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Engaging in Inbound Marketing, because buying patterns have changed

Remember when sales reps would diagnose customers’ needs; match their products or services to provide a solution that was better then their competitors? Well, that was before. Nike Air Max 90 Femme Now companies are able to define solutions for themselves by investing in savvy procurement teams as well as purchasing consultants with access to tons of online data.

Accordingly with a study done by CEB, Scarpe Adidas more than 1,400 B2B customers across industries revealed that, by gathering information from a company’s website, Jered Weaver Jersey social media and blogs, Goedkope Nike Air Max 2017 Heren they can conduct a lot of background research on their own, with 60% of prospect buyers making decisions before even contacting a supplier.

Buying patterns have changed Tweet this 󰀫 t. Women Air Jordan 4 That is where inbound marketing comes into play. Maglia Jeff Teague Inbound marketing is about providing prospects with content that is helpful to them. When you promote content designed to your target customers, inbound market attracts pre-qualified visitors to your website and keeps them engaged.

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• ATTRACTING visitors to your website through SEO, Fjällräven Kånken Ryggsäckar social media and blogging
• CONVERTING leads by using forms, call to action and landing pages
• CLOSING sales by following up with emails and phone calls

By using inbound marketing, you become a trusted advisor to your prospect and help them with their buying decisions. It is the most effective approach of doing business and reach your prospect clients faster and more effectively.

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The use of inbound marketing can drive higher ROI at a very high rate for the manufacturing industry

Manufacturing companies are noticing significant benefits from using Inbound Marketing because their target market is actively searching online for a supplier are in the end of the funnel process to close a contract. Well designed Inbound Marketing campaigns can drive higher and qualified traffic rather than conventional marketing. It is one of the most effective ways to attract visitors looking for your company’s products.

Bridge for communication: A website is an essential bridge in creating communication between your company and a prospective client which will often lead to a conversion. Nike Air Max 90 Heren By engaging in Inbound Marketing and keeping your website up to date with industry information, shopping cart, product specification/documentation, and featuring related industry news is essential to keep your visitor informed and give your company a strong online presence.

Content is king: Content was and still is the best way for search engines to index your website. Nike Air Max 2016 Heren groen nike air max pas cher Accordingly to online research, instead of attending in-person events and trade-shows, companies are spending more time and resources using the Internet to find companies that can fulfill their needs. goedkope nike air max schoenen Based on these findings, manufacturing companies need to develop content that fuels the buying cycle as well as engaging in Inbound Marketing to promote their products and services.

Here are some of the results gathered by different online research:

• 56% of industrial professionals will only contact a vendor after they compare & evaluate vendors online (source: GlobalSpec 2013 Digital Media Use in the Industrial Sector) Tweet this 󰀫
• 53% of manufacturing companies say they are going to increase their content marketing spend over the next 12 months (source: Content Marketing Institute 2013 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends report) Tweet this 󰀫
• 21% of B2B companies in the manufacturing industry rank their organization as “effective” or “very effective” at inbound marketing (source: Content Marketing Institute 2013 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends report) Tweet this 󰀫
• 64% of B2B marketers say that “producing enough content” is a challenge (source: Content Marketing Institute 2013 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends report) Tweet this 󰀫
• 83% of buyers review up to three sources of online information before making a decision on an industrial purchase over $1,000 (source: GlobalSpec Industrial Buy Cycle Survey) Tweet this 󰀫

Being found: Industrial professionals are savvy when it comes to find information online and are using search engines and social media to gather the information they need. Jordan 12 Sale air max pas cher Manufacturing companies must be aware of how their website and inbound marketing efforts including SEO (Search Engine Optimization). air max 2017 goedkoop Chaussures ASICS Gel Glorify pour Femme Having information about your company and products available on your website is a great start, but if your website is not found by your target market, it is not helping your company to close sales.

How professionals are using online search to find what they need:

• 70% of industrial professionals are using search engines to compare and evaluate potential suppliers (GlobalSpec 2013 Digital Media Use in the Industrial Sector) Tweet this 󰀫
• 86% of industrial professionals use search engines for work-related research (GlobalSpec 2013 Digital Media Use in the Industrial Sector) Tweet this 󰀫
• 84% of industrial professionals use search engines to find components, equipment and services (GlobalSpec 2013 Digital Media Use in the Industrial Sector) Tweet this 󰀫
• 74% of professionals use the search engines and websites to compare products across suppliers (GlobalSpec 2013 Digital Media Use in the Industrial Sector) Tweet this 󰀫

Marketing Automation: Industrial buying cycles are typically long, therefore manufacturing companies need to plan the best way to nurture potential buyers throughout this cycle. Goedkoop Nike Air Max 2016 nike air max 2016 goedkoop Marketing automation (emails and blog articles) present great opportunities to achieve this goal. Gel Lyte Pas Cher There has been a great increase of manufacturers adopting marketing automation to reach buyers online and seeing better results in their sales.

• Engineers and related professionals subscribe to an average of 5.8 digital publications (GlobalSpec 2013 Digital Media Use in the Industrial Sector) Tweet this 󰀫
• Among B2B compaies using inbound marketing, 62% say they are “strong” or “full” adopters (B2B’s Marketing Automation: Best Practices for the Management of B2B Digital Marketing Campaigns report) Tweet this 󰀫

Video Channels: Videos can be a great Inbound Marketing tactic for all manufacturers. soldes adidas pas cher Videos can help explain technical concepts, visually represent benefits, and much more. Mochilas Kanken Big nike air max chaussures vente According to GlobalSpec 2013 Digital Media Use in the Industrial Sector, 46% of industrial professionals use YouTube or other video channels.

Social Media: Researches show that manufacturing companies are starting to use Social Media Marketing to promote their brand; however, they are still not using it to its full extent.

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QVivid is probably the only business in the world that has its head office in Kelowna and a branch office in Brazil.

“That’s because I’m from Brazil, but I now call Kelowna home,” said owner Carla Reis. “The set up also allows the company to have clients and contractors in both Canada and Brazil.” QVivid is a web site development firm that also offers graphic design, e-commerce, Adidas Femme search engine optimization and social media strategies services.

The company is also celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, quite a coup in the relatively-new and rapidly-changing digital industry. Reis was a teacher in Brazil, Asics Gel Quantum 360 Dames who decided along with her husband, Teddy Bridgewater – Louisville Jerseys to move their young family to Kelowna because their home country is sometimes unsafe. nike tn requin “In Canada, I morphed from being a teacher to web site development,” she said. chaussures adidas “In Kelowna, Adam Wainwright Authentic Jersey myself and 10 to 15 contractors can look after Canadian clients and back in Brazil a local programmer and some local writers can look after South American clients.”

Canadian clients include Urban Barn and the SGS Oil Sands in Fort McMurray. In Brazil, new balance 996 homme bordeaux the company’s biggest client is singer Cazuza, who has active websites for his music and charitable foundation and is also big into social media.”

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WordPress is a CMS (content management system) used for blogs and websites. According to Builtwhith, there are 7,554,196 sites using WordPress.

With so many websites competing online, you must be certain that it is optimized for search engines. Without SEO, your website is completely invisible by search engines nowadays. Pat Sullivan – Auburn Tigers Jerseys If you intent in performing SEO inhouse, there are number WordPress plugins that can help you to optimize your website and blog.

SEO plugins give you control over setting meta data throughout your website. Here are 5 top WordPress SEO plugins you should take a look:

WordPress SEO by Yoast

Developed by Yoast, WordPress SEO plugin is one of the most used plugins. goedkoop nike air max 2017 It incorporates everything from a snippet preview and page analysis functionality that helps you optimize your pages content, images titles, meta descriptions and more to XML sitemaps, and loads of optimization options in between. Fjallraven Kanken Kinderen It ranks 4.7 out of 5 stars in WordPess rankings.

Vibe SEO Pack

Vibe SEO Pack has some of the same features as All-In-One SEO Pack and Yoast. Jered Weaver Baseball Jersey WordPress Vibe SEO pack plugin automatically does the SEO audit for each post and give you hints on what you should change in order to achieve best SEO results. air max It ranks 4.4 out of 5 stars on WordPress rankings.

FV Simpler SEO Pack

Is a simplified version of All in One SEO Pack. Streamlined interface with no keywords field. Maglia Grant Hill Option to turn off excerpts and automated descriptions. Goedkoop Air Max Nike Far better for pure SEO and for client use. It ranks 4.3 out of 5 stars on WordPress rankings.

SEO Ultimate

This WordPress SEO plugin gives you control over title tags, noindex, meta tags, Open Graph, slugs, canonical, autolinks, 404 errors, rich snippets, description tags, and more. It ranks 4.2 out of 5 stars based on WordPress rankings.

All-In-One SEO Pack

Another highly used WordPress SEO plugin, All-In-One SEO Pack is configured from one single page. It’s rather intuitive and allows the administrator to edit everything at once. It supports canonical URLs, entering meta information or setting defaults , so that the description could be taken from the content itself. Nike Air Max 2017 Dames It ranks 3.8 out of 5 stars on WordPress rankings.

There are several other WordPress SEO plugins to check out, here is listed the most used on the market.

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Every business, large or small, should have a website, period. Tom Brady Michigan Jerseys There is no question about that the majority of business owners are well aware that a company without a website is loosing a great deal of sales. air max 1 pas cher However, too many business owners still are not aware that Search Engine Optimization [SEO] should be a part of their marketing and growth strategy.

A simple definition of SEO is to make changes to a website so it complies with search engines finding ways to increase your site’s exposure in search results. air max pas cher This more traffic to your website, more exposure of your company and awareness of your brand.

While professional SEO involves complex site restructuring conducted by specialists in this area, there are a some simple steps to increase your search engine exposure. nike air max 2016 goedkoop It will require some effort and restructure of your website copy.

We will give you some tips for those that would like to try to implement a simple SEO strategy to their business site.

1. Keyword research

Keywords are search terms used to find products and services in a search engines. These keywords can consist of one word (short) to more than five words (long tail). Since there is very high competition for short keywords, the best option is to search for long tail keywords. bestellen nike air max 2016 Use keywords that you think users are searching for products or services related to your industry. You can use Google Keyword Tool to start your keyword analysis to find out more about competition and usage.

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Since SEO was born, content has been the king of all optimization. kyrie 1 pas cher Focus on quality, follow the best practices as advised by search engines and keep content easy to index. Fjallraven Kanken Sale Big nike requin pas cher Search engines index webpages based on-page factors such as title, body, images and links.

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4. Engage with Social Media

Social Social Media Websites are a great source to access thousands of Internet users. Authentic College Jerseys With the boom of social media, search engines are using it to personalize their results according the user preferences. Popular social network sites are Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google+ and Pinterest. nike goedkoop Start with the two that most apply to your business strategy and, as you became comfortable with social media, expand to other sites.

5. Review it all

Once all this is done, you start from step one and keep revising your website against competitors and its own performance to fine tune until you achieve the desired results.

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