Industrial Marketing Today

MARCH 23, 2012

If you are not convinced, take a look at these two findings from two different research studies done by GlobalSpec: 48% of industrial professionals spend six or more hours per week on the Internet for work-related purposes and 28% say their time on the Web for work is more than nine hours a week.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 1, 2012

You’ve done all the hard work of optimizing (SEO) your industrial website and now you have a steady stream of traffic to your site. Before you embark on an industrial website redesign and organic SEO project, put a lot of thought into content, landing pages and calls to action. Congratulations!

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Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Those are some of the findings from a MarketingSherpa survey of more than 1,700 B2B organizations that were classified as Large, Medium and Small. Not surprisingly, they tend to spend less on trade shows. See chart for details. What about smaller manufacturing companies?

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

Sure, they are human beings like the rest of us but they have very different emotional triggers and needs when it comes to making work-related decisions. Here are my top five industrial marketing lessons: Lesson #1: Save them time Most engineers, especially design engineers are already overloaded with work.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 6, 2011

Yup, social media does work in the industrial sector, sometimes. Most important things these professionals want to see on a supplier’s Website – pricing information, even if it is only ballpark estimates, detailed product information (datasheets, manuals, etc.)

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

In his post, Manifesto For The Content Curator: The Next Big Social Media Job Of The Future, he defines a content curator as “someone who continually finds, groups, organizes and shares the best and most relevant content on a specific issue online.” It’s a way for organizations to further their role as a resource to their audience.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

Stick to a posting schedule – Work out a posting schedule based on your workload and in-house resources. The color scheme, fonts, graphics and your tag line should all work together to separate you from your competition and be a true reflection of your business. Try to post new material at least twice a week and more often initially.

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