Navigate the Channel

JUNE 21, 2023

Unlock the potential of social media by defining your purpose and crafting content that informs, persuades, and connects with your audience.” ” The two basic reasons for social media posts are to inform and to persuade. Have they left Twitter amid the platform’s turmoil? Where did they go?

Business 65

Business Social Media Youtube Facebook 65

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 1, 2015

One of my favorite aspects of being in content marketing is seeing the next generation of leaders emerge. This post comes from Liz Bedor, a Content Strategist we hired just under a year ago. In that time, Liz has totally upped her game on her personal blog , Twitter , Linkedin and Instagram (pretty amazing photos there Liz).

Work Management 100

Work Management Planning Content Marketing Marketing Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2015

Very few content marketers hit a home run each time they step up to bat. As the content marketing space grows overtime, so have the number of trials and errors we’ve found many marketers make. As the content marketing space grows overtime, so have the number of trials and errors we’ve found many marketers make.

Planning 100

Planning Marketing Management Content Marketing Marketing Budget Creation 100

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

How does one generate high quality, educated leads, not just site visitors on a marketing budget that is less than 1% of the projected revenue? In short, they are doing things that help them get found online. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

Budget Programs 60

Budget Programs Education Marketing Budget Lead Scoring 60

Pam Didner

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Social Media. Content Marketing. Media Planning. Are you managing social media channels? Are you a content creator? What content do you find most useful? The best time to do that is during the company’s annual planning cycle. VP of Marketing or CMO. Event Marketing. Demand Generation.

Sales Management 103

Sales Management Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing 103

SmartBug Media

MAY 15, 2020

There are many factors that contribute to a solid local SEO strategy including local business listings, social media platform listings, geographic keyword content, and more. Blogging is a great way to share important content and keywords, as well as draw people to your website. Promote your blog on social media.

Cost 105

Cost Paid Search Agency Planning Work Management 105

Martech Advisor

JANUARY 6, 2020

In this article, we discuss what real estate social media marketing is, advantages of using social media, and six best practices for realtors to follow while using social media to promote their brand and products. Table of Contents. What Is Real Estate Social Media Marketing? View this post on Instagram.

Social Media 110

Social Media Social Marketing Practices Media 110

Go Beyond SEO

AUGUST 19, 2015

This will be the foundation of every campaign in your social media plan. Brainstorming Social Media Campaigns. I recommend going 6 – 12 months out with your social media plan. Quite often your business already has a base for a social media marketing plan. Email signups. New page likes/followers.

Planning 74

Planning Social Media Marketing Plans Social Marketing 74

Convince & Convert

JUNE 7, 2016

In fact, 72 percent of customers who complain on Twitter expect a response within an hour , and 53 percent believe waiting time should be even less. You are on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat, but are all these channels optimized for customer service, or are they used purely as a vehicle for marketing content?

Brand Identity 104

Brand Identity Branding Social Media Mobile Marketing 104

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

However, to be successful with social media, you have to provide real value and that usually comes from great content. Wikipedia defines content marketing as “an umbrella term encompassing all marketing formats that involve the creation or sharing of content for the purpose of engaging current and potential consumer bases.”

Marketing Budget Creation 60

Marketing Budget Creation B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Marketing Budget 60

Hubspot

MAY 24, 2010

In today's post we collected some great visualizations of social media concepts including monitoring and content distribution. 22 Amazing Social Media Graphics 1. Social Media Participation Chart by Oversocialized 2. Social Media ROI by Intersection Consulting 3. Social Media Plan: Basic Guide by thefreshpeel 4.

Social Media 28

Social Media Education Media Budget Programs 28

Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 29, 2015

How satisfied are you with the way you manage your content right now? Do you use a content marketing editorial calendar but it still kind of… well… sucks? Use an Editorial Calendar to Plan Your Content. Get the Traffic Your Content Deserves. Create a Social Media Plan for Sharing Content.

Social Media 97

Social Media Work Management Planning Custom Publishing 97

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

Optimizing your marketing content around keywords or phrases is the first step in your content marketing strategy. Optimizing your marketing content around keywords or phrases is the first step in your content marketing strategy. It is not just optimizing words within your marketing content. Why is it important?

Optimization 60

Optimization Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle 60

The Point

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Either that, or they’re just choosing to frame the discussion in such a way as to greatly limit the potential of their clients’ social media initiatives. Recently I was made privy to a social media plan authored by a client’s PR agency. use targeted, insightful content to attract and engage with qualified prospects.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies PR Social Media Paid Search Agency 100

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More With Less? Google News, aggregating content via RSS feeds and social bookmarking sites have been around for a while. So curated content is not something new. What is content curation?

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Curation RSS Web 2.0 Content Marketing 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Relevant marketing content – key to thought leadership Positioning your company as a thought leader is critical in complex technical sales that have long buying cycles with many decision makers involved. We are all used to seeing case studies and they are powerful marketing content. Definitely not.”

Relevance 60

Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Brand Identity 60

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. 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.

Relevance 60

Relevance B2B Marketing CMS Development Buying Cycle 60

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?) in B2B marketing content.

B2B Marketing 60

B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Demand Generation Agencies 60

Hinge Marketing

APRIL 20, 2016

While that may still be true, service firms now need to worry about their online reputation —with social media being the new word of mouth. You aren’t relevant if you aren’t online : There is an expectation that going online and self-educating is possible for any topic. Google and social media continue to open new frontiers.

Marketing Mix 48

Marketing Mix Work Management Marketing Management Online Marketing 48

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? If you are not a professional copywriter, coming up with new content regularly can be a difficult task.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle 60

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.”

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0 60

Sprout Social

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The feel of the online experience matches the in-store one and it’s clear a lot of thought goes into their social media planning. Their Instagram account is by far the most popular of their social media accounts. On Twitter, Lululemon likes to serve up short, tongue-in-cheek Tweets right alongside engaging conversation.

Social Media 94

Social Media Brand Identity Branding Media 94

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

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.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

With a majority of marketing efforts going digital, that means even more content is needed. The instant gratification mindset of B2B content consumers means they’re demanding more content, faster. Designing content for 1X use is wasteful. See my post Rule of 5 for B2B content development.

Planning 60

Planning B2B Marketing Emarketing B2B 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

That however is only part of the solution because if your content doesn’t engage the visitor s/he won’t take a desired action to move forward in the sales cycle. said it best when she wrote, “Passive reading of your content is not going to help online marketing initiatives shorten buying cycles or increase customer acquisition and revenues.”

Sales Cycle 60

Sales Cycle Web 2.0 Buying Cycle Privacy Policies 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

Also see a very interesting post from Junta42, “Engage and Inspire Employees First, Customers Second.” ) Because of the longer cycles and the complexities of B2B and industrial sales, marketers find it very difficult to associate leads to specific marketing content. Unfortunately, the answer is a big NO.

B2B Marketing 60

B2B Marketing Top of Funnel BtoB Peer-to-peer 60

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.

Webinar Metrics 60

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product 60

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Here’s what makes UnMarketing an unusual, yet worthy use of your marketing education time: UNpretentious Unlike so many marketing books, Stratten doesn’t overcomplicate the subject matter. There are a few sections devoted to the mechanics of Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and other social media operational specifics.

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Paid Search Agency Peer-to-peer 115

Hinge Marketing

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Our research bears this out: management consulting firms lag high-growth companies in their use of techniques such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, along with other digital marketing techniques such as blogging, search engine optimization, e-newsletters, pay-per-click advertising and use of YouTube. On Twitter or Facebook?

Marketing Management 48

Marketing Management Consulting Social Media Social Marketing 48

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 20, 2010

This Marketing Data and Research Presentation includes data on: Lead Generation Blogging and Social Media Marketing Budgets Twitter and Facebook 50+ pages of marketing charts and graphs from original research Download the report from here. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

Social Media 60

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Web 2.0 60

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

Social Networks 60

Social Networks Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Web 2.0 60

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?

Marketing Websites 60

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Without a statistical measure of your blogging progress, adding content to your blog on a regular basis can be an incredibly lonely proposition. Blogging for Community These blogs seek to guild a consistent readership that interact with the blogger(s) and advocate on behalf of the content on other social outposts. Is anyone out there?

Webinar Metrics 130

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Paid Search Agency Blogger 130

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

A comprehensive survey (1,753 respondents) released today by Edison Research, paints a fascinating picture of Twitter and its role in America’s social media ecosystem. Twitter is Ubiquitous Like Terrell Owens, Carrie Underwood, and Coke Zero, Twitter is almost universally on the radar of Americans.

Social Media 159

Social Media Media Stats Statistics 159

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics? I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. Fink) Twitter Comment As always, great stuff. Sessions start October 5.

Social Media 167

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 167

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

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 This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

Distribution 60

Distribution Web 2.0 Lead Ranking Privacy Policies 60

Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

People who have educated, inspired, engaged, supported us. I’m not sure whether Dale would be rolling over in his grave over the prospect of an iPhone app, but the app is incredibly content rich, and worth far more than 99 cents. See my review of the iPad review here) This content would also make a fantastic Facebook application.

Social Media 112

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 112