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New Research: Digital Disruption arrives in theTrade and Industrial sectors. Now you must adapt.
By Swordfsh Advertising & Marketing
July 2013
Digital Disruption has well and truly taken hold in the
industrial sector; a newly published US study* shows
the extent to which industrial proessionals are using
digital resources more than ever beore to perorm
work-related tasks throughout the buy cycle.
The implications or industrial marketers couldnt
be clearer: i you havent adjusted your marketing
to include an eective digital component, you aremissing out on business.
This just-published survey delivers a clear mandate or
industrial marketers: to more eectively engage your
target audience, you must be highly visible across
multiple online channels. Single-channel marketing is
a tactic o the past, and traditional marketing barely
reaches industrial professionals.
Highlights rom the report:
84% use the internet to nd equipment,
74% to compare products
61% use it to request a quote
86% use search engines to seek information
44% use EDM as an information source
31% use printed trade publications
44% do all their product research online
(ie no dealer involved) and 19% of the market
dont contact the vendor until their mind is made
up on which product to buy,
Trade shows have lost favour, 51% attended
none
They subscribe to three times as many digital
publications vs printed trade magazines
29% read work related content on social media,
46% use youtube
DIGITAL MARKETING IN THE TRADE & INDUSTRIAL SECTORS
51% use online forums to nd technical information, 49% to search for product information
Todays research and decision-making tools are overwhelmingly digital and or many the essential part o the buy cycle is oten completed
BEFORE prospects speak to you or your dealer. If you dont take this into account when planning your marketing you could simply be
missed by your prospective customers:
According to another IHS GlobalSpec research report, in 2012 over half of industrial marketers spent 36 percent or less of their marketing
budget online. This allocation o marketing dollars seems poorly aligned with the behaviour o the industrial proessional audience.
Its time to adjust your budget and plans. This reports tells you how and why.
Source: * HIS Global Spec: 2013 Digital Media Use in the Industrial Sector. Survey among 1,828 industrialproessionals in North America. Ninety-three percent are involved in the purchase o components and services.
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As a manager o technical products and
services, you need to choose the right
mix o channels that meet your marketing
objectivesproducing qualied sales and
marketing opportunities, and increasing the
visibility o your company, brand and products.
What results are current marketing channels
delivering?
This chart provides an index o the eectiveness
vs difculty to execute o various lead
generation activities. Its based on quantieddata rom almost 2,000 organisations. Its
hard to imagine a more pragmatic approach
to resource allocation planning or this all-
important component o marketing activity.
As you see, email marketing and PPC
(Adwords) score most eective/easiest and,
although easy, print scores least eective in
generating leads.
Low hanging ruit
Of course whats missing is a third dimension cost. Applying that would push trade shows and print
advertising urther back (theyre very expensive), and email marketing urther ahead.
Not sure you believe it? You should! Heres another study which broadly aligns:
Source: *Marketing Sherpa 2013
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Email Marketing cheap and powerfulOne of the most cost-effective programs you can run is establishing regular email contact with a
customer or prospect base. Heres what the average business is using email marketing for:
There are some golden rules o email marketing which most users ignore!
You need to provide genuinely value-adding content thats a relevant to the recipient as possible, in
other words your email should be as tailored and personal as possible.
Include clear call-to-actions in your email, preferably incentivise click through to your site, probably to
landing pages. And once there, again include clear call-to-actions.
Commit to a regular ongoing program. The elements are: database development (segmented to allow
personalisation); content development; selecting a good email program and creating ormatted html
templates; publishing strong landing pages in your website.
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Both SEO and SEM continue to prove themselves in driving trafc to your site, and both deservedly receive
signifcant budget allocation.
SEO and SEM are intsinically linked, and can readily integrate into your social media marketing tests
SEO and SEM: mainstays of your digital activity
Social time to start the journey
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B2B are not big users of Facebook but that doesnt mean they dont use social! Trade and industrialocused online orums are huge in other markets compared to Australia,
And that means there are great opportunities here or early adopters.
The use o video is also booming, and why wouldnt it be? Its perect to explain and emo complex
products and these days it can be produced cheaply. In this case you dont need to go urther than
youtube:
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10 key action points or right now
And 11 Mistakes to avoid
It costs 62% less to generate a lead using the inbound marketing techniques weve been discussing here
compared to traditional outbound technique like press advertising and read shows (Hubspot 2011).
1. Create a digital strategy and move most of your marketing budget into it, committing to ongoing
investment in creating content and opening digital distribution channels
2. Prioritise your website as your digital base camp and hang everything around it. Invest as necessary
3. Ensure your sales team understands the new digital realities at play
4. Ensure your brand is being delivered into the digital channels intact and with values unaltered
5. More active SEO and SEM (PPC)
6. Analytics to optimise and refne all the above
7. Content generation probably including thought leadership and video. Possibly a blog.
8. Participation in or hosting o orums, webinars, and other community building activities
9. Collation of a structured email database and commitments to a regular EDM program
10. Experimentation with a social media presence
Many o these activities are readily executed, and not necessarily at great cost, particularly in relation to
their eectiveness and compared to what you may be doing now.
1. Failing to continually monitor your marketing programs.The phrase you can only manage
what you measure is true. Online marketing offers you the ability to measure your marketingprograms. This allows you to know what components o your marketing program are working, and
what you should consider rening. So with far more quantiable data available to you, make sure you
use it. Online marketing campaigns provide a wealth of data making it very easy for you to determine
the success o your campaign.
2. Staying on the same path. Sometimes the only constant is change. Objectives shift to align with
business goals, new marketing channels enter the mix, and prospects begin using dierent resources
to obtain relevant business inormation. Thereore, unless youve proven your current program is
optimized or todays marketing environment, your plan needs to evolve accordingly. Stay across
new marketing techniques, consumer trends and customer needs and alter your marketing activity
accordingly.
3. Forgetting to fsh where the fsh are.Virtually all engineering, technical, industrial and
manuacturing proessionals now use the Internet throughout their work processes. Are you reachingthis target audience where they can be ound looking or products and services like yours?
4. Ignoring requencyFishing where the sh are is only one component of a successful marketing
campaign. Equally as important is how often you are reaching your target audience. Are you pushing
your message out to the market on a regular basis, or are your eorts sporadic at best? Are you
attracting your target audience where they are looking and when they are looking or what you have
to oer?
5. Working in a bubbleAre the results you are seeing rom your marketing campaign in line with
what your sales team is looking or? Its vital or marketing and sales to work together to ensure that
your campaigns are delivering relevant sales leads.
6. Focusing on quantity versus quality.Leads that provide intelligence to begin a relationship and
gain a customer are more valuable than piles o nameless, aceless clicks. Be sure to capture relevantinormation.
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7. Treating all potential customers the same. Your customers, genuine leads, and general inquiriesare three very dierent groups with three very dierent areas o interest in your company and oerings.
The same content cannot (and should not) serve all three. Not everyone will read an email while an
e-newsletter can eel like a one-way mass communication. I you are trying to start a relationship with
a new inquiry, you need to do more than just send an email.
8. Following Up Leads Days Later. Congratulations you have just successfully generated a signicant
number o leads via a campaign. Did you know that the longer that you take to ollow up those leads,
the less success you will have? Particularly with online campaigns.
9. Overlooking timing.Are your marketing initiatives in sync with company-wide events such as
product or service launches or trade show appearances? Neglecting to keep timing in mind can
mean missed opportunities.
10. Big booths at Tradeshows (year ater year).Tradeshows takes up considerable time and
resources and oten dont attract key decision makers or new business. Try instead holding an
intimate breakast series with a drawcard speaker as a separate event and time.
11. Abandoning branding and exposure.An increased emphasis on leads has resulted in some
businesses shifting their focus away from branding and exposure. However, continuous exposure to
your target audience will ultimately result in qualied sales and marketing opportunities. Do you have
a clear brand strategy? Are you distinctive?
Where is all this headed? What will trade and industrial marketers be busy with next year and the year
after. Well, the answer is, much the same as the most sophisticated BtoC marketers are starting to be
busy with today! That is:
Websites (and content management systems behind them) that recognise you and automatically
serve personalised content relevant to you (including suggested purchases) based on your past
behaviour (Amazon have made billions by perecting this)
responsive sites (that detect what size screen you are using and optimise the layout accordingly)
omni-channel, multi-screen content delivery which allow you to start your web interaction on
one screen (eg a using tablet during TV commercials) and complete it seamlessly on another (eg
making a detailed transaction on a desktop)
better data collection and analysis providing more optimisation (eg testing different content and
layouts on your site to see what provides the best response) and better attiribution (ie knowing
where your leads have come rom and then becoming more active in those places
automated marketing systems which identify market opportunity and by modelling RoI on directing
spend there, continually adjust your marketing mix and budget allocation
continued growth of reliance on digital publications (at the expense of paper publications)
more professionally-focussed online communities forming (Linked In is the biggest example), the
continued growth in importance o customer reviews and greater eorts to be present in social
conversations
continued growth in app use
And fnally: know the uture.
(Because its already here!)
Mistakes to avoid (continued)
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Talk to us! Were experienced marketers of B2B (and B2C) products and
services both online and o. We can help you rom brand strategy, market
planning, digital strategy and execution and campaign management.
Our model is to create virtual partnerships built around the needs of any given
business. It keep overheads (and charges) low, ensures only properly qualied
people are deployed and allows us to reallocate resources as your marketing
activities evolve and change.
Contact Mark Schroeder at [email protected]
or 0417 371 071
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