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Rocket Content – Your B2B Secret Weapon

Convince & Convert

Tweet Guest post by Ian Greenleigh , the Social Media Manager at Bazaarvoice – the market and technology leader in hosted social commerce applications. There’s no doubt about it, those of us tasked with enterprise-level B2B marketing have some incredible hurdles to overcome. He also blogs at Dare to Comment.

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The Social Media ROI Debate

Webbiquity SMM

Can the financial return on expenditures for social media business activities– in marketing, PR, customer support, HR, product development or other areas — be accurately measured? Among social media pundits, the debate rages on. Among social media pundits, the debate rages on.

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89% of CMOs Say Social Data Has Influenced Their Decisions

The Realtime Report

A recent study of 100 CMOs by Bazaarvoice reveals that nearly half of CMOs have used social data to make predictions or forecasts. The survey asked members of the CMO Club (a forum for top marketing executives) how they value social data, as reported by MIT Sloan Management Review. Do you agree?

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Word of mouth marketing: how to drive conversations and sales at the same time

Sprout Social

Companies with plenty of positive buzz and frequent social mentions grow rapidly in the age of social media. Here are the most common types of word of mouth marketing that consumers encounter in the wild: Social shout-outs. Either on-site, social media, Google or third-party review aggregators. Review sites?

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How to Make the Zero Moment of Truth Work for You

Buzz Marketing for Technology

According to a Bazaarvoice study, 80% of online reviews on a given retail site are written by the top 20% of the site’s most committed and loyal customers. Try adding a YouTube channel to your social media arsenal. Increase the reach of your TV advertisements by posting them online. Brand Consistency. Personalization.

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Social Pros 6 – Instagram Lessons from a Giant B2B Company

Convince & Convert

This is Episode 6 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. This episode features Jonathan Wichmann the head of social media for Maersk Line , the world’s largest container shipping company. I can’t do social media.” The RSS feed is: [link].

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Social Pros 8 – Ian Greenleigh of Bazaarvoice

Convince & Convert

This is Episode 8 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. This episode features Ian Greenleigh , the Manager of Content and Social Strategy for Bazaarvoice. Read on for insights from Ian,, and Eric’s Social Media Stat of the Week (this week: an UNstat!).