Industrial and Manufacturing Marketing Articles

Technical Content Writing

Technical Content Writing is Challenging for Manufacturing Marketers

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You can’t avoid technical content writing if you are a manufacturing content marketer. Let me first differentiate technical writing from technical content writing. They may be used interchangeably, but they are not the same. A technical writer is good at creating documents such as User Manuals, Product Descriptions & Specifications, Safety Procedures, Assembly Instructions, and…
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Manufacturing content marketing plans and budgets for 2022

Manufacturing Content Marketing—The Year It Was and Looking Forward

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I just received an advance copy of Manufacturing Content Marketing Benchmark, Budgets, and Trends (Thanks, Amanda!) published by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI). The timing couldn’t be any better, since many of my manufacturing and engineering clients are putting together their industrial marketing plans and budgets for 2022. Refer to my post, Industrial Marketing: What…
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Industrial Marketing – What Manufacturers Need to Know

Industrial Marketing: What Manufacturers Need to Know

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Industrial marketing, or as some refer to it as manufacturing marketing, is very different from B2C marketing. In my experience working with manufacturers and engineering companies, I’ve found differences with other B2B marketing even though industrial is a subset of B2B. (Source: CADENAS PARTsolutions. See the full infographic below) Industrial marketing frustrations faced by manufacturers…
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industrial blogging

Industrial Blogging Requires Commitment and Perseverance

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Industrial blogging is an important and integral part of manufacturing content marketing. Yet, I’ve found that many manufacturers and engineering companies are not willing to invest the time and resources for industrial blogging. I once had the VP of Business Development at a manufacturing company tell me, “This s**t doesn’t work.” The problem is not…
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