14 April 2010 - 15:39Brand Development and Industrial Marketing Survey

In today’s economy and competitive environment it is very important for industrial and manufacturing companies to be smart marketers. Companies need to understand what they are good at and why they are different that their competition. They need to look inside their company and see what makes them successful or not successful. They need to understand what their strengths are and why those strengths endear them to their customers and why those strengths are sought after by their prospects. We call this understanding your company brand. Your brand defines you. Your brand is the evidence of your distinction and the process of uncovering that brand is brand development.

Once that brand is defined and everyone in the company from the CEO to the janitor understands and has adopted that brand, then and only then can you begin to launch a successful marketing campaign.

In the next few weeks we are conducting a survey with industrial manufacturing companies to get an understanding of how they are marketing their products and company. You can view survey at

http://grantmarketing.com/survey2010/index.cfm  . Take the survey and see the results at the end of the survey and enter a drawing to win a $50 Amazon gift certificate.