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Many suppliers and manufacturers are confronting significant supply chain challenges. Some are having trouble finding needed parts. Some may be dealing with labor shortages; others are facing lengthy shipping delays. In turn, making sales and fulfilling orders has become difficult in the short term. It’s understandable if companies are tempted to pull back on advertising... Continue Reading →
The $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) was signed into law on November 15, 2021. The funding provided through this law will impact an entire ecosystem of domestic manufacturing industries, from contractors and their subcontractors to architects and designers, to machinery and industrial equipment companies, to the companies that create and install... Continue Reading →
Most industrial marketers are busy prioritizing their marketing investments for 2022. If you’re behind in getting started, it’s not that difficult to catch up when you follow this four-step process: Measure your marketing results in 2021 to dateUse ROI evidence to plan for 2022Account for special conditionsPrepare to justify your budget requests 1. Measure Your... Continue Reading →
Industrial marketers are embracing Account Based Marketing (ABM) to supplement other demand generation strategies. With ABM, marketing and sales teams work together to target best-fit accounts, personalize the buying experience, and turn those prospects into customers. ABM can be as simple as one-to-one marketing and selling or as sophisticated as one-to-many with multiple prospects being... Continue Reading →
A recent GlobalSpec research report, “Industrial Marketing in 2021,” found that 57 percent of marketers are not planning to attend in-person tradeshows in 2021, despite the fact tradeshows were once one of a marketer’s top strategies.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, people worldwide have experienced the effects of supply issues. Here at GlobalSpec, we were curious about how it has impacted industrial marketers specifically, so we conducted a survey.
Whether you already have remote workers or are just discovering the meaning of virtual, here are some tips on how to keep a tight bond between your sales and marketing teams:
Engine misfires reduce gas mileage and performance, and can cause damage to other engine parts, such as oxygen sensors or the catalytic converter. Similar poor outcomes occur when your sales and marketing teams are not in alignment, leading to wasted resources, under performance, and unnecessary problems. That’s why sales and marketing alignment is so critical... Continue Reading →
The leading marketing challenge is a lack of marketing resources—in terms of dollars, people and time. It’s up to marketers to find ways to stretch their budget and meet their marketing goals. Here’s what you can do.
More than ever, executives are demanding accountability for marketing expenditures. The need to show return on marketing investment (ROMI) often leaves marketers dwelling on questions such as: How much did this email campaign contribute to the bottom line? How much revenue did that banner ad produce? However, these might not be the best questions to... Continue Reading →