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. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

That is pretty much the mantra of B2B content marketing. Nothing happens until your site visitors and blog readers take some kind of an action after reading your content. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. In other words, it is time to walk the talk!

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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. All Rights Reserved.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

His 4C’s are: Content – the creation of a steady stream of engaging content Connection – connecting with the audience you wish to attract Communication – communicating with them in an ongoing conversation Conversion – and then converting them at the illusive moment of need What is content marketing? Don’t sell.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

Given the current state of the economy, I find companies in the industrial sector only recognizing SAL’s and SQO’s. The success of outbound marketing does make sense in this context. Company news and industry SIC codes tied for third. Wait a minute, isn’t that what Content or Inbound marketing is all about?

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content by Achinta Mitra on May 18, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies You can find plenty of clichés used (overused?)

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

In order to meet new revenue and ROI goals, marketers need to improve their strategic skills (50%) and sales skills (40%). 58% of respondents said their role, as marketers did not end even after they handed off qualified leads to sales. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo? Just as I was wrapping up this post, I received an email from Omniture with the subject line, “Will Social Media Replace Email?” He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Most CEOs of manufacturing, engineering and technical companies do not believe in the value of brand building and consider it the domain of consumer marketing (B2C). Branding is an expense item like the rest of marketing. Yes, GE and Microsoft sell directly to end-users but they are primarily B2B companies.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 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. Privacy Policy | Site designed by AMAInteractive a div. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

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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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Your sales team must report to marketing and put these leads back into the hopper for nurturing. That closes the loop in your content marketing cycle while minimizing loss of qualified leads. Your content also needs to perform another key function. How well is your content performing for you?

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

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. This 28-page white paper is chock full of useful information for aligning your marketing content with the industrial buy cycle. Sounds simple, right?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

Success story #2: Developer of software suite for the upstream oil & gas industry The client’s old corporate website was designed by us to put a sharper focus on their target audience of reservoir and production engineers, operations personnel and upper management in oil and gas production companies.

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Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing? by Achinta Mitra on November 16, 2009 in B2B E-Mail Marketing Do you know the key component of email marketing that generates more high-quality leads and drives sales?

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The chart below shows the variety of content used at different stages of the industrial buy cycle (Source: Understanding the Industrial Buy Cycle: How to Align Your Marketing with Your Customers’ Buying Process from GlobalSpec). In this post, I’m going to focus on content for the early stages of the buy cycle.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website The 6 essential rules of a website redesign – Ignore them at your peril by Achinta Mitra on January 26, 2010 in Industrial Websites , Search Engine Optimization (SEO) , Website Design & Development Is you current website an asset or a liability?

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

I have written about this problem in my previous post, “The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement.” Some B2B marketers are using more sophisticated ROI measurement tools to track activities over the entire life cycle of a lead. These metrics are all linked to 10 stages in Sopheon’s sales process.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The Question by Achinta Mitra on June 12, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies , Website Design & Development Do you show prices on your B2B website?

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Creation Made Easy by Achinta Mitra on August 24, 2009 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Blog Are you struggling with creating content? He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

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Industrial Marketing Today

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

APRIL 30, 2010

Response - When a content asset provokes a big response, figure out why and create more content with those characteristics. Another way to consider response is to plan for content as a follow-up to other content. Give your company a reason to reach out continuously to those who find a particular topic relevant.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Go beyond the high-level demographics of SIC/NAICS codes and company size. Case study #1: B2B lead generation through better segmenting and more focused email content Business challenge: FreightCenter wanted to change its customer mix of 70/30 (B2C/B2B) to a more B2B-centric mix. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

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Industrial Marketing Today

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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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

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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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

So I’m not only familiar with an industrial marketer’s target audience, I am the audience or at least a member of it. Having worked closely with many manufacturers and companies from the industrial sector, I have learned several valuable lessons about what works when it comes to marketing to engineers and technical buyers.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 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. { FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

Or are you trying to position your company or yourself (consultants and coaches) as a thought leader to influence C-level execs and decision makers? Create content – It is easy to get bogged down with the design aspects of a company blog. After all, blog content is what will influence people to take a desired action.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving from Fifth Graders? How can industrial and B2B marketers apply the same creative problem solving lessons in engaging with their prospects and customers? The four steps are: 1.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

In one word content – marketing content that is relevant and tailored to the prospect’s stage on the buy cycle. Pay attention to the terminology and words your target audience uses when they discuss their problems on social media, forums and blogs. What is the key to shortening the buy cycle?

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Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

Marketers have a responsibility to ensure that bloggers are providing disclosure and that statements are not misleading or unsubstantiated. Companies must also uphold privacy laws. Having a privacy policy or a social media policy is not enough. You have to train employees too. The Lawyers R Coming.

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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?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Therefore, the easier you make it on them to share your site content, the more likely you are to be included in the final shortlist of vendors. Creates Content Marketing With Lasting Impact ). Rule #4: Build credibility and gain authority The Internet has made everyone into a publisher of content.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 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. { Privacy Policy | Site designed by AMAInteractive a div. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial Sales Job? an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. I service industrial companies, as you do.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Driving Traffic to Your Homepage All the Time May Be a Big Mistake by Achinta Mitra on October 26, 2009 in Industrial Websites , Website Design & Development You’ve read up on all the traffic generation tactics and optimized your site to rank high on major search engines.

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