A New Address—Same Effective B2B Marketing Strategies!

All good things must … grow! So we can remain flexible in our workspace as we move forward, Grant Marketing is moving our office location. Still in beautiful Back Bay, Boston, we now can be found in our new offices at 75 Arlington Street, Suite 500. Our contact info, including the phone numbers, remains the same. Grant Marketing’s main phone number is (857) 453-6744.

Time to Re-Assess Marketing Strategies and Capitalize on Good News for Manufacturers in 2015

According to recent Kiplinger reports, American manufacturing as a whole promises to be another good year for 2015. Kiplinger reports annual growth of about 3.5%, which is modestly better than the entire U.S. economy. Lending credence to that is the latest Manufacturing ISM^® Report on Business^®, which tell us that economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in November for the 18th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 66th consecutive month.

Read Up ... The Rules of Industrial Marketing for Manufacturers Have Changed!

Nestled in a dingy grey industrial area, old cobblestone streets mapping the way for imposing brick buildings with smoke billowing out of high stack chimneys; laborers bustling about, operating heavy machinery—this is a clichéd, exaggerated, and very retro depiction of the industrial and manufacturing sector. In reality, this sector has undergone a period of drastic modernization within the past decades, accompanied by rapid innovation, growth, and boom.

Ready, Set, Check This List!

You probably know your company’s inbound marketing campaign strategy and you have your marketing campaign protocols down pat. You know what you are marketing and who all your players are: a new product release you want to promote; which customers have their niche needs or preferences; who on your content team likes writing eBlasts over blogs; your designer’s penchant for creating fluorescent CTA buttons—all those big and little details. 

As a B2B marketing agency we know for sure that social media plays one of the largest roles in B2B marketing. If used properly, it can have a far-reaching, positive impact on your company’s success. However, many B2B companies are not harnessing the of power social media, and in turn, these companies are losing traffic along with their much needed leads. If used properly, social media has the ability to effectively develop a new brand or aid in the rebranding of a failing company. Social media creates brand awareness: it encourages social sharing; it produces followers, promoting trust and reputation; and it drives inbound leads.

At Grant Marketing, we like to stay ahead of the curve and that’s also the reason why we spend a great deal of time researching, monitoring current marketing trends, gathering consumer insights and pushing beyond this to deliver customized marketing solutions. This year we bring the concept of marketing automation into our zeitgeist. Although it is an evolving concept that many companies particularly in the B2B space are still grappling to acquire the right knowledge in order to leverage this technology to its full potential which exists today. This blog aims to impart a degree of understanding on the importance of embarking on a marketing automation journey for B2B, as there is a general consensus now more than ever, the value of marketing automation capabilities needs to be understood by both small and medium-sized B2B to large enterprises.