Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

I found a series of blog posts on pricing on your website at Dave Jung’s B2B Blog , some of those articles date back to 2006. There have been many studies done over the years that indicate that price information is the very reason why most B2B buyers visit a vendor’s website. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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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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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

I came across two research studies that answer the last question with a big YES! The first study done by AWeber (aff. 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. See charts below).

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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. I also found a fascinating video interview on Andrew’s blog that really drives home the point with a case study featuring Mr. Fred Whyte, President of STIHL Inc. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The majority of Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) consider customer engagement as their top priority according to a recent study done by Forbes Insights and George P. That was the good news part of the study. That was one of the key findings of the “2010 Lead Generation Marketing ROI Study” by the Lenskold Group. Johnson (GPJ).

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

As a B2B marketer, we want to reach our ideal prospects and communicate with customers to maintain top-of-mind awareness throughout their buying cycle. A B2B blog is the perfect online tool to accomplish that. Without passion and expertise, you will have a hard time sustaining your business blog over the long haul.

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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.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Let’s look at two case studies to see how industrial marketers are using email to reach and engage with industrial buyers. Case study #1: B2B lead generation through better segmenting and more focused email content Business challenge: FreightCenter wanted to change its customer mix of 70/30 (B2C/B2B) to a more B2B-centric mix.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

The content doesn’t have to be dull text; it could be a blog with posts written by in-house experts, “how-to” videos or white papers that position your company as a “thought leader” within the industry. The bottom line is for your content to engage your prospects and customers at every stage of the buying cycle.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

What do you do when the bulk of your marketing content, with the exception of case studies is product focused? Here are seven content marketing strategies that you can use to engage your prospects and move them forward in their buying cycle. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Rule #1: Natural or organic search engine optimization (SEO) In the research phase of the industrial buying cycle , engineers and industrial buyers tend to use broad keywords and phrases that describe their current problem. The same holds true for video white papers. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

in Museum Studies, but the idea of acting as a curator of information to post on our website for the benefit of our clients and customers is extremely interesting. FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

Studies have shown that people retain information quicker and longer when you engage their visual senses. This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website.

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Online Marketing Institute

MAY 18, 2010

Longer sales cycles due to more complex products and services and business purchasing processes often require more information. TopRank SEO client, Jiyan Wei from Vocus will present a case study of how they’ve used and advanced their SEO efforts with the 500,000 press releases hosted on PRWeb. out of 5) Loading.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

That was the key finding of a research study done by McKinsey & Co. after they surveyed more than 1,200 purchasing decision makers in small, medium, and large companies throughout the United States and Western Europe who are responsible for buying high-tech products and services. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

For example, fill out a form to download a white paper, register for a webinar, submit an order etc. Follow the golden triangle – several tracking research studies have shown that site visitors tend to track through content in a rough F-shaped pattern (see Jakob Nielsen’s eyetracking study ). Place your logo at the top left.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2010

The chart below shows how engineers and industrial buyers use the Internet in work-related purchases ( Source: 2010 GlobalSpec Industrial Buy Cycle Survey ). If you need more empirical proof, then look at the recent study done by GlobalSpec, Trends in Industrial Marketing 2010: How Manufacturers are Marketing Today.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

” Or that49% of B2B journalists write blogs, and 84% are on Twiter? Or that a third (or more, depending on which study you believe) of all clicks go to the top result on a search engine query? Is a Blog Still Important in 2011? And nearly 15% of visits to this blog come from social media sources (including other blogs).

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