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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity SMM

Marketers believe the highest consumer priorities on social media are insights for buying decisions (59%) and customer service (58%). B2B buyers are most likely to share useful vendor content via email (79%), followed by LinkedIn (53%), Twitter (39%) and Facebook (18%). Social CRM is still confusing. B2B Lead Blog ).

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Not Tracking Social Media ROI is Your Fault

Convince & Convert

(click here to view and download the Social Media ROI Cookbook on Slideshare). There’s no question that the social media ROI question continues to befuddle business – 41% of respondents to an eConsultancy survey of 1,000 companies and agencies in late 2011 had absolutely no idea of social media’s financial impact.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Yes, social media applies to B2B. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. Are there differences between B2B and B2C in social media?

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The Essentials of B2B Search Marketing

Oktopost

If you’ve ever gone searching for information on the internet about a product you were interested in buying, you’ve replicated one of the critical parts of the B2B customer purchasing journey. Of B2B buyers surveyed, 77% say they won’t even speak with a salesperson until they’ve done their own purchasing research.

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20 Ways to Generate ROI from a Corporate Blog

Webbiquity SMM

According to MarketingSherpa (and many other sources), generating qualified leads remains the top priority for B2B marketers. Response rates for email surveys continue to decline; who has the time to answer a survey? (At Here are 20 ideas. Promote white papers / eBooks / reports for lead generation. Gather market intelligence.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Not unlike traditional surveys, keyword research and social data mining tools tell a powerful story about the information target audiences want from organizations, on-and-offline. About a year ago, I wrote a guest post here titled “ Use Online Listening for Competitive Research. All rights reserved.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

This is the strategy of creating a Social FAQ. Website surveys, email surveys, Facebook inquiries, focus groups, telephone calls to 25 customers each month. b2b #rentention [link] Jerry Freeman 5 Ways to Turn Helpfulness Into #Marketing Greatness [link] RT @jaybaer Nice List. Ask your customers directly.