TBG Operations, The Anti-Agency

Marketing agency for steel and metalwork companies

Marketing for a steel or metalwork company works when your website answers the way steel is bought: by grade, standard, product form, certificate and delivery. Buyers search with those words and judge you on whether the data and paperwork are easy to find.

[ What we do ]

How we help in steel and metalwork.

[ What matters here ]

What buyers in this industry care about.

  • The buying group has different checkers

    A purchasing manager compares price and delivery, an engineer or inspector checks the grade and certificate, and a project or plant lead signs off.

  • Grade, standard and form are the search language

    Buyers name the material rather than the company: a grade designation, a standard such as EN 10025-1 for hot rolled structural steels, a product form, a size.

  • The certificate is a trust signal and a compliance need

    EN 10204 sets the types of inspection document for metallic products.

  • Decisions are slow and repeat business matters

    A new supplier usually has to be approved, sampled or audited before a first order.

[ Results ]

Work in this space.

[ Questions ]

Good to know.

How do steel buyers search for suppliers online?

Mostly by specification: a grade, a standard, a product form, a size, sometimes a certificate type, often with a place or a delivery word. Supplier searches often come later, once the buyer has checked what the material needs. That is why grade and product-form pages matter more than a general company page.

Which website pages matter most for a steel company?

Grade and product-form pages with real data in text, a page that explains the inspection documents you issue, a capability page for processing and testing, and a quotation form that asks for the specification. The home page matters less than these because buyers land on them from search.

Does Google Ads work for steel?

It can, mainly for stockists and processors with standard products and clear searches. It is harder for made-to-order mill products. Results depend on how narrow the campaigns are and how well the landing page asks for a specification, so we scope it after the diagnosis and promise no result.

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