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SEO

In-House vs. Outsourcing Digital Marketing to an Agency

When your manufacturing business is ready to invest more in marketing, one of the first decisions is who will do the work. Should you hire internally, partner with an agency, or co...

protocol 80 · Oct 2026
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CRM

10 Industrial Marketing B2B Challenges That Won't Go Away in 2027

It's 2027. B2B buyers are doing their homework long before picking up the phone. They expect useful information without sitting through a sales pitch. And yet, some manufacturers s...

Donny Kemick · Oct 2026
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Social Media

Content Marketing for Manufacturers: 7 Scary Mistakes to Avoid

Content marketing for manufacturers: Good. Hastily implemented content marketing with no real strategy behind it: Bad.

protocol 80 · Sep 2026
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SEO

5 Cheap SEO Mistakes B2B Manufacturers Should Avoid

You know that feeling when you've been working on something important for hours only to have one mistake undo a whole lot of progress? That's what cheap SEO can do to a website.

protocol 80 · Aug 2026
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Buyer Persona

20 Buyer's Journey Statistics to Aid a Successful Marketing Strategy

B2B buyers like to do their homework. By the time they reach out to your sales team, there’s a good chance they’ve already searched, compared, read reviews, and formed a few opinio...

protocol 80 · Aug 2026
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B2B

B2B Marketing Structure: How to Build a Team That Doesn't Collapse Under Its Job Descriptions

Most companies don't have a marketing head count problem. They have a marketing ownership problem.

Holly McCully Jobe · Aug 2026
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Buyer Persona

ABM vs. Inbound: how & when to apply each

When it comes to curating the perfect content strategy, both inbound marketing and account-based marketing solutions (ABM) have something to say. Inbound marketing places content a...

protocol 80 · Jul 2026
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Strategy

The Inbound Marketing Process in 4 stages

protocol 80 · Jul 2026
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Small Business

Content Marketing Services: What to Expect Realistically

When people hear the phrase “content marketing services,” they often think about blog writing.

Donny Kemick · Jun 2026
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B2B

B2B Inbound Marketing Examples: The Good, the Great, the Best

Ever search for inbound marketing examples for inspiration – and immediately regret it?

John Beckwith · May 2026
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