Implementing Industrial Marketing on the World’s Only Professional Platform—LinkedIn

LinkedIn’s mission is to connect the world’s professionals to help them be more productive and successful. According to LinkedIn’s company page, the site now boasts over 810 million registered members in more than 200 countries and territories and 58 million company pages—collectively delivering nine billion content impressions per week in its newsfeed. The breakneck speed at which it continues to grow further solidifies LinkedIn’s reputation as the world’s largest professional social networking site.

Does Social “Selling” Really Work?

The dynamics of B2B selling have changed dramatically from the days when the sales person controlled the sales process. Technology has put the buyer in the driver’s seat, with the ability to access a wealth of information and data about a product or service they are interested in.

Begin with the Basics for Social Media Campaigns  

According to Statista, 81% of the U.S. population had a social media profile in 2017. Which is why it comes as no surprise that many businesses are utilizing social media for audience engagement, customer retention, and overall company growth.

Last Updated on April 9th, 2020

How to Optimize LinkedIn Features for Industrial Marketing

Now that you know what LinkedIn is and why having a company page on LinkedIn is important (and if you don’t—see this blog), it’s time to focus on how to use its features as part of an integrated industrial marketing strategy.

Write a Post to Boast About

Social media posts are an essential part of any industrial marketing strategy for manufacturers. You read that right. Yes, social media is an intrinsically viable channel for you to get new customers and retain customer loyalty. Not only do these posts connect your business with the appropriate audience, but they also attract visitors to your website and can eventually turn strangers into customers and customers who align with your brand identity into evangelists for your products.

Engage, Educate, Entice, Evangelize, and Evaluate

Sparked with innovation in emerging manufacturing technologies such as 3D printing and robotic manufacturing, along with a strong commitment from the government to bring back “Made in America,” the manufacturing sector in the U.S. has entered an exciting new phase of opportunities.

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.

As mentioned in our previous blog, B2B companies are slowly and steadily dipping their toes in the social media water, and rightly so. But there is another storm brewing in the present digital ecosystem, which is integrating mobile into the current B2B marketing mix. According to Forrester Research report for 2012, “By 2016, smart phones and tablets will put power in the pockets of a billion global consumers, and mobile is the manifestation of a much broader shift to new systems of engagement”. This power shift is compelling not only for B2C companies to pay attention to mobile marketing, but B2B companies are also waking up to the innumerable opportunities, this evolving and interactive “touch point” can offer them.