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Industrial Companies Underuse the One Social Media Tactic with Proven ROI

Industrial Marketing Today

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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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. Either that or we industrial marketers haven’t quite figured out the lead generation puzzle yet.

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Industrial and B2B Customer Engagement Simplified

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However, accurately defining and measuring customer engagement in complex business or industrial sales is still elusive. With the rising popularity of social media in B2B marketing, it is now more a method of tracking your friends or fans on Facebook, LinkedIn and/or Twitter. Google Analytics may be all the power you need.

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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. Traditionally used as customer support tools by manufacturers and industrial distributors, the discussion threads were primarily text-based. How do industrial companies benefit from a community forum?

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Inbound Marketing Alone May Not Be Enough for Industrial Companies

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I too have read all those studies about the how the Internet has permanently changed the industrial buyer’s behavior. After all, every industrial marketer would like hordes of interested visitors swarming to his/her website, eager to sign up for free content and engage in a meaningful conversation at every stage of their buying cycle.

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Successful Industrial Websites Require Part DiY and Part.

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I am referring to updating, maintaining and sometimes marketing their industrial websites. My opinion is somewhat biased because I am an industrial and B2B marketing consultant. I make my living providing marketing services including designing and marketing industrial websites. Is that a good thing?

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5 Rules of Website Redesign for Engaging Engineers and Industrial.

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Rule #1: Natural or organic search engine optimization (SEO) In the research phase of the industrial buying cycle , engineers and industrial buyers tend to use broad keywords and phrases that describe their current problem. In complex industrial sales, researchers often do not have the authority to make the final purchase decision.

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