Events Marketing

Virtual Events: Through the Eyes of the Exhibitor

By: Map Your Show

Exhibitors can increase their brand exposure and create valuable connections that can last beyond the event. Each exhibitor measures the success of their show differently, but here is an impressive statistic that can be a good testament to show the way virtual events can positively impact trade shows.

Web and Digital Marketing

Marketing: New World, New Rules — Experience is Everything

By: Monica Haley, IMTS Marketing Consultant, AMT - The Association for Manufacturing Technology

Experiences are memorable. Experiences build connections and breed associations. If you can give a customer a positive experience, they will remember you when they have a need — whether that is tomorrow or 12 months from now. Put 2020 back in order by adopting some new rules — and applying some fresh ideas.
#customerfocus

Content Marketing

Embracing Career Change

By: Derek Korn, Editor-in-Chief, Production Machining

After 16.3 years, Derek Korn had become Modern Machine Shop’s Executive Editor, Technical Director of the brand’s Top Shops benchmarking program and creator of the annual Editors’ Walking Club. His plan was to continue with the magazine until retirement. But the editor-in-chief of sister publication Production Machining announced that he was retiring. The company asked if Derek would be open to moving to Production Machining. For him, it was a matter of choosing comfort with a brand he was familiar with or changing to lead a new one. He not only chose to change, but to embrace it.

Content Marketing

Tips on How to Be a More Empathic Marketer

By: Scott Ingram, Strategic Account Manager, Relationship One

Marketers should first understand their customers intimately and how their brand can help them with the challenges they face before they do any messaging or try to tell the story of their brand. Empathy is the first part and immersion comes next. You immerse the customer in the story of how your brand can help.

Web and Digital Marketing

Why High-Quality Website Content Needs SEO Too

By: Mike Murray, Founder, Online Marketing Coach

While quality content matters, so do SEO elements. You should always think seriously about the keyword research, get the SEO essentials right, and review the ranking and organic traffic data. That way when you make adjustments, you can see if those tweaks will help get your content found more frequently.

Email Marketing

Guide to Running a Successful Email Marketing Campaign

By: Michael Brenner, CEO and Founder of Marketing Insider Group

Do you know how to run a successful email marketing campaign? If not, it’s time to learn. Use this step-by-step guide as a starting point and see what works for your brand and audience to help you run a successful email marketing campaign.

Marketing - General

The Coronavirus and Plastics Processing

By: Jim Callari, Editorial Director, Plastics Technology Magazine

While the Coronavirus has stopped many parts of our economy dead in their tracks, plastics processors—those manufacturers who convert pelletized material into parts—have stepped up to meet the challenges by revamping their operations to provide life-saving personal protection equipment and many, many other products. And I believe manufacturing as a whole—plastics processing in particular—will emerge stronger, more nimble and in a better position to capitalize on opportunities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Events Marketing

Marketing: New World, New Rules — Digital and In-Person

By: Monica Haley, IMTS Marketing Consultant, AMT - The Association for Manufacturing Technology

You’ve faced undercutting competition and over-demanding customers. You’ve seen market highs and product fails. But this is bananas. So where do you go from here? Rather than dwelling on the question, let’s evaluate needs. Needs of customers. There is more than one way to market manufacturing technology. You can reach your customers using different platforms and approaches. IMTS - International Manufacturing Technology Show leaders will guide readers through what marketing looks like on this side of 2020 — from first steps to revised visions.

Events Marketing

How Live Demos and Group Chat Impact Your Virtual Event

By: Map Your Show

By incorporating live demonstrations and group chat, your audience will walk away feeling satisfied with their overall experience. Here are some examples of how live demos and group chat can increase connectivity during your virtual event.

Content Marketing

Write Smarter/Faster With Tips From Top Content Creator Posts

By: Kim Moutsos, VP of Editorial, Content Marketing Institute

Content creators recognize the struggle to find the right word, craft the right phrase, or just get the darn thing done. This post is loaded with helpful reminders and ideas from the most popular articles on the Content Marketing Institute blog in this category (plus links to many more).
#copywriting

Marketing - General

Step-by-Step Guide to Sales-Marketing Alignment for B2B

By: Dipti Parmar, Co-Founder, 99stairs

Here is a process that will help you put in place loosely aligned and conjoined strategies between sales and marketing so that they can work as one, towards one objective – more revenue, faster.

Content Marketing

Branding in the Age of Content Marketing

By: Scott LoSasso, CEO, LoSasso Integrated Marketing

Buyers choose brands that they trust and respect. Trust is second only to price as a purchase driver. A brand’s impact on society is why trust has become more important. As younger decision-makers take control, this trend will become more pronounced. Spending time to clarify your messaging at the most elemental level and crafting a strategy to bring your unique purpose and point-of-difference to light across your internal and external communications is imperative for brands that want to lead.
#brandbuilding