Marketing Insider Group

JULY 15, 2010

I defined the top tactics for driving leads in today’s environment and listed those that aren’t working as well as they used to. I concluded with a discussion of the tactics to consider in future demand generation efforts. Which is more important: defining marketing process or implementing marketing automation?

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The Effective Marketer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

That’s why it still amazes me that discussions about following a formula for success often get stuck in how you define “success&# instead of discussing the differences between target markets. A B2B company applying tactics used by B2C companies can be very successful but only after some necessary translation is done.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

B2B Marketing POSTs by Laura Ramos About the Author About this blog High tech marketers face incredible challenges building awareness, developing demand, enabling sales, and demonstrating marketings impact on the business in an increasingly digital world. What’s making a comeback? Posted in Uncategorized.

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 29, 2009

An interesting post by Steve Johnson talks about marketing not being a list, but rather an approach to solving customers problems and helping buyers to buy. As marketers, we sometimes fall victims of the routine day-to-day tactical activities and forget why we are doing them. United States License. United States License.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

However, to be successful with social media, you have to provide real value and that usually comes from great content. Paul Dunay in his blog post, “4 C’s of B2B Marketing” has defined this very nicely. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

Marketing Budget Creation 60

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The Effective Marketer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

That’s why I’m eager to check out two resources: MarketingProfs Digital Marketing World The folks at MarketingProfs held an online trade show that had a great speaker lineup and relevant topics for those in the online world, being very focused on tactics for lead generation, social media, and email marketing among other topics.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Business Value of Social Networking by Achinta Mitra on July 29, 2009 in Social Media Marketing , Social Networking Saw a very interesting video where Seth Godin talks about how useful social media is to businesses.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

Optimizing your marketing content around keywords or phrases is the first step in your content marketing strategy. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

It not just driving revenues for the company, 44% of marketers said their own compensation was tied to sales. See contradiction #4) Contradictions and Myth Busters: Only 17% of the marketers felt they were “sales driven.” an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

Lead Generation 60

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Web 2.0 B2B Marketing 60

The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

I see as a great opportunity to market themselves and when talking to CIOs and decision makers that bring up Gartner’s MQ, they can simply point them to the result of the lawsuit and say “listen, as much as you like Gartner’s Magic Quadrant, it is pure fabrication based only on their opinion. Can their tactic backfire?

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 28, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website A Blogging Style to Call Your Own by Achinta Mitra on April 28, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Blog , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Social Media Marketing Creating a blog is not too difficult but building an active community around it is.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

This is where marketing automation software can be a big help. There are many of them out there to suit every type of marketer, from small industrial companies to large enterprises. Let’s look at three types of marketing content that have proven to be successful in getting site visitors to take action.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Most CEOs of manufacturing, engineering and technical companies do not believe in the value of brand building and consider it the domain of consumer marketing (B2C). In the later stages, supplier Web sites and catalogs are the most important information sources. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

Business Blogging 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers by Achinta Mitra on September 29, 2009 in Industrial Marketing Blog , Industrial Websites , Social Media Marketing I came across an incredible blog post recently that I think every small business owner should read.

Small Business Marketing 60

Small Business Marketing Blogger Web 2.0 Tips 60

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Last Wednesday at Dreamforce, I had the chance to attend the session entitled, Delivering B2B Marketing Excellence in a Socially Connected World. Forrester research analyst, Laura Ramos led a great presentation on how B2B’s can make best use of social media to drive demand. Understand markets and opportunities.

Marketing Analytics Tools 48

Marketing Analytics Tools Social Marketing B2B Marketing Web 2.0 48

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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Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

Distribution 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

Budget Programs 60

Budget Programs Education Marketing Budget Lead Scoring 60

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. Social media is hot mainly because it is new news to lots of folks in marketing and across our organizations that “the customer is indeed in charge”. Step 2: Create your marketing plan.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2010

You may need to supplement your programs with these types of tactics depending on your corporate goals. The Principle of “Always On&# This is a basic and fundamental concept of effective marketing that is too often overlooked or undervalued. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Email strategy: FreightCenter.com teamed up with email service provider Delivra to devise an email marketing strategy. Please share with your friends and followers: Related posts that may interest you: 5 Rules of Website Redesign for Engaging Engineers and Industrial Buyers Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing?

Email Marketing 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

In short, this is good, practical and actionable stuff and not some marketing theory. By the time buyers reach the Procurement stage, supplier Web sites and catalogs are the most important information sources. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

Buying Cycle 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

A vast majority of the survey respondents reported that outbound tactics outperformed inbound initiatives for generating qualified leads. I am wondering if it is a result of the age-old disagreement between sales and marketing on the definition of a qualified lead. This one caught me by surprise.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The apparent disconnect is even more telling as seen by these key findings from the study: The two traditional interruptive marketing tactics, advertising (25%) and direct (20%) are still receiving the biggest share of the budgets, indicating that marketing budgets are misaligned with the CMO’s priorities.

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B2B Marketing Top of Funnel BtoB Peer-to-peer 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

B2B Marketing 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

Of course, I could have tried using scare tactics by saying, “If you think hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs” but today’s industrial and B2B marketers are too smart and resourceful to fall for that line. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

CMS Development 60

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 25, 2010

Re-casting How We Think About B2B Marketing Automation I was analyzing results from our recent B2B Marketing University series , which Silverpop launched this past Fall, and the data seem to point to an eye-popping, potential ‘banner year’ for marketing automation in 2010.

Marketing Automation Services 40

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

This trend towards lower-cost content marketing is likely to continue well into 2010. It goes well beyond just cutting costs, today, it is more about accountability, analytics and engaging customers and prospects by using free or inexpensive social media tactics. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

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Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

However, realizing that your sign up forms and opt-in pages must contain both components – an irresistible offer or incentive as well as a clear call to action will go a long way towards boosting your email marketing’s open and conversion rates. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer.

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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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Business Blogging Web 2.0 Long Tail Marketing Business 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

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 is not specifically set up to measure social media activity but you can modify it by adding a free plugin like Social Media Metrics.

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 3, 2009

You could have effective marketing campaigns that drive sales up 100% and win awards and accolades but still have an inneffective marketer at helm. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. United States License. United States License.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle Lead Scoring 60

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 23, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Because You Can’t Beat Free Marketing Training This is the second post finalizing the review of the Inbound Marketing University program from HubSpot. Here I talk about the final 5 classes.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

Marketing automation might be used to help setup triggers and automated touch points. Lead scoring is a key component so that once a lead meets a quality threshold, it is sent to sales with all the relevant history such as marketing tactics responded to, content viewed, solution interest, budget or timeframe.

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