Episode 303

Our Latest Episode

Getting Started With ABM: Gain Early Wins and Avoid Missteps

Floyd Blaikie

Featuring Floyd Blaikie, VP of Strategy at Kula Partners

September 3, 2024
The Kula Ring

In a showcase of the Kula Partners team, Floyd Blaikie, VP of Strategy, explains how manufacturing marketers can benefit from developing a strategy with multi-year goals before getting started with ABM. Then with this roadmap, they can better align with sales to gain early wins. Floyd also provides tips on avoiding common ABM missteps.

Episode 302

How Niche Orientation Impacts Your Manufacturing Marketing Strategy

Jeff White and Carman Pirie

Featuring, Jeff White and Carman Pirie, Co-Principals of Kula Partners

August 27, 2024

In this week’s episode, co-hosts and Kula Partners principals, Jeff White and Carman Pirie, talk about niche orientation marketing. They talk about the Niche Navigator, a model and exercise they created to assess and understand where businesses fall ranging from low to high niche market orientation. Listeners can look forward to learning examples of niche market orientation, learn pitfalls that could impact their marketing strategies and tips to enhance their marketing efforts.

Episode 301

Don’t Talk to My Customers

Jeff White & Carman Pirie

Featuring Carman Pirie and Jeff White, Principals at Kula Partners

August 20, 2024

Almost everyone agrees that talking to customers is a good idea, but sometimes manufacturers find that one particular department seems to stand in the way: sales. Salespeople functioning as customer gatekeepers can be a real problem. In this episode of The Kula Ring, Jeff and Carman explore how manufacturers can move past a culture of gatekeeper salespeople towards a future where serving customers is a team sport.

Episode 300

Navigating the Boundaries of AI: Exploring Innovation in Manufacturing Marketing

Jarid Hockert

Featuring Jarid Hockert, Marketing Director at InCompass

August 13, 2024

In a world where technology is continually reshaping our industries, the line between human intuition and artificial intelligence remains an important topic. Join us as we explore the evolving landscape of manufacturing marketing, looking at how innovation and AI are redefining the way we connect, create, and communicate. This episode of The Kula Ring with Jarid Hockert reflects on the synergy between tradition and technology, and what it means for the future of our craft.

Episode 299

Unboxing Authenticity: Infusing Personality into B2B Manufacturing Marketing

Tasha Jones

Featuring Tasha Jones, Marketing Director at Arrow Packaging

August 6, 2024

In this episode of The Kula Ring, we delve into the art of bringing personality to B2B manufacturing marketing. Join us as we explore how authenticity and human touches can transform a brand’s presence, making it more relatable and engaging. Our guest shares insights on leveraging social media, maintaining a balance between fun and professionalism, and the importance of strategic, consistent content. Tune in to discover how to unbox the full potential of your B2B marketing strategy.

Episode 298

The Art of Integration: Merging Brand and Solutions

David Starck

Featuring David Starck, Senior Director of Corporate Marketing at ProMach

July 30, 2024

In this episode of The Kula Ring, we welcome David Starck, Senior Director of Corporate Marketing at ProMach. David shares his unique journey from a background in graphic design and copywriting to leading corporate marketing strategies for a company with over 50 brands. They discuss the challenges and opportunities of managing a diverse portfolio, the creative approaches to marketing in the manufacturing sector, and how ProMach successfully integrates new acquisitions while maintaining a strong brand identity. Tune in to hear about innovative campaigns and strategic insights from one of the industry’s leading marketers.

Hear our other conversations with ProMach here:
https://kulapartners.com/thekularing/troubleshooting-time-tips-for-manufacturing-content-success/
https://kulapartners.com/thekularing/a-manufacturing-brand-integration-playbook/

Episode 297

Finding Your Superpower: Simplicity and Clarity in Complex Markets

Allison Myers

Featuring Allison Myers, Director of Marketing & Communications at Fives Intralogistics

July 23, 2024

This week The Kula Ring is sitting down with Allison Myers from Fives Intralogistics, she shares her unique insights on transforming complex challenges into clear, actionable strategies. Discover the nuances of modern B2B manufacturing marketing and how you can still use some of the methods marketers used before social media overran our lives.

The Kula Ring is a podcast for manufacturing marketers who care about evolving their strategy to gain a competitive edge.

Listen to conversations with North America’s top manufacturing marketing executives and get actionable advice for success in a rapidly transforming industry.

About Kula

Kula Partners is an agency that specializes in maximizing revenue potential for B2B manufacturers.

Our clients sell within complex, technical environments and we help them take a more targeted, account-focused approach to drive revenue growth within niche markets.