4IR means manufacturers are using technology and digital marketing techniques to streamline their marketing strategy

We are living and working in the 4th industrial revolution where increased competition coupled with changing customer expectations translates into a renewed focus on digital marketing for manufacturers. To keep up, manufacturing businesses need to optimize their approach to digital to stand out and defend their market share.

How does the digital era influence marketing for manufacturing?

According to Mckinsey, the objective of the global digital transformations we are seeing in technology and manufacturing sectors is to support not only the performance-management reporting cycles that the top team needs in reevaluating strategy but also the agile problem-solving systems that frontline workers use to identify opportunities. Interestingly, a PwC 2020 survey of oil and gas executives reported that these manufacturing leaders see the most potential in technologies that combine data and analysis. Their number…

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Newaz Chowdhury

My name is Newaz but I also go by Oz. I help run marketing projects within my company. I help with keyword research for SEO/PPC marketing.

I project manage our SEO projects and make sure that we send out our monthly reports on time. I also manageĀ our social media. I do a variety of things, including business development.

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What is your background in Marketing, and how did you come to be in the position you are in now?

I originally had a background in Economics. It's an interesting subject but it's a job field that doesn't make me happy. I did some soul searching and found marketing to be fun, creative and rewarding! I'm…