Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

The problem becomes more acute for the industrial sector because the industrial buy cycle can be a long and complex process that often involves multiple decision makers. The white paper has deconstructed the complex industrial buy cycle into four distinct stages that the buyer systematically goes through.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Even though her article is about the B2B buy cycle in general, it is a perfect follow up to my earlier post “Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.” She has focused on identifying the problem and providing a 5-step solution to shorten the buy cycle. What is the key to shortening the buy cycle?

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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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Mereo

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This pattern is similar to what we saw in the 2008 / 2009 recession. The encouraging news is that B2B buying has started to ramp-up, while private equity transactions and investments are also starting to accelerate. The hampering headwinds are subsiding, but strong buying tailwinds have yet to kick in.

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Terms and Conditions B2B Thought Leadership Marketing Management Peer-to-peer 45

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 19, 2009

Sean is exposed on a daily basis to the latest best practices in B2B marketing and is chock full of practical demand generation advice. What are your top 3 tips to help B2B companies improve their demand generation ? What innovative or overlooked demand generation tactics do you think will become more important in 2009?

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

OCTOBER 6, 2009

September 2009. Deconstructing Twitter: Analytics for Reach and Impressions - B2B Marketing Savvy , September 10, 2009. Six Steps to a Successful Small Business Content Marketing Strategy - Content Marketing Today , September 4, 2009. 23 Reasons Why Content Marketing Fails - Marketing Interactions , September 22, 2009.

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Engagio

JANUARY 27, 2021

In many ways, it feels like what happened with marketing automation back in 2009 where there started to be a handful of players with complete solutions. From Should I buy this? to What solution should I buy? ” Traditional demand generation vs. the ABM model. And the market started to recognize: You need this.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

First, there’s the leading candidate for Most Frequently Used Email Opening of 2009: “In these challenging economic times …”. Yet the last line of the email is “Sign up now to start saving” which sounds to my ear like an invitation to buy the product. If you want me to buy the product, tell me why I should buy the product.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Those are the types of questions marketing automation / demand generation software vendors seek to address with their offerings. “Demand generation&# is a better term, though still not precise. The buying process has fundamentally changed. They apply technology to a difficult process. Post this on Diigo.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

It starts with a clear rationale for making investments in lead nurturing processes: “Up to 95 percent of qualified prospects on your Web site are there to research and are not yet ready to talk with a sales rep, but as many as 70 percent of them will eventually buy a product.&# ( Brian Carroll ). Share this on del.icio.us.

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Digital B2B Marketing

APRIL 20, 2011

Give them a taste of that value before they buy the content. Include additional information for someone on the fence about buying it and clearly state that you protect and do not share contact information. The economy was turning sour in 2008 and 2009, it is 2011 now and most economists are talking about growth.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Marketing automation / demand generation software provider Manticore today announced the release of Manticore Technology VII, which includes a fully customizable user interface, email and landing page folders, an email delivery wizard, and drag-and-drop list building functionality. Share this on del.icio.us.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 10, 2011

Steve has nearly 20 years of experience in brand building, demand generation and corporate marketing. Many demand generation models were first built five or more years ago, and next year will see some updating of those tools based on contemporary marketing approaches. Happy 2011! In your opinion, why is that?

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2010

The study shows that there are specific keyword combinations used dependent upon the buying stage of the person searching on Google. In phase 1, the 2 companies relied on a Question and Answer format to determine the impact of buying stage on the keyword combinations used by IT buyers.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

The company’s marketing is tightly targeted at very small businesses (under 25 employees) but its marketing features are competitive with demand generation products aimed at much larger firms. Three of the five core demand generation functions are clearly there: outbound email, Web forms, and lead nurturing campaigns.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

Even if you have carefully segmented your target audience by demographics, different people within the same company can and do react differently to your content. What marketing content you serve at each phase of the buying cycle also matters. That is pretty much the mantra of B2B content marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

In Needs Awareness and Research phases, the first two stages of the industrial buy cycle (see my earlier post Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle ) your prospects and customers use a variety of online content to find solutions to their current problems and needs.

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

markempa

MAY 13, 2007

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

Because B2B and industrial buyers tend to be more sophisticated in the use of online content in making their decision over the entire buying cycle. BtoB marketers need to create and deliver content that is relevant to those searching for their solution while mapping it to the prospect’s buying cycle.

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markempa

APRIL 19, 2007

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Generation B2B Thought Leadership Leads 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 30, 2009

But I don’t think that can scale: companies require many different services and will not want to buy and run each one separately. All that’s missing to be full-blown demand generation system is outbound email and lead nurturing campaigns—which the company has announced it will add. But I consider that optional.)

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Small Business Marketing Bundling Work Management Paid Search Agency 120

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 28, 2010

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

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markempa

APRIL 5, 2007

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

You can buy the book from Amazon and visit his site at www.distributiontrap.com. B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

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

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Budget Programs Education Marketing Budget Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 20, 2010

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

Social Media 60

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Web 2.0 60

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.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

That’s a shame and here’s why — among the top ten in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2009 , IBM was listed at #2, Microsoft, GE and Intel at number 3, 4 and 9 respectively. Branding is an expense item like the rest of marketing. Yes, GE and Microsoft sell directly to end-users but they are primarily B2B companies.

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Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Brand Identity 60

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

When I reviewed Right On Interactive in a July 2009 post , the company was selling its 5Buckets marketing software as a multi-channel output generation tool that complemented conventional marketing automation systems. campaign reporting: users can manually enter campaign costs, target revenue, and actual revenue.

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Salesforce.com Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Services 120

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

Instead of buying print ads in trade journals, they create their own blog and build an active community around it. 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

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Marketing Budget Creation B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Marketing Budget 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

Optimizing (SEO) your business blog is critical because it allows your target audience to find you in search engines and attract traffic. However, none of that can happen until you drive lots of interested traffic to your business blog. An invisible blog doesn’t draw a crowd and neither will you have the opportunity to engage with them.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

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 online content needs to play a much more active role in moving site visitors along in his/her buy decision.

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Sales Cycle Web 2.0 Buying Cycle Privacy Policies 60

NuSpark Consulting

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Any demand generation expert worth her salt (and consulting fee) will advise you to segment your sales leads. Among the more commonly used segmentation criteria are things like job title, industry, company size and the company’s position in the buying cycle. Not unlike what you do on laundry day.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

Link), was a survey of small business owners and found that the two most common tactics used in 2009 were tweeting e-mail newsletters and sending out blog entries to e-mail lists. I came across two research studies that answer the last question with a big YES! The first study done by AWeber (aff.

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Social Media Email Marketing Social Marketing Web 2.0 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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Social Networks Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

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

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B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Demand Generation Agencies 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

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

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