Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 2, 2013

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. The first step to improving digital marketing results is to understand the emerging trends and best practices. What do buyers really want from social media marketers?

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Mike_Stelzner Tweet This From his blog , to his podcast , to the yearly Social Media Marketing World conference his team puts together, one cannot argue that Mike Stelzner , CEO/Founder of Social Media Examiner , is a leading voice on all things social media. ” Mike has interviewed him five times and would still love another hour.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Last week I wrote about the 4 (and only 4) possible rationales for agencies to get deep into content marketing. Clearly understanding these rationales is important because content marketing isn’t free. The opportunity costs are significant, which is what we’ll explore in this post. Same with MLT Creative.

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 10, 2011

Yet a Bazaarvoice/CMO Club study showed that only 15% of CMOs could point to a “significant return&# from Facebook marketing efforts, while 9% report no ROI and 35% basically had no idea. The core of social media marketing efforts should be the corporate blog. Promote white papers / eBooks / reports for lead generation.

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Writtent Blog

MAY 20, 2014

Content marketing — like any other type of online marketing — is continually changing and evolving. Example: one of my Internet marketing buddies’ content marketing campaign was built heavily around article directory submissions (think Ezine Articles ). Image source: Marketing Profs. Image source.

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SalesChoice

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Reduce Cost of Sales by at least 20%, Achieve 95% revenue forecasting accuracy, Increase your sales win rates by 10-15%. Do you know how much it would cost you to realize these benefits in your organization? You can also find the CEO AI Readiness white paper here. And how quickly you could recover the investment?

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Keyhole.co

JUNE 6, 2023

Have you ever felt like you’re playing an endless game of tag with your B2B content marketing strategy, trying to catch your target audience’s attention while they’re just out of reach? So why not use them to your advantage in your B2B content marketing strategy? If so, you’re not alone.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 29, 2012

” white paper. Drive Social Media ROI with Content Marketing. B2B companies in particular should have multiple lead-generation opportunities on their website, including contact forms, content downloads, email subscriptions, Webinar registrations, etc. Responsible party for setting it up right? Not enough.

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Oktopost

JUNE 9, 2020

Why Employee Advocacy Matters for B2B. It can take months for a B2B marketing team to build up a company’s presence and credibility online. This is exactly why employee advocacy is so powerful: your team is the key to unlocking the true potential of social media marketing. Why Employee Advocacy Matters for B2B.

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SalesChoice

JANUARY 12, 2017

B2B Sales productivity has hit an all time low in performance, and has dropped by 15% over the last ten years, now running on an average of in field productive face-to-face customer time at roughly 30% (Accenture, 2016). For small businesses, they are primarily relying on low-cost sales channels, telemarking, online engagement etc.,

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Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

When I first started out with digital marketing, I was blown away by the sheer amount of online marketing resources and social media classes. I read hundreds of articles and enrolled in as many marketing courses that I could possibly get my hands on. Digital marketing classes (9-17). Diploma in Social Media Marketing.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 29, 2016

Although more than three-quarters of B2B technology marketers use social media to market their products, less than half say they can tie social channels to revenue generation for their businesses. But it may also be a problem with basic B2B social media marketing strategy. Cross-Platform Social Media Strategy.

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Oktopost

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Social selling has become an almost inevitable part of B2B selling. This makes sense when you consider that 46% of B2B decision-makers are now between the ages of 18 and 34 years old. But who likes a challenge more than a B2B marketer? No two businesses are the same and no two social media marketing strategies are alike.

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Social Media Management Social Media Tools Hubspot 159

Hootsuite

MARCH 16, 2023

While Google remains king of search with the vast majority of the market share (it’s become a verb, after all), Microsoft Ads are in second place. Savvy digital marketers can (and should) learn how to leverage the power of Microsoft Ads and understand exactly how to advertise on Bing. Why use Microsoft Advertising (formerly Bing Ads)?

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Oktopost

JULY 23, 2020

When someone mentions “Content Marketing,” what are the first words that come to mind? Yes, but content marketing is much more than the sum of its parts. In 2020 it is becoming an increasingly important tool in B2B lead generation. As many as 70% of B2B marketers use content marketing to generate leads.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2016

This is episode two of my new show: Marketing Marvels. There is A LOT of marketing technology out there, and it’s difficult to know what all the platforms and packages do, whether it makes sense for your business, how it stacks up to competitors, and a bunch of other key questions. Marketing Marvels viewers get a two week free trial.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is “Viral Marketing&# False, in the same way that a square is also a rectangle, but a rectangle isn’t a square. You’re engaged in an advertising and marketing campaign that uses the Web as its distribution platform.

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SalesChoice

JANUARY 4, 2017

Section 2.0 – examines the changing landscape of B2B sales professionals where customer intelligence is surpassing the performance levels of sales professionals, and discusses the value of narrative story telling to accelerate sales performance. Berkeley Warburton, The Age of Distraction: Accenture White Paper, Fall 2016.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Yet another post about 2018 B2B marketing trends? This piece compiles and analyzes the predictions of more than 100 B2B marketing professionals as published in 10 highly-ranked posts over the past month (best!). Here we go… Content Marketing Trends. ” — 2018 Trends: B2B Marketing , Edelman. .

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B2B Trends Analysis Marketing 293

Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. Fly more miles, get priority seating on an airline. Eat 10 sandwiches, get the 11th free.

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 23, 2013

Content marketing represents the most fundamental and widespread rethinking of marketing practices in decades. Content marketing turns the dominant paradigm of the last half-century—interruption-based mass marketing—on its head. Content Marketing Guides, Tips and Tactics.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 5, 2016

As noted here previously, content marketing is now ubiquitous, with 93% of all marketers saying they do content marketing. All of those marketers are creating an enormous amount of content, which is making it difficult to stand out and rise above the noise. Writing White Papers to Establish Your Expertise by Prof KRG.

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Writtent Blog

JULY 18, 2013

Visual content marketing has never mattered more, particularly in an era where consumers are increasingly savvy, connected and crunched for time. It’s never mattered more to incorporate multimedia elements in your marketing strategy. Lori Kozlowski – @LoriKozlowski. Heidi Cohen – @HeidiCohen. Image credit: Heidi Cohen.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

More than half of companies with revenue under $50 million already spend the majority of their marketing dollars online. And roughly 70% plan to increase the share of budget devoted to digital marketing over the next two years. The reports breaks down digital marketing practices and plans for small to midsized businesses in six ranges.

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agora pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

One of the most basic and fundamental rules of marketing is undoubtedly “know your audience.” Without this vital piece of information you won’t be able to find your market, appeal to them, and close the sale (you’re basically just “walking in the woods”). Imagine that B2B is like LinkedIn and B2C is like Facebook. Image Source.

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 8, 2014

marketers have a love-hate relationship with Facebook. On one hand, not only is it an easy-to-use, low-cost platform with more than a billion members, but 77% of B2C companies and 43% of B2B vendors have acquired customers from Facebook, and the world’s largest social network drives 20% of all internet page views.

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agora pulse

AUGUST 19, 2020

The definition of content creation is the process of creating your own content from scratch and marketing it to your followers or subscribers. A total of 76% of buyers are willing to share their information in exchange for white papers; ebooks took second place with 63%. Lately, I’m obsessed with chef Jamie Oliver’s marketing.

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 8, 2011

Searchability improved, trees were saved and shipping costs plummeted. Links to white papers, PowerPoints, videos, ebooks, infographics, and other company-generated content and thought-leadership assets. Yeah, no one today mourns the press kit, but they were the best technology available at the time.

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Twist Image

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

It is called, Worn Wear: a Film About the Stories We Wear, and I do believe that every brand (whether you are B2B or B2C) should watch it, take notes and think about it before they do any kind of digital marketing. People who know me, know how much I laothe case studies and white papers. digital marketing.

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Brands Case Study Film B2B 104

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

B2B marketing has traditionally been viewed (correctly) as much different from the promotion of consumer products. Image Credit: Lydia’s Marketing Blog. Image Credit: Lydia’s Marketing Blog. Much of the study focused on online commerce, where changes in b2b offerings indeed make sense. Yes and no.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

companies now use social media for marketing (though the figure varies widely based on size of company)? ” Or that49% of B2B journalists write blogs, and 84% are on Twiter? companies now use social media for marketing. Or that 73% of U.S. Social Media Stats, Facts and Research Does Facebook Need To Build A Search Engine?

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