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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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Lead Nurturing

[TEMPLATES] 12 Account-Based Marketing Email Examples for B2Bs

Those pondering how to improve their leaky sales pipeline usually audit one of the following: The fit of the leads reaching the pipeline The process that turns those leads into sal...

Adam Vosler · May 2026
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Strategy

Manufacturing Marketing Strategy: What’s Quietly Not Working

There are manufacturers who have a marketing strategy, and there are manufacturers who *believe* they have a marketing strategy.

John Beckwith · Apr 2026
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Email Marketing

6 Pre-Trade Show Email Templates You Should Be Sending

It's quite an ordeal to send your team to a trade show. Trade shows can give a huge boost to your business and marketing campaign IF you approach them correctly. You should be gene...

Holly McCully Jobe · Mar 2026
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Strategy

5 Trade Show Follow-Up Email Templates to Nurture & Convert B2B Leads

You attend trade shows to obtain valuable leads for your company. But do you have a plan in place for what to do once you’re back in the office from the trade show so you can move ...

Holly McCully Jobe · Feb 2026
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Websites

Steal These B2B Blog Ideas and Examples for 2025 (Not Literally)

If you’re a B2B company, you know how tough it can be to create exciting content around “boring” niche subjects and still reach a wide audience. Maybe you’ve tried before but strug...

Adam Vosler · Oct 2025
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Buyer Persona

Inbound or Loop? Understanding the Marketing Strategy That Never Ends

Marketing influencers love a new buzzword. Every few months, a new term pops up on LinkedIn or in conference slides that promises to “change the way we think about marketing.” Late...

Holly McCully Jobe · Oct 2025
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Websites

HubSpot Website Design Best Practices for B2Bs

In B2B and manufacturing, customer needs are always evolving. Why shouldn’t your website along with them?

Michaela Phillips · Oct 2025
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B2B

What Is HubSpot Service Hub? Features, Tiers, & Pricing for 2025

It's hard to keep track of all your customer interactions, especially as your business grows. It’s even more difficult to manage that customer support manually.

Adam Vosler · Dec 2024
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