Will You Find Your Next Manufacturing Customer, or Will Your Next Customer Find You?

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders

Whether you rely on inbound marketing, outbound marketing, or a combination of both, sourcing new customers can be a hassle. But it’s how you grow your business, so you can’t give up. Thomas™, a Xometry company, is America’s #1 industrial sourcing platform and marketing powerhouse. It could also be your #1 driver of new customers. Thomas™ President Shawn Fitzgerald shares how in this episode of MakingChips. Because if you’re not gaining new customers, you’re not making chips, and if you’re not making chips—you’re not making money! BAM!

– Nick

Segments

• [2:54] The exciting things happening in ours lives
• [5:13] Learn all about what’s happening at IMTS
• [6:27] Manufacturing News: Reverse Logistics Booms
• [9:25] Shawn Fitzgerald’s origin story
• [14:53] Learn more about the evolution of Thomas
• [17:42] How Thomas works for buyers and suppliers
• [27:50] Inbound, outbound, and account-based marketing
• [?:??] A discussion about what’s most-sourced
• [35:09] Thomas is a single-source platform to get everything you need
• [37:41] How Thomas and Xometry transformed someone’s business
• [39:10] What’s happening next at Thomas and Xometry?

Resources mentioned on this episode

• Don’t miss IMTS 2022!
• Thomas
• Reverse Logistics Booms as Americans Return 17% of All Retail Purchases
• Connect with Shawn Fitzgerald on LinkedIn
• Wonder

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