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Conversation Gained-How to Determine Influence in B2B Social Media

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I don’t know a marketer out there that would say that influence in social media is not a commodity, if you know how to leverage it. I do however, know a lot of marketers out there, who struggle with determining and identifying influence in social media and because of that, can not leverage it; and that’s NOT a commodity!

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Conversation Lost-How to Align B2B Social Media Marketing Efforts with the Right Strategy

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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. So what is a marketer to do? It’s average.

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Social Media for B2B-10 links for the week that was in Social Media

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Last week seemed to be the week to talk about social media and B2B. You see, THAT is the niche that all marketers and consultants need to be focusing on right now. Because B2B is focusing on social media. My word to you, point your efforts towards B2B. How to Fail at B2B Social Media. And rightly so. how to win.

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The Key to Success in Enterprise Social Media

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Lately, I’ve been thinking way too much about organic B2B social media marketing. The bottom line is that creating a solid, measurable, B2B social media strategy is extremely difficult, and to say that the enterprise just doesn’t have a clue, though it makes for great copy, just isn’t true. Where does it fit?

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17 Tweetchats for Social Media, Marketing and PR folks

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I thought I might condense it a bit and focus not only on Tweetchats that I was familiar with, but also those that would benefit the Social Media, Marketing and PR folks out there, and which also had solid participation as well. 3) #b2bcha t is a weekly conversation for B2B marketers; Thursdays 8 pm Eastern. 10) #pr20chat PR 2.0

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The Reality of Social Currency

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The interview, conducted by Steve Olenski on Explore B2B was titled: What Twinkies Can Teach Marketers About Comebacks And Social Branding. The good part about this effort is that it stretches the marketing dollars because it creates more visibility and awareness for the re-launch. In this context, it was said matter of factly.

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How are Those 2022 Predictions Working Out?

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With that said, let’s focus on social media’s impact in a B2B world. Specifically, for B2B, social media is a complicated love/hate relationship. Right or wrong, good or bad, social media sits there daily waiting for you and if you don’t see “it” that day, don’t worry, they’ll be more tomorrow. Social resets every day.

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