Oktopost

APRIL 26, 2021

B2B companies are especially guilty of this — but they don’t have to be. Nicole Votolato Montgomery, Associate Professor of Marketing at the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia agrees: “The number one thing that brands are doing wrong on social media is trying to push product. You can increase customer loyalty.

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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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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Akeeme Hogg Social Media and Email Marketing Lead, ServiceMaster Brands. The classic marketing funnel looks straightforward but in reality, every customer journey is different and some can be much longer than others. Share of voice compares your brand’s market share on social to its top competitors. Fans beget more fans.

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Writtent Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Content marketing moves incredibly fast. So fast that just a decade ago, most of us had never heard of it – today, the tactic is used by 93% of marketers. We’ve curated 59 of the most powerful content marketing stats from the latest, high-quality research reports. 44% of marketers have a documented content strategy.

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agora pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

How do you measure your brand’s progress on social media and make sure you’re on track to reach your marketing goals? With analytics, your brand can also achieve more advanced goals like increasing return on investment (ROI), getting more value from campaigns, and integrating social media marketing goals with business goals.

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Keyhole.co

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

However, while it affects both B2B and B2C industries, the dynamics differ. B2B brand reputation A reputation crisis for a B2B brand often has a limited audience and can be contained through direct communication channels and negotiations. It also portrays a consumer-centric image, fosters loyalty, and improves brand reputation.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 15, 2020

As brands planned their strategies, they could not have predicted the way COVID-19 has quickly swept up global markets and conversations. In the wake of the crisis, some brands and social marketers find themselves pivoting away from the social strategies they worked so hard to plan. However, not all is lost nor does it have to be.

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Writtent Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

The average marketer today uses 12 different content marketing tactics. Ten years ago, only a handful of us had even heard of content marketing. You need to consistently come up with more content marketing ideas to publish even more engaging content. Let that statistic just sink in for a minute. Co-Creation.

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Oktopost

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

B2B buyers are bombarded with information daily, and only so many brands can stand out. 64% of CMOs feel that brand marketing should be given higher importance, but CFOs aren’t entirely on the same page: only 26% agree with further investments in this area. What is a brand marketing solution?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 1, 2014

That happened to me – and you’re damn right I dad-milked that sucker – when it was announced last week that (among digital marketers) I am the most retweeted and most mentioned person on Twitter (PDF). How is Pharrell the #10 most mentioned person on Twitter among digital marketers? That guy is EVERYWHERE!

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Buffer Social

JUNE 1, 2016

Many locations also have their own Facebook pages, with follower counts any marketer would be happy with. Also, like the engineering team, your design team probably won’t be using social media to achieve traditional marketing goals. I recently spent a whole day at a B2B tech company watching Sam, a sales rep, call prospects.

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Rebekah Radice

JULY 15, 2019

You can even do an interview with a fellow expert or colleague in your niche like Jessika Phillips and Mike Gingerich do with NOW Marketing Group. No wonder 78% of buyers say that webinars helped them make B2B purchasing decisions. If you have an email marketing funnel in place, videos should be a part of it. Brand Videos.

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Yet, the increasing focus on growth and scalability makes many businesses take customer loyalty for granted. B2B marketing leaders plan to spend 30% of their budgets on brand building , and community management is a vital part of that. Community management software can take your brand building to a new level.

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Though social media marketing is now used in about 90% of companies, techniques, platforms and best practices continue to evolve. Increase use of video marketing? Marketing Pilgrim ). 90% of marketers now use social networks in their marketing efforts, but growth has plateaued; the figure was 89% in 2011.

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Writtent Blog

JULY 16, 2013

Have you heard that 90% of companies are using custom content for marketing? Organic search yields some of the most qualified leads of any form of marketing. The average marketer made 145 website updates in 2012 – assuming the majority of those changes are new blog articles , that’s around 4 fresh articles each week!

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Writtent Blog

JANUARY 28, 2014

The following are some I’ve used before, and love: HubSpot Blog Topic Generator. While blogs are still considered far more trustworthy than other forms of marketing, you’ll earn respect if you take a straightforward approach to naming your articles: How to Add Twitter Integration to Your Blog in 30 Seconds. Use Specifics.

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agora pulse

APRIL 28, 2020

Or perhaps you want to build your own social media marketing agency but aren’t sure where to begin? With that spirit of collaboration and cooperating in mind, I asked some of the brightest social media marketing minds I know what they thought you should know about how to become a social media manager. About Jay Baer. About Ian Cleary.

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In the past, a company could readily reach individuals of all ages with traditional marketing campaigns through TV, newspapers, or magazines. But now that the internet and smartphones have become commonplace, such old-fashioned marketing strategies are no longer as powerful as they once were. Increase customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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Oktopost

JULY 13, 2023

Remember those long-gone days when marketing teams would be wrapping up a productive meeting – maybe checking their Blackberries for IMs or tapping a couple closing notes into their palm pilots – when the plucky new intern would say, ‘Hey, what about this social media stuff?’ You know, sites like Myspace.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 20, 2023

According to The Sprout Social Index™ , 81% of marketers already say AI has had a positive impact on their work. Between new platforms and new innovations, there’s a lot keeping marketers on their toes—and their schedules full. Hootsuite is a major player in the social media marketing platform space. The takeaway?

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 8, 2013

The use of social media and social networks for marketing has rapidly advanced in the past few years from the “should I do it?” ” level to the current “how do I measure and optimize social media marketing efforts?” And 92% of small businesses say that social media is an effective marketing technology tool.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 28, 2012

Given the widespread adoption of social media marketing practices, the “if” and “when” questions seemed to have now been resolved by most midsized and larger companies (and a lot of small companies as well). What’s the best process for developing a social media marketing plan? You want loyalty?

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 6, 2011

Note: This post, a joint effort between Cheryl Burgess and me, originally appeared on the Blue Focus Marketing Blog last month. This should be a wake-up call for companies’ content on pursuing outbound marketing initiatives. Blogger for Huffington Post and @op_editorial , Marketer, Do-Gooder, Master Surfer!

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