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Manufacturers Use Evaluation Kits for Effective Lead Nurturing

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After the initial sign up and/or a free needs assessment analysis, qualified leads buy an evaluation kit at a low, introductory price or are given free engineering kits. Software as a Service (Saas) and technology companies use this lead nurturing tactic very effectively with their trial software.

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Successful Industrial Websites Require Part DiY and Part.

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Success story #2: Developer of software suite for the upstream oil & gas industry The client’s old corporate website was designed by us to put a sharper focus on their target audience of reservoir and production engineers, operations personnel and upper management in oil and gas production companies. Take a quick poll.

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Shortening the Industrial Buy Cycle in 5 Simple Steps

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Let’s say your business offers a software product designed to help business owners efficiently allocate revenue to related expenses to ultimately reduce costs. As such, you are solving the problem of inefficient cost management because at the end of the day, your software helps business owners save money.

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Generating More “Educated Leads” on a Small Budget

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To find answers to that question, I went to HubSpot’s Lead Generation Marketing Hub and I found an incredible video featuring Holly Allison , vice president of marketing at Vico Software , a successful Boston-area startup that provides construction software to engineers and contractors.

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Don't Count on Marketing Automation to Solve All Your Lead.

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That is unfortunate because Marketing Automation software is a very useful tool and in my opinion, a necessity these days. Of course, Marketing Automation alone cannot live up to those hyped up expectations and has to take the brunt of the blame. You need to rethink your business model first and fast.

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

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At first glance it may appear as though it is just a matter of assigning numerical scores to leads and the hand off to sales should happen automatically by using marketing automation software. Dig a little deeper and it will become obvious that there’s a lot more involved than “set it and forget about it.”.

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Marketing Automation vs. Inbound Marketing

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I came across a recent post by Lauren Carlson of Software Advice where she has provided seven key reasons why B2B marketers are adopting marketing automation. SaaS (software as a service) systems are greasing the skids: Subscription pricing eliminates the need for big upfront costs and allows marketers to prove ROI quicker.