Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Relevant marketing content – key to thought leadership Positioning your company as a thought leader is critical in complex technical sales that have long buying cycles with many decision makers involved. Analytics is the new marketing creative! What has been your experience with building a B2B or industrial brand?

Relevance 60

Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Brand Identity 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

To add a new twist to a thorny problem, I read a very interesting quote from Avinash Kaushik, the man who literally wrote the book on Web Analytics 2.0 , he said, “Engagement is not a metric, it’s an excuse.” Let’s see how Google Analytics can help you do just that. Google Analytics may be all the power you need.

B2B 60

B2B Marketing Analytics Tools Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

ThomasNet study, 2006) For IT solutions in excess of $50,000, the most wanted data in the early stage awareness was price ( Source: Joint study done by MarketingSherpa and Enquiro , 2007) Today, a majority of industrial buying decisions begin online. This was second only to downloading product data sheets.

Sales Management 60

Sales Management Pricing Price Marketing Websites 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

REVISE Our brains have two parts – the left side is analytical and the right side is visual and tends to see the whole picture. Once you have your first draft completed, allow the left side of your brain to take over and start being critical and analytical as you go over your copy.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

It goes well beyond just cutting costs, today, it is more about accountability, analytics and engaging customers and prospects by using free or inexpensive social media tactics. The bottom line is for your content to engage your prospects and customers at every stage of the buying cycle.

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Develop your email marketing strategy first Before you begin developing customized content and using sophisticated analytics, the first order of business is to develop a sound and sustainable email marketing strategy. And that begins with thinking like an investigative reporter by asking the 4Ws and the 1H questions.

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB 60

Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 25, 2010

So given this power shift, B2B marketers must more than ever work to wrap their marketing programs around the B2B buyer — managing dynamic, anticipatory, buyer-driven campaigns and programs and being in the right channel with the right information in the right voice at the right stage of the buying cycle.

Marketing Automation Services 40

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Top of Funnel Work Management 40