Lead Generation Software Improves Efficiency and the Bottom Line

Lead generation is the key to success for any B2B company because it is the first step in building a sales pipeline. Once a business has identified and targeted ideal customers, the process of qualifying and nurturing those B2B leads and converting them into customers can begin.

Nine Ways to Encourage Call-to-Action Clicks

Inbound marketing is a customer-centric approach that focuses on providing prospects with valuable content that they need and want, rather than interrupting them with irrelevant and annoying ads. By creating content that is informative, educational, and entertaining, you can establish your business as a thought leader and trusted advisor in your industry. This, in turn, can help you attract morevisitors to your website who are genuinely interested in what you have to offer. By providing these visitors with personalized experiences that are tailored to their specific needs and preferences, you can increase the chances that they will convert into leads and eventually customers. Ultimately, inbound marketing is all about building relationships, earning trust, and delivering value at every stage of the buyer's journey. So if you want to succeed in today's competitive B2B landscape, it's essential to embrace inbound marketing and make it a core part of your lead generation strategy.

Understanding the Unique Approach to Industrial Marketing

Industrial marketing, or B2B marketing, is very different from consumer marketing. It deals with factor markets for highly specialized products, while consumer marketing deals with product markets for finished goods. Industrial marketing requires a strategy that accounts for these specialized products and markets, and for the typically protracted buying process, as well as the need to establish beneficial relationships with buyers and partners.

Content Marketing Strategy 

While the pandemic had a devastating effect on in-person selling and face-to-face events over the past two years, one upside was that manufacturing companies rediscovered the powerful impact of content marketing.

How Print Marketing Strategies Are Unique from Digital Strategies

When you think about marketing today, a lot of it revolves around digital strategies, whether it’s social media campaigns, best SEO practices, or online content. Billboards, printed pamphlets, and print ads seem to be a thing of the past—but are they?

Rethinking Business Models for Manufacturers

The current pandemic is a massive disruptor for the world economy, as we all know. For the manufacturing industry, it looks something like this: factory closures, supply chain disruptions, reduced production capacities, and remote work, among many other things are significantly impacting businesses in manufacturing. Let alone companies struggling with illness—and even death—among their workforce. (Of which, we offer our warmest thoughts.) While the world will eventually return to face-to-face interactions and normal shipping and production schedules, the habits that are being formed now will set a new baseline for our behaviors and expectations as consumers and professionals.

What Is ABM and Is It Right for You?

Account-based marketing (ABM) has vastly grown in popularity among B2B sales and marketing teams over the years. According to a 2019 ABM Market Research Report by Engagio, 93% of respondents are either using ABM today, or are planning to soon. If you have not yet implemented ABM at your organization, learn about the six indicators that ABM is right for your manufacturing company.

6 Steps Towards Starting Your First Inbound Marketing Plan

Are you tossing around the idea of starting an industrial inbound marketing plan, but don’t know what the methodology is and aren’t sure how? Great news, there are clear steps to the strategy that you can easily learn!

4 Ways an Effective Industrial Marketing Strategy Helps Boost Sales

Creating a sales strategy starts with one extremely important component: the assumption that you will have a steady flow of leads working their way through your sales funnel. From awareness to purchase, each stage of the buying journey is impacted by inbound marketing tactics. This can be particularly challenging in more traditional businesses such as industrial manufacturers, where the majority of your business in the past may have come through cold calling. People are increasingly wary of answering the phone if they don’t recognize the number, making it more difficult than ever to break through the clutter and get attention.

Learn About the Key Components of a Successful Inbound Marketing Methodology

Inbound marketing has proven to be one of the best strategies for achieving measurable ROI. In 2018, 79% of marketers cited inbound marketing[i] as their organization’s primary approach to marketing.