Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 27, 2019

Twitter and LinkedIn remain the top two social networks for B2B marketers. Twitter offers some specific capabilities (such as lists ) that make it uniquely valuable for B2B companies. That said, there are some disturbing signs developing for Twitter (and the B2B marketers who rely on the platform). If they ever paid attention.

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 17, 2014

Much has been written about how the internet in general, and the explosion of content marketing in particular, has changed the nature of b2b marketing. Today’s b2b buyers are typically 70% of the way through their purchase process before they contact a vendor’s sales team.

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 6, 2019

A lot of B2B marketers make the mistake of thinking their brand has no place on Instagram. Not only are all those accounts feasible direct targets for your B2B marketing campaigns , they are also scores upon scores of possible traffic to drive to all your other online assets. Guest post by Natasha Ponomaroff. Craft your Profile.

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 9, 2019

If you’re in B2B sales or marketing, you know how challenging it is to get the attention of today’s buyers. B2B marketers are struggling more than ever to get targeted prospects to engage; almost 60 percent say it’s a challenge for them to generate new leads, according to Chief Marketers’ 2019 B2B Marketing Outlook report.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 27, 2013

There’s no question that B2B marketers have embraced social media. According to recent research , more than 80% of b2b marketers now use the “big 3″ social networks—LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook—to distribute content. of B2B commercial website traffic and 7% of leads—correlate fairly well with the 1.9%

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 24, 2016

What trends will drive B2B marketing over the next three to four years? Where should savvy B2B marketers invest their resources to optimize results over the next few years? The initial product of that research was the eBook, B2B Marketing Trends for 2016: 25 Thought Leaders Weigh In , previously summarized here.

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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

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Instead, successful media will become aggregators and editors of content, rather than creators. Online content aggregation is as old as the Internet itself, beginning with AOL. New tools, however, are bringing sophisticated content aggregation and curation within reach of midsized enterprises.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Content marketing has become ubiquitous, with 93% of B2B marketers now using it. And it continues to expand: 82% of marketers plan to increase their budgets for content marketing in 2014. In addition, nearly half of marketers say they are unable to measure the value of their content marketing efforts. Michael Brenner ).

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 28, 2011

B2B marketing executives, however, tend to be a bit more skeptical. Though adoption is increasing, many b2b marketers still question the true effectiveness of social media for reaching business buyers. Still, social media is rapidly becoming an essential component of the b2b marketing mix.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Case Studies : These are the B2B equivalent of product reviews. User Generated Content: UGC is one of the most sustainable and cost-effective ways to market products. There may be cases where a customer’s content is great but the image quality is not. Leverages Quality Content. They often have a highly engaged fan base.

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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? Guest post by Ariel Applbaum.

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 16, 2011

Here are some of the most interesting observations for B2B marketers: Slide 10: B2B magazines continue to struggle. While print in general has taken a beating over the past decade, B2B publications have been particularly hard hit, leading to speculation about the future of B2B trade magazines (content marketing?

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Content marketing is a hot topic, primarily in the B2B world but increasingly in consumer marketing as well. And as noted here yesterday , 93% of B2B marketers are now using content marketing, with more than half calling it their biggest priority this year. Content Marketing Strategy Guides.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Content marketing is more than just text of course, and infographics have become one of the most popular non-text formats. How do infographics fit with other content marketing tactics? How do infographics fit with other content marketing tactics? Infographics About Content Marketing.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 17, 2011

Several great new features were recently added to the B2B Marketing Zone and Social Media Informer by co-founder Tony Karrer. Both of these sites bring together content from leading experts and companies like Brian Carroll , Paul Dunay , Ambal Balakrishnan , Harry Hoover , Gini Dietrich –really too many to list.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Nominations and voting are now open for the B2B Twitterer of the Year (B2BTOTY) awards. Here’s your chance to recognize your favorite B2B organization or individual for their exceptional Twitter skills. Nominations can be submitted in 10 categories: • National / International B2B Manufacturer (includes software developers).

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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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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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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Shareaholic, a content discovery and sharing tools vendor, yesterday announced Shareaholic Channels , a new way to find the most relevant, fresh content based on topic. Fashion & Beauty. • Social Media Marketing. Personal Finance. Or put another way, if Shareaholic was a country, it’d be the 4th largest country in the world.”

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 31, 2020

Twitter is generally viewed as the second-best social network for B2B marketing , behind only LinkedIn. In the current environment where the coronavirus outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic have shut down live events and even coffee meetings, forcing increased online interaction, B2B marketing activity on Twitter should be exploding.

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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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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. An Android version is in the works.

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APRIL 4, 2023

So, a brand’s content likely doesn’t belong on all platforms, nor should it be the same across all. The post Three Reasons We Can’t Disconnect from Social Media appeared first on B2B Marketing Blog | Webbiquity. In their mind, these connection-focused posts “don’t fit with why they’re using LinkedIn.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2023

This year, in an effort to put out more authentic and organic-looking content, companies are stepping up to collaborate with smaller content creators to help generate brand awareness and loyalty. The post New Social Media Advertising Strategies for 2023 appeared first on B2B Marketing Blog | Webbiquity. social listening”).

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

Social media marketing involves running social media advertisements, publishing content, listening to and engaging your customers, and analyzing the success of your marketing efforts. It also helps you determine which social media platforms you need, the kind of content to create, and the type of marketing language that appeals to them.

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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. Guest post by Eva Chan.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 19, 2024

Image credit: Georgia de Lotz on Unsplash At the same time, practically every B2B marketer has been wondering about the best social media platforms. For “dry, boring” B2B companies unsure of how to create eye-grabbing visual content, a photo-sharing app like Instagram isn’t the most obvious social media platform.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 30, 2020

Branding matters as much in B2B as in consumer marketing; if you were trying to sell 10,000 laptops to a large corporation, would you rather be selling Dell or some unfamiliar no-name knock off?). This can help you keep your content style consistent. This can help put your content in front of the most relevant audiences.

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JUNE 1, 2021

Create content your audience loves. Content is at the core of digital marketing. But getting this right is far more challenging today than in the past, due to the vast quantities of new content being produced every day. So, does that mean content marketing is dead? In fact, quite the opposite.

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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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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 2, 2013

Today’s most effective marketers are optimizing content across channels, coordinating search and social marketing activities with traditional PR, and measuring their web presence and performance with sophistication. B2B Lead Blog ). and 23% share content on SlideShare. 25 Social Media Facts and Statistics. The Atlantic ).

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Original research reported here in How B2B Tech Marketing on Twitter is Changing showed that of nearly 400 B2B SaaS companies active on Twitter, just 23% responded to brand mentions in any way, and only 6% went beyond a simple “like.” The content your competitors produce will tell you how great they are.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Grow your influence and attract followers/friends/connections by sharing interesting and relevant content—your own, from third parties, and from people you are following / would like to have following you. What helps most, however, is having your content shared and passed along by others with high influence in your market space.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

In B2B, LinkedIn, though #10 overall (#12 on the chart, but Tumblr isn’t really a social network and Vine is dead), is one of the three or four most important social networking platforms. 99% say they post content to Instagram; 67% post to Facebook, 51% to Snapchat, and 43% to Twitter. Image credit: DreamGrow. MediaPost ).

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Though it’s still one of the top three social networks for B2B marketers, Twitter is struggling. Marketers use Twitter to build interest and attendance before the event; to share the experience in real time and increase engagement during the event; and to connect attendees with related content (e.g.,

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 26, 2012

What are today’s best practices for B2B PR? Noting that news releases incorporate three elements that search engines love—trusted backlinks, social sharing, and fresh content—Krista LaRiviere provides a brief but helpful eight-step guide to improving rank and traffic to optimized content through the proper use of news releases.

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