Industrial Marketing Today

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Are Community Forums Good for Manufacturers and Industrial Companies?

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Blogging and mainstream social media sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube get all the attention these days. According to a survey done by GlobalSpec (Social Media Use in the Industrial Sector – 2011), 33% of industrial companies provide an online discussion community for customers, and 32% provide one internally for employees.

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Industrial Companies Underuse the One Social Media Tactic with Proven ROI

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Social media usage by industrial companies has received some coverage lately. I’ve read two different survey studies about how companies within the industrial sector use or plan to use social media. Blogging is a proven social media channel and yet, industrial companies seem to severely under utilize this proven social media tactic.

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Business Value of Social Networking

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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. Take a look at this video and decide for yourself.

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The More Industrial Marketing Changes, the More it Stays the Same

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67 percent of manufacturers, industrial and engineering companies stated that customer acquisition or lead generation is their primary industrial marketing goal in 2012, the same top two marketing goals for the past six years. 47% of the industrial companies spend more than a third of their overall marketing budget online.

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Don’t Underestimate Industrial Marketing’s Contribution to Sales

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The more I talk to manufacturers and industrial companies, the more I’m convinced that RFQs and sales conversations are all that matter to them. Industrial companies are having a difficult time adjusting their mindset to the new realities of buyer behavior. From BtoB LinkedIn group ). Marketing keeps you in sales.”

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Small Manufacturers Use Social Media Effectively

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Social media still remains a mystery to many manufacturers and industrial companies even though there is an abundance of evidence of its success in general B2B marketing. 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.

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Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo?

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Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo? It is a joint presentation by Omniture, an Adobe company, and ExactTarget on the best practices of Email and Social Engagement. Do you have any good examples of social media used in email marketing?