Strategy, Delivery, Future Trends

In an increasingly competitive B2B marketplace every department must prove its contribution. Manufacturing output is relatively easy to measure, as is the contribution of the sales department but what about the marketing department? Is it possible to measure marketing...

It may come as a surprise but spending money on ad hoc marketing in a short term push to make the year-end sales figures is unlikely to succeed. Following the latest and greatest marketing trend just because everyone seems to be doing it is often not the best idea....

When building a B2B strategic marketing plan for any business an in depth market analysis is of vital importance. Without analysis the resulting plan is likely to be of little practical use resulting in significant wasted resources on a document that simply sits on a...

In B2B markets growth tends to be based on either new product introduction or attacking new markets. In this post we cover how to execute a new market penetration strategy with the aid of a case study. Successful new market penetration depends on the nature of the...

It’s a hard truth but without a product innovation process most manufacturing companies are destined to fail. In this post we discuss some tools and techniques to develop an innovative culture and the process of developing and screening new product ideas. As...