Content marketing

Introducing the Content Marketing 50: Manufacturing Edition [Infographic]

Marketers in the manufacturing industry, especially in the B2B segment, place a premium on getting their message in front of their target audiences. To get their messages in front of the right people, manufacturing marketers are embracing content marketing --– and content marketing on LinkedIn in particular.

Previously, we had examined the most influential brands on LinkedIn and published a list of the top 10 here. Now we’re taking a deeper dive into how leading marketers in the manufacturing sector are using the LinkedIn platform. Introducing “The Content Marketing 50: Manufacturing Edition.” In this infographic, we’ve identified the 50 most effective manufacturing brands when it comes to using the LinkedIn platform to engage, educate, and inspire their target audience. Not only do these marquee names know how to position their brand and products with engaging and comment-worthy content on LinkedIn, they also know their audience – and where to find them.  

The top 50 most influential manufacturing brands on LinkedIn were determined using the LinkedIn Content Marketing Score.

A brand’s Content Marketing Score is calculated by measuring the ratio between the total target audience and the unique users that engaged with the content so far in 2015. The Content Marketing Score evaluates all content-based activities on the LinkedIn platform, such as Company Page updates, employee shares, Sponsored Updates, and Influencer and employee posts through self Publishing on LinkedIn.

The 50 most influential manufacturing brands on LinkedIn shared some common best practices:

  • 90% of the 50 top manufacturing brands have employees sharing and posting content on their networks
  • 100% regularly share updates on their LinkedIn Company Page with the top brands averaging 11 posts per week.
  • 90% invest in LinkedIn Sponsored Updates to give their brands a consistent presence in the LinkedIn feeds of their target audiences.

What do these numbers mean? They mean that the top 50 manufacturing brands on LinkedIn are using a mix of reach, frequency, and engagement to reach their audiences – and boost their CMS score. These brands are encouraging their employees to share and post content on LinkedIn, thus allowing them to act like influencers and boost the reach and engagement. Additionally, they are posting frequently, consistently and in a timely manner in a way that is relevant to their audiences. In fact, the most effective LinkedIn marketers take an always-on approach to content. This approach helps to keep them front-of-mind among high-value consumers – but it also ensures that those consumers feel uniquely informed about the brands they identify with. When LinkedIn members follow the company pages of top brands, it ensures that they are among the first to know about new announcements and new products

Based on their content marketing scores in 2015, here are the top 10 most influential manufacturing brands on LinkedIn:

  1. BP
  2. Toshiba Corporation
  3. Toshiba Smart Community
  4. Shell
  5. General Electric
  6. Siemens
  7. Tesla Motors
  8. Chevron
  9. Schneider Electric
  10. General Motors

Did your brand make the top 50? Did your competitors? To view the entire top 50, download “The Content Marketing 50: Manufacturing Edition” infographic.