Webbiquity

JANUARY 2, 2013

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. B2B buyers are most likely to share useful vendor content via email (79%), followed by LinkedIn (53%), Twitter (39%) and Facebook (18%). B2B Lead Blog ).

Paid Content 100

Paid Content Stats Social Media Paid Search Agency 100

Hubspot

MARCH 10, 2020

Every time I think about making a big purchase, want to learn about new Twitter or Facebook updates, or even plan a trip, I do research. And I always take the same first step: I read a blog post I find on social media. You may run a blog that's struggling to gain millennial readers. I'm a millennial. Source: HubSpot ).

eCommerce 90

eCommerce Peer-to-peer Statistics Thought Leadership 90

PureB2B

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

However, not all lead generation channels are created equally, and businesses need to focus on what works specifically for them to increase efficiency and maximize returns. Every business has specific dynamics and unique requirements in terms of their sales and marketing processes. 5 Word of Mouth / Referral Marketing.

Lead Generation 86

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Advertising Channels Word of Mouth 86

Albacross

MARCH 19, 2019

Wordpress is one of the best platforms for your business blog. Your blog postings should be informative and educational providing content that your readers can relate with. Check out: Benefits of Blogging: 5 Reasons You Must Start a Blog Now. Social Networking. You will have earned their trust.

Lead Generation 58

Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 58

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Facebook has been living in a two-button world. First, the social networking giant provided online publishers with a Share button, then it followed up with a Like button that replaced the notion of Facebook fans. For marketers, these changes highlight that Facebook is trying to move to one sharing button for publishers.

Facebook 28

Facebook Press Social Networks Traffic 28

PureB2B

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

However, not all lead generation channels are created equally, and businesses need to focus on what works specifically for them to increase efficiency and maximize returns. Every business has specific dynamics and unique requirements in terms of their sales and marketing processes. 5 Word of Mouth / Referral Marketing.

Lead Generation 62

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Webinar Metrics Word of Mouth 62

PureB2B

AUGUST 28, 2018

With the current business size, published revenue, and customer following, do you think that they’re trying to scale up? It could also be that their current processes are ineffective at providing excellent customer service, so they’re getting bad reviews. Business Blog. Check out the topics they talk about on their blog.

Research 96

Research Sales Qualified Leads Marketing Automation Services Work Management 96

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The Comprehensive Guide for a Powerful CMS using WordPress – Part one: 101 Techniques for a Powerful CMS using WordPress by Noupe Design Blog. ** 5 Stars. Code to Create Custom Share Buttons for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & Delicious by B2B Online Marketing. Share this on Facebook. Share this on Bebo. Post on Google Buzz.

Auto Responder 100

Auto Responder Digg Best Practices RSS 100

PureB2B

AUGUST 28, 2018

With the current business size, published revenue, and customer following, do you think that they’re trying to scale up? It could also be that their current processes are ineffective at providing excellent customer service, so they’re getting bad reviews. Business Blog. Check out the topics they talk about on their blog.

Research 62

Research Sales Qualified Leads Marketing Automation Services Work Management 62

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

Keep in mind your marketing content may exist in various forms and formats; company website, blog, email campaigns, press releases, marketing collateral and social networks. You need to have a process in place for your content optimization to evolve over time. Some of these marketing assets will change over time.

Optimization 60

Optimization Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

These metrics are all linked to 10 stages in Sopheon’s sales process. This way the company can see exactly where the leads are coming from, how old they are, where they are in the process, which account executive is handling them and where leads typically fall out. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

B2B 60

B2B Marketing Analytics Tools Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

In the video below, Holly explains their process. 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? All I can say is WOW!

Budget Programs 60

Budget Programs Education Marketing Budget Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

Despite all the hype surrounding social media in B2B marketing, 50% of the marketers said they didn’t blog, 49% don’t use Twitter and 25% don’t use LinkedIn.

Lead Generation 60

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Web 2.0 B2B Marketing 60

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. Without a clear understanding of the stages, it is difficult to align your marketing content with your customer’s decision-making process.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Web 2.0 Allocation 60

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The chart below shows the variety of content used at different stages of the industrial buy cycle (Source: Understanding the Industrial Buy Cycle: How to Align Your Marketing with Your Customers’ Buying Process from GlobalSpec). Leave a Comment { 1 trackback } Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial Sales Job?

Buying Cycle 60

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

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

But here’s the thing: Inbound Marketing Automation, like most complex issues, is a Process. If you don’t think of Inbound Marketing Automation this way, and then design your whole approach as a Process, your results will be less than hoped for. I like your steps for Continuous Process Improvements.

Marketing Automation Services 60

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Marketing Automation 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

The key here is to serve up relevant content that matches the prospect’s state or stage on the decision making process. Select the best social media outlets depending on where your target audience hangs out and use them for starting your conversation. I have even read statistics where Facebook is now drawing more visitors than Google.

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Your prospects are at different stages of their decision making process when they visit your site. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. You can’t satisfy all of them with one-size-fits all content.

Sales Cycle 60

Sales Cycle Web 2.0 Buying Cycle Privacy Policies 60

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Passive reading of your content will not move the prospect along in his/her decision making process. While conversion may be the ultimate goal, building trust, increasing awareness, improving the company’s reputation, expertise and credibility and encouraging social sharing are all worthy content marketing goals too.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The “Mapping Marketing to the Transforming Buying Process,” report released by DemandGen Report revealed serious disconnects. Unfortunately, the answer is a big NO. There is a breakdown between the customer’s reality of engagement and the B2B marketer’s perception of it.

B2B Marketing 60

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

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

A B2B blog is the perfect online tool to accomplish that. If you are still not sure about the benefits of using a business blog, head over to HubSpot and read these articles: 6 Reasons Every Small Business Should Be Blogging… Are You Missing the Boat? I say you need both. That’s all you need for now.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Buying Cycle B2B Blogger 60

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

Marketers need to create a process for content planning that helps them maximize the return from their investments in developing the content resources that fuel their online marketing programs. Designing content for 1X use is wasteful. See my post Rule of 5 for B2B content development. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

Planning 60

Planning B2B Marketing Emarketing B2B 60

Webbiquity

MAY 10, 2011

More recently, numerous writers including Olivier Blanchard , Neil Glassman and Mark Schaefer have tried to make the case that social media ROI is real, can be measured, and must be measured. The core of social media marketing efforts should be the corporate blog. Integrate social media activities with your CRM system.

ROI 100

ROI Generation Advertising Agencies Case Studies 100

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

We can only provide prices after a formal RFQ process 5. We want our sales team to have some flexibility in order to close the sale I think Anne Holland summed it up nicely in her blog post by writing… Whatever the reason, you need to keep two human factors in mind: #1. We could have conflicts with our channel partners 4.

Sales Management 60

Sales Management Pricing Price Marketing Websites 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

They eat, breathe and sleep factor of safety or safety factor (used to provide a design margin over the theoretical design capacity to allow for uncertainty in the design process). Lesson #5: Path of least resistance Engineers are taught to find the path of least resistance.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle Lead Scoring 60

Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Using social media to build event attendance Most larger events have their own web site and most smaller events have a least a landing page with registration (and hopefully those include social sharing functionality), but very few take advantage of the event capabilities of several social media channels or services.

Social Media 40

Social Media Event Marketing Social Marketing B2B Marketing 40

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

I had a co-worker email me the other day asking for a blog post about the benefits of business blogging. I told her I'd shoot over one of our up-to-date blog posts about why businesses should blog and. The Benefits of Business Blogs for Marketing. It's for a friend," she said. Sure it was.

Business 28

Business Work Management Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 28

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Valve sizing programs – these are great and easy to use tools for any manufacturer of valves for chemical, hydrocarbon and industrial process, power, water and wastewater industries. The best example of an expertise blog that I know of is the Emerson Process Experts blog moderated by Jim Cahill.

Webinar Metrics 60

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product 60

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Select only those that will help you optimize your nurturing campaigns and accurately gauge where the prospect is in their decision making process. Not every action or behavior needs to be tracked and measured. Determine in advance who will be responsible for measuring and who will decide on what fine-tuning actions need to be taken.

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

He explains it very well by saying, “Thus, for every feature about my company, the product that we use, the equipment that we operate or the process that we follow when completing work, I must transition the featured aspect into a believable benefit to the customer. According to Brad, the most important piece of the puzzle is the transition.

Features 60

Features Web 2.0 Planning Work Management 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Interview them and then connect all the dots to develop compelling content that will move the visitor and/or the prospect in their decision making process. Be a ruthless editor – business owners and product developers are passionate about their offerings. However, they may not be good at articulating those benefits and features.

Marketing Websites 60

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

Webbiquity

JANUARY 16, 2012

Despite any recent recent rants you may have seen about how blogging is dead or blogs are passé , the fact of the matter is that business blogging is now more important than ever. ” The Entrepreneur’s Advisor | Why and How to do a Blog Right by The Entrepreneur’s Advisor.

Business Blogging 100

Business Blogging Tips Tools Blogger 100

Webbiquity

APRIL 14, 2014

So before it gets replaced by the next trendy buzzwordy term, here’s some marketing-related big data for you: 83 valuable facts, stats, and research findings covering strategy, social media, SEO, online advertising, email marketing, content, blogging, social networking, video and more. Social Media Today ).

Paid Content 100

Paid Content Statistics Social Media Social Marketing 100

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Setting aside time to brainstorm blog topics, structure posts around relevant keywords, optimize calls-to-action and social sharing buttons, and strategically place relevant internal links can sound daunting to many marketers. Read this blog post to learn more about the benefits of business blogging.).

Traffic 28

Traffic Buyer Personas Top of Funnel SEO 28

Hubspot

JULY 13, 2010

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - SEO refers to the process of improving your website to drive more and better quality traffic from search engines like Google and Bing. One is on-page optimization, which is about making it easier for search engines to find and index your business website. SEO has two main parts.

Online Marketing 28

Online Marketing Work Management Marketing Management Advertising Agencies 28

Hubspot

AUGUST 28, 2012

When creating a hashtag, choose something short and memorable (check out this helpful guide to creating awesome hashtags ), and be sure to promote it during the planning process and during the event itself so people know what to use while they're tweeting. Tip #2: Promote regular updates about your event.

Social Media 28

Social Media Media Linkedin Buzz 28

Hubspot

APRIL 6, 2012

Unlike blog posts, ebooks are high-commitment pieces of content because of their length, so you need to make sure you're demonstrating the value up front in a compelling way. For instance, one HubSpot ebook is titled 15 Business Blogging Mistakes & Easy Fixes with the subtitle, "How to Fix the Most Common Blogging Bloopers."

Design 28

Design Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management 28