Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 12, 2018

Now B2B marketing? B2B influencers? The bottom line is this: Influence is a nebulous but nevertheless, powerful “thing” in B2B social media , and you my dear marketer, need to understand how to determine it, identify who is influential within your space, and then decide what you’re going to do about it.

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Oktopost

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

While some B2B brands are still committed to more traditional sales methods, social selling can be even more efficient. In this article, we’ll take a look at the process of social selling and how it can help B2B companies generate more leads (and ultimately more revenue). Which Channels Are Best for B2B Social Selling?

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Natalie Binns, VP Marketing at Oktopost takes the hot seat on who should own social media at a B2B company. Natalie is a marketing leader with over 20 years of experience in the B2B technology industry. In most B2B organizations, social media activity is the responsibility of the marketing team. Meet Natalie Binns.

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Ignite Social Media

JULY 6, 2022

91% of B2B marketers use social media networks to achieve top-of-the-funnel goals like reaching their target audience and driving sales. . Today, use our expertise at Ignite to help you discover the five best social media networks for your B2B marketing campaigns.? . In fact, 80% of the total B2B leads come from LinkedIn.? .

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Social Media Strategies Summit

AUGUST 4, 2020

But the way you design your social media strategy might vary depending on the type of business you have, e.g. business to consumer (B2C) or business to business (B2B). Social media and B2B marketing are a better pair than many business people think. Here are some steps to create an effective B2B social media strategy for your business.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 17, 2022

5 B2B Marketing Strategies. With business-to-business (B2B), it’s important to use the right strategies to generate leads. That said, it’s still crucial to come up with a B2B marketing plan that makes you stand apart from the competition and gets you noticed. Your Business Needs to Use. Let Content Speak for You.

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 7, 2018

In survey after survey, year after year, lead generation is a top priority for B2B brands. No matter how big or small, B2B businesses can’t survive without new leads. According to CMI , 91% of B2B marketers are already using content marketing to generate leads. Here’s how you can do it: Start by Setting Up a Company Page.

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Oktopost

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Social selling has emerged as a powerful strategy for B2B organizations to engage with prospects, build relationships, and drive sales. Source Get deeper insights into social selling wins with a specialized platform This is where dedicated B2B social media management platforms like Oktopost come into play.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

For B2B brands, social media is growing in importance: 66% of B2B marketers report that LinkedIn is effective, 66% say they plan to boost their organic usage of Instagram, and 56% rate YouTube as important to overall brands success ( Articulate ). Companies are frequently trying to reach multiple audiences on their social channels.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In the US alone, research from Statista shows that B2B marketing spend has already decreased by over 50% in early 2020. Social media is the most popular platform for B2B marketing, says Content Marketing Institute: 83% of marketers are going this route. Today, the focus will be on Linkedin and how it can help B2B brands.

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Oktopost

JANUARY 25, 2024

While many businesses recognize the importance of maintaining a social media presence, the full potential of these platforms in driving B2B revenue often goes overlooked. Your customer’s active intent shines through as they engage with you on social media, helping you identify those genuinely interested in building a deeper connection.

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Oktopost

MAY 12, 2021

If you had to guess which business decision could increase your company’s ROI a staggering 6,469% this year, what would your guess be? It turns out that creating a brand community for your B2B company can give you that type of mouthwatering ROI. . 6 Tips for B2B Brands Community-building. What is a Brand Community?

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Socialmedia.biz

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Using a small budget, a company can target as many potential customers as possible. To apply B2B growth hacking tactics, a business needs a growth mindset and a predetermined process to follow. Before launching a B2B growth hacking strategy, you need management buy-in. Activation. Get management on board. Acquisition.

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the world of B2B sales, this can be a complex and time-consuming task, as the buyer’s journey is often long and convoluted. Over 84% of B2B executives are using social media as a source for making a purchase decision, which shows that buyers are doing their research online before they make a commitment to a company.

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Oktopost

APRIL 14, 2021

Listen to the Podcast: For more mind-blowing conversations and to keep up with the show taking B2B marketing by storm, subscribe to B2B Marketing Now wherever you listen to podcasts or catch us on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or follow Oktopost on LinkedIn. Episode Summary. Why should organizations and marketers care about collaboration?

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Sprout Social

JULY 1, 2021

But for business-to-business (B2B) companies, the strategy shifts from a broad audience to a very specific one. B2B SEO has a few basic areas that differ from B2C SEO. In this guide, we’ll outline those key differences and how you can better your own B2B SEO strategy. What is B2B SEO?

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Oktopost

JUNE 30, 2021

Though it’s still the most widely-used social network in the world , B2B marketers don’t always see it as a viable platform for generating leads. Easy, but wrong — because with the right strategy, Facebook is a viable channel for B2B marketing. Are Facebook Ads Right for B2B? What Are Facebook Ads?

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Oktopost

MARCH 15, 2021

B2B marketing has felt these shifts as much as any other field. For B2B marketers, the big news about the pandemic-inspired social media renaissance isn’t about vibing on TikTok, but about what’s been happening on LinkedIn. The new habits we’ve learned aren’t going to evaporate the moment we conquer the virus.

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Oktopost

JULY 15, 2020

For B2B marketers, the importance of LinkedIn cannot be overstated. A remarkable 80% of B2B leads that come from social media originate from just one platform, and that’s LinkedIn. It’s not like LinkedIn’s efficacy is a secret— 94% of B2B companies use LinkedIn for marketing. Consider: You get more leads.

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Oktopost

AUGUST 27, 2020

When it comes to B2B marketing thought leaders, the COVID-19 crisis has driven experts and influencers in the field further into the digital realm. But, before we deep dive into social profiles let’s take a step back and realize why is influencer marketing booming for B2B marketing? How we picked our top 10 B2B influencers.

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Later

JUNE 28, 2021

LinkedIn is now a powerful business-to-business (B2B) marketing and sales tool. We’re highlighting 5 ways to level up your LinkedIn B2B marketing strategy in this blog post: What Is LinkedIn B2B Marketing? B2B marketing does exactly what it says on the tin. Why You Should Use LinkedIn for B2B Marketing.

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Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

When it’s time to launch a B2B marketing campaign on social media, LinkedIn seems like the obvious platform of choice. There’s no mystery why B2B marketers keep flocking to it – it simply works. By the numbers , LinkedIn is supposedly the best social media platform for B2B lead generation. . Not so much. billion users.

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Your Escape From 9 to 5

JUNE 27, 2022

B2B marketers love the notion of getting more qualified leads while spending less, whether it be pay per click campaigns, email marketing or print advertising. Too many companies fail to track and measure their lead generation efforts. The approach is inefficient and can seriously damage your company’s profitability potential.

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Oktopost

JUNE 19, 2020

With all that responsibility, should social media activity be yet another item on a CEO’s to-do list? Of those active on social media, 70% use only LinkedIn. However, there’s still untapped potential for chief executives to bolster their companies’ social media marketing by getting personally involved. Humanizing the Company.

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Every seasoned B2B marketer knows that launching a new campaign can be a venture into the unknown. That might be a big reason why nearly 70% of B2B content ends up unused , because it doesn’t align with what buyers are interested in. B2B marketing is too high-stakes for any blind leaps of faith. 6 B2B Marketing KPIs to Measure.

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Oktopost

JANUARY 12, 2021

B2B organizations often are remiss in remembering B2B buyers are just B2C consumers wearing a different hat. For B2B, this means buyers expect a personalized, well-developed, enticing customer experience (CX) from first learning of your brand until closing a sale. CX has become an intrinsic part of the B2B marketing funnel.

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Oktopost

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Just when B2B marketers feel they have finally proven ROI with a solid social strategy, along comes another social media platform to shake things up. On Instagram, there are over 1 billion monthly active users as of 2018 , with 90% of those users under 35 – that’s a ridiculous amount of people. Tip #5: Highlight Company Culture.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 27, 2022

Can TikTok for B2B marketing unlock the same potential? Not all B2B companies may not be able to capitalize on those instant #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt B2C conversions, but that doesn’t mean they won’t get any value out of the network. When it comes to awareness, TikTok may be just what a B2B social media strategy needs.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 13, 2018

That said, there are a few things to keep in mind when tuning your company’s LinkedIn strategy to use it to its full potential, such as taking into consideration just how different the audience is on this platform are in comparison to other less professionally oriented networks like Facebook and Twitter. Build an online presence.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

This struggle is even more difficult for business-to-business (B2B) marketers, who feel so lost trying effectively target business professionals on Facebook that they only put in half the effort or abandon the platform completely. As a B2B company, your customers know the angles, and they know the game.

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Oktopost

APRIL 2, 2021

More concerned with business than cat videos or politics, it is the perfect B2B marketing platform. LinkedIn’s impressive user list of over 30 million companies is a target-rich environment for savvy marketers. One reason for LinkedIn’s increasing popularity is that B2B marketers use it for lead generation.

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Oktopost

JANUARY 30, 2023

B2B companies use social media to increase their reach and talk with their prospects, and they need to do it wherever their customers are. TikTok has also recently emerged as a powerful and valuable tool for B2B marketers, driving brand awareness and affinity.

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Oktopost

JULY 30, 2020

So many B2B deals closed, and so many connections made. Back in the B2B world, companies are increasingly shining a spotlight to online lead generation and engagement. So what exactly is a webinar, and why are they so crucial to your B2B strategy in 2021? Should you use a dedicated B2B webinar software?

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Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Instagram is a fantastic platform for B2B marketers. Over half of millennials are active users on Instagram. ” Well, what if I told you that 40 percent of the workforce in most average companies is made up of millennials ? Here are seven examples of B2B brands doing Instagram marketing the right way.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 31, 2020

The company recently missed earnings estimates for the second time in four quarters, and had to strike a deal with activist investor firm Elliott Management which had “been trying to push (Jack) Dorsey out as part of an overhaul to Twitter’s business.” Though 90% of B2B software companies are on Twitter , barely half are active.

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Keyhole.co

JANUARY 27, 2023

Social media is quickly becoming the go-to method medium for B2B marketers looking to promote their business. In fact, a study by the International Data Corporation found that 75% of B2B buyers use social media to make purchasing decisions. This has made producing social media content a top priority for 95% of B2B marketers.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As noted in the 2016 B2B Marketing Trends report , B2B marketing strategies and practices are in the midst of significant change, driven by new technologies and evolving buyer expectations for more “consumer-like” experiences. B2B marketing budgets are shifting to digital and social. B2B messaging gets personal.

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