Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Even though the widespread adoption of social media in industrial marketing has been slower than general B2B and B2C marketing, it has had a serious impact on industrial sales, especially on the traditional role of the outside sales rep. Conduct a content audit and make sure you have mapped your content to the buy cycle.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products by Achinta Mitra on May 14, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog I am a big fan of Content Marketing or as some people like to refer to it as Inbound Marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

For example, segment your products and services by application and/or industry. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

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. Number of campaigns sent out, trade shows attended or press releases published do not generate revenues.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

The bottom line is for your content to engage your prospects and customers at every stage of the buying cycle. As the founder of Tiecas, I have been helping manufacturers and engineering services companies boost their sales with better do-it-yourself (DiY) marketing for over 20 years.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

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. Email strategy: FreightCenter.com teamed up with email service provider Delivra to devise an email marketing strategy.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Figure out what the pressing issues are, what motivates them to act now rather than later and then write in a voice that addresses their concerns. Don’t be persona non grata – take the time to really understand the persona of the target audience. I mean dig deeper than just the demographics like company size, job title, SIC code etc.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

Features: attributes that products or services have. As you can see from the two techniques discussed here, features only tell your prospects about the attributes of your product and services. However, this is the exception and not the rule and is typically used in product specification or data sheets.

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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.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

Solution Mapping: Look across the company’s portfolio of offerings to identify and put together – or map a solution for each of that market’s key business requirements – incorporating products, services and programs as needed.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

Buyers of technical products and services do look to vendors for providing relevant information for solving their problems. 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.

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LeadSloth

JANUARY 12, 2010

David Raab , Raab Associates & author, Raab Guide to Demand Generation Systems. The vast majority of leads generated on a website never have a meaningful conversation with a sales rep. Resurgence of the Agency: Marketing departments have been trying to go it alone and do their own thing. Demand Generation?

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Use a free tool like Google’s Keyword Tool to find search terms and long-tail keywords that people are using to search for information related to your products and services. That will give you an idea of demand. I would say that most people typing general search terms are just gathering info.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on August 24, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Websites , Website Design & Development Unless you’ve been on a very long sabbatical from industrial and manufacturing marketing, you very well know that your website should be the hub of your online marketing. Why should you care about your company’s website?

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