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Subscribers to Free Content are NOT Leads

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I’ve heard some of my manufacturing clients call their subscribers free content leads. I’ve also read articles by other industrial marketers where they recommend using free content to generate new leads. That is good advice and it is a proven tactic for inbound marketing.

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Content Can Differentiate Industrial Companies When There’s Parity in Value Propositions

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A Value Proposition plays an important role in differentiation, which in turn affects lead generation. Most manufacturers and industrial companies make generic claims that are often copied by their competition and lack validation. How do you rise above the noise when there is so much parity in Value Propositions?

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Inbound Marketing Must Set the Table for Industrial Sales

Industrial Marketing Today

In my conversations with industrial companies about inbound marketing, I find my audience agreeing with me up to a certain point and then there is a big disconnect. I see heads nodding in face-to-face meetings or hear plenty of “Uh-huhs” on the phone when I talk about the benefits of inbound marketing.

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Marketing Automation vs. Inbound Marketing

Industrial Marketing Today

If you believe everything you read (and lately there’s been a lot) about marketing automation, you’d think it is the killer app to solve all your lead generation problems. Then there are scores of B2B marketers who swear by inbound marketing as the path to lead generation nirvana.

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Can Digital Marketing Make the Phone Ring for Industrial Companies?

Industrial Marketing Today

Generating leads is always the central theme in my daily conversations with manufacturing, engineering and industrial companies. However, a qualified lead means different things to different people and it is rare for me to find too many of these companies to have a clear definition of what a lead means to them.

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Why Your Sales Funnel May Run Dry Without a Business Blog

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Are you leaving additional sales leads and revenues on the table? Industrial marketers who don’t use a business blog are missing a key component of feeding the top of their sales funnels. By not using every opportunity to generate high-quality leads, they may be leaving money on the table. Happy New Year!

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Is Your Industrial Content Marketing Reaching a Dead End?

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In my daily interactions with manufacturing, engineering and industrial companies, inbound marketing or content marketing is a popular topic of discussion. Not that I’m complaining, this gap means more business opportunities for me as an industrial marketing consultant. Answer – Create higher value content. Now What?” ).