Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

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Optimization 60

Optimization Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Is the promised/perceived benefit strong enough to overcome the readers’ need for privacy, or their reluctance to add another marketer to an already overcrowded inbox? Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. Privacy Policy | Site designed by AMAInteractive a div. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc. Resources

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Opt-in 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

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B2B Marketing 60

B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Demand Generation Agencies 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

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Lead Generation 60

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Web 2.0 B2B Marketing 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

Optimizing (SEO) your business blog is critical because it allows your target audience to find you in search engines and attract traffic. webinars website design White Paper Marketing whitepapers YouTube Marketing Matters Marketing Matters is our monthly e-newsletter on best practices in industrial and B2B marketing.

Business Blogging 60

Business Blogging Optimization Web 2.0 Business 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

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Social Media 60

Social Media Email Marketing Social Marketing Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

Personas do matter in B2B content marketing You would be wasting your scarce resources if you pumped out marketing content without first having a clear and complete understanding of the personas of your B2B buyers. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. Privacy Policy | Site designed by AMAInteractive a div. of Tiecas, Inc.

Relevance 60

Relevance B2B Marketing CMS Development Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

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Marketing Budget Creation 60

Marketing Budget Creation B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Marketing Budget 60

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. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

CMS Development 60

CMS Development Marketing Websites Work Management Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

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Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Web 2.0 Allocation 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

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Sales Cycle 60

Sales Cycle Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads B2B Sales 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Depending on the stage of the prospect, your content needs to: Move them from ignorance to awareness – define the problem and make your target audience aware of generic solutions and the benefits of your offerings. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. Privacy Policy | Site designed by AMAInteractive a div. of Tiecas, Inc.

Sales Cycle 60

Sales Cycle Web 2.0 Buying Cycle Privacy Policies 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Use social media selectively to engage with your target audience in a more personal way and humanize an otherwise impersonal interaction that is purely transactional. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. Privacy Policy | Site designed by AMAInteractive a div. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc. Resources

Relevance 60

Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Brand Identity 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

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Sales Management 60

Sales Management Pricing Price Marketing Websites 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

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Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

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Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

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Buying Cycle 60

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

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

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Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

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B2B 60

B2B Marketing Analytics Tools Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

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B2B Marketing 60

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

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 3, 2010

The term ‘long tail’ was first used by Chris Anderson to describe the strategy of targeting less-competitive niche markets instead of highly competitive broad keywords. You want your blog post to attract the largest targeted readership. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc. Resources

Business Blogging 60

Business Blogging Web 2.0 Long Tail Marketing Business 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

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Planning 60

Planning B2B Marketing Emarketing B2B 60

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Are you targeting final decision makers, users and/or influencers? WHAT : What do you expect your list to do? While it is good to have multiple links in your email, don’t confuse your target audience by making multiple offers in the same email. How are you using email marketing to reach and engage with your target audience?

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB 60

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

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Lead Generation 60

Lead Generation Business Blogging Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 60

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.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

They forgot to first set a strategy that carefully targets prospects with relevant messaging. Automating the “garbage in, garbage out” marketing approach benefits no one.” Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. Privacy Policy | Site designed by AMAInteractive a div. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc. Resources

Marketing Automation Services 60

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Marketing Automation 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

.&# Features Tell, Benefits Sell It would seem that all a B2B or industrial marketer has to do is write benefits laden copy and magically prospects would become customers. However, it is not so easy to translate features into benefits that really engage and speak directly to your target audience. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

Features 60

Features Web 2.0 Planning Work Management 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

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Curation 60

Curation RSS Web 2.0 Content Marketing 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Before you can deliver your content and engage with your target audience, they need to find you! And the way to get found by your target audience is to define your offerings in terms of solutions to their problems then build your content strategy around those problems instead of benefits and features of your products.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Work Management Marketing Management 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

Define your target readers – Are you trying to build a following among design engineers, plant or operations managers? Keep your focus squarely on finding topics that are of interest to your target audience and developing content. Reaching your target market doesn’t have to be difficult. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Buying Cycle B2B Blogger 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

Solution Mapping: Look across the company’s portfolio of offerings to identify and put together – or map a solution for each of that market’s key business requirements – incorporating products, services and programs as needed. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. Privacy Policy | Site designed by AMAInteractive a div. Resources

Creativity 60

Creativity B2B Marketing Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

It is our job then as marketers to massage it and add some sizzle in order to persuade the reader to take a desired action. Don’t be persona non grata – take the time to really understand the persona of the target audience. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. Privacy Policy | Site designed by AMAInteractive a div.

Marketing Websites 60

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

It is heartening to see that content is at the center of most discussions about the state of B2B marketing today. However, industrial marketers face a challenge when it comes to producing a steady stream of fresh content to keep their target audience engaged. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Webinar Metrics 60

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

To complicate matters even more, it is a moving target since search engines are constantly changing their algorithms and most of it is not public knowledge. There is still a lot of debate about whether social media is truly useful in industrial marketing. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. And yes, it does cost money.

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

I have listed some easy, do-it-yourself (DiY) SEO tactics to optimize your WordPress blogs for search engines. Just building a business blog is not going to help you drive traffic or generate leads. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. Privacy Policy | Site designed by AMAInteractive a div. All Rights Reserved.

Optimization 60

Optimization SEO Buying Cycle Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

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Social Media 60

Social Media Social Marketing Media Planning 60

Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 25, 2010

« In Your (North) Face Tactic Lust » 7 Responses to “Re-casting How We Think About B2B Marketing Automation&# Paul Barsch says: January 21, 2010 at 12:57 pm Hi Adam, 100% agree on need for marketing automation. Reply What is Driving B2B Marketers to Adopt Marketing Automation Technology?

Marketing Automation Services 40

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Top of Funnel Work Management 40