HELLO, I’M ALAN
Sales Enablement Copywriter
Is Your Industrial Sales Pipeline Stalled?
B2B manufacturing sales reps who engage buyers with educational, relevant content throughout the buyer journey are twice as likely to hit quota. The trouble is, they lack the time and expertise to create this content. So, they hire me. Or, to be more accurate, their industrial marketing agency hires me. I write sales enablement content that educates, differentiates and adds value throughout the industrial sales pipeline.
Need copy & content that leads to contracts?
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of marketers say converting leads into customers is their top priority
%
of a sales rep's time is wasted creating or looking for content to share with prospects
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of content created by marketing is ignored by sales reps and never shown to prospects
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more sales-ready leads is what firms generate by investing in sales-driven lead nurturing
My Industrial Copywriting Services
Sales Enablement Content
I write buyer-facing and internal-facing sales enablement content that B2B sales teams use to engage prospects and win deals.
Lead Nurture Campaigns
I write email follow-up campaigns that B2B sales teams use to nurture leads until they’re ready for a sales conversation.
Lead Nurture Audits
I help you boost the effectiveness of your B2B lead-nurture campaigns by detailing what you need to start doing differently.
Does your sales team need relevant, insightful, lead-nurturing content that helps them hit quota sooner?
Glad to hear it.
Years copywriting
Copywriting clients
Wrote 1st software ad
Hair left
What products & services do I help you sell?
Glad you asked.
APM
Portal to help Fortune 500 firm equip its channel partners sell asset performance management suite
Pulp & Paper
Promo video script to generate leads for wet-end control solution from global process automation vendor
MedTech
DCS
Website, pitch deck and brochure to generate leads for leading supplier of distributed control systems
ERP
Cloud
UX
Supply Chain
Cranes
Sales webpages promoting a variety of industrial overhead cranes for global manufacturer
Energy
Multiple blog posts to drive traffic for automated document parsing and reconciliation application
Infosec
Blog posts to nurture leads who need anti-virus protection for their SAP systems
3D CAD
Blog post to generate leads for a software manufacturer’s 3D comparative model validation tool
Augmented Reality
Customer-facing sales deck and internal-facing sales tips & tacics for augmented reality field procedures
Process Power
Customer-facing sales deck and internal-facing sales tips & tacics for process power management
Elevators
LinkedIn ads and presentation deck for webinar hosted by manufacturer of freight elevator doors
ERP Add-Ons
Sales pages for firm that creates industry-vertical-specific adds-on for the Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP platform
Industrial Automation
Customer-facing sales deck and brochure for web inspection system for pulp & paper industry
Oil & Gas
FAQ document for a firm that offers certified turnaround inspection services to the oil & gas industry
Four reasons manufacturers (or their marketing agencies) hire me
B2B
I specialize in writing copy & content for long B2B sales cycles
Complexity
Manufacturing
I speak the language of discrete and process manufacturing
Strategy
I uncover strategic insights that turn content into contracts
Need copy written really badly?
If you’re a B2B manufacturer or supplier into this space that needs a sales enablement content writer like there’s no tomorrow, call me. Before tomorrow. You’ll be glad to learn that in the 31 years that I’ve been writing cold emails, case studies, lead-nurturing downloads and sales decks, I’ve developed a reputation for being good and fast. In that order. So if you need compelling lead-nurturing content really badly, call me today.
Case Studies
Testimonials
This is the only part of my website that I didn’t write. It features candid observations from some of my satisfied clients. Their remarks are, without exception, positive. Go figure.
Boost sales team productivity.
Hit your numbers.
Get the corner office.
Latest posts from my B2B sales enablement blog
Boost Email Marketing Open Rates by Sounding Like Grandma in Your Direct Email Advertising
The secret to persuading your customers to open and read your direct email marketing messages is to make them sound like a note from grandma. Your customers receive three kinds of email: 1. Email from family and friends--personal. 2. Email from colleagues and...
Direct Mail Marketing Agency Copywriter Says “Start at the Start” with Sales Letters.
Call me a dunce, but I can't write a single line of copy until I write my opening paragraph. Unlike many successful copywriters, I can't follow the advice of the many direct mail copywriting gurus who suggest I write the reply device first because that's the tool that...
Boost Your Direct Mail Marketing Response Rates with Unilateral Offers, Says Direct Response Agency
Direct mail marketing rules are made to be broken, or so I'm told. So break this one and see what happens. Direct mail pundits, me included, recommend that all your direct mail pieces have an offer. The offer, as you know, is the incentive that you give prospects to...
Stamps Boost Response Rates Over Metered Postage and Indicias in Direct Mail Marketing
Direct mail fundraisers learned long ago that stamps boost response rates. Maybe the same will work for your sales letters. Why not test and find out? In split-run tests, non-profit organizations have discovered that an envelope bearing a row of commemorative stamps...
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Are you a sales-driven, B2B technology firm that needs sales content that leads to contracts? Let's talk.