markempa

AUGUST 23, 2006

" Ive written a number of times that educational content is an important tool for lead generation. If youre involved in marketing to IT or financial buyers, you should consider using white papers or e-books. If youre involved in marketing to IT or financial buyers, you should consider using white papers or e-books.

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Onalytica B2B

AUGUST 23, 2017

Last week we published our white paper called The Definitive Practical Guide to Influencer Relationship Management. First thing’s first- what does the white paper cover? This white paper is extensive and exhaustive, with each section covered deserving of its own limelight. The rise in social media channels.

Peer-to-peer 192

Peer-to-peer Advertising Agencies Word of Mouth Work Management 192

Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 9, 2009

It’s a big world out there in the content-marketing/social media/B2B blogosphere, so we would like to save your time by rounding up the best posts and articles of the week. The 4 Step Content Strategy Program - Content Strategy Simplified. Content strategy is not easy. TGIF and welcome to ClickDigest weekly roundup!

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Lead Gen Paper Template Sales Qualified Leads 100

Webbiquity

MAY 20, 2010

Beyond standard content like case studies and white papers, what other information formats work best for b2b lead generation and nurturing? 25 Free Social Media Marketing & SEO Ebooks, White Papers + Other Downloads by SEOptimise. ** 5 Stars. Need Content? What exactly is “Web 3.0?&#

LEADSExplorer 100

LEADSExplorer Resources Best Practices Paid Search Agency 100

Writing on the Web

JANUARY 19, 2012

2012 Content Marketing – how did we get here so fast? Here’s a checklist for reviewing your 2011 content marketing results so you can know where to spend your time and energy in 2012: What were your most effective blog posts in terms of numbers of page views? Which white paper or special report got good download rates?

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Planning Marketing Plans Content Marketing Content 100

Martech

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

From the CMO to the marketing manager to the content creator, the first step is to know the difference between AR, VR, XR (extended reality), and the communications capabilities provided by each flavor of this new immersive media. Since my first foray with Second Life’s 3D virtual world – YES, I was an SL power user in 2009! –

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Planning Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency Mobile Advertising 130

markempa

AUGUST 11, 2005

« Two new reports on marketing and lead generation | Main | Combine Your Cold Calling Efforts With Email Marketing » Lead Generation via white papers and webinars MarketingSherpa published a great article today on how Redhats Director of Marketing Communications, Chris Grams, broke the rules for distributing white papers and webinars.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Paper Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Leads 120

Digital B2B Marketing

APRIL 20, 2011

You have committed to content marketing, you have invested in creating content, and your website has turned into a veritable content hub. At every turn, you offer related content to entice a registration and get someone to opt in to to your drip and nurture program. Your content is not free. The Content Sell.

Lead Generation 100

Lead Generation Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 15, 2010

White Paper Pundit Helping you understand the world's most unique business communications medium « Brand Promotion in a White Paper: Where Should You Draw the Line? The Best FREE White Papers of 2010 Since April 2009, cataloging free white papers that have been tweeted via Twitter has been a regular part of this blog.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

Optimizing your marketing content around keywords or phrases is the first step in your content marketing strategy. Optimizing your marketing content around keywords or phrases is the first step in your content marketing strategy. It is not just optimizing words within your marketing content. Why is it important?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

That is pretty much the mantra of B2B content marketing. Nothing happens until your site visitors and blog readers take some kind of an action after reading your content. 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.

Relevance 60

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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. Wikipedia defines content marketing as “an umbrella term encompassing all marketing formats that involve the creation or sharing of content for the purpose of engaging current and potential consumer bases.”

Marketing Budget Creation 60

Marketing Budget Creation B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Marketing Budget 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. So curated content is not something new. What is content curation?

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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.

Buying Cycle 60

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

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. As marketers, we need to shorten the industrial buy cycle by producing marketing content that is relevant and tailored to the prospect’s stage on the buy cycle.

Relevance 60

Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Branding 60

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 7, 2017

Based on your viewing history, they provide other relevant content that you may enjoy in your queue and also send personalized emails based on your viewing preferences. When I bought my first iPhone and MacBook Pro in 2009, I knew I was an Apple Geek for life. In 2016 while I was writing the last paper of my MBA, my (eight-year-old!)

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Brand Identity Branding Loyalty Paper 134

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content by Achinta Mitra on May 18, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies You can find plenty of clichés used (overused?) in B2B marketing content.

B2B Marketing 60

B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Demand Generation Agencies 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? Content creation doesn’t have to be hard. For example, “content creation.”

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle 60

Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 31, 2011

I have invited our Panel of White Paper Experts to reflect on 2009 and answer the following question: What was your aha moment in 2009 ? Jonathan Kantor is the principal and founder of The Appum Group, " The White Paper Company ", and has been producing commercial white papers for the past 11 years.

Paper 100

Paper Enterprise Management B2B Thought Leadership Case Study 100

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

APRIL 30, 2010

With a majority of marketing efforts going digital, that means even more content is needed. The instant gratification mindset of B2B content consumers means they’re demanding more content, faster. Designing content for 1X use is wasteful. See my post Rule of 5 for B2B content development.

Planning 60

Planning B2B Marketing Emarketing B2B 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

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. 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.”

Sales Cycle 60

Sales Cycle Web 2.0 Buying Cycle Privacy Policies 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

Also see a very interesting post from Junta42, “Engage and Inspire Employees First, Customers Second.” ) Because of the longer cycles and the complexities of B2B and industrial sales, marketers find it very difficult to associate leads to specific marketing content. Unfortunately, the answer is a big NO.

B2B Marketing 60

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

markempa

AUGUST 17, 2007

« Webcast: Closed-Loop Lead Generation & Management | Main | Off topic: Response to meme - 8 Random Things About Me » Content ideas for lead nurturing and tactics to use When it comes to lead nurturing , I find that many marketers get stuck because they lack enough good content to do it consistently.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Generation Tactics Lead Ranking 120

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

Marketing Craftmanship

AUGUST 19, 2011

Most brochureware websites contain no content that requires updating, and other than perhaps a “Contact Us” form, no interactive capabilities. These functions might include: “News”; “In the News”; “Upcoming Events”; “Thought Leadership”; “Case Studies”; “White Papers”; “Webinars”, etc.

Thought Leadership 100

Thought Leadership Paper Press Case Study 100

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 Buying Cycle Work Management 60

Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

Last week, I co-published a white paper with Chris Baggott , the CEO of Compendium Blogware (I’m on their advisory board). The free “Blogging’s Long Tail Approach&# white paper is devoted to describing this notion of blog content breadth, and its impact on search term selection, and search term optimization.

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Long Tail Marketing Blogger Paper Content 117

The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

So write “objective -> action -> budget&# down on paper, in big letters and stick it to your corkboard or use a post-it and glue it to your computer monitor. The “let’s copy last year’s budget” mentality is prevalent in many organizations because is the easy way out of a not so glamorous function. United States License.

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Planning Work Management Marketing Management Effectiveness 100

Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2010

B2B Marketing Content falls under 2 broad category - 1. Content addressed to a Technical Decision Maker 2. Content addressed to a Business Decision Maker. "Write Content to Address the Problem and the Perspective" Ardath Albee's Bio. Ardath Albee. Blog Marketing Interactions Twitter Ardath421.

Work Management 100

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Onalytica B2B

JANUARY 8, 2019

In 2009 I dove headlong into working with Eloqua and Salesforce and at that point I was hooked on designing demand generation workflow and measuring results. I also enjoy working on joint content projects such as guides and white papers and moderating roundtable events that share best practices.

Marketing Budget 108

Marketing Budget Budget Programs Demand Generation Agencies Work Management 108

Ambal's Amusings

JULY 27, 2011

Mike is a white paper expert and social media rockstar who launched Social Media Examiner in late 2009. Create highly sharable content that meets people's needs. Identify and work with outside experts, many of whom will gladly promote your content. Attract and retain raving fans that will help your business grow.

Business 100

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Everything Technology Marketing

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Here is a recent survey report on B2B technology marketing collateral trends from Eccolo Media that you may find interesting: “ Eccolo Media 2009 B2B Technology Collateral Survey Report ”. Key findings in the report: • White papers – especially those that are long on expert content and light on sales jargon – continue to be the No.

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markempa

OCTOBER 27, 2014

It can be things like giving them extra relevant content they didn’t expect or, if they attended a webinar, giving them a follow-up executive summary or an extra white paper that’s relevant. 80% of marketing leads are lost or discarded, according to a MarketingSherpa presentation delivered at B2b Marketing Summit 2009.

Conversion Rate 120

Conversion Rate Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profiles 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 15, 2010

Summary: Autonomy is a leader in enterprise search and content management (it owns Interwoven). Its concept of "Meaning Based Marketing" comes quite close to my idea of "content grazing" as a way to reduce marketing complexity while delivering the right content to each customer or prospect. Automatically.”

Multivariate analysis 120

Multivariate analysis Enterprise Management Automation Work Management 120

The Effective Marketer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

How can we improve this process? The answer may lie in a tool most people already have… MS PowerPoint! link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention? Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Planning 100

Planning Work Management Effectiveness Marketing Budget Creation 100

Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 31, 2010

2010 Content Marketing Trends and Predictions. Content marketing is changing like never before at a faster pace than we’ve seen in the last 100 years. What is the future of content marketing? Every B2B marketer wants their content to be so widely acclaimed that it goes “viral.” BONUS TOP POST from 2009.

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