Grant Marketing Blog

Define Your Target Market to Ensure Marketing Success

Many companies dive headfirst into paid advertising and content marketing without putting real effort into figuring out exactly who their buyers or customers are. To create an effective marketing plan, you first must understand exactly who your target audience is—allowing you to create targeted initiatives that maximize your advertising ROI and content effectiveness. Knowing who they are gives you targeted insight into how to reach them: speak their language, address their pain points, answer their needs. To interpret core customer groups, it has become a common practice for businesses to create buyer personas. Not sure what a buyer persona is? Then read on to learn how to build buyer personas for your industrial company and why they are important to your business.

6 Step Guide on a Successful Industrial Brand Development Strategy

Branding … not everyone’s favorite task to tackle on a Monday morning—or any day, for that matter—especially for industrial companies. We understand that getting the presses rolling and meeting production schedules out-prioritizes talks of re-branding on the daily. Besides, business looks good, the pipeline is full, and you have all you can handle with orders … for now. But relying on your high-quality products and exceptional service may only get you so far into the future.

4 Marketing Strategies That Help You Effectively Manage Your Sales Funnel

A common question we hear from our B2B clients is, “Do I really need a marketing plan if my sales pipeline is full?” First of all, congratulations—achieving a full sales pipeline is no easy task. But let’s pump the breaks for a second: why is your sales pipeline full in the first place? Unless your company has a team full of cold-calling gurus, then your saturated pipeline is most likely a result of previous marketing efforts.