Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 3, 2010

But customers are looking for you to demonstrate an understanding of their needs before they are ready to engage in the sales process. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. All rights reserved.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Along with this higher level of sophistication comes a matching price tag. And along with this price tag, comes a more curious yet cautious buyer. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. Michael Brenner Nov 5 2010 Thank you Denise.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Along with this higher level of sophistication comes a matching price tag. And along with this price tag, comes a more curious yet cautious buyer. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. Michael Brenner Nov 5 2010 Thank you Denise.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

This way we are engaging prospects earlier in the buying process and never stop engaging them even (or especially) after they purchase from us. By engaging with customers on their terms, when they start the buying process and throughout their relationship with your company, you create a thinner and taller demand funnel.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2010

(Source: The Google/TechTarget Behavioral Research Project: Phase 2) Results Brand and solution searches are highest in both the consideration and the decision phase of the buying process. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 14, 2010

And at the end of the process, you may find you don’t have a strong business case. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. These had to be agreed to by the Ops folks with the expected costs and required resources identified.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

Even though more than half of the marketers saw their roles expanded well into the sales process, 58 percent of those surveyed met with sales just once a month or less and 8% or nearly 1 out of 10, admitted to never meeting with their sales counterparts.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

tags: workliteracy communication ). Copyright Violation. ® Introduce Web 2.0 ® Be part of the development process of which technologies will be used and how; understand the bundling of technologies, identifying which combination of technologies will be most useful for each situation ï?® Slideshare.net (beta).

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

In the video below, Holly explains their process. 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 Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All I can say is WOW!

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

In the end I think it comes down to what another colleague of mine called “Brand Enablement:&# we should accept our role as brand stewards, accept that our brands live in the minds of the consumers and allow the process of co-creation to evolve. It doesn’t mean we can’t orchestrate the movement. All rights reserved.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

Many B2B marketers make the mistake of trying to push product details on prospects too early in the process. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. “House” list contacts continue to represent the best opportunity to engage with prospects.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Copyright Violation. entreprise 2.0. Web 2.0 @ Work. Enterprise 2.0. Collaboration Tools and Web 2.0. I Am Knowledge Worker 2.0. Slide 9: process. Slideshare.net (beta). My Slidespace. Most Viewed. |. Most Embedded. |. Featured. |. Most Favorited. |. Most Downloaded. |. Slidecasts.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Now that you’ve completed this process, you will be ready to present a strategic marketing plan that will drive a higher return on marketing spend, no matter what template your are asked to fill out and regardless of when you are given your budget and objectives. All rights reserved.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

The problem becomes more acute for the industrial sector because the industrial buy cycle can be a long and complex process that often involves multiple decision makers. Without a clear understanding of the stages, it is difficult to align your marketing content with your customer’s decision-making process.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 2, 2010

The main reason this is an acute challenge for B2B marketers is the high level of risk inherent in The B2B Decision Process. The only way to stay engaged with our prospects throughout the process is with content that is more relevant than the competition. This requires our prospects to become well informed before making any decision.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

They eat, breathe and sleep factor of safety or safety factor (used to provide a design margin over the theoretical design capacity to allow for uncertainty in the design process). Lesson #5: Path of least resistance Engineers are taught to find the path of least resistance. Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

Yes, in B2B, the decision process is far longer, the decision-maker is typically more than one person and all of them feel much greater risk (jobs, reputation, etc) than when buying a pack of gum. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

Yes, in B2B, the decision process is far longer, the decision-maker is typically more than one person and all of them feel much greater risk (jobs, reputation, etc) than when buying a pack of gum. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider.

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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. army’s “Be All You Can Be” campaign?

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Your prospects are at different stages of their decision making process when they visit your site. 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 All Rights Reserved.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

It has to be integrated into the existing editorial process and production process. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. I’m convinced that’s the only way we’re going to crack the engagement nut.” All rights reserved.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

It has to be integrated into the existing editorial process and production process. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. I’m convinced that’s the only way we’re going to crack the engagement nut.” All rights reserved.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Passive reading of your content will not move the prospect along in his/her decision making process. A content audit is a process of mapping out the content you already have and matching it to the content you will need as determined by your marketing goals and/or new site map. Read The Anatomy of a Great Web Persona by Brian Massey.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The “Mapping Marketing to the Transforming Buying Process,” report released by DemandGen Report revealed serious disconnects. 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 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

JULY 9, 2010

But here’s the thing: Inbound Marketing Automation, like most complex issues, is a Process. If you don’t think of Inbound Marketing Automation this way, and then design your whole approach as a Process, your results will be less than hoped for. I like your steps for Continuous Process Improvements.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

We can only provide prices after a formal RFQ process 5. 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 Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

These metrics are all linked to 10 stages in Sopheon’s sales process. This way the company can see exactly where the leads are coming from, how old they are, where they are in the process, which account executive is handling them and where leads typically fall out. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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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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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2010

I recently attended a session at the Social Media Plus conference in Philadelphia led by Sue Marks , CEO of Pinstripe , a recruitment process outsourcing company. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. All rights reserved.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

And we often lack the guidance we can achieve from a proper strategy and planning process. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. . “The best laid plans…&# We did not plan for this. All rights reserved.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Select only those that will help you optimize your nurturing campaigns and accurately gauge where the prospect is in their decision making process. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. Not every action or behavior needs to be tracked and measured. Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo? All Rights Reserved. Resources

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

He explains it very well by saying, “Thus, for every feature about my company, the product that we use, the equipment that we operate or the process that we follow when completing work, I must transition the featured aspect into a believable benefit to the customer. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Resources

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

The color scheme, fonts, graphics and your tag line should all work together to separate you from your competition and be a true reflection of your business. You do a great job of showcasing your experts at Emerson Process Experts. Even though content is king on the Internet, aesthetics or branding do matter.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

Marketers need to create a process for content planning that helps them maximize the return from their investments in developing the content resources that fuel their online marketing programs. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. Designing content for 1X use is wasteful. See my post Rule of 5 for B2B content development. of Tiecas, Inc.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

In other companies lead nurture is a very formal and well-defined process. Our marketing processes should support and even expect this natural shift by our sales colleagues. This is true because only a small fraction of the potential prospect universe is ready to enter into the sales process at any given time.

Work Management 100

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

The key here is to serve up relevant content that matches the prospect’s state or stage on the decision making process. 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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