Blog search engines, 52
Blossom, John, 197
BMW, 225
Boston Globe, 199–200
Brands, consumers and, 95
Brewer, Lynn, 123
Broadcast advertisement, 31
Broadcast pitches, 194–195
Broadcast radio, 70
Brosnan, Pierce, 104
Browse mode, in Web searching, 20
Browsing techniques, in news releases, 183
Bucas, Gerard, 250, 251
Bush, George W., 48, 125
Business-to-business (B2B), 21
Business-to-consumer (B2C), 21
Business Wire, 170
Buyer-centric Web sites:
buyers’ preferred media and learning styles,
155
creating content with pass-along value, 158
developing site personality, 156
including interactive content tools, 157
making feedback loops available, 157–158
using photos and images, 157
using wikis for customer interaction, 158
Buyer persona(s):
basics of, 32–33
building profile, 118–121
editorial plan for, 128
identifying for Pleo, 130
New York Public Library site services to,
153–154
organizations and, 116–117
of SugarCRM site, 164–165
in Web marketing, 121–122
Buyer(s). See also Writing to buyers
content-rich Web sites and, 101–109
developing content to reach, 127–128
developing messages for, 31–32, 125–127
devoting attention to, 113–114
driving into sales process, 67–68
earnings of, 140–141
keywords and phrases of, 121–125,
173–175
mainstream media and, 200
online media room and, 180–188
reaching, 6, 68, 171
segmenting, 153–154
targeting, 34
video and, 223–226
Buying process, Web content influence on,
151–165
BuzzMachine, 99
Cablog, Adrian Neylan, 213
Call to action, landing page and, 249
Car shopping experience, using the Web, 3–4
Cartoons, use in Web sites, 157
Case studies, 184, 186, 250
CastBlaster, 210
CBS, 48–49
CCNMatthews, 170
Cervélo Cycles, 15–16, 26
Chapman, C. C., 236
Charting applications, 157
Charts, use in Web sites, 157, 185
Chat rooms, 77
Chrysler, 3, 4
Chung, Caleb, 128
Cincom Expert Access, 139–140
Cincom Systems, Inc., 139
Cingular Wireless, 189
Cingular Wireless online media room, 189–190
Ciulla, Vince, 232–233, 234
Click Fraud, 98–100
ClickZ News Blog, 99
Closing sale, 162–163
coBRANDiT, 226
Coca-Cola, 94
collectSPACE: The Source for Space History
& Artifacts, 85–87, 89
College marketing people, creating buyer
persona for, 118–121, 127–128
Comments, 46–47, 50–51, 53–55, 211
Communications:
during emergency situations, 190–191
landing page and, 248
organizational policies about, 204–205
power of, 148–150
Companion blog, 220
Competition, audio and video content and,
226–227
comScore Media Metrix, 229, 231
Concrete Network, The, 21–23
Conference participation, in online media
room, 187
Consumers, 95, 128
Contact information, local, in online media
room, 186
Content. See also Content strategy; Web
content
for global aspect of business, 186
importance of, 31
for media understanding, 186–187
multimedia, 185
to niche audiences, 32
nontext, 157
online, 21
in online media room, 181–182
in organizations’ Web sites, 106–108
with pass-along value, 158
proprietary, 185
reaching buyers with, 33, 127–128
targeted, 35
thought leadership and, 38–39
video, 138
Content management system, 46
Content-marketing strategy, podcasting as
component of, 74
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