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Content Takes Center Stage

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We asked Stephanie Tilton "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" " Stephanie Tilton is a seasoned white paper and case study writer who helps B2B companies advance the sales cycle by engaging prospects and customers. Stephanie Tilton.

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Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

Industrial Marketing Today

Personas do matter in B2B content marketing You would be wasting your scarce resources if you pumped out marketing content without first having a clear and complete understanding of the personas of your B2B buyers. Understanding and building accurate profiles of different personas requires a close alignment between sales and marketing.

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Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

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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The Twofold Benefit of Optimizing Marketing Content

Industrial Marketing Today

To deepen and strengthen this relationship, marketers (and sales) must optimize the “return on time spent” by increasing the value received through each touchpoint. Source: IDC Analyst Connection: Coordinating Marketing and Sales across the Entire Revenue Cycle.) This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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

Industrial Marketing Today

Let’s get one thing straight from the get go, if you are in a declining market with low demand for your products and services, no amount of automation will help you generate new leads. I’ve seen too many marketers crash and burn because they believed that by “automating” all of their lead gen problems would be over.

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High-Performance Email Marketing for Attracting and Engaging.

Industrial Marketing Today

Clearly define personas by addressing the WIIF (What’s in it for me) question for each stakeholder. Are you interested in lead generation, lead nurturing and/or building authority and brand awareness? WHEN : When on the sales cycle do you expect to engage with your prospects? Share your ideas here.

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7 “Rs” for B2B Marketing Content Planning

Industrial Marketing Today

Additionally, when marketers create a nurturing program across the buying process, each new lead should start at the beginning of the program with touch 1. Hold some in reserve to use as an offer during an inside sales call to follow-up. Ardath is the author of eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale.