Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The curious and cautious B2B buyers B2B buyers are curious about how a product can make life easier and business better; however, they are also more cautious when making purchases because a mistake can be costly both for the company and their career. Each B2B customer will be thinking about products in the context of his or her own position.

Landing Pages 100

Landing Pages Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Work Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The curious and cautious B2B buyers B2B buyers are curious about how a product can make life easier and business better; however, they are also more cautious when making purchases because a mistake can be costly both for the company and their career. Each B2B customer will be thinking about products in the context of his or her own position.

Landing Pages 100

Landing Pages Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Work Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

One responder can lead us to several opportunities within the company if the discussion we have is centered around the needs and pains of the company and not only one product or service. The representative needs to have many assets at the ready, as people like to view products or services in various ways.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

They are looking for companies to be transparent and responsive in their interactions, to provide valuable content and even expecting to be asked for product and service improvement ideas. Trend #5: Business professionals expect authenticity in company social media participation.

Social Media 100

Social Media Peer-to-peer Social Marketing B2B Marketing 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

It is possible to generate only highly qualified leads – just say something like: “If you are ready to buy, click here.&# This is why I advocate creating a service level agreement between sales and marketing that specifies exactly what is to be delivered in terms of both quantity and quality. So if you: a.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 100

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 27, 2010

Activate the intersection of marketing, customer services and sales to attract hotter sales leads. Social CRM isn’t just about bolting on a new plug-in to your system like a new air foil on your minivan, but instead a new way of doing business,” Jeremiah Owyang wrote in a recent blog post on his Web Strategy blog. “The

CRM 48

CRM Marketing Management Jigsaw Web 2.0 48

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

In this article I will argue for the importance of and the 5 steps to create marketing ROI through demand generation. Assuming all of those activities are neatly in place, one of the most powerful ways to justify a marketing budget is through paid online lead generation and the ROI that follows. This is a foundational activity.

Lead Generation 100

Lead Generation Sales Management Lead Ranking ROI 100

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 16, 2010 8 Subscribe What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role?

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Enterprise Management Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 16, 2010 8 Subscribe What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role?

Social Media 100

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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. Are you pre-selling a product or service? army’s “Be All You Can Be” campaign?

Business Blogging 60

Business Blogging Web 2.0 Long Tail Marketing Business 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

For example, segment your products and services by application and/or industry. Give them hardcore specifications typically found in product spec sheets. The first thing an engineer wants to know is do your products, parts and components meet his/her design specifications and standards?

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

I make my living providing marketing services including designing and marketing industrial websites. The client uses their in-house resources to regularly update the site content without spending more money on our professional marketing services. I am referring to updating, maintaining and sometimes marketing their industrial websites.

CMS Development 60

CMS Development Marketing Websites Work Management Web 2.0 60

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.”

Features 60

Features Web 2.0 Planning Work Management 60

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. Sounds simple, right? In short, this is good, practical and actionable stuff and not some marketing theory.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Web 2.0 Allocation 60

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

She defines it as “Contagious content must educate them [prospects and customers] about what they need to know, apply your company’s unique expertise in addition to your product and prove you walk your talk through the sharing of evidence. Are your company, products and services visible in various online channels used across the stages?

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0 60

Directive Agency

APRIL 19, 2017

It’s easy for users to identify branded social pages promoting their own products/services and scroll past. Marketing executives at commercial construction companies aren’t reading the same blogs as Digital Marketing Coordinators at digital agencies. services, you can post snippets instead.

Sales Management 53

Sales Management Top of Funnel Paid Content Ideal Customer Profiles 53

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Telemarketing services are continuing to grow in popularity, due to the low cost and high ROI; however, the difficulty lies in which telemarketing tactic to utilize. Simplicity Of Programs These programs are notoriously simple to create as you only need to provide a list of target companies and a product, solution or service you want to sell.

Sales Management 100

Sales Management Telemarketing Work Management Campaigns 100

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I service industrial companies, as you do. I had a conference call this morning explaining how the new functions ‘could’ be used by our newest mfg agency client. If nothing else, it makes the mobile sales force much much more productive. Kerry OMalley September 28, 2010 at 4:01 pm Excellent post, Achinta.

Social Media 60

Social Media Social Marketing Media Planning 60

Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Of course, you don’t have to copy word for word any of the examples from above, you are the only one who can decide which approach works best for your product, service or list. You’ll receive your first issue immediately even if it is 2:00AM on a weekend.

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Opt-in 60

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

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. Email strategy: FreightCenter.com teamed up with email service provider Delivra to devise an email marketing strategy.

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

You are well aware of the fact that the Internet has completely and permanently changed the way industrial buyers purchase technical products and services. Let’s say your business offers a software product designed to help business owners efficiently allocate revenue to related expenses to ultimately reduce costs.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Work Management Marketing Management 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

Let’s get one thing straight from the get go, if you are in a declining market with low demand for your products and services, no amount of automation will help you generate new leads. Number of campaigns sent out, trade shows attended or press releases published do not generate revenues.

Marketing Automation Services 60

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Marketing Automation 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

The answer lies in shifting from traditional company product marketing to customer problem oriented marketing. We need to develop customer-centric solutions-based marketing content instead of product-centric features and benefits marketing collateral. According to Tim Riesterer of CMM Forum LLC (now part of Corporate Visions, Inc.),

Creativity 60

Creativity B2B Marketing Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Learn to connect the dots – many times product managers and engineers have very deep knowledge about their products and the problems they can solve. Be a ruthless editor – business owners and product developers are passionate about their offerings. This will also lower the client’s fear of “you just don’t get it.”

Marketing Websites 60

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 22, 2009

Read more… Doug Kessler | June 11th, 2009 | 3 comments June 2009 Watch the Velocity web seminar on Content Marketing Stan just presented our web seminar with B2B Marketing magazine, called “Content Marketing: Thought Leadership in a Web 2.0 Seemed to go really well.

Paid Search Agency 40

Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Agencies B2B Marketing 40

Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Not only leaders in their professional lives, nearly all these women use their social profiles to express their passions outside the workplace, which range from NASCAR, art, travel, billiards, wine and music to community service, politics and, of course, family. ” ‘Nuff said. Abby Bailey. AbbyBailey. Lisa Cramer. LisaJCramer.

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management Work Management Twitter Marketing Management 100

Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Not only leaders in their professional lives, nearly all these women use their social profiles to express their passions outside the workplace, which range from NASCAR, art, travel, billiards, wine and music to community service, politics and, of course, family. ” ‘Nuff said. Abby Bailey. AbbyBailey. Lisa Cramer. LisaJCramer.

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management Work Management Twitter Marketing Management 100

LeadSloth

JANUARY 12, 2010

Scott Mersy , VP Marketing and Products, Genius.com. David Raab , Raab Associates & author, Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems. The vast majority of leads generated on a website never have a meaningful conversation with a sales rep. Demand Generation? Carlos Hidalgo , President, Annuitas Group.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Sales Management Automation 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 10, 2010

Stop dismissing social media as “hype&# – Accept the power of social media to transform the way we reach customers – not just in marketing – but also in sales, customer service, and beyond. And Thanks to Elizabeth Brenner for copywriting and editorial services. Related Posts: Need to Drive Leads?

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Optimization Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 10, 2010

Stop dismissing social media as “hype&# – Accept the power of social media to transform the way we reach customers – not just in marketing – but also in sales, customer service, and beyond. And Thanks to Elizabeth Brenner for copywriting and editorial services. Related Posts: Need to Drive Leads?

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Optimization Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 17, 2010

What is the Service Profit Chain? Wikipedia and the Harvard Business Review describe it in these simple terms: The Service Profit Chain is a theory and business model evolved by a group of researchers from Harvard University in the nineties (among others James L. Heskett and Leonard Schlesinger).

Customer Satisfaction 100

Customer Satisfaction Loyalty B2B B2B Thought Leadership 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 17, 2010

What is the Service Profit Chain? Wikipedia and the Harvard Business Review describe it in these simple terms: The Service Profit Chain is a theory and business model evolved by a group of researchers from Harvard University in the nineties (among others James L. Heskett and Leonard Schlesinger).

Customer Satisfaction 100

Customer Satisfaction Loyalty B2B Thought Leadership Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 29, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy July 29, 2010 8 Subscribe Why Do You Tweet? So what are you waiting for?

Social Media 100

Social Media Personalization Brand Identity Branding 100

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

Buyers of technical products and services do look to vendors for providing relevant information for solving their problems. Even though B2B customers consider product features and price very important, what they are really looking for is a remarkable sales experience. Bruce Rasmussen´s last blog.

Marketing Automation Services 60

Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 B2B Lead Ranking 60

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

There is an amazing amount of great content about B2B marketing out there, ranging from trends in demand generation to best practices in lead nurturing, lead scoring, and landing page optimization to how to buy and select marketing automation systems. Improving Lead Quality Can Improve Sales Productivity (blog post).

Budget Programs 48

Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Resources Marketing Budget 48

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Use a free tool like Google’s Keyword Tool to find search terms and long-tail keywords that people are using to search for information related to your products and services. That will give you an idea of demand. Here you can add a link to your Home page or a product page. Add a link to your privacy policy in the footer.

Traffic 60

Traffic Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 60

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 8, 2010

According to Reinier Evers, founder of trendwatching.com: &# While our current briefing on INNOVATION INSANITY is all about new consumer brands and products, it’s equally important to B2B professionals; after all, this is about creative thinking, and an obsession with fulfilling existing needs in new ways. How about your clients’ needs?”

Marketing Management 100

Marketing Management Peer-to-peer Burn Rate Customer Satisfaction 100