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What Makes a Good Marketing Partner?

When hiring an outside marketing company to build brand awareness for your manufacturing business, it’s important to select a partner that aligns with your goals, values, and industry-specific needs.     A Few Characteristics Include: 1) Industry Experience Look for a marketing company that has experience working with manufacturing businesses or similar industries. Industry knowledge […]

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Why Should You Hire an Outside Marketing Agency?

How can hiring an external marketing firm (like Vive Marketing) benefit your organization? See what we think below:   1) Expertise and Experience Established firms specialize in various aspects of marketing, including strategy, digital marketing, branding, and more. They bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table, allowing you to tap into their […]

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Building Brand Awareness in the Manufacturing Industry

For over 15+ years, Vive Marketing has taken pride in establishing a distinguishable brand presence for all of our manufacturing clients. What’s worked for us throughout the years? Take a look.     Build Brand Awareness Through: 1) Content Marketing Create high-quality, informative content related to your industry. This could include blog posts, articles, whitepapers, […]

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You Asked. We Answered. (Part 3 of 3)

At the last Plastics News Women Breaking the Mold conference, I had the privilege of speaking to many professionals about How to Lead Marketing as an Everyday Habit. Toward the end of the session, I asked the audience to huddle around their area with others to begin the networking process with questions about what marketing […]

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Trade Show Marketing for Manufacturers

Whether it’s NPE, FABTECH, or MD&M, trade shows provide tremendous opportunities to network and learn more about the industry. Trade shows were brought to an abrupt halt by COVID-19. Fortunately, trade shows have returned to help provide valuable face-to-face time with your customers and build new relationships. Let’s dive into why it is important to […]

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Exploring AI’s Applications & Potential

What do you think of when you hear the words “artificial intelligence”? Maybe an image of a futuristic robot or a scene from a Black Mirror episode pops into your head, or perhaps chatbots and virtual assistants like ChatGPT and Siri come to mind. Thinking about AI might elicit some strong feelings, too; you might […]

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Will AI Replace Blogs?

  Type a brief description, click a button, and bam – in less than 30 seconds, you have an entire blog post written for you. This is what AI platforms like ChatGPT, Jasper, WordAI, AI Writer, and Ink offer their users, prompting many to wonder if AI will soon replace human-written blogs entirely. While the […]