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B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog

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Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers.

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B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The.

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Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The Question by Achinta Mitra on June 12, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies , Website Design & Development Do you show prices on your B2B website?

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SAL is the Glue that Binds Sales and Marketing in Lead Generation

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Clearly defining and understanding the implications of MQL, SAL and SQL are critical to the success of B2B lead generation. Assigning a numeric score to business sales leads based on a predefined set of rules, takes away the subjectivity out of qualitative ranking like Hot, Warm and Cold leads. Oh, what a waste!

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The Role of B2B Marketing is Shifting from Lead Generation to.

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Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. However, the role of B2B marketers is changing and evolving more into revenue generation.

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How Industrial Distributors Can Use Content Marketing

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Their competitors show the same line cards and unless they sell online directly, site visitors can’t see prices, nor do they have any idea about the lead time. The biggest problem I’ve seen is that there is very little differentiation between distributors serving the same niche. This is only a content summary.

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Why a Content BOM is Crucial to a Successful Industrial Web Design

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My first reaction is to tell them, “Don’t expect me to discount my price because you made a bad decision to begin with.” What kind of content will educate your customers and help them make an informed buying decision (Move away from price). How to use content to convert visitors into qualified leads (Lead generation).

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Manufacturers Need Lead Management to Close the RFQ Gap

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Talking to manufacturers and industrial companies on a daily basis has convinced me that when they say they need help with their lead generation, they really want more RFQ (Request For Quote) opportunities. Generating new leads, qualifying and nurturing them until they turn into a RFQ is too much work for them.