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To say that we are living through a unique time is an understatement. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed how companies need to operate and has left manufacturers wondering how they should market and sell their products.

Credit Unions were founded around the principle of neighbors helping neighbors. The current COVID-19 climate is giving more opportunities than ever to do just that. Everyone is trying to figure out what they should be doing to offer their members the best opportunities as they navigate through this challenging time.

Throughout our conversations with credit unions around the country in the last few weeks, we have frequently been asked questions about the best ways to communicate timely and important news to current and prospective members right now.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increased level of anxiety and uncertainty throughout the business world, and it’s essential to re-examine how to manage your business, and how you market your business, throughout this pandemic.

Automated marketing is the gift that keeps on giving to credit unions. Whether it is geared toward attracting new members, enrolling members in additional services, or simply educating them about how to improve their finances, credit union marketing automation can help you boost your visibility, sales, membership numbers, and more.

As a manufacturing company, you want to build your brand and connect with your audience in a way that showcases you as an industry authority and helps them understand how you can serve them and why they should choose you. That’s why you must develop digital marketing systems that will help you do just that. When you have a solid plan in place, your return on investment can be greater than you could imagine.

The Importance of Personas in Industrial Marketing In a digital world of personalized customer experience, knowing your audience is vital to a growing, thriving industrial brand. Selling a product may be the most important part of your company’s profit margin, but understanding the individuals who investigate, research, and purchase from your company is the foundation.

The WebStrategies benchmark blog post series has covered a variety of site engagement metrics. So far we have taken a dive into how long users remain on credit union websites, how many users leave credit union sites without viewing another page, how the users came to the website, and who these users are.

Does Digital Marketing Really Work for Manufacturers? In the last few years, we have partnered with a wide variety of manufacturing companies in the USA to help them generate online leads and sales. The fact that we've been able to drive results through online channels may come as a surprise to many in the manufacturing industry. For the most part, the majority of manufacturing sales have been almost entirely relationship-driven. For that reason, there is often skepticism that a marketing agency could produce quality lead generation results using online marketing techniques. The truth is that we've been able to deliver amazing digital marketing results with a B2B manufacturing marketing strategy leading to millions of dollars worth of closed business for our clients. This article provides a little insight into how we do it.

Many of our credit union clients tell us that they struggle with an aging membership base and want to attract younger members. This is a great goal to set, but first, does your credit union have a thorough understanding of where you stand currently with the age distribution of website traffic? As part of WebStrategies’ credit union annual benchmark report series, today’s topic dives into age distribution of website traffic. Is your website attracting visitors who are in the age demographic that your credit union needs?