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Survey Finds Growth in Pipelines and Sales Cycles for B2B Lead.

Industrial Marketing Today

The top findings I got out of the release were: 47% of the sales professionals reported a slight increase in the size of their B2B pipelines this year as compared to last year. However, the sales cycles have also become longer, making it much harder to close deals.

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Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

That however is only part of the solution because if your content doesn’t engage the visitor s/he won’t take a desired action to move forward in the sales cycle. Depending on the length of your sales cycle, conditions at your prospect’s end may change resulting in projects being put on hold.

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New Buying Paradigm Not So New for High Tech Marketing

B2B Marketing Traction

– pre-YouTube!) I believe this is a sign of disruptive technology (Internet, Web 2.0) Image by cambodia4kidsorg on Flickr, CC BY 2.0. We also did some things right, including creating peer-review marketing campaigns with ads that included industry leader testimonials, and (gasp! videos of customer testimonials.

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

Industrial Marketing Today

Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics.

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Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

Industrial Marketing Today

Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 However, to be successful with social media, you have to provide real value and that usually comes from great content.

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Generating More “Educated Leads” on a Small Budget

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High-Performance Email Marketing for Attracting and Engaging.

Industrial Marketing Today

WHEN : When on the sales cycle do you expect to engage with your prospects? However, it does require some tweaking and a dose of creativity in order to rise above the noise in attracting the attention of industrial buyers and engaging with them deeper into the sales cycle. Share your ideas here.