Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Sure, you can centralize some of your social media chores (great post by Chris Brogan), by using Tweetdeck or Seesmic. For normal humans that check social media a couple times a day, NutshellMail may become your new favorite social companion. You run over to check your Twitter account. Then Linkedin. Maybe your blog.

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Social Media Media Paid Search Agency PR 115

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. This presentation: “Why Before How: The Keys to Developing a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps&# also formed the basis for my recent MarketingProfs Webinar. How Does Your Audience Use Social Media?

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Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 168

NuSpark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

It’s time to take another look at online display advertising strategy now that Google has revamped its ad planner tool; now calling itself the Google Display Network Ad Planner, and eliminate site research from non-GDN sites. Ad units and rich media. If budget allows, display should be part of an integrated marketing plan.

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Biznology

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

I just started as Director of Social Media at Unison Agency in Washington’s historic Georgetown. And, if you have no activation plan and are just collecting name, company, email, and phone number, then you have a block to your marketing plan. Social media is a trap. He’s a strategist’s strategist.

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Marketing Websites RSS Paid Search Agency Social Media 80

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. I’ve spent a lot of time working with various social media monitoring tools and I’ve whittled my list of favorites down to two or three. And that’s how I pick the right social media monitoring tool for the job.

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Social Media Media Paid Content Work Management 158

Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Because helpfulness hasn’t historically been looked at as a marketing objective (tons of great stuff about this umbrella concept in Scott Stratten’s forthcoming new book UnMarketing – buy it ), identifying areas where help could be provided isn’t in the DNA of most companies – yet. It’s a Bird.

Social Media 151

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 151

Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Advanced social media analytics and ROI calculations often require tying together disparate systems, and looking for causation (or at least correlation) between social media success and business outcome. Or, you could just use Swix, the super slick new social media scoreboard that just works.

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Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 117

Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

In a sea of “me too&# books about social media, Cognitive Surplus stands out as about so much more. People that make and share coming together to tackle larger initiatives I’d say we’re somewhere between steps two and three, and Cognitive Surplus provides many examples of success at each stage of the process. Who we are.

RSS 119

RSS Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies PR 119

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial Sales Job? And digital marketing and social media are as disruptive as they come. Every disruptive technology is known to cause major upheavals in any industry.

Social Media 60

Social Media Social Marketing Media Planning 60

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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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. corporate expenditures on social media will increase by an AVERAGE of 34% a year , and that by 2012, as much will be spent on social media as on email marketing.

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Social Media Paid Search Agency Media Advertising Agencies 122

Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

New research from White Horse of 104 companies found that in 86% of companies, executives are not using social media. Social Media? If anything, social media is MORE important for B2B companies than it is for B2C companies. For whom is it more important to have a humanizing social media presence? This makes no sense.

Social Media 132

Social Media Media Paid Search Agency Budget Programs 132

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

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.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Privacy Policies Buying Cycle RSS 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More With Less? Google News, aggregating content via RSS feeds and social bookmarking sites have been around for a while. Heck, even MS Word kept flagging curation as a misspelled word.

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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. However, there is another strong reason for optimizing your marketing content that has nothing to do with SEO. I am referring to optimizing customer engagement in B2B marketing. Why is it important?

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Optimization Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities by Achinta Mitra on April 22, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies I read an eye-opening article by Andrew R. He has outlined what is wrong with the theory of mass marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

How does one generate high quality, educated leads, not just site visitors on a marketing budget that is less than 1% of the projected revenue? Now, that doesn’t sound very different from most b2b and industrial marketers but wait till you hear/read about the phenomenal results that Holly and her team have produced.

Budget Programs 60

Budget Programs Education Marketing Budget Lead Scoring 60

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. Now, B2B content marketing’s agenda is to educate and inform customers and prospects. Don’t sell.

Marketing Budget Creation 60

Marketing Budget Creation B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Marketing Budget 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

However, the role of B2B marketers is changing and evolving more into revenue generation. The recently released B2B Marketing Skills Survey jointly done by Genius and BtoB Magazine reveals some new trends and contradicts certain popular beliefs. Stay tuned as the role of B2B marketer continues to evolve.

Lead Generation 60

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Web 2.0 B2B Marketing 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content by Achinta Mitra on May 18, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies You can find plenty of clichés used (overused?)

B2B Marketing 60

B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Demand Generation Agencies 60

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

Business Blogging Optimization Web 2.0 Business 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

That is pretty much the mantra of B2B content marketing. Personas do matter in B2B content marketing You would be wasting your scarce resources if you pumped out marketing content without first having a clear and complete understanding of the personas of your B2B buyers. In other words, it is time to walk the talk!

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

Without a clear understanding of the stages, it is difficult to align your marketing content with your customer’s decision-making process. In short, this is good, practical and actionable stuff and not some marketing theory.

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Buying Cycle Buy Web 2.0 Allocation 60

Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing? by Achinta Mitra on November 16, 2009 in B2B E-Mail Marketing Do you know the key component of email marketing that generates more high-quality leads and drives sales? What is it?

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Opt-in 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

I am wondering if it is a result of the age-old disagreement between sales and marketing on the definition of a qualified lead. The success of outbound marketing does make sense in this context. Wait a minute, isn’t that what Content or Inbound marketing is all about? .&# Company news and industry SIC codes tied for third.

Sales Cycle 60

Sales Cycle Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads B2B Sales 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

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?

CMS Development 60

CMS Development Marketing Websites Work Management Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website The 6 essential rules of a website redesign – Ignore them at your peril by Achinta Mitra on January 26, 2010 in Industrial Websites , Search Engine Optimization (SEO) , Website Design & Development Is you current website an asset or a liability?

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Ardath Albee, CEO of Marketing Interactions, Inc. said it best when she wrote, “Passive reading of your content is not going to help online marketing initiatives shorten buying cycles or increase customer acquisition and revenues.” Your sales team must report to marketing and put these leads back into the hopper for nurturing.

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Sales Cycle Web 2.0 Buying Cycle Privacy Policies 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). Branding is an expense item like the rest of marketing. He suggests that B2B marketers take a cue from their B2C counterparts when it comes to increasing brand awareness.

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Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Brand Identity 60

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The chart below shows the variety of content used at different stages of the industrial buy cycle (Source: Understanding the Industrial Buy Cycle: How to Align Your Marketing with Your Customers’ Buying Process from GlobalSpec). One can dedicate an entire site to SEO because it is such a wide and deep online marketing topic.

Buying Cycle 60

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

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

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?

Sales Management 60

Sales Management Pricing Price Marketing Websites 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

I have written about this problem in my previous post, “The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement.” Some B2B marketers are using more sophisticated ROI measurement tools to track activities over the entire life cycle of a lead. This is a little more involved than I can explain in this blog post.

B2B 60

B2B Marketing Analytics Tools Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Creation Made Easy by Achinta Mitra on August 24, 2009 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Blog Are you struggling with creating content? an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

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Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The majority of Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) consider customer engagement as their top priority according to a recent study done by Forbes Insights and George P. The New Rules of Engagement: CMOs Rethink Their Marketing Mix is based on a survey of 314 marketing executives at companies with more than $500 million in annual revenue.

B2B Marketing 60

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

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle by Achinta Mitra on September 3, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing These days it is popular to say “Content is marketing currency.”

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Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

I’m sure you’ve read many times that engineers hate marketing/marketers and they want only the facts. Extend its life by making your site content shareable via social media, RSS feeds and forward to a colleague. Creates Content Marketing With Lasting Impact ). However, they do have a strong influence.

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