Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

Many B2B marketers make the mistake of trying to push product details on prospects too early in the process. Follow these 6 Content Marketing Tips That Drive Leads. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) SEO continues to provide one of the best sources of leads for both B2B and B2C companies. You want to be found when they do.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

Because it is the mega-distributors that dictate terms and reduce the value of the manufacture’s innovations into commodity products. 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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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The curious and cautious B2B buyers B2B buyers are curious about how a product can make life easier and business better; however, they are also more cautious when making purchases because a mistake can be costly both for the company and their career. Each B2B customer will be thinking about products in the context of his or her own position.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The curious and cautious B2B buyers B2B buyers are curious about how a product can make life easier and business better; however, they are also more cautious when making purchases because a mistake can be costly both for the company and their career. Each B2B customer will be thinking about products in the context of his or her own position.

Landing Pages 100

Landing Pages Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Work Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Think about the entire lifecycle from new product ideas all the way to customer retention. For example, effective demand generation with high quality content that meets customer needs will produce awareness and will drive consideration of your product. Or to create a plan with only your team’s objectives in mind.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

But not easy to execute because there usually is a disconnect between what your prospect wants to hear and what you want to say about your company and its products and services. Typically, that means understanding the prospect’s pain and then offering a solution for relief. Sounds simple, right?

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Blogs Influence On Buyers When asked “what is your likelihood to purchase a brand, product or service from these information sources?&# 42% reported that blogs influence their purchase behavior. Or from consumer to consumer to relay needed information on products and services. Overall great article. All rights reserved.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

It can include 140 character tweets, photos, brief product updates or FAQs. Context: this is important because some traditional marketing assets like white papers or product demos do not perform very well in social media. In social media content is not necessarily about creating white papers or videos. The reason is context.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Customer Satisfaction Web 2.0 100

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

It’s about how customers relate to one another in the context of brands and how those brands, companies, products and people relate to customers … It’s an experiential, holistic concept that we have deconstructed and reconstructed to map to brand value.&# They want a product that exemplifies a need.

Social Media 100

Social Media Brand Identity Branding Media 100

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

For example, segment your products and services by application and/or industry. Give them hardcore specifications typically found in product spec sheets. The first thing an engineer wants to know is do your products, parts and components meet his/her design specifications and standards?

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Too often, marketers create new educational content based on internal triggers, such as a new product launch or the adoption of a new marketing strategy. Sean Donahue of MarketingSherpa put it best when he said, “We’ve been recommending for a while now that marketers think like publishers when it comes to their marketing content.

Relevance 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

Leave a Comment Previous post: 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products Next post: How to Use a B2B Blog to Win Customers and Influence Prospects FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Demand Generation Agencies 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

Lead generation and lead nurturing have been put on the backburner and clients are interested only in finding leads that are ready to buy now (see my previous post, “The Role of B2B Marketing is Shifting from Lead Generation to Revenue Generation.” ).

Sales Cycle 60

Sales Cycle Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads B2B Sales 60

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 24, 2010

These chats can also allow a brand/product to create significant social capital. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. For example, Gerber Baby Food (@gerberbabyfood) currently has about 600 followers and infrequently sends updates.

Organization 100

Organization Planning Paid Search Agency Allocation 100

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. Are you pre-selling a product or service? army’s “Be All You Can Be” campaign?

Business Blogging 60

Business Blogging Web 2.0 Long Tail Marketing Business 60

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

They are looking for companies to be transparent and responsive in their interactions, to provide valuable content and even expecting to be asked for product and service improvement ideas. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider.

Social Media 100

Social Media Peer-to-peer Social Marketing B2B Marketing 100

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.

Marketing Automation Services 60

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Marketing Automation 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

Success story #2: Developer of software suite for the upstream oil & gas industry The client’s old corporate website was designed by us to put a sharper focus on their target audience of reservoir and production engineers, operations personnel and upper management in oil and gas production companies. All Rights Reserved.

CMS Development 60

CMS Development Marketing Websites Work Management Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

You are not alone, most business purchases, especially industrial products don’t lend themselves to a simple Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP). This was second only to downloading product data sheets. Have you struggled to answer that question? Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

Sales Management 60

Sales Management Pricing Price Marketing Websites 60

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 60

Features Web 2.0 Planning Work Management 60

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 60

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Of course, you don’t have to copy word for word any of the examples from above, you are the only one who can decide which approach works best for your product, service or list. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. You’ll receive your first issue immediately even if it is 2:00AM on a weekend. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc.

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Opt-in 60

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Are you interested in lead generation, lead nurturing and/or building authority and brand awareness? 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 Marketing 60

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB 60

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

We think our product is way too cool, our sales force is way too sharp, or our brochures so compelling that what prospect wouldn’t just lay down for us. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. And the truth is far from it.

Planning 100

Planning Paid Search Agency Customer Satisfaction Enterprise Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

We think our product is way too cool, our sales force is way too sharp, or our brochures so compelling that what prospect wouldn’t just lay down for us. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. And the truth is far from it.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Planning Paid Search Agency Customer Satisfaction 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Time Line Close The Time Line close is effective when a product or service will impact a prospect’s project plan, especially if the purchasing decision is a prerequisite to other activities in the project plan. is a great closing tool with a product that has many clear benefits. I am sure it will help many of our agents.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Telemarketing Work Management Marketing Management 100

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

Don’t be afraid to tear apart your initial outline if you think it will improve the product. 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

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

However, it is not so simple to measure customer engagement in situations with long sales cycles that’s commonplace with manufacturers, sellers of technical products and B2B consultative solution providers. Some B2B marketers are using more sophisticated ROI measurement tools to track activities over the entire life cycle of a lead.

B2B 60

B2B Marketing Analytics Tools Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

They always saw our new product ideas first, they always helped drive our strategy and when we made mistakles, they let us know. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. I think we see something closer to the right mix.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Planning Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel 100

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

You are well aware of the fact that the Internet has completely and permanently changed the way industrial buyers purchase technical products and services. Let’s say your business offers a software product designed to help business owners efficiently allocate revenue to related expenses to ultimately reduce costs.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Work Management Marketing Management 60

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

It has to be integrated into the existing editorial process and production process. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. I’m convinced that’s the only way we’re going to crack the engagement nut.” All rights reserved.

Social Media 100

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

It has to be integrated into the existing editorial process and production process. Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider. I’m convinced that’s the only way we’re going to crack the engagement nut.” All rights reserved.

Social Media 100

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

When they ask for better leads. Give them leads they can close and then we can all share in the success of hitting the numbers. The changing landscape of “Traditional lead generation” as it pertains to the IT market. kenny madden Aug 13 2010 Michael, Great post. Here is something I put together on the topic. So if you: a.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 100

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

The answer lies in shifting from traditional company product marketing to customer problem oriented marketing. We need to develop customer-centric solutions-based marketing content instead of product-centric features and benefits marketing collateral. According to Tim Riesterer of CMM Forum LLC (now part of Corporate Visions, Inc.),

Creativity 60

Creativity B2B Marketing Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

You can get more ideas from my earlier post, “7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products.&# Industrial Marketing Today -- Topsy.com Previous post: Don’t Count on Marketing Automation to Solve All Your Lead Generation Problems Next post: Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving from Fifth Graders?

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Curation RSS Web 2.0 Content Marketing 60

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

You will see a diminishing return on every call made outside of 48 hours, and after 7 days you will see a 60-70% drop in leads generated. One responder can lead us to several opportunities within the company if the discussion we have is centered around the needs and pains of the company and not only one product or service.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Learn to connect the dots – many times product managers and engineers have very deep knowledge about their products and the problems they can solve. Be a ruthless editor – business owners and product developers are passionate about their offerings. This will also lower the client’s fear of “you just don’t get it.”

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Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60