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. Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

Over the past six months, their website traffic is up 89%, their free download program is up over 200% and they’ve generated over 1,500 leads. Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website.

Budget Programs 60

Budget Programs Education Marketing Budget Lead Ranking 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

Here are some of the key findings from the study: Emerging Trends: 61% of the respondents (500 total) cited Driving Revenue as the most important success metric as compared to Sales Accepted Opportunities (40%), Qualified Leads (39%) with website visits and click-through rates trailing way at the back at 12% each.

Lead Generation 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

Business Blogging 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

Here’s a chart from Enquiro’s white paper, “Building Business Online: Your Digital Persuasion Portfolio” that shows how specific content from your website plays a role at different stages. Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

Relevance 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

Page title (Title Tags) – This is what is visible at the top of the browser window. It is a very important part of your on site SEO strategy and you should take the time to customize your title tag for each post and page. By default, search engines will use words from your first paragraph if you don’t specify a description tag.

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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. However, to be successful with social media, you have to provide real value and that usually comes from great content. Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design.

Marketing Budget Creation 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

They are combining video, audio and sophisticated tracking tools to deliver email campaigns with highly customized messages that engage prospects in their preferred format and measure interactions beyond just open and click-thru rates and well into website behavior. Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo?

Email Marketing 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

I am referring to updating, maintaining and sometimes marketing their industrial websites. I make my living providing marketing services including designing and marketing industrial websites. Is that a good thing? My opinion is somewhat biased because I am an industrial and B2B marketing consultant. Take a quick poll.

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?

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

Here are some stats, results and recommendations that I found very useful: In the Needs Awareness and Research stages, buyers use a broad array of sources, including social media, Webinars, e-newsletters, search engines and [vertical search engines like] GlobalSpec. Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

He also said, “Use of information from social media sources and web mining is growing as sales professionals are looking to leverage every piece of intelligence they can find to help progress deals.&# Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

Sales Cycle 60

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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? Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website.

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Opt-in 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

The focus there is to optimize it for keywords or phrases for people to find your website when searching for relevant terms. Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website.

Sales Cycle 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Instead of taking up more space here, let me direct you to some of my earlier posts about industrial websites and SEO. Source: Frost & Sullivan ) Peer referrals: This is primarily social media marketing or the online version of word of mouth marketing (WOM).

Buying Cycle 60

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

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

In the Needs Awareness and Research stages (the first two stages of the industrial buying cycle ), buyers use a broad array of sources, including social media, webinars, e-newsletters, Google, Bing, Yahoo and vertical search engines like thomasnet.com and globalsepc.com. Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design.

Relevance 60

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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 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? Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

Use other marketing tactics like article marketing, press releases, forum commenting, social bookmarking and networking to generate high quality traffic to your business blog. The color scheme, fonts, graphics and your tag line should all work together to separate you from your competition and be a true reflection of your business.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Buying Cycle B2B Blogger 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.

B2B 60

B2B Marketing Analytics Tools Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 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.”

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

B2B Marketing 60

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

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers. Thanks for the post.

Lead Generation 60

Lead Generation Business Blogging Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

Having a search function on your website is no longer an option, it is a requirement. You need to move beyond the free Google Custom Search tool for websites. Lesson #2: Familiarity does not breed contempt It is tempting to get fancy with design bells and whistles to make your website stand out. Engineers are creatures of habit.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle Lead Ranking 60

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. Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design.

Business Blogging 60

Business Blogging Web 2.0 Long Tail Marketing Business 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

JULY 9, 2010

Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

Marketing Automation Services 60

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Marketing Automation 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing Content to Engage and Sell by Achinta Mitra on July 6, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies Marketing 101 teaches you “Customers buy benefits and not product features.”

Features 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

In this case, you might want to make sure your website is found when a business owner queries “business cost savings.” Pay attention to the terminology and words your target audience uses when they discuss their problems on social media, forums and blogs. My take: Sharpen your listening skills.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Work Management Marketing Management 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Today, technical buyers and engineers expect suppliers to have a substantial online presence with a website packed with relevant content in a variety of formats and easily searchable. Is your site ready for this shift in expectations or do you need a website redesign? And yes, it does cost money.

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 60

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.

Webinar Metrics 60

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project by Achinta Mitra on June 3, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Websites , Search Engine Optimization (SEO) , Website Design & Development What comes first – site content or site design?

Marketing Websites 60

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving from Fifth Graders? Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design. Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design.

Creativity 60

Creativity B2B Marketing Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

If a nurturing program has run its course and the content wasn’t publicly available, create a place for it on your website. Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website.

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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. Pay close attention to your website , does it truly address the needs of a global audience? Not so fast!

Social Media 60

Social Media Social Marketing Media Planning 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial Sales Job? Tagged as: customer realtionship , Industrial & B2B Customer Relationship , Industrial Marketing , McKinsey & Co. Free Website Design Guide: Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

Marketing Automation Services 60

Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 B2B Lead Ranking 60

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Driving Traffic to Your Homepage All the Time May Be a Big Mistake by Achinta Mitra on October 26, 2009 in Industrial Websites , Website Design & Development You’ve read up on all the traffic generation tactics and optimized your site to rank high on major search engines.

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