Great News! The Manufacturing Industry Is Internet Challenged

GREAT

NEWS!The Manufacturing

Industry is

Internet Challenged

A study by Grass Roots Marketing found that only 16% of average New Jersey manufacturers received an excellent website grade.

The same Grass Roots study found that a mere 4% of average manufacturers are actively blogging.

According to Inprela, 79% of manufacturing websites aren’t optimized for mobile.

HOWEVER, 56% of industrial professionals don’t contact a vendor until they compare & evaluate vendors through supplier website content.

83% of buyers review up to three pieces of content before making a decision on an industrial purchase over $1,000.

94% of B2B buyers report that they conduct some form of online research before making a business purchase.

Why is it a GOOD THING for you that

other manufacturers are behind the

times?

Having an online presence = exercising

(Most manufacturers have the Internet wallop of Bambi scrambling on ice.)

POWERFUL ADVANTAGES

Bigger and more active presence = bigger “muscles”

More muscle = easier to “fight” the competition

You ONLINE + competitors OFFLINE (or vice versa) =Rocky Balboa vs. Napoleon Dynamite

You ONLINE + competitors ONLINE =Rocky vs. Rocky

Do you want to be Napoleon Dynamite going up against Rocky?

YOU LOOK GREAT IN COMPARISONModern

ApproachableForward-Thinking

Competitive

Outdated

UninformedScared of Change

Stagnant

VS.

You look great in comparison.VALUABLE HEAD STARTReach, educate, and interact with your prospects before competitors do

“Hey, remember Company Y? They’ve been super informative throughout this whole process. Maybe we should look into them further.”

You look great in comparison.MANY CUSTOMERS

Few manufacturers with online marketing strategies = more customers for those who do have great strategies.

You look great in comparison.NEXT GEN TALENT

Guess where new manufacturing talent is hanging out?

THE INTERNET

What do you need to SUCCEED?

You look great in comparison.1.OPTIMIZED WEBSITE

Mobile Friendliness

People pick up their mobile devices 150-200 times per day. Across the U.S., there are almost 30 billion mobile moments per day.

(Forrester)

57% of businesses who blog

once a month acquire a

customer from their blog. That

number jumps to 82% if they

blog daily.

You look great in comparison.2. A Story and Voice● Your business’s story and voice is

different from your own● These should resonate with your

buyer personas● Of the customers in our study who s

aid they have a brand relationship, 64% cited shared values as the primary reason.

You look great in comparison.3. Social Media

FacebookWorldwide, there are over 1.55 billion monthly active Facebook users.

Twitter70% of small businesses are on Twitter.

85% of followers feel more connected to a business after following them.

Instagram

Instagram’s per-follower engagement rate for top brands is 58x higher than Facebook and 120x higher than Twitter.

YouTube

Unlike users of other social media networks, YouTubers will actually watch ads.

LinkedInAccording to Oktopost, 80% of B2B leads and conversions generated by social media came from LinkedIn. Twitter came in second with 12%.

What social networks do your best buyers use?

You look great in comparison.4. Email Marketing

Lead Nurturing,Workflows,Marketing Automation

89% of marketers say email is still their primary channel for lead generation.

To wrap it up, the benefits of the Internet include...

● Powerful advantages over your competition

● You look great in comparison● You get a head start on influencing

buyers● No industry dilution yet

To take advantage of those benefits, you need at least...

● An optimized website & all of its components

● A story and a voice● Social media● Email marketing

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