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Think about it. How often do your best prospects actually look for a new

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buyers don’t take lightly. On top of that, just how many

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looking for exactly what you offer, where you offer it?

For most suppliers, ideal new customers are few

and far between. So when that perfect prospect decides

it’s the right time to get serious about supplier

discovery, you need to be in the right place, sharing the

right information they need to put you on their shortlist.

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Be there at the right time

So when do buyers look for a new supplier?

It could be when:

You can’t predict when these things might happen. The “right time” could come

at any time. But when it does come, buyers and engineers are doing their supplier

discovery online. And, time and again, they’re doing it on ThomasNet.com.*

They need new or replacement

capital equipment

They have quality, reliability or

pricing issues with a supplier

An existing supplier

goes out of business

They’re reshoring their

manufacturing operations

back to U.S. soil

* 93% of the Fortune 500 source on ThomasNet.com - 2014 ThomasNet.com visitor data

They’re introducing a new

product line or service

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Be in the right place

ThomasNet.com is industry’s leading

supplier discovery platform.

- Hitwise/Experian

This is where click numbers can

pile up, but with very few of them

resulting in serious RFQs. A great

deal of the traffic out here simply

is not yet ready to buy.

This is where you’ll find buyers

that are serious about supplier

discovery – and it’s where they’ll

find you. Here’s where the

shortlist process begins.

Will you be one of the few to get

an RFQ? Or one of the fewer

still to be asked for a prototype

or trial? Perhaps, but only if you

stand out in the “sourcing” zone.

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THE “SOURCING”

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The road to getting selected is jam-packed with your competitors.

Put yourself in a position to stand out and get found where serious

supplier discovery happens: the “sourcing” zone.

A NEW CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP

This is where supplier

discovery ends and a long-term

partnership begins.

THE “DECISION”

ZONE

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Provide the right information

Today’s buyers assemble their shortlists online before ever picking up the

phone. They do it on ThomasNet.com because this is where they can find your:

• Company Information

• Detailed Product Specs

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• Key Personnel

• Locations Info

• Sales Data

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• Marketing Messages

• Social Media Links

And more

ThomasNet.com is the only platform that lets you promote

all this detailed content to buyers. They love it because they

can find, vet, compare, shortlist and contact suppliers all

from one powerful, convenient, FREE platform.

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Engineers. Purchasing agents. Plant managers. MRO buyers. They come to

ThomasNet.com specifically to find new

suppliers. They keep coming back because we

give them everything they need to do it right.

When they come looking for what you offer,

here’s how to make sure they can find you:Position yourself where your best prospects are looking

Rank high in product/service categories that align with your specific business goals

Promote your strongest content

Fill your ThomasNet.com Company Profile with the

detailed content buyers and engineers need

Differentiate yourself from the competition

Stand out with a Company Profile ad that conveys your most powerful selling points

Get found on ThomasNet.com

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information buyers and engineers

need to put you on their shortlists.

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Tracy Tenpenny, VP, Sales, Marketing & InnovationTailored Label Products

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Start getting found. It’s easy.Promote your business on ThomasNet.com. It’s the right way

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