Marketing, Media Plans, Social Networks and Youtube

How Do I Know Which Social Platform Is Right For My Business?

Navigate the Channel

JUNE 21, 2023

Finding the perfect social media platform for your business is all about aligning your goals, target audience, and purpose. Choosing the social media platform that’s the best fit for your business is about your marketing or business goals and objectives and your target audience. Who are they? Where are they?

Business

Business Social Media Youtube Facebook

Social media marketing is Homo sapiens sapiens social

Biznology

MAY 1, 2018

But in the context of social media and social media marketing, here’s how I break it down. Even if you’re not interested in sales conversions, it’s essential to be able to see and interpret what the impact of your social media marketing campaign is. Social Media Planning and Calendaring.

Social Media

Social Media Social Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning

6 Best Practices for Real Estate Social Media Marketing in 2020

Martech Advisor

JANUARY 6, 2020

Real estate social media marketing is an essential process for realtors to reach out to their target audience. In this article, we discuss what real estate social media marketing is, advantages of using social media, and six best practices for realtors to follow while using social media to promote their brand and products.

Social Media

Social Media Social Marketing Practices Media

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 Ranking Lead Scoring Web 2.0

B2B Marketers’ Guide to Virtual Marketing

Valasys

MAY 6, 2021

Virtual marketing can be a boon for B2B marketers, especially in the post-pandemic wake to the next normal, where the common formats of virtual advertising including email marketing, social media marketing, display advertising, blogs, and other digital formats are gaining precedence due to the accelerated rate of digital transformation.

B2B Marketing

B2B Marketing Planning B2B Digital Transformation

7 Social Media Tips for Small Business Success

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 4, 2019

The biggest failures small businesses encounter in social media come from not knowing who their customers are, who they’re competing against, which channels to target, and how to engage their audience. This report will give you a good idea of who has a strong online presence, and who is investing heavily in marketing.

Small Business Marketing

Small Business Marketing Social Media Tips Media

How to Train 80,000 People to Use Social Video Effectively

Convince & Convert

JANUARY 26, 2016

Training a couple upstarts in the marketing department to add video to their cache of social tools is hard enough. But imagine trying to wrangle 80,000 employees spread across the country into embracing and utilizing video as a serious marketing tool and a crucial component of their social presence. Gen Blue Social Squad.

Training

Training Video Marketing Skype Effectiveness

Book Review: Social Media Marketing – An Hour a Day

Webbiquity

JULY 28, 2010

Despite its airy title, Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day by Dave Evans is anything but a lightweight treatment of this topic. Later, he founded his own marketing technology consultancy. consumer-generated media, touchpoint analysis, measurement and metrics, planning a campaign (ugh, social media campaign ?),

Social Media

Social Media Social Marketing Planning Media

Lights, camera, Instagram TV: Everything you need to know about IGTV

Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

More than a billion people are active on YouTube. As the most popular image-based social platform in the world, it’s no wonder that Instagram wants its piece of the video pie. IGTV gives users access to video content up to an hour long, ideal for YouTube inspired binge-watching sessions. Video is a content goldmine.

Verticals

Verticals Youtube Ad Frequency Ideal Customer Profiles

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

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

Optimization Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle

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. Are those predictions a little premature?

Social Media

Social Media Email Marketing Social 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

B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Demand Generation Agencies

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

Marketing Budget Creation B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Marketing Budget

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

Relevance B2B Marketing CMS Development Buying Cycle

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. The old email marketing strategy of batch and blast or spray and pray is no longer effective.

Email Marketing

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB

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

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Web 2.0 B2B Marketing

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

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

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

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. There could be a number of reasons.

Planning

Planning B2B Marketing Emarketing B2B

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

B2B Marketing Top of Funnel BtoB Peer-to-peer

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. He has outlined what is wrong with the theory of mass marketing.

Distribution

Distribution Web 2.0 Lead Ranking Privacy Policies

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

Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle Lead Scoring

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

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 Ranking

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?

Marketing Automation Services

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Marketing Automation

Millennials and B2B Purchasing

RDW Group

APRIL 19, 2016

“We’ve confirmed that not only do millennials turn to social media for information about B2B brands, but they overwhelmingly prefer Facebook and YouTube to other social platforms like LinkedIn.”. As a result, B2B marketers need to understand what this shift means and begin to cater to this demographic.

Purchase

Purchase Work Management Marketing Management B2B

50 Stats to Help You Choose The Right Social Networks for Your Brand

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 4, 2017

” Ferris Bueller’s words have never been more applicable to the world of marketing than they are right now. The social landscape is changing quickly and in order to win, social marketers need to listen and engage where their audience is, rather than expecting audiences to come to them. Social Bakers.

Social Networks

Social Networks Stats Brand Identity Branding

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? How can industrial and B2B marketers apply the same creative problem solving lessons in engaging with their prospects and customers? The four steps are: 1.

Creativity

Creativity B2B Marketing Lead Ranking Lead Scoring

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

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

Curation RSS Web 2.0 Content Marketing

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

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

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

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

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? an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle

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

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

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

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

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

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

How Do I Know Which Social Platform Is Right For My Business?

Social media marketing is Homo sapiens sapiens social

Trending Sources

6 Best Practices for Real Estate Social Media Marketing in 2020

Business Value of Social Networking

B2B Marketers’ Guide to Virtual Marketing

7 Social Media Tips for Small Business Success

How to Train 80,000 People to Use Social Video Effectively

Book Review: Social Media Marketing – An Hour a Day

Lights, camera, Instagram TV: Everything you need to know about IGTV

Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well

The Twofold Benefit of Optimizing Marketing Content

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

Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content

Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

High-Performance Email Marketing for Attracting and Engaging.

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

Are You Creating Irresistible Offers with Your Email Marketing?

How Relevant Marketing Content Helps B2B Branding

101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers

7 “Rs” for B2B Marketing Content Planning

The Disconnect Between B2B Content Marketing and Customer Engagement

A Blogging Style to Call Your Own

The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities

5 Things Industrial Marketers Must Do to Attract Engineers and.

Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing.

Generating More “Educated Leads” on a Small Budget

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

Millennials and B2B Purchasing

50 Stats to Help You Choose The Right Social Networks for Your Brand

Can Industrial and B2B Marketers Learn Creative Problem Solving.

7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products

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

Optimizing Your WordPress Business Blog

How Lack of Marketing Content Can Derail Your Website Redesign Project

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

Successful Industrial Websites Require Part DiY and Part.

Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Content Creation Made Easy

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

Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial.

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

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

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