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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. Marketers need to create a process for content planning that helps them maximize the return from their investments in developing the content resources that fuel their online marketing programs.

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How to post a video on YouTube: The complete guide

Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

According to our latest index, more than 50% of consumers said they plan to spend more time engaging on YouTube, while significantly fewer marketers (35%) said they were investing there. Publishing regular (and high-quality) content on YouTube should be a part of any strategic social media plan. Once uploaded, click Next.

Youtube

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Top 5 Social Media Trends For The B2B Marketer

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

And despite any reservations you may have, social media can help you get ahead. As user-generated content becomes a greater part of professional workflow, it is important for B2B marketers to understand not only where their customers are interacting, but also their motivations when they are consuming or participating in these communities.

Social Media

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How to craft successful go-to-market (GTM) strategies for startups

Tomorrow People

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

What’s the right go-to-market (GTM) approach for a startup and how do you go about creating one? Some of the reasons for this are straightforward—like a lack of funding or market research. Others are less obvious, like having a GTM strategy that’s not appropriate for a startup. What is a go-to-market (GTM) strategy?

Marketing Analytics Tools

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How to craft successful go-to-market (GTM) strategies for startups

Tomorrow People

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

What’s the right go-to-market (GTM) approach for a startup and how do you go about creating one? Some of the reasons for this are straightforward—like a lack of funding or market research. Others are less obvious, like having a GTM strategy that’s not appropriate for a startup. What is a go-to-market (GTM) strategy?

Marketing Analytics Tools

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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.

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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. However, there is another strong reason for optimizing your marketing content that has nothing to do with SEO. I am referring to optimizing customer engagement in B2B marketing. Why is it important?

Optimization

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Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

Paul Dunay in his blog post, “4 C’s of B2B Marketing” has defined this very nicely. 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.” Don’t sell.

Marketing Budget Creation

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Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

That is pretty much the mantra of B2B content marketing. Personas do matter in B2B content marketing You would be wasting your scarce resources if you pumped out marketing content without first having a clear and complete understanding of the personas of your B2B buyers. In other words, it is time to walk the talk!

Relevance

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Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well by Achinta Mitra on April 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Social Media Marketing , Social Networking For a while, it was difficult to find hardcore data to make a business case for social media.

Social Media

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Web 2.0

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?)

B2B Marketing

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

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo? This long time staple has become the Rodney “No Respect&# Dangerfield of B2B and industrial marketing. Do you have any good examples of social media used in email marketing?

Social Media

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10 Things That Can Destroy an Email Marketing Program

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

); //. Marketing News & Expert Advice. Strategies Data-Driven Marketing Marketing Automation Marketing to Latinos Conference Call Local Retail Sports & Entertainment Politics & Advocacy Automotive CPG Financial Services Healthcare & Pharma Agency Spotlight. SEO Paid Search Search Marketing.

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How Relevant Marketing Content Helps B2B Branding

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Most CEOs of manufacturing, engineering and technical companies do not believe in the value of brand building and consider it the domain of consumer marketing (B2C). Branding is an expense item like the rest of marketing. He suggests that B2B marketers take a cue from their B2C counterparts when it comes to increasing brand awareness.

Relevance

Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Brand Identity

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

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

However, the role of B2B marketers is changing and evolving more into revenue generation. The recently released B2B Marketing Skills Survey jointly done by Genius and BtoB Magazine reveals some new trends and contradicts certain popular beliefs. Stay tuned as the role of B2B marketer continues to evolve.

Lead Generation

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High-Performance Email Marketing for Attracting and Engaging.

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

And that reality of the flooded inbox is very evident from steadily dropping response rates of only 1% to 3% range for traditional email marketing. The old email marketing strategy of batch and blast or spray and pray is no longer effective. However, there’s no denying the low cost of email marketing. per week in 2006.

Email Marketing

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The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The majority of Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) consider customer engagement as their top priority according to a recent study done by Forbes Insights and George P. The New Rules of Engagement: CMOs Rethink Their Marketing Mix is based on a survey of 314 marketing executives at companies with more than $500 million in annual revenue.

B2B Marketing

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Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing?

Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing? by Achinta Mitra on November 16, 2009 in B2B E-Mail Marketing Do you know the key component of email marketing that generates more high-quality leads and drives sales? What is it?

Email Marketing

Email Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Opt-in

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

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

Of course, Marketing Automation alone cannot live up to those hyped up expectations and has to take the brunt of the blame. That is unfortunate because Marketing Automation software is a very useful tool and in my opinion, a necessity these days. However, is improving efficiency enough to justify investing in Marketing Automation?

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5 Things Industrial Marketers Must Do to Attract Engineers and.

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

Having worked closely with many manufacturers and companies from the industrial sector, I have learned several valuable lessons about what works when it comes to marketing to engineers and technical buyers. It is always a good idea to serve up your marketing content in different formats but your text is the key component.

Web 2.0

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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

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Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving.

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving from Fifth Graders? Then, the teams developed a plan of action. The answer lies in shifting from traditional company product marketing to customer problem oriented marketing.

Creativity

Creativity B2B Marketing Lead Ranking Lead Scoring

The 4 Cs of Social Media

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

At the same time, it is just another marketing channel. The reason I believe marketers are so confused about social media is because of this paradox. This misses the point, of course, since social media is about customer relationships and not really about the technology at all. Social Media And Your Personal Brand.

Social Media

Social Media Media Customer Satisfaction Web 2.0

Social Media Lawsuits Protect Yourself From Them | Guest Posts.

Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

She spends her days thinking about social media, public relations and digital strategies for her agency’s consumer focused clients. Been Caught Stealing Let’s start with content creation and copyright issues. In other words put a copyright, all rights reserved on your content or the bottom of your blog.

Social Media

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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? Next, I came across a blog post written back in September of 2009 by Rohit Bhargava of Influential Marketing Blog. There is no doubt that content curation is here to stay.

Curation

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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

Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial.

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial Sales Job? And digital marketing and social media are as disruptive as they come. Every disruptive technology is known to cause major upheavals in any industry.

Social Media

Social Media Social Marketing Media Planning

A Blogging Style to Call Your Own

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 28, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website A Blogging Style to Call Your Own by Achinta Mitra on April 28, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Blog , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Social Media Marketing Creating a blog is not too difficult but building an active community around it is.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Privacy Policies Buying Cycle RSS

The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities by Achinta Mitra on April 22, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies I read an eye-opening article by Andrew R. Dr. Thomas calls this “The Distribution Trap.”

Distribution

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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? Now, that doesn’t sound very different from most b2b and industrial marketers but wait till you hear/read about the phenomenal results that Holly and her team have produced.

Budget Programs

Budget Programs Education Marketing Budget Lead Scoring

101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers by Achinta Mitra on September 29, 2009 in Industrial Marketing Blog , Industrial Websites , Social Media Marketing I came across an incredible blog post recently that I think every small business owner should read.

Small Business Marketing

Small Business Marketing Blogger Web 2.0 Tips

Business Value of Social Networking

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Business Value of Social Networking by Achinta Mitra on July 29, 2009 in Social Media Marketing , Social Networking Saw a very interesting video where Seth Godin talks about how useful social media is to businesses.

Social Networks

Social Networks Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Web 2.0

Optimizing Your WordPress Business Blog

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

Business Blogging

Business Blogging Optimization Web 2.0 Business

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

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The chart below shows the variety of content used at different stages of the industrial buy cycle (Source: Understanding the Industrial Buy Cycle: How to Align Your Marketing with Your Customers’ Buying Process from GlobalSpec). One can dedicate an entire site to SEO because it is such a wide and deep online marketing topic.

Buying Cycle

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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

Successful Industrial Websites Require Part DiY and Part.

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

I am referring to updating, maintaining and sometimes marketing their industrial websites. My opinion is somewhat biased because I am an industrial and B2B marketing consultant. I make my living providing marketing services including designing and marketing industrial websites. Is that a good thing?

CMS Development

CMS Development Marketing Websites Work Management Web 2.0

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. In short, this is good, practical and actionable stuff and not some marketing theory. There are plenty of charts and graphs too. You can download it from here (does require registration).

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

Business Blogging

Business Blogging Web 2.0 Long Tail Marketing Business

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

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

I am wondering if it is a result of the age-old disagreement between sales and marketing on the definition of a qualified lead. The success of outbound marketing does make sense in this context. Wait a minute, isn’t that what Content or Inbound marketing is all about? .&# Company news and industry SIC codes tied for third.

Sales Cycle

Sales Cycle Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads B2B Sales

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

Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website The 6 essential rules of a website redesign – Ignore them at your peril by Achinta Mitra on January 26, 2010 in Industrial Websites , Search Engine Optimization (SEO) , Website Design & Development Is you current website an asset or a liability?

Rules

Rules Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Buying Cycle

Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Ardath Albee, CEO of Marketing Interactions, Inc. 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.” Your sales team must report to marketing and put these leads back into the hopper for nurturing.

Sales Cycle

Sales Cycle Web 2.0 Buying Cycle Privacy Policies

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.” Some B2B marketers are using more sophisticated ROI measurement tools to track activities over the entire life cycle of a lead. If you have a blog, look at the number of comments left by your readers.

B2B

B2B Marketing Analytics Tools Web 2.0 Buying Cycle

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

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The Question by Achinta Mitra on June 12, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies , Website Design & Development Do you show prices on your B2B website?

Sales Management

Sales Management Pricing Price Marketing Websites

B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers.

Lead Generation

Lead Generation Business Blogging Lead Scoring Lead Ranking

7 “Rs” for B2B Marketing Content Planning

How to post a video on YouTube: The complete guide

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Top 5 Social Media Trends For The B2B Marketer

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How to craft successful go-to-market (GTM) strategies for startups

How to craft successful go-to-market (GTM) strategies for startups

7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products

The Twofold Benefit of Optimizing Marketing Content

Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well

Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content

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

10 Things That Can Destroy an Email Marketing Program

How Relevant Marketing Content Helps B2B Branding

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

High-Performance Email Marketing for Attracting and Engaging.

The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement

Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing?

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

5 Things Industrial Marketers Must Do to Attract Engineers and.

Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing.

Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving.

The 4 Cs of Social Media

Social Media Lawsuits Protect Yourself From Them | Guest Posts.

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

How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project

Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial.

A Blogging Style to Call Your Own

The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities

Generating More “Educated Leads” on a Small Budget

101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers

Business Value of Social Networking

Optimizing Your WordPress Business Blog

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

Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

Successful Industrial Websites Require Part DiY and Part.

Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be

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

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

Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial and B2B Customer Engagement Simplified

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

B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog

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