How to get Google Reviews

7 Tips For Leaving Quality Google Reviews

Most review articles are about the mechanics of how companies can get more reviews. Not this one! In this article, you will find out how to write high quality Google reviews. If you’re a small business owner, you can share this article with your customers when you ask them to leave a review. Any reader will discover how high quality reviews help other people make buying decisions. And you’ll learn about how high quality reviews help your favorite small businesses. You’ll find out why you should leave more reviews for companies that you like, not just for the ones you dislike. You’ll discover why you should write at least 3-5 sentences and include an image. And you’ll learn why mentioning your location, not the company’s location, is important.

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Can Your Customers Upload CAD Files On Your Manufacturing Website?

Industrial buyers need to upload CAD files on your manufacturing website. Don’t lose RFQ opportunities! Create a better user experience by making CAD file uploads work on your contact form.

Photo Galleries on Industrial Websites

Industrial Photo Gallery Advice

I recently had a long, educational consultation with a potential industrial machinery client about website photo galleries for industrial companies. We discussed a number of things related to photos he had taken over the years that he would like to use on a new website. AUTHENTICITY The first thing we discussed was authenticity. Industrial buyers […]

Benton & Sons Fabrication Goldsboro NC

Case Study: Benton & Sons Fabrication

(Post updated November 1, 2020 and February 9, 2022. Original post published on January 11, 2018) To see the before and after home page image… Hover over image Click and hold (or tap and hold) the handle in the middle Drag the handle right and left to see before and after screen shots

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Trade Show ROI for Manufacturers

Two articles combined… How to Make The Most Of Trade Shows and Are Trade Shows Still Worth It for Manufacturers? Timeless marketing wisdom on how to get the most ROI from your trade shows and a more recent article summary with great advice about sending the right people… sales, not marketing people.

website design for industrial companies

Case Study: Becker Brothers Graphite

We created Becker Graphite’s first website in 2006. At the time, a lot of industrial marketing was still done in the big green Thomas Register print directories and many of Becker’s competitors had not yet established themselves on the internet. Becker’s new internet presence quickly helped them reach new customers nationwide.  But with the mass expansion of […]

Increase Productivity – 3 White Noise Background Sound Generators

Back in college, some of my friends thought I was crazy because I used to like to study in the cafeteria. There was a constant buzz of activity and background noise, and seldom did any single noise stand out from the rest. I also spent a lot of time studying and researching in the library […]

Why Is There A Dinosaur at Benton & Sons Fabrication

Why is there a dinosaur in front of a steel fabrication plant in Wayne County, NC? Learn the full story, watch the video and see the photo gallery! Please share the video using the green arrow button on the video or “Like” it on YouTube! You can view it on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF4ZJqx6k9U This Basic Brochure Style […]

What To Blog About In Your Business?

I highly recommend reading this great article 83 B2B Social Media Blog Post Ideas | Social Media B2B. It is full of ideas to create blog posts. Some of the ideas are great and others are completely weird. What 5 Experts Say About… Interview internal employees and ask them to answer simple questions (by email even) […]

Article Review: The Evolution of Manufacturing in America – Personal Stories from One Company

This is one of the best articles I have ever read on the current state of American manufacturing. The author takes an in-depth look at one company that started a century ago. He compares and contrasts production methods and workers of not-too-long-ago versus workers of today. He compares and contrasts the skill levels of workers […]