The Thomas Blog

When Was the Last Time You A/B Tested Anything on Your Site?

When was the last time you A/B tested your website? Was it last month? Last year? Never? Continuous iteration is important for driving improvements on industrial websites. Growth-driven design is made possible by the data collected through A/B testing.

8 Reasons Why You Should Use WordPress For Your Industrial Website

Whether it's an update or a full rebuild, you have no shortage of decisions to make when it comes to updating your website. There are plenty of free resources available on optimizing your website, best practices for design, and even how to write engaging copy, but it's crucial to set a strong foundation with your Content Management System.

Never Trust a Marketing Agency that Tells You…

When searching for a manufacturing marketing agency to work with, it’s important that you ask all the right questions to determine if the relationship is a good fit for your business. It’s just as important that you weed out the bad answers you receive.

BIM Vs. CAD Files: What's The Difference?

For decades, product design engineers have used computer-aided design (CAD) programs — such as Autodesk’s AutoCAD — to design various parts and components. These sophisticated programs are capable of creating extremely detailed 2D and 3D models.

With building information modeling (BIM) files growing in demand among leading architecture firms, many building product manufacturers consistently ask the question, “Can’t I just convert CAD files to BIM files?” The short answer: No. CAD and BIM file types differ in many ways, making a successful conversion nearly impossible. 

11 Ways To Make Your Industrial PPC Campaign More Effective

For manufacturing companies, getting started with pay-per-click advertising is easy. 

Seriously, Google touts that it takes "just a few minutes" to build your first ad. That means you can go from having absolutely no search engine presence at all to having your ads show on the first page of results in less time than it takes to heat up your leftovers for lunch.

What Is A Pillar Page? (And Why It Matters For Your Industrial SEO Strategy)

You’ll hear time and time again that the way people search is changing. People don’t only search by keywords, but full phrases, complete questions, and the use of voice search are increasing with products such as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.

The 4 Questions Your Industrial Manufacturing Marketing Agency Should Answer in Order to Keep Your Business

Partnering with an industrial manufacturing marketing agency may be just what your business needs to boost growth and achieve goals. However, once you’ve established a partnership with an agency, you must make sure they are delivering an ROI (return on investment).

5 Industrial Marketing Trends To Watch In 2019

Industrial marketing continues to change and evolve. As we move further into 2019, it’s important to keep up with the marketing trends that your business can put to work this year.

Here are the top marketing trends to watch out for in the year ahead.

5 Quick Tips For Improving Quality Control On Your Shop Floor

Even if you think your operation couldn't get better, there's always room for improvement. Thanks to rapidly developing technology, you have new options to implement quality control on your shop floor. With a few tweaks to your process, you can see distinct improvements in quality while maintaining a lean manufacturing process.