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Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well

Industrial Marketing Today

The first report is titled “2010 Social Media Marketing Industry Report” and it is from Michael Stelzner , the founder of WhitePaperSource and the author of Writing White Papers. They have compiled over 50 marketing charts and graphs based on analysis of their 2,500 business customers. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the.

Industrial Marketing Today

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. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

I downloaded a white paper called “Understanding the Industrial Buy Cycle: How to Align Your Marketing with Your Customers’ Buying Process” from GlobalSpec that has done a very good job of explaining the four stages of the industrial buy cycle and how to match your marketing content to each stage. There are plenty of charts and graphs too.

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Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

Industrial Marketing Today

The chart below from a research study done by Forrester illustrates this point very clearly. Here’s a chart from Enquiro’s white paper, “Building Business Online: Your Digital Persuasion Portfolio” that shows how specific content from your website plays a role at different stages. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo?

Industrial Marketing Today

I came across two research studies that answer the last question with a big YES! 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. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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Content Creation Made Easy

Industrial Marketing Today

RESEARCH Even before I open up my trusty word processor, I head over to Google’s Keyword Tool. I use it to research key words/phrases that people are using to search for answers to their particular problem. You’d be surprised how many different ideas and variations you can get from your initial thought after doing your research.

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Industrial and B2B Customer Engagement Simplified

Industrial Marketing Today

Defining B2B Customer Engagement Forrester Research has proposed a definition of customer engagement that makes a lot of sense to me. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

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