There's a huge opportunity for manufacturers waiting for the first mover in each market space. Now is the time for marketing to take the lead and grow revenue.
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MM1 - The New Way to Market for Manufacturing
1. Welcome to
The New Way to Market
for Manufacturers
12 lessons that will change the way you think about
marketing
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2. Increase your
growth rate to
10%
20%
30%
Or more
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The secret is Marketing
3. The Window of Opportunity is Open
Your customers crave your expertise.
Your competitors are probably missing
the boat in modern marketing strategy,
tactics, teams and tools.
It’s easier than ever to engage with
your target audience – with modern
marketing.
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4. Here’s Why…
• Most manufacturers still
don’t understand.
• Your customers want to
buy like it’s 2016.
• Most mfg companies are
selling like it’s 1990
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5. First Movers
Win!
You can be the first
mover in your
competitive market
space.
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6. It’s
Engagement!
Step 1 – Flip your mindset from me and
we and us to you, them and they.
Your customers don’t care about
your product, your company, your
CEO or you.
They care
about WIIFM.
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7. Help Them to be Better Before They
Contact You.
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A Modern Marketing Strategy, Tactics, Tools and Team gets you
9. Summary
1. The secret to 10%, 20%, 30% or more growth is MODERN MARKETING.
2. Most SMB MFG companies are laggards in marketing.
3. You can be a first mover and take market share.
4. It’s about ENGAGEMENT (without talking about your product).
5. TOMA
6. Credibility
7. Reciprocity
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10. Takeaways
1. Determine if your company is selling and
marketing like it’s the 1990s but your
customers are wanting to buy like it is 2016.
2. Look at your competition, where are they?
1980s or 2016?
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11. Congratulations, you’re on your way to a New Way
to Market!
Join the Manufacturing Marketing Institute – MM Academy today!
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Notas del editor
Hello Manufacturing Marketers! Welcome to the course that will change the way you look at marketing in manufacturing.
Congratulations and give yourself a pat on the back for making this commitment and taking a first step towards advancing your professional marketing career and in joining us here at the Manufacturing Marketing Institute on our journey to advance the practice of marketing towards being a strategic component at your company.
This course if free, if you find it useful and helpful, please tell your colleagues about it. Anybody can sign up at mmmatters.com/freecourse.
The course was created and is provided by the Manufacturing Marketing Institute. I’m Bruce McDuffee, Executive Director at MMI and I’ll be your instructor for these 12 lessons. The lessons were created based on real life successes, created by mfg marketers for mfg marketers.
For more information about the Manufacturing Marketing Institute or more info about me, visit mmmatters.com.
Now let’s get started.
The problem is the opportunity – globalization and the Internet
List some examples of disruption in mfg
The auto assembly line
The Kroc brothers reinvention of the hamburger
The microprocessor
The railroad
Amazon
At the Manufacturing Marketing Academy, you’ll learn how to engage before you ever
At the Manufacturing Marketing Academy, you’ll learn how to engage before you ever
Takeaway actions:
Determine if your company is selling like it’s 1980 where buyers are wanting to buy like it’s 2016.
Look at your competition, where are they? 1980s or 2016?
Congratulations, you’ve just completed the first lesson! You’re on your way towards a New Way to Market for Manufacturing.
Give yourself another pat on the back you’re doing great!
Lesson 2, The Boring Stuff, Part 1 of 2, will arrive via email tomorrow. Don’t be turned off by the name, we’ll be talking about a critical component of success with the New Way, the Marketing Plan.
Thank you and I’ll see you at the next lesson. Now let’s go out and advance the practice of marketing in mfg today!