Saturday, April 2, 2016

By Amy Carter


Any manufacturing firm will need a good marketing team that will help push the products that it is selling. Always remember that even manufacturing firms have competitors and in order to stand out from the rest, they have to make sure that they promote their products well. Just to give an idea, here are some tips on marketing for manufacturers.

Now, for almost all companies, the ones who are going to be in the front line and defending the fortress are the salespeople. The sales team are composed of the salespeople that will directly communicate with the clients. These salespeople are experts in negotiation and also closing techniques.

Sales tactics would include cold calling and other cold market penetration techniques. Cold calling is one of the most effective ways of creating a sale because it enables the company to directly talk with the client and try to convince the client. Another sales tactics would be to create leads and do rounds to cover those leads.

When promoting a manufactured product, it is very important to make use of traditional advertising to reach a wide base of people. The traditional medium that one will use will solely depend on the nature of the product. More often than not, putting print ads in newspapers will work for almost any product.

Although radio and tv ads are also very effective, they are not applicable for all kinds of products. So, if one would want to put his manufactured product in a radio or a tv commercial, then he has to first determine whether his product will look good in those mediums. If not, he can just stick to using newspaper ads or magazine ads as they are effective anyway.

Of course, one cannot ignore digital marketing anymore because everything is on the internet these days. Businesses would often make use of Facebook like pages and Twitter accounts to further spread the brand and also be able to communicate and engage directly with all the possible customers in the market. Of course, it is very important that a business would hire a community manager or a social media specialist that is able to manage all of these accounts.

As part of internet marketing, it is very important that one would have a website wherein potential customers may have a way to know more about the company, the background, the products and services offered, and the contact information. The website is not only a tool that is used to showcase information to potential customers but it is also a tool to help give the company a good impression. The purpose of a website is twofold when it comes to a business.

When it comes to promoting a manufacturing firm, it is essential that a plan and a strategy is made so that there is a blueprint on how to go about. Of course, the plan is able to create a lot of exposure, loyalty, and eventually a lot of sales. With this, the manufacturing company is able to have consistent sales since the brand will already be well known.




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