Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Some Of The Manufacturing Marketing Strategies

By Kathleen White


What is marketing. According to American Marketing Association, Marketing is the process of communicating the products and services of a company to the target market. Manufacturing marketing is done by communicating the price of the commodity, the place where the product can be found, the type of product itself and how it meets consumers needs.

Unique capabilities that a firm has over the competitors.

Communicating this information down the supply chain is valuable so that the distributors are ware of the target markets needs. Additionally, also get information as to why the resellers or distributors would want to sell your product as opposed to selling the competitors products.

Adding to the power of sales, from salespeople knocking on doors, to the buyer having a wealth of information available to him or her. Marketing for the manufacturing industry has never been more important.

Content online Buyers of manufactured goods often start their search online or form the websites. The content on the website should capture the attention of the buyer such that they would want to get in touch with you to know more about the product and hence buy and repeat sales. These content should be written such that it appeals to the consumer and shows how the product will satisfy their needs.

Do they customize products and services to suit customers preferences. Do the firm deliver solutions that customers have not yet even considered?

Do the firm use new technology so that end products are accurate. Van the firm offer after sales service to customers as and when required?

When sales and marketing align around a single goal, they can improve marketing ROI, sales productivity and more importantly an increase in your bottom line.

Facilitating an ecosystem. Manufacturing companies can benefit a great deal from creating online communities that their customers can use to communicate with each other and share knowledge.

A company should also not ignore its own weaknesses which are internal areas that need to be improved. This should be looked at side by side with the proposed ways of turning the weaknesses into strengths. Opportunities can present themselves in terms of gaps in the environment that a company can fill so that it can increase sales.

Distributing documentation. If the products come with documentation that helps customers better understand how to use or implement products, post it on your website.

It takes a manufacturing firm to change its manufacturing site or even change the design of how it manufactures its products.

The Growth of a business has nothing to do with the size of that business. It is about marketing your products the right way. Industrial business market is a competitive market.

Identifying and actually getting the right employees to work in the manufacturing sites can be a tedious exercise. Some manufacturing firm outsource this service which might be a very expensive process. Also this takes years of training of the companies process learning curve might take a very long time).




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