Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

How can you use marketing content to generate a decent volume of sales-ready leads at a low(er) cost? What is effective content marketing? Content marketing does not mean churning out white papers, case studies, articles, blog posts, podcasts and webinars for the sake of putting out content.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

Here are some stats, results and recommendations that I found very useful: In the Needs Awareness and Research stages, buyers use a broad array of sources, including social media, Webinars, e-newsletters, search engines and [vertical search engines like] GlobalSpec. Sounds simple, right?

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Depending on the stage of the prospect, your content needs to: Move them from ignorance to awareness – define the problem and make your target audience aware of generic solutions and the benefits of your offerings. Move them from awareness to inquiry – get the prospect to sign up for a webinar.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 10, 2010

Optimizing (SEO) your business blog is critical because it allows your target audience to find you in search engines and attract traffic. webinars website design White Paper Marketing whitepapers YouTube Marketing Matters Marketing Matters is our monthly e-newsletter on best practices in industrial and B2B marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

In the Needs Awareness and Research stages (the first two stages of the industrial buying cycle ), buyers use a broad array of sources, including social media, webinars, e-newsletters, Google, Bing, Yahoo and vertical search engines like thomasnet.com and globalsepc.com. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 24, 2010

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

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. And they use different sources to get their information. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

They forgot to first set a strategy that carefully targets prospects with relevant messaging. Automating the “garbage in, garbage out” marketing approach benefits no one.” Here are the key takeaways from the webinar: Don’t confuse marketing activity with results.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

I don’t mean to suggest that you should ignore other channels of customer engagement such as your email opens, click-throughs, landing page hits, webinar sign-ups and Contact Us forms. Google Analytics may be all the power you need. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

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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.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Don’t put lead generation before traffic Traffic is the lifeblood of any business blog or website. Don’t spend all your time and resources crafting lead generating offers (white papers, webinars, online demos etc.). How do you drive more traffic? Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

So I’m not only familiar with an industrial marketer’s target audience, I am the audience or at least a member of it. 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.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

To complicate matters even more, it is a moving target since search engines are constantly changing their algorithms and most of it is not public knowledge. There is still a lot of debate about whether social media is truly useful in industrial marketing. And yes, it does cost money. The same holds true for video white papers.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Before you can deliver your content and engage with your target audience, they need to find you! And the way to get found by your target audience is to define your offerings in terms of solutions to their problems then build your content strategy around those problems instead of benefits and features of your products.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 3, 2010

The term ‘long tail’ was first used by Chris Anderson to describe the strategy of targeting less-competitive niche markets instead of highly competitive broad keywords. You want your blog post to attract the largest targeted readership. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Are you targeting final decision makers, users and/or influencers? WHAT : What do you expect your list to do? While it is good to have multiple links in your email, don’t confuse your target audience by making multiple offers in the same email. How are you using email marketing to reach and engage with your target audience?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

.&# Features Tell, Benefits Sell It would seem that all a B2B or industrial marketer has to do is write benefits laden copy and magically prospects would become customers. However, it is not so easy to translate features into benefits that really engage and speak directly to your target audience.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

Define your target readers – Are you trying to build a following among design engineers, plant or operations managers? Keep your focus squarely on finding topics that are of interest to your target audience and developing content. Reaching your target market doesn’t have to be difficult.

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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. Proof Building : No solution story is complete without references.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Solution: Make more efficient use of tools like webinars and online meetings to bring together stakeholders who may be spread out all over the world. webinars website design White Paper Marketing whitepapers YouTube Marketing Matters Marketing Matters is our monthly e-newsletter on best practices in industrial and B2B marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

It is our job then as marketers to massage it and add some sizzle in order to persuade the reader to take a desired action. 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

MAY 14, 2010

It is heartening to see that content is at the center of most discussions about the state of B2B marketing today. However, industrial marketers face a challenge when it comes to producing a steady stream of fresh content to keep their target audience engaged. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

I have listed some easy, do-it-yourself (DiY) SEO tactics to optimize your WordPress blogs for search engines. Just building a business blog is not going to help you drive traffic or generate leads. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

For example, fill out a form to download a white paper, register for a webinar, submit an order etc. Hordes of traffic that convert poorly are useless for generating qualified leads that convert well into paying customers. Low conversion rate — is the percent of site visitors who take a desired and measurable action.

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