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Strategic industrial B2B marketing. Manufacturing, mining, engineering, defence and energy. Celebrating 10 years. .CLUB 📕Coming 2026.

The Measured Marketer is a boutique consultancy firm providing high-end strategic advice in marketing and digital marketing to a range of clients across multiple industries. The Measured Marketer provides realistic, practical, and proactive value-for-money marketing strategies that generate significant ROI for clients.

23/06/2026

I spent a full day last week with five excellent Central Coast , all working on the same problem. How to attract more women into their businesses.

One of them had recently run a job ad and 235 people applied (yay!). Seven were women (boo!). That tells you where the problem actually sits. Women are reading these ads and deciding the job is not for them before anyone gets a chance to say otherwise.

So we spent the day on one question... When a woman scans your careers page, your job ad, your socials, what does she actually see?

The same thing came up every time. The product is always visible. The workplace is not.

These businesses have real culture. Long tenure, people who stay, teams that look after each other. None of it was showing up for a candidate doing a thirty-second scan.

The culture is real. It just is not legible. And if she cannot see it, it may as well not exist.

The fix is not a rebrand. It is making the workplace easier to see, easier to believe, and easier to act on.

Best part of the day was watching them pull their own proof points out into the open. The material was always there. Nobody had told them it counts.

This is the work I care about most. Industrial businesses are some of the most credible operators in the country, and some of the worst at showing it. We're working on that at The Measured Marketer, and BRAG.CLUB will help!

HUGE thank you to Central Coast Group Training and Alison Cook for leading ManufactHER, and what I believe to be the best of the best under the Australian Government's Building Women's Careers (BWC) program, Grifco ANZ for hosting, and the cohort for showing up ready to challenge how it has always been done.

30/03/2026

As this month of marking ten years draws to a close, I have been reflecting on what it really means to build a business over time.

It requires staying curious as markets shift and industries evolve. It requires the humility to refinine your thinking when experience shows that you were wrong. And it requires lifting your own standards continuously, particularly as the businesses you work alongside raise theirs.

Over time you also realise how important it is to surround yourself with capable, thoughtful people who genuinely care about the outcome, because good work is rarely the result of one person alone.

In industrial and B2B environments, longevity is never assumed. It is earned through consistency, trust and the ability to contribute meaningfully to complex commercial conversations.

To the clients who have trusted TMM with those conversations over the years, thank you.

To the team members who have contributed across different chapters of the business, thank you.

And to the broader industrial community that continues to build, manufacture, engineer and innovate quietly across Australia, thank you for allowing us to play a small role in helping articulate the value of what you do.

Ten years in, the work continues.

Only now with deeper experience, higher standards, and an even greater appreciation for the industries we work alongside.

Jacqui

29/03/2026

TMM turns 10 ✨

BRAG begins ❤️🩷

Ten years ago, The Measured Marketer was built to help industrial and B2B organisations define their direction and refine their results. That work continues, and if anything, it becomes more important as markets become more complex and expectations continue to rise.

But over the past decade, one pattern has become impossible to ignore.

Industrial businesses and the marketers inside them are often navigating enormous complexity without clear guidance on what good actually looks like in this environment. Not consumer marketing. Not theory. But the kind of marketing required when you are selling multi-million dollar equipment into remote sites, bidding into defence supply chains or building long-term infrastructure capability.

The work we do through TMM helps organisations tackle that challenge inside their own businesses.

BRAG grows from the same place, but with a broader purpose.

It starts with a book. It grows into something bigger.

It is built for industrial businesses that are done being invisible.

TMM continues to do the work with clients.

BRAG expands the conversation around it.

Both are focused on the same goal… helping industrial businesses, and the marketers inside them, build strong visibility, credibility and growth.

If you would like to be part of that next chapter, the waitlist is open.

www.brag.club

Jacqui

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25/03/2026

There is another reality inside industrial businesses that rarely gets acknowledged.

The marketer.

Sometimes they arrive with formal training. Sometimes they inherit the function because no one else in the business has the time or appetite to take it on. Either way, they often find themselves trying to apply consumer marketing tactics in environments where the sales cycle can stretch well beyond a year and the contracts being pursued are measured in millions.

They are asked to “generate leads” for highly technical solutions that require trust, engineering credibility and multiple layers of approval before a conversation even begins.

They are expected to build brand presence in sectors where procurement frameworks frequently determine who makes the shortlist long before marketing has a chance to influence the conversation. At the same time, they are often assessed against short-term marketing metrics inside organisations that actually win work through long-term relationships and reputation.

The reality is that much of what traditional marketing education teaches does not translate neatly into these environments. Industrial B2B markets operate differently, yet there are very few places where marketing in sectors like mining, defence, energy or advanced manufacturing is taught in a way that reflects the complexity of how these businesses actually sell.

As a result, many of the marketers working inside these organisations end up figuring it out themselves, learning through trial, error and a significant amount of persistence.

After spending more than a decade working alongside these professionals, I have become increasingly convinced that they deserve clearer guidance on what good marketing actually looks like in this context. Not louder marketing, and certainly not trend-driven tactics that were designed for entirely different markets, but thoughtful, practical approaches grounded in how industrial buying decisions are really made.

BRAG is being written for them as much as it is for the business owner.

If that sounds familiar, the waitlist is open.

www.brag.club

Jacqui

23/03/2026

After ten years working inside industrial and B2B organisations, I understand something very clearly about business owners in this space.

You are not looking for “more marketing.” You are looking for more business confidence.

Confidence that when you are selling a $3 million piece of equipment into the Pilbara, or bidding into a defence supply chain, or expanding into a new energy project, the way your business presents itself reflects the seriousness of what you do.

Confidence that the website does not undersell the capability.

Confidence that the messaging does not dilute decades of technical depth.

Confidence that the investment in marketing is proportionate to the scale of the opportunity.
Industrial leaders do not want noise. They want marketing that would stand up in a boardroom and in front of procurement.

The reality is, very few have ever been shown what “good” actually looks like in complex B2B environments. It is not covered properly at university, and it is rarely modelled well in-market. It is often learned the hard way.

That gap is one of the reasons BRAG is being written. It is about defining what good industrial marketing looks like when the stakes are high.

BRAG launches in 2026.

If you want to be first to see it, the waitlist is open.

www.brag.club

Jacqui

18/03/2026

One phrase I have heard repeatedly over the past decade is this:

“We’re probably the best kept secret in our industry.”

It is usually said with a hint of pride. It should not be.

In complex B2B sectors, being a best kept secret is not humility. It is a risk. If the right buyers cannot find you, understand you or differentiate you, you are not competing at your full potential.

Industrial businesses build infrastructure, manufacture critical components and support national supply chains. The work is significant and the impact is real.

Yet the articulation of that value is often fragmented, inconsistent or left to chance.

Ten years inside these environments has reinforced something for me: Marketing in industrial businesses cannot be reactive. It cannot be decorative. And it cannot be occasional.

It must be deliberate.

That belief is shaping what comes next.

BRAG.CLUB the book launches in 2026. It is being written specifically for industrial businesses that are done being invisible.

If you would like to be part of that conversation, the waitlist is open.

www.brag.club

Jacqui ❤️🩷

16/03/2026

Ten years working in industrial and B2B marketing gives you perspective.

Mostly, you start noticing patterns.

Brilliant technical businesses that struggle to explain what they do.
Marketing sitting with one person internally, expected to somehow do… everything.
And a lot of organisations still hoping word of mouth will take care of growth.

Now, word of mouth is wonderful. I love a referral as much as the next person.

But it’s not a strategy.

Technical brilliance doesn’t automatically translate into commercial clarity. And without structure, marketing becomes a lot of activity… without much direction.

Over time you learn that strategy without measurement is guesswork.
And activity without direction is just noise.

The frustrating part is that many of the most capable businesses in sectors like manufacturing, engineering, mining and defence remain largely invisible to the markets they’re trying to reach.

They deserve better marketing than that.

Ten years in, I’ve formed a few views on what actually works (and what doesn’t). I’ve shared a short reflection on the TMM blog.

If you operate in this world, you might find it useful.

https://www.themeasuredmarketer.com.au/10-things-weve-learned-working-inside-industrial-b2b/

Jacqui

12/03/2026

Ten years is long enough for a business to grow up.

The Measured Marketer today is very different to the one that began in 2016. The team has evolved, our client base has matured and the industries we serve have become more complex. It is also fair to say that expectations of marketing itself have shifted significantly during that time.

In the early days, much of our work involved helping businesses step confidently into the digital environment. Websites needed rebuilding, social platforms were emerging and the language of online marketing was still unfamiliar to many industrial and professional services firms.

Today the conversations sit at a different level. They centre on positioning in competitive markets, expansion into new sectors, diversification strategies, ESG and EVP narratives, defence supply chains and how marketing activity translates into measurable commercial return.

Through that change, one principle has remained constant: rigour. We start with research, build strategy before tactics and report on what genuinely matters to the commercial health of a business.

And alongside that rigour, we have always believed industrial businesses deserve something more than functional marketing. They deserve clarity, confidence and presence. They deserve marketing that reflects the significance of the work they do.

If that means bringing a little sparkle to complex environments, it is always sparkle with substance.

That evolution has not happened by chance. It has been deliberate, considered and, at times, hard won.

The next chapter is already underway.

BRAG.CLUB , the book launches in 2026. It reflects a decade inside complex industrial organisations and sets a higher standard for how marketing should operate in those environments.

We are opening the waitlist now.

www.brag.club

Jacqui

10/03/2026

If you spend long enough in B2B industrial marketing, you realise quickly that it is rarely glamorous.

It involves early site visits, safety inductions, long drives to wherever the customer happens to be, and detailed conversations about supply chains, production bottlenecks and tender processes. It means sitting with engineers and operators and translating what they do into language that boards and buyers can understand without diluting the technical integrity behind it.

Over the past ten years, much of our work has happened away from the spotlight. In workshops, in hot sheds, in manufacturing plants, and, in meeting rooms where significant growth decisions were being made.

Industrial businesses do extraordinary things. They build infrastructure, power communities and manufacture complex solutions that keep supply chains moving. Their impact is often felt far beyond the factory floor.

Our role has never been to decorate that work. It has been to understand it deeply enough to articulate its value clearly and commercially, so that the right people recognise its significance.
That requires listening carefully, asking better questions, measuring properly and reporting honestly.

The images here are a small cross-section of that decade. They are not a highlight reel. They simply reflect the work.

Jacqui ❤️🩷

09/03/2026

Ten years ago, The Measured Marketer began with a simple belief: marketing should make commercial sense.
Since 2016, we have worked alongside manufacturers, engineers, defence contractors, health providers and growing SMEs across the region and beyond. We have built research-led strategies, reporting frameworks and provided CMO-level guidance designed to help businesses define their direction and refine their results.
Over a decade, the business has evolved, as all good businesses do. The team has changed. Clients have grown. Markets have shifted. What has remained constant is the standard of thinking behind the work.
To the many people who have contributed to TMM over the years, thank you. Some were here for long stretches, others for important chapters. Each played a role in shaping what the business has become.
And to our clients, thank you for trusting us at critical points in your growth. Sitting at the table with you as you navigate complexity, ambition and change has been a privilege.
As we mark this milestone, we are quietly opening the waitlist for something new.
BRAG is being written.
It is a book for industrial and B2B businesses that are done being the best-kept secret in their field. It reflects a decade of work inside complex industries and a belief that structured, commercially grounded marketing should not be optional.
If that resonates, you can join the waitlist via the link in bio.
Ten years in, the work continues. Just on a bigger stage.
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