Consilium | Industrial Grade Manufacturing Business Growth Advisory | www.cgbadv.com “It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.” Mark Twain on marketing…and especially international marketing
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Great International Marketing is Built on Great Domestic Marketing
International marketing isn't an abstract discipline which is simply created - companies have to start building their international marketing upon a solid domestic marketing foundation. And many small and mid size manufacturing companies lack that base.
This presentation covers the important steps to create a solid marketing foundation to be adapted for global reach.
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“It ain't what you don't know that gets you into
trouble. It's what you know for sure that just
ain't so.” Mark Twain on marketing…andespecially international marketing
Consilium | Industrial Grade Manufacturing Business Growth Advisory | www.cgbadv.com
www.InternationalMarketingWorkshop.com
Great International Marketingstarts with great domestic marketing
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NH International Trade Resource Center
International Marketing Workshop & Seminar
16 September, 2014
Ed Marsh
Ed was going to be an architect because he loved the nexus of engineering and design. That was before he was going to be an engineer; before he graduate from Johns Hopkins; before he was an Airborne Ranger Infantry Officer; before he set B2B industrial sales records; before he was partners with a German capital equipment manufacturer; before he founded a company in India; until he decided he was tired of managing a business. With that out of his system he founded a consultancy to help US manufacturing companies grow by applying process excellence to business development using a unique methodology which combines digital marketing and international expansion
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Context – why they buy
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Context – who they are
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Context – how they see you
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Context – how you see them
Do ‘they’ have the accent? Or do you?
Are they more formal? Or are you less so?
Do they have too many bank holidays? Or do you work too much?
Etc.
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>90%>90% of all business purchases originate with an internet search
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70%Buyers are typically 70% of the way through their buying journey before
they’re willing to speak to a rep
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Individual tactics around SEO no longer work – it’s not a matter of key words, but rather creating a body of content and establishing yourself as
a thought leader
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contextBuyers are way beyond searching
for specific products/suppliers. Now they know that they will find
interesting results by searching contextually around their challenges
and possible solutions
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Selling is dead – today buyers buy on their own
The journey to international marketing
Must be built!
International / localized
Sales & marketing execution
Strategy & Brand
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The foundation
Brand – what you stand for
Who (personas)
Why (USPs)
What (product specifics)
Where (vertical & geographical markets)
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Really? I paid for this?
This is a bigger task than it appears. And it’s a bigger task than virtually any company without a robust in house marketing team (including product marketing) undertakes.
Do you really, really, really know ‘why’?
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personas
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personas
Max 5 - prioritized
Who are they Typical demographics Where they search for solutions What social media they use |
trade journals they read | shows they attend
What their professional goals, challenges & concerns are
What they search for (if you ever did keyword research or paid for SEO without doing this first……
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why
Nobody buys your ‘product’ – stop selling products & features
Understand their business better than they do
Begin to build marketing around your expertise in their business challenge – stop thinking in terms of brochures
Recognize that you must sell virtually now (70% of the buying journey) building credibility and authority while you nurture the buyer through a virtual sales process. Is it marketing or is it sales??
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what & where
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