Welding & Gases Today Q3 2016

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MAKING OUR OWN INFO

What prompted a lot of the in-house marketing that we have done at OXARC was the need for product information, rather than just “me-first,” “me-better,” or “me-bigger” competitiveness. For a number of critical years when the internet was new and sales were slow, manufacturers just cut out a lot of their product literature and instructional printing. “They” said they were going to move it all to the internet. So at our company, we simply had to produce our own. We created product information in many formats just to satisfy what our sales teams needed and what our customers wanted. I don’t like to do things twice, so our in-house efforts quickly became all-inclusive. Signs, posters, brochures, fliers, print ads, online landing pages, mobile info pages, calendars, QR codes, vehicle artwork and mouse pads all were produced using the same designs as much as possible (which is a lot). Efficiency, speed, and cost have to be considered in many overlapping projects or we just can’t afford to do them. There are all kinds of daily considerations that crop up trying to dictate the type of media and marketing needed. These considerations include: brand survival, consumer needs, easy,

What prompted a lot of the in-house marketing done for OXARC was the need for product information, rather than just “me-first,” “me-better,” or “me-bigger” competitiveness. fast, simple, immediate, critical; and also: annual, seasonal, regional, local or personal. They also involve a wide range of media: from simple electrode charts, gas comparison listings, cylinder identification charts, decimal equivalent table or spark characteristics posters; to monthly calendars, special sales fliers or brochures, product and equipment labels and signs, company vehicle decals, or sales counter displays for seasonal products. Producing the smaller items in between the larger, more expensive projects has become essential to our cost savings.

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