at Sopheon , a software provider, measures qualified leads by their source, their region, volume per region, the speed of aging, movement through the sales cycle and other metrics.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

You need to move beyond the free Google Custom Search tool for websites. 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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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Business blogs for lead generation Even though business blogging is not widely used in B2B marketing and especially in industrial marketing, it can be very effective as a tool for lead generation. A business blog can be one of the most powerful tools in driving traffic and generating high-quality B2B leads.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

The bottom line is for your content to engage your prospects and customers at every stage of the buying cycle. Follow these essential rules of a website redesign and you’ll truly create a powerful sales and marketing tool. Provide multiple ways to access relevant information with minimal clicks.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

That is unfortunate because Marketing Automation software is a very useful tool and in my opinion, a necessity these days. The first is a diagnostic tool and the second one measures the health of the business. It’s a combination of tools, methods or procedures, and analysis and activities.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

RESEARCH Even before I open up my trusty word processor, I head over to Google’s Keyword Tool. 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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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

I have come across two tools for helping you dig deeper and create marketing content that focuses on benefits over features. The first tool is the Product Analysis Worksheet from the book Personal Selling: An Interactive Approach by Ronald Marks, Ph.D., and professor of marketing at the University of Missouri.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

It is not just a matter of measuring better ROI metrics or using the tools of marketing automation du jour. 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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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. A B2B blog is the perfect online tool to accomplish that. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Digital marketing has also changed how industrial and technical buyers behave, search and consume information that they need at different stages of the buy cycle. Here’s how I see the impact of the changes: Industrial buyers are using more and more online resources for initiating and going deeper into the industrial buy cycle.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Use a free tool like Google’s Keyword Tool to find search terms and long-tail keywords that people are using to search for information related to your products and services. That will give you an idea of demand. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post.

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