Industrial Marketing Today

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Inbound Marketing Alone May Not Be Enough for Industrial Companies

Industrial Marketing Today

They provide examples of how the target audience behaves in their personal lives where they TiVo through commercials, use caller ID to ignore telemarketing calls, direct mail pieces go straight to trash and of course, nobody ever reads a newspaper or a trade magazine anymore. That is not always the case in the industrial sector.

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Inbound Marketing Must Set the Table for Industrial Sales

Industrial Marketing Today

I can’t help but think that the person at the other end is silently telling me, “Show Me the Money!” It needs to complement other marketing efforts such as telemarketing and outbound marketing programs. Then comes the silence because they are having trouble connecting the dots between inbound marketing and sales.

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Marketing Automation vs. Inbound Marketing

Industrial Marketing Today

Marketing automation is good at supporting a self-service model that B2B buyers are accustomed to from their personal online experiences. Sales cycles are longer in a down economy: Marketing automation supports drip marketing campaigns for lead nurturing to maintain top of mind awareness over a longer sales process.