Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

Google is not the only source of content ideas. Studies have shown that people retain information quicker and longer when you engage their visual senses. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post. Bottom line – better content comes from better research.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Create and deliver useful information such as white papers, industry research and trends and how-to guides for selecting the right solution provider. My take: Use a keyword research tool like the free Google Keywords Research Tool to come up with a list of keywords and phrases based around the problems and solutions you discovered in step #1.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Informative how-to blog posts? If you were to look at my company’s Google Webmaster Tools (screenshot below) you would see that most of the links to our site are to our blog. › Home › Column › Search › SEO Why Host a Blog on Your Corporate Website? What do people like to link to? White papers?

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

Here’s my description tag from the same post (NOTE: it is not the default first paragraph): Don’t go crazy stuffing keywords in your page’s keywords tag because Google does not use the keywords Meta tag in page ranking. See a video from Matt Cutts on Google official position on using keywords meta tag ). Here less is better.

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Optimization SEO Buying Cycle Web 2.0 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

Situation turns dire until someone within the company gets an epiphany, “Our site is not optimized” > Quick, call in that SEO expert who guarantees first page ranking in Google > Before you know it, you are locked in a 6-month search engine optimization contract. They can wax eloquently and endlessly about their solution.

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Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers. This is especially misplaced with group written blogs, where the broad content focus and inconsistent tonality makes RSS subscription less likely. Very helpful post, Jay.

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Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Paid Search Agency Blogger 130

Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

If your blog is consistent enough that you believe RSS subscription is realistic, make sure visitors can easily subscribe to your RSS feed. (As then you have a much better chance that they’ll return or sign up for your RSS feed, email newsletter or other call to action. Consequently, I have two recommendations. Great post!

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Google’s new Buzz technology recognizes this convergence, by treating email connections between us as the core atomic unit of the social Web, rather than newer, more ephemeral connections made on Twitter, Facebook or elsewhere. But, isn’t “following&# and “fanning&# just a new version of “opting in&# ?

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Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 114

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Thanks for providing information that is not just general chat on the subject.-= Thanks for providing information that is not just general chat on the subject.-= Thanks for sharing the very useful information with the rest of us. franswaa: Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps [link] =-. frank´s last blog.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Me Too Agencies realize how hot social media is, and they are scrambling to add social media expertise (real or imagined) to their services mix. In fact, a search for “social media agencies&# on Google yields more than 41 MILLION matching Web pages. Remember, the most important customer of EVERY company is Google.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

• On-going monitoring: What are people saying about your brand and how can you use that information to either repair your reputation or identify opportunities? Second – Are there any special types of information you’ll need? RT @jaybaer: Not sure which social media tools to use? Hope that helps!

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Here are some tips to help you uncover the transactional or informational rough edges that you can smooth using the sandpaper of good, relevant content: Ask your customer service team. Make sure you’re not just shopping who you think your competitors are, but also who Google says your competitors are, based on search engine results.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

A Home page is great for attracting prospects at the top of the sales funnel that may have found your site using generic search terms and are just looking for information on companies in your market. For example, the search term “industrial valves” yields 238,000 pages in Google. What’s the solution? How did they find your site?)

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Traffic Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 60

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Here, the objective is to change the way we think about information exchange online. Incidentally, this is why Google is so afraid of Facebook. Google has made a couple of dollars by reading and ranking Web pages. Do You “Like&# Me in Attack Mode? Facebook is waging a three-pronged war on websites. RIP websites.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Here, the objective is to change the way we think about information exchange online. Incidentally, this is why Google is so afraid of Facebook. Google has made a couple of dollars by reading and ranking Web pages. Do You “Like&# Me in Attack Mode? Facebook is waging a three-pronged war on websites. RIP websites.

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Facebook Marketing Websites Paid Content Social Media 167

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Use WWSGD to include a little message before or after each of your posts, asking readers to subscribe to your RSS feed (or buy you a drink). Tracking Google Analytics No surprise, this is my primary statistical source for Convince & Convert. Despite being free, Google keeps adding functionality to Google Analytics.

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Social Media Media Paid Content Webinar Metrics 167

Convince & Convert

MARCH 16, 2010

I think twitter is more of a heavily curated rss reader/feeder rather than a portal, and I suspect that presenting twitter to new users as more of a friendly way to use rss that as a way to push conversation with strangers would help quite a bit. I wish I could say the same for Google).

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Sprout Social

JULY 13, 2016

” or “what social media platform features your target audience?” Start putting together a plan in writing that you and your team can refer to when you need it. Your social media plan should consist of mini-plans for each social media channel you expect to be active on.

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Paid Content Social Media Social Marketing Planning 112

Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Use WWSGD to include a little message before or after each of your posts, asking readers to subscribe to your RSS feed (or buy you a drink). Tracking Google Analytics No surprise, this is my primary statistical source for Convince & Convert. Despite being free, Google keeps adding functionality to Google Analytics.

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Social Media Paid Content Tools Media 40

Convince & Convert

JUNE 14, 2012

Read on for insights from Katie and our Social Media Stat of the Week ( this week : 47% of B2B companies do not track brand mentions on social media). The RSS feed is: [link]. should probably be the same people that are handling your Google ads or your display ads or things of that nature. Listen Now. Nicely done.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2010

You’d arm them with information about the marketplace. You’d arm them with information about your products and how people use them. Install site analytics, the free Google Analytics is a good start. Sign up now » | Read current issue » Subscribe via RSS Be the first to know about a new post.

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