Grant Marketing Blog

Customer and Data Driven Directives in the Driver’s Seat 

In a recent blog, we identified digital transformation as one of the key marketing trends of 2022. Consumer behaviors have shifted over the past two years, ushering in a time of unprecedented change, calling for businesses to redefine how they digitally connect with customers and business buyers. As expected, the digital transformation is very much driven by data: how to collect it, how to interpret it, how to apply it, how to protect it, and how quickly this can be done in a rapidly changing landscape.

Digital Marketing Remains a Powerful Strategy for Industrial Manufacturers

Many of the marketing trends for 2022 focus on digital components. A strong online presence has never been more important, the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technology is expanding, and there are more social media options than ever before. In addition, trends toward specialized company content and personalized content are proof that in the marketing world, content is (still) king. Here are six of the top marketing trends for the coming year—relevant and applicable to all sales pipelines, not just industrial manufacturers.

What You Can Do About the Current Impacts on Your Business and Budget

Let’s start by stating the obvious: life now looks nothing like it did two months ago. And two months from now … who knows? Every piece of our existence feels the impact—our lifestyle, our business, and our ability to adjust to change. In addition to learning the ins and outs of Zoom conferencing, setting up home offices, being a parent/teacher/spouse/employee/regular-everyday-human simultaneously, and adjusting to a possible long-term change in our way of life, the situation has also brought to light how able we are to adjust our strategies in order to stay afloat during a time where it’s very difficult to maintain “business as usual.”

Why Team Alignment Is Crucial and How You Can Achieve It and Long-Term Revenue Growth

By now you’ve probably heard that marketing and sales alignment is core to any business’s success. New data reveals that integrating customer service teams into this alignment increases revenue by 2.8 times on average, among many other benefits. So, what is so great about alignment of the teams, and how can you make it work for your industrial manufacturing company?