North America's largest metal fabricating and finishing event is back in-person! While the incoming new technology and networking is exciting, the biggest goal for manufacturers in 2022 will be recalibrating their marketing and sales practices post-COVID*.
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B2B email marketing is alive and well, despite what you may have heard or read to the contrary. In fact, many industries are still unaware of the power of using email in their manufacturing marketing.
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We're not even through Q1 2020 and life has already thrown us a major curveball. Now, we find ourselves smack dab in the middle of a global pandemic, and it’s impacting our health, mental state, and economy. Even worse, we don't know what next month holds… or heck, even later today.
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You’ve explored pre-trade show email templates and templates to send after the show is over (and if you haven't, what are you waiting for?!) to help become more productive and save time reaching out to trade show leads.
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Content marketing for manufacturers: Good. Hastily implemented content marketing with no strategy: Bad.
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Imagine how frustrating it would be to run a business if you never checked your KPIs. Imagine how difficult it would be if you didn't even know what your KPIs were. Talk about shots in the dark. So why would it be any different for your marketing success? Much like you want to limit your reject ratio and optimize your take time, you must have a go-to set of KPIs to monitor and optimize your marketing. The following KPIs are broken down by stages of the inbound marketing funnel.
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What does every successful marketing strategy have in common? Look closely and you'll find these 5 traits in every aspect of the campaign:
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Create Pre-Show Buzz with Hashtags Post Behind-The-Scenes Teaser Videos Add & Promote a New Landing Page Live Stream During the Event Record Customer Testimonials Connect & Follow-Up Integrating social media marketing into your trade show presence is incredibly important to promote your manufacturing business. If you want to know a little bit more about each of these tips, keep reading below.
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(Editor's Note: The following is a guest post by Deb Calvert, founder of People First Productivity Solutions, on the "why" and the "how" of driving employee engagement.) Employee engagement matters in the workplace. In order to encourage and promote engagement, you need to have the right leadership.
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If you are executing digital marketing, congratulations! You are most likely already one step ahead of your competition, and making strides to meaningfully connect with prospects online. But, how do you know if you’re seeing continual success year over year, and improving your metrics?
Without the tools in place to analyze and benchmark your efforts, it is impossible to scale your online marketing and ensure continuous success.
