Streamlined

Does your company have a YouTube page? 

Odds are, probably.

But do you or anybody at your company actually know the PURPOSE behind that page? Behind creating videos? 

Are you making videos because someone told you that video was in?

Or that “all the millennials” are using video? 

Until you get a video marketing mission statement on paper, you’ll wander aimlessly. 

Thankfully, Jessie Ariss was a guest on the Streamlined podcast recently and talked about 

• The 4 things to consider when implementing a video strategy. 
• What a video marketing mission statement is, and why you MUST have one. 
• The 3 questions to ask yourself when developing a video marketing mission statement. 

Video is everywhere. 

There’s a reason apps like Instagram and TikTok are lighting up the digital world right now. 

Because people love video.

It’s personal, it’s customizable, it’s quick, and it’s impactful. 

But if you’re not careful, you can get video all wrong. You can overthink it, over-analyze it, and overdo it. 

Which is why having Tony Gnau on the Streamlined podcast recently was such an incredible moment. 

As someone who makes his career helping people tell stories, and tell them with video, Tony had a lot to say about

• Mistakes people make when moving to video
• What makes a great video
• Why you should treat video differently than the rest of your content.

Ray Kondracki is the President of the Kondracki Group a marketing and advertising company that specializes in helping companies in the packaging industry with their marketing and trade show materials.

Ray started out as a marketing manager in Chicago for several years before moving to Wisconsin which would eventually become the future home of the Kondracki Group. 

Small to mid size manufacturers don’t have the resources internally to deal with a full-fledged marketing team so they outsource that work to Ray’s company. They help them with several areas of marketing, PR, content, and tradeshow readiness. They help them plan their show from top-to-bottom and even go so far as to set up the physical booth at the tradeshow.

Q4 (right now) is all about generating a plan and nurturing leads for 2020. Some clients slow down within a few months of tradeshows such as Packexpo (the predominant tradeshow for Ray’s clients. Other clients need print and banner ads to generate awareness, first. Whereas, other companies dive straight in to marketing and lead generation activities. Some clients need a brand awareness in a market, while others need as many leads and names as they can. Everything is customized to their individual client to help them excel during their trade shows. 

Whether it’s PR, content, a tradeshow booth or a whitepaper the Kondracki Group believes in playing the long game to give clients what they want. 

If your selling cycle is 18 months long, you won’t be able to measure success in a month or even a quarter. How do you know what to measure and how to interpret data then?

On this episode, I talked to Courtney Korselt, Global Marketing Manager, and Jack Hughes, Global Digital Marketing Specialist — both of Bostik:

What we talked about:

• The 2 buckets that your data needs to go into
• How to communicate your data to leadership in a way they’ll understand
• Marketing strategies that add value, not volume, to the inbox
• Strategies and challenges to implementing digital marketing in a niche space

You can find this interview and many more like it, by subscribing to Streamlined Podcast on Apple Podcasts.

Manufacturing is the largest industry in the country. Yet it has the least amount of digitization of any major industry in the world, leading to massive inefficiencies. 

The industry is ripe for digitization. And, by shifting to make data driven decisions, you can optimize performance and productivity, which means more business for your business. 

On this episode of the Streamlined podcast, Graham Immerman, Director of Marketing at MachineMetrics, came on the show to talk about the digitization of manufacturing. 

What we talked about:

• Challenges companies are facing on the shop floor
• How these issues could be resolved with data driven decision making
• The benefits of digitization for manufacturers

Resources we talked about:

• Graham’s LinkedIn
• MachineMetrics

You can check out our podcast on our website or on Apple Podcasts.

You’ve probably heard of account based marketing. It’s a hot topic right now among B2B marketers.

So, on this episode of the Streamlined podcast, Steve Robinson, Founder and CEO at Brilliant Metrics, came on the show to break it down for us, to help you determine if an ABM program might be right for your business.

What we talked about:

• What exactly is ABM?
• When should you start considering ABM?
• What are the keys to a successful ABM program?
• What tools do you need to execute your program?
• What are some challenges organizations often face when it comes to ABM?

Check out these resources we mentioned during the podcast:

• Steve’s LinkedIn
• Brilliant Metrics

You’ve got a product that’s been around for generations. Demand is a no-brainer, so why even bother marketing it? (Especially when all the new stuff is clamoring for your attention.)

At first it can seem like an easy choice to rely on a product to sell itself versus taking time away from newer products to promote an oldie but goodie.

But... providing a base level of support across all products and markets is necessary if a company is going to grow steadily.

I got to talk to Steve Thielke, Senior Digital Marketing Specialist at Bradley Corporation, about why video is the biggest driver and why overengineering video isn’t a good idea.

You don’t see many video ads in manufacturing.

But here are two numbers proving that needs to change:

15 and 20.

Add a percent sign behind those two numbers and you have the range of the return you’ll get by doing YouTube advertising.

For the visual people, that’s 15-20%. It works. Jonathan Alonso has A/B tested it.

Listen in to hear Jonathan’s thoughts on video ads, KPIs, and why he’s excited for the future of marketing in the manufacturing space.

Paid advertising is so effective, it’s downright creepy.

But don’t worry—it’s not illegal, I swear.

There are so many ways to reach your exact right target audience with paid ads that it doesn’t make sense to ignore them.

Yes, doing content marketing organically works . . . it just takes time.

Digital ads, on the other hand, are a shot in the arm.

On today’s episode, Steve and Jeff talk about four different ways to break down digital advertising.

On today’s episode of Streamlined, our guest is Keith Moehring, VP of Strategic Growth at PR 20/20.  Keith came on the show to talk about how to maximize the effectiveness of your marketing program. Specifically, how to set SMART goals, collect good data, and create great reports that people will actually read.