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Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

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.

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Shortening the Industrial Buy Cycle in 5 Simple Steps

Industrial Marketing Today

Even though her article is about the B2B buy cycle in general, it is a perfect follow up to my earlier post “Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.” She has focused on identifying the problem and providing a 5-step solution to shorten the buy cycle. How can you accomplish all that?

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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.

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Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

That however is only part of the solution because if your content doesn’t engage the visitor s/he won’t take a desired action to move forward in the sales cycle. Ardath Albee, CEO of Marketing Interactions, Inc. 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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B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The.

Industrial Marketing Today

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. The results from three separate studies confirm this: 61% of engineers surveyed indicated pricing information as one of the primary reasons to visit a vendor’s website.

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The 6 essential rules of a website redesign – Ignore them at your.

Industrial Marketing Today

I’m not talking about a cosmetic facelift but turning it into a marketing powerhouse as you position your company for the recovery. Optimize, optimize, optimize : That’s the golden rule of online marketing as is location, location, location in real estate. Sometimes you need help with a specific marketing challenge.

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5 Things Industrial Marketers Must Do to Attract Engineers and.

Industrial Marketing Today

Here are my top five industrial marketing lessons: Lesson #1: Save them time Most engineers, especially design engineers are already overloaded with work. Anything you can do to help them find the right information quicker will score big with engineers. You need to move beyond the free Google Custom Search tool for websites.

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