Where have all the welders gone?
In the manufacturing industry, skilled welders hold great significance. Therefore, recent news articles citing a general decline of skilled welders even with prevailing high unemployment rates, presents an interesting conundrum. Finding qualified welders is difficult enough, but finding experienced welders is even more so. This is not just a problem in the United States; a […]
Making friends one six pack at a time!
That was in Harry’s own words. Harry Davidson and Sid Blache, our Business Development Managers, as well as myself, have been doing the beer rounds this past October. Our beer rounds have been taking place at beer conventions exchanging business cards and networking rather than guzzling down a six-pack at your friendly neighborhood bars and […]
Bluff Manufacturing’s Distributors Portal is now open for business!
Sometime in August, we blogged about the importance of having a personalized online account in e-commerce sales and we tried to drop a few hints about a wonderful online resource we were building for our distributors. Well, without much further ado, let me present Phase I of Bluff Manufacturing’s Distributor’s Portal. This will be your […]
Did you ‘hear’ my email? There’s an app for that!
The last thing you want to be texting before getting into a crash is “Omg!” A blog we wrote two weeks ago highlighted the risk of traveling in unfamiliar places and asked our readers to give us tips that would help road warriors stay safe. This week we’re focusing on another road hazard – texting […]
The Adventures of the Traveling Bluff Yard Ramp
It always takes marketing genius to come up with unique solutions. At Bluff Manufacturing, our yard ramps ship out weekly to different locations throughout the United States. These gargantuan yard ramps measure 6 – 7 feet in width, 30-36 feet in length and weigh up to 7,000 pounds with capacities ranging to 60,000 pounds. Because […]
Made in America!
For the longest time, manufacturing was the backbone of American society. That is until most of these jobs were transferred overseas. However you slice and dice the economics of the manufacturing sector, it definitely hurt a lot of Americans who lost their jobs. Today, America is trying to bring these jobs back to American shores […]
Falling leaves signal the end of the third quarter of 2010!
While we’re still enjoying relatively warm weather here in Texas and other parts of the Southwest, temperatures are rapidly dropping in and around other parts of the country. Living in Texas makes it easy to forget that summer is officially over and fall is already here! And if the Labor Day weekend didn’t mark the […]
A penny for your thoughts, and a whole lot more for your feedback!
Sales and Marketing are two sides of the same coin. Two business functions that have their own distinctive roles yet are so closely connected. They both depend heavily on each other to develop and grow business; however sometimes there are huge chasms between them. The biggest gap appears to be in communication and exchange of […]
Business cards and mailing lists
With so much online chatter and buzz generated through social media, I found myself reading an interesting discussion: Do you automatically add business cards you exchange at networking events to your online mailing list? The answers were varied and the discussion heated. As a marketing professional myself, I am well aware that we walk a […]
Find us on Facebook!
Let’s face it – we are in the age of Facebook. Time as we know it will be measured as life-before-Facebook and life-after-Facebook. Facebook has become the Internet revolution unlike any other social media in that it is by far the most successful with over 500 million active users out of whom 50% login everyday. These […]
