Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

When it’s time to launch a B2B marketing campaign on social media, LinkedIn seems like the obvious platform of choice. There’s no mystery why B2B marketers keep flocking to it – it simply works. By the numbers , LinkedIn is supposedly the best social media platform for B2B lead generation. . Not so much. billion users.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

For B2B brands, social media is growing in importance: 66% of B2B marketers report that LinkedIn is effective, 66% say they plan to boost their organic usage of Instagram, and 56% rate YouTube as important to overall brands success ( Articulate ). Source: Hubspot Facebook. PRIORITY PLATFORM: Facebook and Instagram Advertising.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 20, 2012

This post will depress all the Facebook Ninjas who’ve drunk the Facebook Koolaid. One that could have a vibrant Facebook community, if they could just get to that point. But their Facebook Page has just 23 fans so far. Three of those are my two Facebook accounts, and the third is that of my partner.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Trust is not a new thing in the world of sales either – its a fact that people enjoy buying from people that they trust and in B2B Marketing part of our job is to shorten the time spent building trust so sales can have an easier time and focus on selling. This is actually good news for the B2B Marketer. Share this on Facebook.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 28, 2010

If you ask the members of my leadership team – they will tell you I keep talking about how I think we have B2B Marketing backward. If you look at the interview I did with Sean Geehan – he talked about the typical number of customers in B2C versus B2B and the high concentration we have in B2B that account for the most of the revenues.

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Keyhole.co

JANUARY 27, 2023

Social media is quickly becoming the go-to method medium for B2B marketers looking to promote their business. In fact, a study by the International Data Corporation found that 75% of B2B buyers use social media to make purchasing decisions. This has made producing social media content a top priority for 95% of B2B marketers.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

JUNE 8, 2023

Brands have many reasons to move away from the social media giant Facebook. From its slowing growth to its constant algorithmic changes , the environment on Facebook gets more challenging every day. But despite all of these reasons to move away from Facebook, there is no denying the platform’s continued influence.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 22, 2018

Facebook is an excellent sales platform, as it offers a huge potential audience you can reach with relative ease. Here’s how you can improve your sales and get ahead on Facebook. Write Excellent Content. You need to create content your audience will want to read, and share. Share All Your Content On Facebook.

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 9, 2023

Tip 2: Identify and Understand Your Target Audience Defining your ideal client profile or B2B buy persona is vital to setting effective and achievable social media marketing goals. Doing that research and analysis up front will enable you to develop content that will resonate with them and drive them to take action.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 25, 2014

jtroyer Tweet This Giving Back to Your Top Influencers Back in 2003, VMware ‘s online community was centered around a forum. Today, despite the fractured social media landscape, their community still has one central home on the web: the VMware Community site. See you next week!

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Pam Moore

JUNE 2, 2017

We have been working the past year on a game changing online social media training academy and member community to help solve your biggest problems and challenges related to social media marketing, digital marketing, and branding. Step 2: Enroll / buy your virtual seat and you will be inside the academy and community within minutes!

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As noted in the 2016 B2B Marketing Trends report , B2B marketing strategies and practices are in the midst of significant change, driven by new technologies and evolving buyer expectations for more “consumer-like” experiences. B2B marketing budgets are shifting to digital and social. B2B messaging gets personal.

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 21, 2022

With that in mind, here are seven ways a B2B brand can increase its influence across various marketing platforms and realize the resulting benefits. Keep in mind different social platforms have different content requirements, and ultimately cater to different business goals. Create On-Site SEO Content.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Social media managers create innovative, high-quality content to engage followers and grow their company’s social media presence. For example, keeping your audience’s attention with short- and long-form video content has become a much larger priority in recent years. Focus on community engagement.

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 4, 2023

Our research among 4,000 US respondents ages 18-75 reveals that out of 10 social media platforms, only Facebook is primarily associated with serving social connection. Social connection: Facebook is about connecting and bonding; it is the only platform primarily associated with the ostensible purpose of “social” media.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 26, 2014

So the question is–are there things that today’s B2B marketers can learn from history, specifically, the tremendous success of Facebook and the rise, fall and possible resurrection of Myspace? How can the respective histories and behaviors of these two companies inform the best practices for B2B marketers?

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 22, 2024

First is the increased focus on tools to enable sponsored content and improved analytics for tracking its performance. He shared that he’s started to work with brands on sponsored content on LinkedIn and had more inquiries from companies interested in partnering with him on sponsored posts and newsletters.  

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2023

Regardless of your other marketing efforts on social media, such as the Instagram or Facebook ad design tips you’re excited to try out, many of the traditional advertising giants are slowly losing their “default” status. In 2023, TikTok will likely remain the benefactor of other platforms’ shortcomings. social listening”).

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 29, 2024

Every pot has a lid Today’s social media ecosystem is made up of many networks with unique algorithms, content formats and audiences. However, users are also still largely turning to social media to connect with family and friends, helping Facebook maintain popularity and user engagement on LinkedIn explode.

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 13, 2021

For content creators, Clubhouse provides a forum where you can set up a “room,” invite people (and other Clubhouse users can decide to join in), and have a conversation. For content consumers, Clubhouse offers an incredible variety of discussion topics to listen and join in on. Facebook long ago lost its cool factor.

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Keyhole.co

APRIL 3, 2024

Businesses, particularly those in the B2B sector, find it an invaluable tool for connecting with their audience, driving engagement, and sharing industry insights. Twitter communities Join the Twitter Community. X is all about making connections, and what better way to do that than through Twitter Communities?

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Oktopost

AUGUST 10, 2023

B2B marketing teams share a common aspiration: generating as many Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) as possible. While some businesses still put social media in the categories of brand awareness or community management exclusively, research claims that 75% of B2B buyers use social media to make buying decisions.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Facebook alone had banned over 1.3 It doesn’t only happen on Twitter or Facebook. Yes, it’s happened to me on Twitter, Facebook, and Minds over the past few years. If you don’t the rules on Facebook, for example, they will lock you out of your account. And you will not be able to manage any Facebook pages.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 2, 2010

Over the last few years of writing this blog I have talked a lot about the virtues of creating a steady stream of content that is consistent in its frequency to bring people back to your site time and time again. Share this on Facebook. Related posts: B2B Marketing Content: Lure or Lasso? Tweet This! Share this on Reddit.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 28, 2017

Making Social Media An ROI Positive Channel For B2B Businesses By Jingcong Zhao. alone last year , it’s clear that social media is being cemented as a marketing function in most B2B organizations. The biggest reason for this challenge has to do with the mindset with which B2B marketers have approached social.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Though it’s dangerous to assume anything about leadership in the social networking space (Facebook overtook MySpace as the biggest social network less than a decade ago , after all), the landscape does seem to have matured and stabilized somewhat at this point. Two-thirds of Facebook users (66%) get news on the site.

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Webbiquity SMM

JULY 9, 2012

But obtaining and publishing client ratings and reviews is much more difficult in the b2b world. So, what can you do if you’re a b2b marketer who has an abundance of delighted clients, none of whom can provide public endorsement? Image credit: Carla Zanoni. ” Not gonna happen. Here are seven possible tactics.

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Oktopost

JULY 13, 2022

Want to hear more from renowned B2B marketing leaders? With the rapidly changing landscape of B2B marketing, it can be easy as a marketing leader to feel like a fraud and have a fear of being discovered. Chedva is the CEO and Founder of Rooms & Words, a full-stack content, and strategy agency. Catch all episodes here.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

APRIL 3, 2019

Top news this week from the world of social media includes the death of Google+, Facebook’s war on hate, LinkedIn’s lookalike audiences, GMail’s 15th birthday and a primer on using TikTok. LinkedIn brings lookalike audiences to B2B marketing. Google+ died yesterday. Sandberg says we can win against hate.

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Pam Moore

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Brand leaders around the globe are freaking out as they read the blog posts, watch the videos and see the tweets fly by from the Facebook fear mongers crying that the end of Facebook as we know it has arrived. Facebook 2018 is all About Engagement. It is true that big changes are coming to Facebook.

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Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Users on the platform are bombarded daily with content. Catch the conversation by searching for B2B Marketing Now and subscribing wherever you listen to podcasts. Or Follow Oktopost on LinkedIn , Twitter and Facebook for episodes delivered right to your social media feed. Engage with questions and comment on other’s content.

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Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Much of what we’ve come to believe about social media and content marketing is wrong. I crushed them originally a few weeks ago on a webinar for the Content Marketing Institute : Myth 1: My customers are not social. Most of the people with whom you are communicating in social are your current customers. Content is fire.

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Oktopost

JUNE 21, 2022

B2B companies are leaving money on the table by not exploring influencer marketing as a significant marketing component for their businesses. According to 74% of B2B marketers in a recent study, influencer marketing positively impacts a customer’s relationship with the brand. What is B2B influencer marketing? Quick Links.

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Magazine, and the Boston Globe and is the author of the second edition and co-author of the third edition Facebook Marketing. The conversation centers around organic social media reach and how to consistently grow community across the social media channels brands care about and the challenges of driving growth without driving down engagement.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 17, 2014

There has been a ton of conversation around Facebook’s declining organic reach for businesses. Continuing the conversation, my brilliant friend and collaborator Robert Rose from Content Marketing Institute wanted to get some thinking about Facebook from a few colleagues, so he asked me what I thought was really going on.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram, for example, all have features that allow people to buy directly. LinkedIn’s Sales Navigator is used by millions of companies, both B2C and B2B. This could be customers, employees, surrounding communities, shareholders, policymakers and so on. They are skilled storytellers.

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Social Media Marketing

MARCH 1, 2010

The exception – company blogs – should be backed by both a strategic content strategy and the resources necessary to create this content on an ongoing basis before it allocating IT resources to blog creation or management. adults, with 46% using sites such as Facebook and 25% participating weekly.

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