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Best Social Media Platform for B2B Marketing: Can Twitter Stay #2?

Webbiquity SMM

” Khoros acknowledges that “80% of leads sourced through social media for B2B marketers come from LinkedIn,” but contends “Although the use of Twitter is down 8% since 2014,7 it still ranks second in the list of top social media platforms. .” The exodus ticked up in 2015 and began to accelerate in 2017.

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#SproutChat Calendar: Upcoming Topics for January 2017

Sprout Social

Cheers to 2017! Simply follow the hashtag every Wednesday from 2—3 p.m. January 4, 2017: Maintaining a Social Media CRM. Sprout Product Focus: Social CRM. Organizing and keeping track of community members across social networks can be incredibly overwhelming. New Year, new trends!

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5 Highly Effective Hashtag Tracking Methods

Sprout Social

Hashtags are much more than just a way to make Tweets and Instagram posts more entertaining. You’ve probably seen your fair share of random hashtags thrown onto the end of Tweets and Instagram captions that seem to serve no real purpose. When it comes to hashtag tracking, a lot of companies are in the dark.

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Flashback: What Social Was Like in 2010 vs. 2020

Ignite Social Media

Social networking as we know it was born in the 00s, but the last decade has seen the rise of social media’s true potential. As we look forward and wonder what’s in store for the next 10 years, let’s take a look back at what our favorite social media networks looked like in 2010. Facebook – 2010.

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47 Social Media Statistics to Bookmark for 2017

Sprout Social

To help you out with your current marketing and social efforts, we’re going to get you up to date on the newest stats and trends within the social media world. Here’ are the 47 most essential social media statistics for 2017 and beyond (Click below to jump to each section): Instagram Statistics. Facebook Statistics.

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Three Creative Ways to Use Social Media to Promote your Event

Webbiquity SMM

Social networks have become the primary means of keeping friends, family members, and business contacts up to date on what’s happening in our lives. 77% of all Americans have at least one social media profile. ” It’s been catapulted from relative insignificance into social media stardom.

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Three Things Twitter’s Marketing Team Needs to Do

Webbiquity SMM

Though it’s still one of the top three social networks for B2B marketers, Twitter is struggling. Twitter’s revenue is stagnant and the platform lost two million users in the final quarter of 2017. Now here are three ideas the social network’s CMO and her marketing team may want to contemplate.

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