

The Manufacturing Marketer
Gorilla 76
The Manufacturing Marketer aims to provide a place for industrial marketers to skill themselves up so they can provide value to their business. This show is hosted by a variety of senior marketers at Gorilla 76 including Brendon Forrest, Nihal Shetty, Aren Buresh and Peyton Warren.
Each week listen to a mix of Industrial Marketing Collective Live events, topic deep dives and guest discussions. You will come away with actionable advice you can apply immediately to drive demand and build a revenue pipeline.
Each week listen to a mix of Industrial Marketing Collective Live events, topic deep dives and guest discussions. You will come away with actionable advice you can apply immediately to drive demand and build a revenue pipeline.
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May 11, 2023 • 55min
Podcasting for Manufacturers with Chris Luecke | Industrial Marketing Live
Podcasts are an underutilized promotion and distribution channel for industrial companies. This week on IML, we're talking with manufacturing podcast titan Chris Luecke, host of Manufacturing Happy Hour about why that should change.
As a channel, you won't find many with an audience more engaged to hear content. Plus, podcast production is more accessible than you might think. We cover:
Why and how podcasts fits for manufacturers
Producing a consistent show
“Guesting”
Repurposing content
… And so much more!
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Join us live on future IML sessions! Learn more and register at https://www.gorilla76.com/industrial-marketing-live.

May 4, 2023 • 22min
Google Analytics metrics you should be using with Patrick Cronin
Google Analytics is a pretty basic but underutilized tool in manufacturing marketing departments. Inside this platform is a lot of data about how your content is performing...if you set it up right. Patrick Cronin, Gorilla 76 Performance Marketer, joins Brendon to discuss bounce rate, time on page, scroll depth and engagement all within the Google Analytics 4 platform.

Apr 27, 2023 • 49min
Marketing improvements for OEMs & distributors
Today, we start "the healing process" in the often disjointed relationship between original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and distributor. With Beth Bauer from the OEM perspective and Jarrod Beasley from the distributor, our conversation will be focused on opportunities where we can improve our partnerships. Things like:
🤩 Resource banks that dreams are made of
📈 Understanding how success is measured for both parties
🤝 What their favorite partners do (or don't)
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Join us live on future IML sessions! Learn more and register at https://www.gorilla76.com/industrial-marketing-live.

Apr 21, 2023 • 29min
Manage your time effectively with Alex Monroe
You have a million things to get done: plan tradeshows, make content, run campaigns, evaluate the CRM and a whole lot more. Alex Monroe, Project Manager at Gorilla 76, is here to provide you with strategies and tips to help your productivity. Listen now to save yourself time in the future.

Apr 14, 2023 • 49min
Hubspot for manufacturers AMA with Charley Vlietstra | Industrial Marketing Live
In this 45-min session, the Industrial Marketing Live community peppers Hubspot Account Manager Charley Vlietstra with questions and the Gorilla team shares some helpful tips to maximize your CRM and Marketing Automation Platforms from increasing adoption to improving your data hygiene.
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Join us live on future IML sessions! Learn more and register at https://www.gorilla76.com/industrial-marketing-live.

Apr 7, 2023 • 31min
B2B content repurposing with Aren Buresh
Creating a stream of content is a difficult challenge for small marketing teams. On this episode Brendon talks with Aren Buresh, Gorilla 76 strategist, about how to make a pillar piece of content last longer. Listen to this episode to learn how to create content that can be repurposed and how actually to make that repurposed content.
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Every first and third Thursday of the month, the Gorilla 76 team hosts a live web show for marketers in manufacturing. Visit industrialmarketinglive.com to learn more and register.

Mar 30, 2023 • 31min
How to set your paid social budget with Grace and Aren
Do you want to run a demand-gen paid social strategy, but don't know how much budget to ask for? The Gorilla 76 team discusses a couple of strategies to think about and some tips to maximize your budget.
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Join us on Industrial Marketing Live our live web show on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 10 am CST. Register at industrialmarketinglive.com

Mar 23, 2023 • 44min
A modern tradeshow strategy that works with MJ Smith | Industrial Marketing Live
IML’s vendetta against poorly leveraged trade shows continues with some added firepower: Enter MJ Smith.
MJ, who is now the VP of marketing at CoLab, will walk us through her trade show journey taking a company from 40 shows a year to the targeted, result-driven strategy she’s using today.
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Join us live on future IML sessions! Learn more and register at https://www.gorilla76.com/industrial-marketing-live.

Mar 16, 2023 • 31min
TikTok content strategy with Kevin McClary
In this episode Brendon and Mary are joined by Gorilla 76 senior performance marketer Kevin McClary. The three of them discuss which types of content would do best for an industrial company just starting off on TikTok.
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Join us on Industrial Marketing Live our live web show on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 10 am CST. Register at industrialmarketinglive.com

Mar 9, 2023 • 43min
TikTok for B2B manufacturers | Industrial Marketing Live
There's no question of TikTok's almost omnipresent use, but is it the right move for your industrial marketing strategy? On this episode of Industrial Marketing Live, the Gorilla 76 team is here to break down all things TikTok.
👉 The basics: what is it, how does it work
👉 The intermediate: how do I use it, how do I create videos
👉 The advanced: is this the right channel for my company?
You'll hear from our in-house TikTok expert, Kevin McClary (@kevinearl93) on how he grew an organic TikTok following of over 75K followers. He's giving you the playbook, tips and tricks to decide if TikTok is right for you and how you can leverage it.


