{"id":1103,"date":"2017-04-26T06:04:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T06:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious-old\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2022-11-24T11:48:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T11:48:56","slug":"b2b-content-marketing-in-india-for-manufacturers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/b2b-content-marketing-in-india-for-manufacturers\/","title":{"rendered":"B2B Content Marketing in India for Manufacturers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p>B2B content marketing in India has always been looked upon as dry and boring. Not anymore. With the increase in social media use, businesses are becoming human again. Brands today need to find more viable ways to interact and engage their specific target audiences on social media, even if they are from the manufacturing industry.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a closer look at B2B content marketing in India and its utility for manufacturers:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Importance of B2B content marketing for manufacturers<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mxmindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/LinkedIn-The-Top-Indian-Content-Marketing-Predictions-for-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report by the DMAi Content Marketing Council<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Digital Buyer Penetration in India is set to jump from 43.8% in 2016 to 70.7% by 2020. This means online audiences will grow larger. Digital mediums will be able to exert a higher influence on consumers\u2019 purchase decisions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence, more and more businesses will introduce online platforms for customers to buy their products from. This increasing number of online businesses will result in the rise of viable leads for B2B manufacturers. The best way to connect with this digital audience is through an effective Content Funnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first step for executing a successful content funnel is to generate unique and relevant content for your brand. This content enhances your product\u2019s image, thus increasing the awareness for your brand. Mid level and bottom level results.ie.Lead Generation and Sales Acquisition respectively can be achieved by adding a call to action to the top-level results. In its essence, a content funnel energies like this:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1104\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1104\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1104\" src=\"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Content-marketing-steps-for-manufacturers-2.jpg\" alt=\"B2B content marketing in India for manufacturers\" width=\"580\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Content-marketing-steps-for-manufacturers-2.jpg 580w, https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Content-marketing-steps-for-manufacturers-2-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">B2B content marketing for manufacturers<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand your audience<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B2B content marketing for manufacturers works in the same way as it does for other businesses. In essence &#8211; worthwhile leads can be generated by creating appropriate content. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To engage with industrial audiences and technical experts, the content needs to be specialised for that particular group. This requires considerable research and time. However, most Indian manufacturers focus towards sales acquisition or put simply \u2018wanting to see the money\u2019 instead of an increase in the brand reach and awareness through B2B content marketing. This mismatch of perception is a crucial reason why manufacturers are reluctant towards this approach.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1107\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1107\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1107\" src=\"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/giphy-2.gif\" alt=\"Indian manufacturers' perception\" width=\"500\" height=\"372\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The perception of Indian manufacturers<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: Giphy.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But with the right content, it is not too difficult to deliver top of the funnel results such as higher web traffic, page views and shares.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cut through the clutter<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As mentioned earlier, B2B content marketing doesn\u2019t essentially need to be dull and dry. Manufacturing industries are no longer complex and unapproachable titans that people don\u2019t understand. They are constantly evolving their approach to find relevance in their consumers\u2019 everyday life. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, the marketing strategy for these industrial clients needs to change as well. Your communication should cut through the clutter and reach the heart of the matter quickly and smartly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take a cue from Xerox \u2013 World\u2019s largest document solutions and services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a company name synonymous with photocopying, it\u2019s hard to imagine Xerox vying for a branding makeover. But the immense popularity of Xerox\u2019s copier services was a big part of the problem. Xerox is a provider of a large number of other services such IT outsourcing which most businesses are unaware of. Therefore, it came up with a content focused re-branding strategy called, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready for Real Business<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A vital component of this communication was the Real Business magazine (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">available on Play Store<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) that featured stories about Xerox and many other businesses. Since, the magazine was immensely popular, many businesses pitched their stories to the magazine, giving Xerox an organic virality which only an effective B2B content marketing strategy can achieve. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1106\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1106\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1106\" src=\"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Real-Business-Magazine-Xerox-content-marketing-2.jpg\" alt=\"Content marketing by Xerox\" width=\"677\" height=\"391\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Content marketing for Real Business Magazine<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A specialised <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious-old\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">content marketing agency<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can help your manufacturing business grow by correctly identifying the target audience and creating content that cuts through the chaos and gets you better reach and leads.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2B content marketing in India has always been looked upon as dry and boring. Not anymore. With the increase in social media use, businesses are becoming human again. Brands today need to find more viable ways to interact and engage their specific target audiences on social media, even if they are from the manufacturing industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[106,160],"tags":[177,179,202,188],"class_list":["post-1103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-2","category-content-marketing","tag-b2b-content-marketing","tag-content-creation","tag-content-marketing-for-manufacturers","tag-content-marketing-in-india","category-106","category-160","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8575,"href":"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions\/8575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}