Episodes
Today, we’re tackling a topic that comes up in industrial marketing a lot: How do I get my SMEs to post more on LinkedIn and become industry thought leaders?
Harnessing the power of organic LinkedIn from individual profiles has a lot of opportunity. After all, people want to follow people, not companies - and we know this can have a major impact on business results.
We’re joined by Rich Ward of Acromat to share his story of building an organic, thought leadership-based strategy on LinkedIn...
Published 11/14/24
We’ve brought Rich Ward, Marketing Manager at AcroMat, on to talk all things Reddit. He’s been using the platform to help his company bring in new leads and up their marketing game, and he’s been kind enough to share what he’s learned with us today. Let’s get into it.
Published 11/07/24
You know them, you sometimes love them – they’re emails. Aren and Nihal dig into what makes for compelling emails that can snag you conversions. And talk about how we approach email here at Gorilla 76.
Published 10/31/24
Sometimes design creative has to get a little more creative. If you don’t have an ideal set of design assets, how do you build compelling design creative?
Today, we’re joined by our own Marketing Designer TJ Sheridan to talk about how to use the resources at your disposal to make unique ads and overcome design barriers.
Published 10/24/24
Today, we’re drawing on Allen’s study of conversion writing techniques to get to the root of what he and others have called ambiguity aversion, as well as some other psychological phenomena that can really help elevate your messaging. Let’s dig in.
Published 10/17/24
Today, dear industrial marketers, we’re talking about… G-g-g-Goooogllleee. From the changes that have been happening on the pay-per-click platform to how we’ve been modifying our own tactics, Google Ads has kept us on our toes!
Joining Allen and Peyton to hash through it all, we’ve got our own Senior Performance Marketer Kevin McClary and Performance Marketer Nick Robinson.
Published 10/10/24
You may have caught our episode with Katie Klaus from Broaster Company about planning your 2025 marketing budget. A lot of that conversation tied back to the importance of knowing your company goals and budgeting for the marketing activities that are most going to help you achieve those goals. Sounds a lot like making a marketing plan, right?
That’s exactly why we asked Katie back on the show to talk more in depth about creating a marketing plan from a strategic perspective.
Published 10/03/24
It’s the age old question: “How can sales and marketing work better together?” Particularly when it comes to sales enablement. Marketing doesn’t want to be a brochure-making factory, and sales doesn’t want to be left high and dry without the materials they need. Where’s the balance?
Today, we’re joined by a special guest with a unique perspective, Luke Wittenbraker, marketing and sales director at Mactech, to talk about how to better enable your sales team.
Published 09/26/24
Today, we’re tackling an issue that has surely been a source of frustration for anyone that’s run paid digital advertising - attribution. All the data available in digital channels can lead us to believe that attribution should be easy. But behavior online and the impact of paid channels is much more complex than click and convert. So how do you talk about this with leadership and show the impact of paid channels? That’s what we’re here to talk about.
Published 09/19/24
Today, we’re joined by our own Katie Klaus from Broaster Company to talk about planning your 2025 marketing budget. Listen in to see how you can start your 2025 off right.
Published 09/12/24
Developing your company leadership into compelling thought leaders in the industrial space? Depending on your leadership, that could be a tall order. But with the help of our guest, Brianna Langely Henderson from Bailey International, we’ll be unpacking all things media — from establishing relationships with journalists to coaching your leadership on handling tough questions.
Published 08/29/24
If you want to run a revenue focused marketing program, you want to make sure your leads actually get quoted and worked by your sales team. That can’t happen if your lead hand off process is messy or confusing.
In this episode, we’re joined by Gorilla 76 Strategy Director, Grace Wright, to talk about managing better website lead handoffs.
Published 08/22/24
If you tuned in to last week’s episode, you’ll remember our guest, CEO of Fire and Spark, Dale Bertrand. We talked about how AI is changing the SEO game for industrial marketers. Google’s introduction of AI summaries is certainly going to have an impact in 2025 and beyond, and in this episode we’re getting tactical about how you can adapt your content playbook to make the most of AI overviews.
Published 08/15/24
Today, we have AI and SEO researcher Dale Bertrand to talk to us about how to level up your SEO game in the AI age. Dale is the founder and CEO of Fire & Spark, which helps people transform their SEO content into high-ROI assets.
Published 08/08/24
You may have caught Mary Keough during her recent appearance on Industrial Marketing Live. And today, she’s back on the podcast to talk more about leveling up your product pages. To help us get more tactical, we’ve also brought Allen Fennewald back on to talk more about the copy that really brings these pages to life.
Published 08/01/24
Today, Mary Keough is in the house! And she’s talking product pages. Mary is fresh off a big website project for CoLab and is here to share her knowledge.
Published 07/25/24
We’re talking trade shows, folks! How do you make your booth more engaging so you can draw in more visitors? But how do you balance flashy gimmicks that get people in the booth with true value adds and education? Trade show pro, Emily Ting, is here to talk shop.
Published 07/18/24
Today, we’re joined by a very special guest - Brendon Forrest! You probably remember Brendon from The Manufacturing Marketer and Industrial Marketing Live. He’s a senior strategist here at Gorilla 76, but he’s also in the military and is currently on leave serving our country. Brendon is keeping his marketing skills sharp though! He’s been doing some “side hustles” in his free time while deployed. That’s our topic for today! Whether you’re volunteering, freelancing, or building your own...
Published 07/11/24
Today, we’re joined by Gorilla’s Digital Creative Director, Randall Zaitz, to talk about a topic fresh on everyone’s minds - AI. More specifically, how AI is being used in design and creative content. What’s working? What’s not? What should marketers know before using these tools?
Published 07/04/24
Today, we’re joined by a special guest, Sami Birch, to talk about career growth for marketers. Sami has had a few different roles within industrial marketing (and outside of it) from designer, to CRM admin, to project manager. Now, Sami is the Director of Marketing and Communications for Mission Design & Automation.
Published 06/27/24
You might’ve caught our Industrial Marketing Live with Jenny Wang and Allen Fennewald a few weeks ago. And this week, they’re joining us again on the pod to get deeper into the weeds on paid social creative. We’ll get into some more principles for effective paid social content. Let’s dive in.
Published 06/20/24
Today, we’re joined by special guest Todd Imming, Chief Marketing Officer of The Korte Company, and he’s here to talk about how to stay true to your brand while working with agencies.
Published 06/13/24
This week, we’re talking all things branding and rebranding. What makes it important for industrial companies? How should marketers start thinking about it? And what does the future of branding in the industrial space look like? Here to help us map out the territory is a special guest, Paul Kiesche from Aviate Creative.
Published 06/06/24
A lot of us are taking previous marketing experience and trying to translate it into the B2B industrial sector. And a lot of us are trying to grow our teams, and may be hiring for or managing some more entry level marketing roles.
And that’s who today’s episode is really for: marketing managers who are starting to build out their teams. We're here to unpack this topic with special guest, Julian Schaaf of Industrial Growth.
Published 05/31/24