Content, Copyright, Education and Web 2.0

Generating More “Educated Leads” on a Small Budget

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

How does one generate high quality, educated leads, not just site visitors on a marketing budget that is less than 1% of the projected revenue? In short, they are doing things that help them get found online. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

Budget Programs

Budget Programs Education Marketing Budget Lead Scoring

Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

However, to be successful with social media, you have to provide real value and that usually comes from great content. Wikipedia defines content marketing as “an umbrella term encompassing all marketing formats that involve the creation or sharing of content for the purpose of engaging current and potential consumer bases.”

Marketing Budget Creation

Marketing Budget Creation B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Marketing Budget

The Twofold Benefit of Optimizing Marketing Content

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

Optimizing your marketing content around keywords or phrases is the first step in your content marketing strategy. Optimizing your marketing content around keywords or phrases is the first step in your content marketing strategy. After all, that’s how your prospects and customers will find your blog and/or Web site.

Optimization

Optimization Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle

Using Blogs to Enhance Learning â€“ Some Helpful Tips - OpenEducation.net

Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 11, 2008

Open Education. Free Education for All. At Openeducation.net, we have taken a definitive stance regarding the use of web 2.0 In our view, educators should look to put these tools into action whenever it is appropriate to do so. We think that teachers should be tempted to put web 2.0 Some Helpful Tips.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Tips Wiki Education

How Relevant Marketing Content Helps B2B Branding

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Relevant marketing content – key to thought leadership Positioning your company as a thought leader is critical in complex technical sales that have long buying cycles with many decision makers involved. We are all used to seeing case studies and they are powerful marketing content. Definitely not.”

Relevance

Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Brand Identity

The 4 Most Common Mistakes in B2B Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 2, 2010

Second, you need to have compelling content that meets the prospects needs. Wikipedia defines “ Content Marketing ” as: The creation or sharing of content for the purpose of engaging current and potential consumer bases. The days of sending a list of contacts to sales is over. Some creative marketers call these lists suspects.

B2B Marketing

B2B Marketing Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Content Marketing

Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content by Achinta Mitra on May 18, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies You can find plenty of clichés used (overused?) in B2B marketing content.

B2B Marketing

B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Demand Generation Agencies

Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

That is pretty much the mantra of B2B content marketing. Nothing happens until your site visitors and blog readers take some kind of an action after reading your content. Even if you have carefully segmented your target audience by demographics, different people within the same company can and do react differently to your content.

Relevance

Relevance B2B Marketing CMS Development Buying Cycle

Content Creation Made Easy

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Creation Made Easy by Achinta Mitra on August 24, 2009 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Blog Are you struggling with creating content? If you are not a professional copywriter, coming up with new content regularly can be a difficult task.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle

Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle by Achinta Mitra on September 3, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing These days it is popular to say “Content is marketing currency.”

Buying Cycle

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0

Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More With Less? Google News, aggregating content via RSS feeds and social bookmarking sites have been around for a while. So curated content is not something new. What is content curation?

Curation

Curation RSS Web 2.0 Content Marketing

Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

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. 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.”

Sales Cycle

Sales Cycle Web 2.0 Buying Cycle Privacy Policies

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

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

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.

Buying Cycle

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

Marketing, Death and Taxes

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Jeff theorizes that success is not dependent on the typical predictors: intelligence, passion, knowledge or education. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. He also contrasts this against intuition which is more of a natural inclination.

Planning

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7 “Rs” for B2B Marketing Content Planning

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

With a majority of marketing efforts going digital, that means even more content is needed. The instant gratification mindset of B2B content consumers means they’re demanding more content, faster. Designing content for 1X use is wasteful. See my post Rule of 5 for B2B content development.

Planning

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The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

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 This white paper aims to change that perception of them.

Distribution

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The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

Also see a very interesting post from Junta42, “Engage and Inspire Employees First, Customers Second.” ) Because of the longer cycles and the complexities of B2B and industrial sales, marketers find it very difficult to associate leads to specific marketing content. Unfortunately, the answer is a big NO.

B2B Marketing

B2B Marketing Top of Funnel BtoB Peer-to-peer

Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 20, 2010

Social Media & B2B Marketing Tagged as: Social media , Social Networking About the Author Achinta Mitra calls himself a “marketing engineer” because he combines his engineering education with 20+ years of practical industrial marketing experience to connect the dots between strategic advice and tactical implementation.

Social Media

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Web 2.0

7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products

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.

Webinar Metrics

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product

A Blogging Style to Call Your Own

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 28, 2010

Tagged as: b2b blogs About the Author Achinta Mitra calls himself a “marketing engineer” because he combines his engineering education with 20+ years of practical industrial marketing experience to connect the dots between strategic advice and tactical implementation. Please share with your friends and followers: No related posts.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Privacy Policies Buying Cycle RSS

Report: Blogs Are An Important Part Of The Marketing Mix

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Demographically bloggers also have higher incomes and education levels than the general population. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. They spend on average more than 10 hours a week blogging. All rights reserved.

Marketing Mix

Marketing Mix Marketing Report Blogspot Blogger

Optimizing Your WordPress Business Blog

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

I keep these checked to avoid any duplicate content issues. Now that you have a better idea of optimizing your WordPress blog to attract traffic, don’t forget, it is your content that will create fans and convert them into customers. Spend 80% of your time writing engaging content and the rest of your time on optimizing your blog.

Business Blogging

Business Blogging Optimization Web 2.0 Business

101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Leave a Comment Previous post: Content Creation Made Easy Next post: Driving Traffic to Your Homepage All the Time May Be a Big Mistake FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

Small Business Marketing

Small Business Marketing Blogger Web 2.0 Tips

The Role of B2B Marketing is Shifting from Lead Generation to.

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

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 Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics.

Lead Generation

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Web 2.0 B2B Marketing

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

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on June 24, 2010 in B2B E-Mail Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Social Media Marketing , Social Networking Lately, social media seems to garner all the attention in the media and blog posts with very little mention about email marketing. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

Social Media

Social Media Email Marketing Social Marketing Web 2.0

Business Value of Social Networking

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2009

101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers Tagged as: Seth Godin , Social media , Social Networking About the Author Achinta Mitra calls himself a “marketing engineer” because he combines his engineering education with 20+ years of practical industrial marketing experience to connect the dots between strategic advice and tactical implementation.

Social Networks

Social Networks Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Web 2.0

How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project by Achinta Mitra on June 3, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Websites , Search Engine Optimization (SEO) , Website Design & Development What comes first – site content or site design?

Marketing Websites

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle

Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

Without a clear understanding of the stages, it is difficult to align your marketing content with your customer’s decision-making process. By the time buyers reach the Procurement stage, supplier Web sites and catalogs are the most important information sources. There are plenty of charts and graphs too.

Buying Cycle

Buying Cycle Buy Web 2.0 Allocation

How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be by Achinta Mitra on May 3, 2010 in Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog Remember the U.S. Let form follow function: Your blog’s design should never overwhelm or distract from the content.

Business Blogging

Business Blogging Web 2.0 Long Tail Marketing Business

Successful Industrial Websites Require Part DiY and Part.

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

The client uses their in-house resources to regularly update the site content without spending more money on our professional marketing services. We converted several of their PowerPoint files into online Flash presentations to highlight the primary benefits and features of their software suite.

CMS Development

CMS Development Marketing Websites Work Management Web 2.0

What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role?

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 16, 2010 8 Subscribe What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role? All rights reserved.

Social Media

Social Media Media Enterprise Management Paid Search Agency

What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role?

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 16, 2010 8 Subscribe What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role? All rights reserved.

Social Media

Social Media Media Enterprise Management Paid Search Agency

Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing?

Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

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 Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Site designed by AMAInteractive a div.

Email Marketing

Email Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Opt-in

5 Things Industrial Marketers Must Do to Attract Engineers and.

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

Lesson #3: Features are the benefits Your online marketing content may consist of images, videos, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, white papers and pre-recorded webinars. It is always a good idea to serve up your marketing content in different formats but your text is the key component. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle Lead Scoring

Survey Finds Growth in Pipelines and Sales Cycles for B2B Lead.

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

He also said, “Use of information from social media sources and web mining is growing as sales professionals are looking to leverage every piece of intelligence they can find to help progress deals.&# Wait a minute, isn’t that what Content or Inbound marketing is all about? He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

Sales Cycle

Sales Cycle Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads B2B Sales

Why Is Search…So…Darn…Hard!

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy October 14, 2010 16 Subscribe Why Is Search…So…Darn…Hard?!

Paid Content

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Budget Programs Marketing Budget

The 7 Burning B2B Social Media Questions

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2010

Which is more important: channel or content strategy? It’s all about content! Obviously there are unique content considerations for social media but any good content strategy starts with an understanding of customer needs and then considers channel strategies. All rights reserved.

Social Media

Social Media Media B2B Customer Satisfaction

B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Leave a Comment Previous post: Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle Next post: Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial Sales Job? He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. – an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

Lead Generation

Lead Generation Business Blogging Lead Scoring Lead Ranking

B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The.

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

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 He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

Sales Management

Sales Management Pricing Price Marketing Websites

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

Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

This trend towards lower-cost content marketing is likely to continue well into 2010. Create fresh content: Don’t copy-paste static brochureware text and put it on your website. Nothing will turn off your prospects more than outdated and stale content. Search engines love sites with constantly changing fresh content.

Rules

Rules Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Buying Cycle

Industrial and B2B Customer Engagement Simplified

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

I have written about this problem in my previous post, “The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement.” 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

B2B

B2B Marketing Analytics Tools Web 2.0 Buying Cycle

High-Performance Email Marketing for Attracting and Engaging.

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Develop your email marketing strategy first Before you begin developing customized content and using sophisticated analytics, the first order of business is to develop a sound and sustainable email marketing strategy. Each has its own pain points and needs the right content to address them. WHAT : What do you expect your list to do?

Email Marketing

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB

Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing Content to Engage and Sell by Achinta Mitra on July 6, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies Marketing 101 teaches you “Customers buy benefits and not product features.”

Features

Features Web 2.0 Planning Work Management

Don't Count on Marketing Automation to Solve All Your Lead.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

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 He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

Marketing Automation Services

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Marketing Automation

Generating More “Educated Leads” on a Small Budget

Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

Trending Sources

The Twofold Benefit of Optimizing Marketing Content

Using Blogs to Enhance Learning â€“ Some Helpful Tips - OpenEducation.net

How Relevant Marketing Content Helps B2B Branding

The 4 Most Common Mistakes in B2B Content Marketing

Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content

Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

Content Creation Made Easy

Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More.

Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

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

Marketing, Death and Taxes

7 “Rs” for B2B Marketing Content Planning

The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities

The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement

Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well

7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products

A Blogging Style to Call Your Own

Report: Blogs Are An Important Part Of The Marketing Mix

Optimizing Your WordPress Business Blog

101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers

The Role of B2B Marketing is Shifting from Lead Generation to.

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

Business Value of Social Networking

How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project

Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be

Successful Industrial Websites Require Part DiY and Part.

What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role?

What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role?

Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing?

5 Things Industrial Marketers Must Do to Attract Engineers and.

Survey Finds Growth in Pipelines and Sales Cycles for B2B Lead.

Why Is Search…So…Darn…Hard!

The 7 Burning B2B Social Media Questions

B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog

B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The.

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

Industrial and B2B Customer Engagement Simplified

High-Performance Email Marketing for Attracting and Engaging.

Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing.

Don't Count on Marketing Automation to Solve All Your Lead.

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