Make your approach to content marketing — and sales — more effective with this important tool.
According to the Content Marketing Institute, around 58% of B2B marketers use content marketing to generate leads and convert them into paying customers — i.e., they have confidence in the idea of a content marketing sales funnel. However, the Content Marketing Institute also reports that only 43% of successful B2B marketers document their content strategy… Read more »
Does generic B2B marketing apply to industrial marketing? Yes ... and no. Learn what's distinct.
We’ve been at this “industrial marketing” thing for almost 20 years, which, we believe, gives us some credibility when we are asked, “What is industrial marketing?” In the latest episode of the Industrial Marketer podcast, we look at the unique intersection of digital marketing with manufacturing and distribution. It is unique in many ways. The… Read more »
Which pandemic-induced shifts in industrial marketing will have staying power in 2021?
We can assume you starting 2021 with a slightly different industrial marketing plan from a year ago. Really, what hasn’t changed in the industrial marketing ecosystem? The pandemic has thrown us many curveballs and put up many roadblocks. In our latest podcast episode, we discuss which trends that emerged from the many disruptions in 2020… Read more »
We wanted to bring industrial marketing insights to the podcast universe. Now we have.
We’ve launched the Industrial Marketer podcast to help marketers who work for — and with — those who design, make and move the world improve their marketing. Industrial marketing is about navigating the unique ecosystem of engineering and technology advances, long buying cycles, and legacy trade and sales networks that define the industrial landscape. Tips, Tools, Topics,… Read more »
It's true. These things industrial leaders say just don't make sense. How can marketers respond?
Industrial leaders sometimes say the craziest things when talking about industrial marketing — not only to people outside their company but to their own teams who work alongside them to grow their business. In this article, I’m going to break down the top six crazy misconceptions about marketing that I’ve heard from industrial leaders around… Read more »
Tired of talking about products and services? So are your customers. It's time to be the solution.
Companies with an engineering or technology focus still find it difficult to move beyond thinking in terms of “technologically superior” products and services to take a customer-centric perspective instead.
Benchmarks are a start. But real budgeting should be based on your objectives.
You’re probably reading this because you’re looking for some benchmarks to gauge your industrial marketing budget. And that’s fine. Many marketers start to shape their ideas about strategies, tactics, and yes — budgets — based on what competitors are doing or industry data. So let me get those statistics out of the way (I’d never want to disappoint… Read more »
As manufacturers take their marketing digital, misconceptions abound. Time to set them right.
According to a recent survey of over 150 manufacturers by IndustrialSage, the majority of manufacturer marketing dollars are spent on trade shows, in spite of a recent drop in trade show leads by over 50 percent. But while trade shows and word-of-mouth are still highly regarded by manufacturers for marketing their capabilities and services, it… Read more »
