Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 7, 2018

In survey after survey, year after year, lead generation is a top priority for B2B brands. No matter how big or small, B2B businesses can’t survive without new leads. According to CMI , 91% of B2B marketers are already using content marketing to generate leads. Social Media Marketing. Guest post by Brandon Brown.

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B2B Brands LinkedIn Influencer 217

Oktopost

MARCH 10, 2022

B2B Growth Marketing, Demand Generation, Field Marketing—however you badge it, it’s a numbers game. And that is why until recently, outside paid advertising, I didn’t think of social as a demand generation tool because I didn’t know that you could really measure it. Define clear goals to measure against your social networks.

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ROI B2B Social Media Brands 174

Oktopost

MARCH 15, 2021

We’re working from home, live streaming classes and get-togethers, and shifting even more of our social lives onto social media. B2B marketing has felt these shifts as much as any other field. Social platforms have provided effective and coronavirus-safe ways for businesses to share and connect.

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B2B Social Media Strategy LinkedIn 136

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.

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B2B LinkedIn Facebook Statistics 150

Oktopost

JUNE 19, 2020

However, there’s still untapped potential for chief executives to bolster their companies’ social media marketing by getting personally involved. Keep in mind, CEOs that aren’t on social media are not unsocial. 62% of CEOs post on the company website and 50% post internal messages on intranets or internal chat channels.

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Company B2B Loyalty Survey 124

Oktopost

JUNE 30, 2021

Though it’s still the most widely-used social network in the world , B2B marketers don’t always see it as a viable platform for generating leads. Easy, but wrong — because with the right strategy, Facebook is a viable channel for B2B marketing. Are Facebook Ads Right for B2B? What Are Facebook Ads?

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B2B Facebook How To Campaign 118

Later

JUNE 28, 2021

LinkedIn is now a powerful business-to-business (B2B) marketing and sales tool. We’re highlighting 5 ways to level up your LinkedIn B2B marketing strategy in this blog post: What Is LinkedIn B2B Marketing? B2B marketing does exactly what it says on the tin. Why You Should Use LinkedIn for B2B Marketing.

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B2B LinkedIn Marketing How To 88

Sprout Social

JUNE 27, 2022

Can TikTok for B2B marketing unlock the same potential? Not all B2B companies may not be able to capitalize on those instant #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt B2C conversions, but that doesn’t mean they won’t get any value out of the network. When it comes to awareness, TikTok may be just what a B2B social media strategy needs.

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B2B Brands Marketing How To 136

Oktopost

JANUARY 30, 2023

B2B companies use social media to increase their reach and talk with their prospects, and they need to do it wherever their customers are. TikTok has also recently emerged as a powerful and valuable tool for B2B marketers, driving brand awareness and affinity.

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B2B Strategy Social Networking Collaboration 62

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Though new social networks continue to be launched (e.g. But there are no guarantees that leadership will last, and the social networking landscape is constantly evolving. In addition, 96% of all B2C and 88% of B2B companies use Facebook for marketing. 18 Facebook Stats and Facts. Pew Research ).

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Oktopost

APRIL 28, 2024

To close more deals, sales executives are starting to take social media for sales seriously. The B2B sales space is changing. In case you haven’t heard yet – building relationships and engaging on social media platforms is the future of B2B sales. We’re sure you already felt the shift in B2B buyer behavior.

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Social Media Tools B2B Team 62

Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Social networks are essential for expanding your web presence —not only for creating social signals now a key component in search engine rankings, which makes your website and blog easier to find in search, but also by giving you more places to be found online. This also applies to other professional / social networks (e.g.

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Social Networking B2B Plaxo Marketing 190

Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The B2B sales process has changed, and digitalization has rendered traditional in-person sales methods (such as door-to-door and cold calling) outdated. This digital shift has welcomed a new era in sales: social selling. Expanded reach: People follow people rather than companies.

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Examples B2B ROI Analytics 136

Adam Cohen

APRIL 12, 2012

LinkedIn, one of the established social networks, is making strides in advancing how businesses can leverage the platform to engage followers. Several weeks ago, LinkedIn launched the LinkedIn Follow Button allowing followers to follow a company page on LinkedIn directly from owned assets like web pages and blogs.

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LinkedIn Engagement Statistics Microsoft 239

Oktopost

JULY 18, 2019

The same holds true for B2B organizations, who use Instagram to effectively display the more human, cultural, and light-hearted side of their company. . Instead of fearing the potential hidden like update, there are ways B2B businesses can instead use it to their advantage. Up your content-game. Pay attention to other metrics.

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B2B Instagram Metrics Social Networking 99

Webbiquity SMM

MAY 1, 2018

However, digital technology, and social networking sites in particular, have fundamentally altered the way events are experienced. Through social media platforms , attendees and businesses can share content and experiences from the event. As a bonus, geo-tagged posts receive 79 percent more engagement.

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Platform Engagement Hashtag Eventful 152

Webbiquity SMM

MAY 23, 2011

Until recently, most social media case studies have focused on consumer brands. It’s not that B2B companies aren’t finding success in social media marketing, but more (in my experience at least) that they are less willing to publicly reveal their strategies for competitive reasons. Views of company videos.

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B2B Social Media Case Study Study 190

Oktopost

MARCH 26, 2024

In this article, we’re going to provide a deep dive into another tool you can use– Influenced Opportunity Reports– and showcase how your team can use it to drive revenue, improve your social selling strategy, and most importantly, showcase the successful results of your social selling activities.

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Influencer Report B2B ROI 62

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? Historical Lessons.

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B2B MySpace Startup Social Networking 190

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2023

The velocity of change across social networks shows no signs of slowing, prompting advertisers to brace themselves for what lies ahead in 2023. While the social media marketing environment is constantly shifting, there are several social media advertising strategies that marketers may choose to focus on this year.

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Advertising Social Media Strategy Authentication 238

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 makes it the ideal platform for B2B marketers on social media.

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ROI B2B Social Media How To 52

Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 31, 2020

The company recently missed earnings estimates for the second time in four quarters, and had to strike a deal with activist investor firm Elliott Management which had “been trying to push (Jack) Dorsey out as part of an overhaul to Twitter’s business.” Though 90% of B2B software companies are on Twitter , barely half are active.

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Let’s be honest, sales teams don’t want to receive leads from marketing that are not the right fit, have wrong or no contact information, or zero to no insight into the business prospects’ interests or engagement activity. Get as much engagement insight as possible. Sales and Marketing Are One.

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Engagement Social Media B2B Team 89

Oktopost

DECEMBER 13, 2020

However there is another key responsibility a VP Sales should stay on top of that is often forgotten; Bridging the gap between sales and marketing, and communicating the need for using social engagement insight in the sales process. This loss in productivity and wasted marketing budget costs companies $1 trillion per year.

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Engagement Social Media B2B Team 87

Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 28, 2011

SMR has developed a sophisticated methodology for continuously tracking the top brands on social media based on reach, satisfaction and other metrics. B2B marketing executives, however, tend to be a bit more skeptical. Still, social media is rapidly becoming an essential component of the b2b marketing mix.

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B2B Social Media Comparison Discount 190

Oktopost

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With various marketing initiatives and product updates happening simultaneously, B2B social media managers have a lot of content to produce at once. Social media managers need to keep up with giving every initiative the spotlight on social media, as well as within your employee advocacy program, that it deserves.

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Tools Content B2B Social Media Management 62

Oktopost

MARCH 26, 2024

Through direct engagement, your brand can quickly answer queries, tailor communications, and create personalized experiences that genuinely resonate with your audience. It adds a message button to your Company page and an inbox to the admin center, so page admins and super admins can view and respond to members directly.

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B2B LinkedIn Authentication Loyalty 62

Direct Marketing Observations

OCTOBER 4, 2017

B2B Social media success is like the American ninja warrior TV show. The same holds true for B2B marketers. B2B social media marketing can be brutal but it’s not a loser. Those challenges, metaphorically speaking, completely exist in B2B social media in 2017. Engagement? It’s average.

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B2B Conversation Social Media Strategy 100

The Realtime Report

JANUARY 28, 2017

Making Social Media An ROI Positive Channel For B2B Businesses By Jingcong Zhao. Billion spent on social media marketing in the U.S. alone last year , it’s clear that social media is being cemented as a marketing function in most B2B organizations. Yet, 61% of marketers claim measuring ROI is a top challenge.

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B2B ROI Social Media Hashtag 91

Oktopost

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Looking for B2B leads on social media? billion active social media users are out there, and many of them are just who you are looking for. Having a distinct B2B sales advantage over your competitors in that environment can be challenging. What is Social Selling? Benefits of Social Selling for B2B.

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Tools B2B Price ROI 144

Buzz Marketing for Technology

AUGUST 18, 2010

So I ran across some interesting stats last week when I picked up a tweet from Jeff Bullas on the 15 essential social media facts and figures for B2B Marketing. I guess we head back to the core of what we do as B2B Marketers and take these lessons learned in Social Media back with us and see if we can innovate.

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B2B Social Media Marketing StumbleUpon 246

Sprout Social

JANUARY 29, 2024

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. People are also using social media to learn about and purchase products. Many B2B companies build their social marketing strategy around LinkedIn.

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Social Media Strategy Exercises Retail 112

Sprout Social

MARCH 28, 2024

With over a billion members in 200+ countries and territories worldwide, LinkedIn is one of the most popular social networks for brands looking to reach a professional audience. For example, suppose you’re a social media marketer at a B2B marketing software company for small businesses. Hashtags may be the answer.

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Hashtag Analytics LinkedIn Content 102

Social Media Marketing

APRIL 13, 2011

But what if you want to use a social network to collaborate internally? Until recently, no one dared share corporate secrets on social networks. Strategic planning, competitive analysis and product development are just a few activities most companies prefer to keep confidential. B2C marketers may have some luck.

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B2B Social Media Jive Committee 148

Pam Moore

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

SocialZoomFactor · LinkedIn Marketing Engagement Strategies to Increase Leads, Sales and Brand Awareness. Social networks such as LinkedIn are simply a medium for you to build meaningful relationships through conversation and content that inspires, connects and converts to business. Engagement is Key to Success on LinkedIn.

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LinkedIn Engagement Strategy Authentication 78

Sprout Social

MAY 18, 2022

Engage with insights. By focusing on these four areas, the company found that a high SSI correlated with 45% more sales opportunities and 51% are more likely to hit quota. Inbound connections and network growth. By 2025, Gartner expects “80% of B2B sales interactions between suppliers and buyers to occur in digital channels.”

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Metrics B2B Software Social Media 137

Buffer Social

JANUARY 22, 2024

He says, “With new and emerging to established creators building up audiences on LinkedIn, thanks to its strong organic reach, this year, we will see more brands looking to capitalize on this and tap into this pool of talent for influencer marketing campaigns, especially companies wanting to get in front of B2B audiences.”

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Social Media Authentication LinkedIn B2B 101