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In many cases, manufacturing companies will not have complex eCommerce platforms that allow their customers to purchase products directly from their website. However, that doesn't mean you shouldn't list your products or services on your website at all. After all, the number one reason for having a website for your business is to attract new customers. If those potential new leads that come to your site aren’t able to immediately find what they’re looking for, the chances of them disappearing and never contacting you are much higher.

An effective marketing campaign creates results. But how good are those results? What outcomes did they lead to? Every credit union marketing campaign needs to be analyzed to determine effectiveness. No matter how creative, interesting, or responsive it is, you have to ask what came of that campaign. Did it reach the goals you desired? Was it worth the investment? By analyzing the results of any campaign, you can then make decisions on how to further improve it to achieve an even better ROI. Analyzing campaign success leads to even better results next time. It also allows you to be more selective in your marketing.

Search engine optimization, or SEO, is a recommended strategy for all companies, including manufacturing businesses. With SEO strategies in place, you can gain more organic traffic, quality leads, brand awareness, and, ultimately, an increase in revenue.

As one of the most effective tactics to build brand awareness and drive new memberships and loan applications, advertising commonly consumes a large portion of a credit union marketing budget. The advertising landscape has changed drastically over the last several years. There are now numerous options across both the traditional and digital advertising world, and credit unions must be strategic in how they distribute their advertising budget.

Whether you have ambitious growth goals, or business has slowed in a particular location or industry, or you have just identified intriguing opportunities, there are a variety of reasons manufacturers may consider expanding into a new vertical or territory. Building brand awareness in uncharted territories is no small feat, especially for those marketing for the manufacturing industry. Fortunately, today's digital marketing landscape makes breaking into new regions and verticals easier than ever before.

When credit union marketing is discussed, the focus is often on how to attract new members. In doing so, nurturing current members can fall to the wayside. However, in reality, it’s crucial to keep your current members engaged and make them aware of products and services that will meet their financial needs.

WebStrategies partnered with a credit union that had the goal of creating a unified digital marketing strategy that fuels new account openings and loan applications. With little prior digital marketing experience outside of mostly disappointing digital advertisements, this credit union was in search of expert digital advertising guidance and a strategy to diversify the sources of traffic visiting their website.

Manufacturing marketers often have access to a plethora of existing content, and there can be huge benefits to mining that content for marketing purposes. Whether it's a PDF or engineering rendering, sales brochures or other product information, this content can be repurposed, so it shows up in search results and helps your ideal client find your content and company easier.

COVID-19 has impacted every industry, from the perspective of the consumer and the company. As behavior changes, credit unions are being forced to adjust their marketing spend to be both efficient and effective.

Manufacturers continue to be impacted by the restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With travel remaining limited and trade shows on pause, the manufacturing industry is quickly adapting to a world where most closed deals happen without ever having a face-to-face meeting.