#SALES

MMT Chats: Simple Steps to Get Your Social Media Campaign Started

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges catches up with Gail Now’s Chief Curiosity Officer Gail Robertson. We talk about the importance of using the curiosity tool to tell your stories as part of a marketing strategy that includes social media.   This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
#sales #basics #FAQ

Business Strategy

Editorial Advisory Board 2023-2026: Camille Sackett, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Accede Mold & Tool

The 2023-2026 version of MoldMaking Technology's EAB features a new crew of industry professionals. Meet Camille Sackett
#sales #editorialboardinsight

NEWS

Sodick Partners with Merrifield Machinery Solutions in Eastern Michigan

Merrifield is welcomed under the umbrella of Sodick machine tool distributors, bringing customers more than 15 years of experience in machine tool sales and support.  
#sales

Business Strategy

IMTS+ Creators Lounge: Sharing the Stories of Moldmaking

Founder/CEO of Industrial Strength Marketing James Soto welcomed MoldMaking Technology editorial director Christina Fuges into the IMTS+ Creators Lounge to talk about sharing the stories of manufacturing using social media and digital tools. 
#ICYMI #sales

Workforce Development

MMT Chats: American Mold Builders Association on Best Practices for Employee Attraction and Hiring

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges sits down with AMBA’s Managing Director Kym Conis and the Director of Strategic Execution Rachael Pfenninger to discuss its Employee Attraction and Hiring Playbook and the Workforce Development Task Force. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently. 
#ICYMI #sales #leadership

Business Strategy

MMT Chats: Applying Bench Lessons to the Business of Moldmaking

For this MMT Chat, my guest is Mark Gauvain, one of MMT’s newer Editorial Advisory Board members who has plenty to share as he recently made the move from working for some big manufacturers to working for himself as a consultant to moldmakers and molders on procurement and technology investment strategies.
#consumer #industry40 #packaging

NEWS

PCS Company Reveals Personnel Changes

Kelly Beauchamp joins the product marketing team as a product manager, and Ken Berger is appointed to application engineer.
#sales

Workforce Development

MMT Chats: Marketing’s Impact on Mold Manufacturing

Kelly Kasner, Director of Sales and Marketing for Michiana Global Mold (MGM) talks about the benefits her marketing and advertising, MGM’s China partnership and the next-generation skills gap. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.  
#sales #marketing #leadership

Business Strategy

MMT Chats: Earning a "Masters of Business" in Four Months?

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges chats with Joe Cherluck, President of Best Tool & Engineering about transforming his mold shop into a mold business with a free “masters of business” that covers managing growth, money metrics, leadership, marketing, sales and negotiation. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
#sales #leadership

Business Strategy

Four-Step Formula for Mold Builders to Use in Their Marketing That Increases Sales

The most common marketing mistakes, some key marketing questions to land new business and how the Theory of Constraints applies to marketing within the small to midsize manufacturer.  
#sales

Workforce Development

Lessons from a Nine-Year Succession Plan

Small business shop owners share the four keys to transitioning a family manufacturing business.
#education #sales #leadership

Workforce Development

VIDEO: A Look at the Acceleration of the Workforce 2030 Dilemma

Human resources and marketing play a critical role in facing the challenges the pandemic has accelerated for the industry’s 2030 workforce challenge in North America.
#basics #FAQ #sales

Videos Answer Hot-Topic Moldmaking Questions

Eight questions MoldMaking Technology asks industry experts about CNC controls, the changing training landscape, the human resources and marketing keys to workforce development, predictive engineering, data, visual search, OEE monitoring and additive venting.
#editorial #sales #conformalcooling

MMT Chats: 5 in 5 with Michiana Global Mold

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Christina Fuges has a quick 5-minute chat with Kelly Kasner, Director of Sales and Marketing for Michiana Global Mold on five best practices for improving efficiencies. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
#regulations #sales

Business Strategy

How to Sell Your Service

When selling your moldmaking services, it’s important to remember that all prospects are just like you. The gut check and the human touch are just a few ways to properly build those relationships.    
#sales #marketing #basics

Business Strategy

How to Market on a Budget

The director of sales and marketing for an Indiana-based mold builder shares how to develop a low-cost marketing strategy.
#sales #basics #FAQ

Business Strategy

The New Moldmaking Business Model

Developing a strategic view for your moldmaking business is the first step in building an appropriate business model. 
#industry40 #basics #FAQ

Machining

ICYMI--MMT Chats: Hot Rods, Performance, Predictable Manufacturing and Building a Legacy

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges chats with three team members of Eden Tool Company and Eden Manufacturing to learn the "details" about how this mold builder also became a manufacturer of engineered medical components. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
#medical #sales #fiveaxis

Business Strategy

How to Sell Your Moldmaking Service

Moldmaking is a community based on relationships that help sell the services each mold builder provides, and here’s why.
#sales #basics #FAQ

MMT Chats: The Merging, Marketing and Manpower of a Moldmaking/Molding Company

For this MMT Chat, my guest is Andy Peterson CEO of Pyramid Molding Group (Industrial Molds and Pyramid Plastics) in Rockford, Illinois, who shares his take on the strengths of bringing a mold shop and molding facility together under one group.
#sales