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

MARCH 13, 2023

But what does that look like in the B2B social media industry, and what role does social play in the B2B buyer journey? An expert in B2B social, Stephanie’s experience in social spans a variety of industries, including technology, research, and financial services, working on global brand and corporate social teams at IBM and Gartner.

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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. Forrester’s customer life cycle framework for social media, comprising seven stages, emphasizes the cyclical and non-linear nature of customer-brand relationships.

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Keyhole.co

JUNE 7, 2023

When we think of a B2B branding toolkit, the first thought to pop up in our minds is a handbook that contains the brand’s preferred tone of voice, colors, typography, imagery, vision, values, and messaging pillars. However, in recent years, a branding toolkit can do with some upgrades. The most important upgrades of all?

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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. Your goals may include brand awareness or higher web traffic.

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Ignite Social Media

JULY 6, 2022

It’s no secret that social media is the most widely used channel to drive brand awareness. 91% of B2B marketers use social media networks to achieve top-of-the-funnel goals like reaching their target audience and driving sales. . If you choose to use only one social media network for your B2B marketing, make it LinkedIn.

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Koka Sexton

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Building a B2B marketing strategy can be a challenging task, but it is essential for the success of any business that relies on other businesses as its customers. A well-crafted B2B marketing strategy can help a business to target the right customers, create a strong brand, and generate more leads and sales.

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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? More time in each sales stage.

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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. 4 types of data you should track to improve social selling ROI 1. Comments and Mentions: Provides insights into consumer interactions and sentiment towards the brand.

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Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

There are few things in a B2B marketer’s toolkit that can deliver as much ROI as paid social media marketing. If you haven’t already, you should consider joining the 72% of other B2B marketers who have experienced faster results using a paid social media marketing strategy. What is Paid Social Media for B2B?

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 5, 2023

Understanding how to qualify leads is integral to running successful B2B marketing campaigns. Additionally, these metrics can help you understand what type of leads are most profitable, so you can focus your efforts on attracting those leads. It is also important to measure the performance of your B2B marketing campaigns.

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Oktopost

MAY 2, 2021

For most B2B marketers in 2021, content is changing. With that kind of lead gen, it’s no wonder that YouTube is a high priority among B2B marketers. . In this post, we’ll examine why you should be prioritizing YouTube for your B2B marketing. Why Use YouTube for B2B Marketing? How popular is YouTube?

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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. Not so much.

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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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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 17, 2023

And lead gen campaigns on Facebook and Instagram are 10X more expensive than brand awareness advertising. Image credit: WordPress VIP Not surprising: the top four goals of content marketing (like marketing in general) revolve around creating brand awareness, increasing brand credibility, and generating leads or sales.

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Oktopost

AUGUST 24, 2021

B2B event marketing has been proven to be as good as gold for this goal. . 99% found unique value in this B2B marketing strategy that they did not get from other channels. Given that, in this post, we’ll talk about: What B2B event marketing is. What are some types of event marketing. What is B2B Event Marketing?

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Oktopost

JANUARY 13, 2020

The internet of 2020 is full of brands, memes, and influencers vying for everyone’s precious attention. Nowhere is this more true than in B2B marketing, where buyers aren’t (as) swept up by trends and viral ads. B2B buyers are increasingly using social media and user generated content to research their major purchases.

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 17, 2014

Much has been written about how the internet in general, and the explosion of content marketing in particular, has changed the nature of b2b marketing. Today’s b2b buyers are typically 70% of the way through their purchase process before they contact a vendor’s sales team.

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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. The leads are better.

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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. Connect with other B2B companies in your industry with a similar audience profile. Follow your partner brands and customers. Tip #1: Build the Right Audience. Conclusion.

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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

APRIL 21, 2020

There’s no doubt that when B2B marketers do social media right, they can be a great facilitator in staying connected with prospects and customers through content. Together, they unveil current trends emerging in the B2B marketing industry due to COVID19 and best practices to tighten B2B content strategies.

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Oktopost

JUNE 9, 2021

Over the years, B2B marketing has evolved significantly and continues to do so at such a rapid pace. Nowadays, there is no shortage of powerful (and fast) ways brands can interact with customers. With many engagement tools and new technologies now available, brands have more options to nurture and build superb customer relationships.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

People praising a product or brand through ratings and reviews increases its credibility and authority. In marketing, the primary types of social proof are: Product Reviews : Reviews are the lifeblood of social proof. Case Studies : These are the B2B equivalent of product reviews. Image credit: Karsten Winegeart on Unsplash.

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Keyhole.co

JUNE 2, 2022

In B2B, word of mouth is one of the kings when it comes to marketing strategies. The main purposes of influencer marketing are: To get the influencer’s followers to buy your product To increase your brand reputation To build trust with a wider audience Higher-quality engagement. How does influencer marketing work in B2B?

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Oktopost

APRIL 18, 2022

It’s no wonder that savvy B2B marketers are taking advantage of this popular and portable format to create value-packed audio programs. B2B podcasts are a powerful form of outbound marketing. Jump to Best B2B Podcasts. What is a B2B Podcast? 4 Reasons to Include Podcasting in Your B2B Content Marketing Strategy.

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Oktopost

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Episode two of our podcast, B2B Marketing Now, was posted last week and we learned so much about video for B2B marketing creating this episode. We invited Paul Carpenter to educate us on the value of video for B2B marketing, covering the why and how with video programming. Why should have a video marketing program?

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

And you’d certainly never talk about your brand or product at a business conference or networking event…while wearing noise-cancelling headphones. Why then do so many brands fail to do basic brand monitoring on social networks, and across the Internet more generally? Your fans are advocating for your brand.

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Oktopost

APRIL 29, 2024

Whether we’re using it for brand awareness, social selling, employee advocacy, or all of the above, most organizations recognize that being strategic and active on social media is an absolute must if you want to be a well-respected brand in 2024. Doing this helps to drive your leads that you are in contact with further down the funnel.

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Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

They’re not tagging your brand or writing on your page, but thousands of people are reading and absorbing the message. . These posts can be shaping opinions about your brand and articulating exactly what it is your audience wants. The importance of social listening for B2B marketing. Lead identification.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Business and consumer brands have traditionally approached marketing from two totally different vantage points. But the reality is that B2B buyers are very similar to B2C consumers— whether it’s buying a new car or new enterprise software, consumers want to be educated and informed. 2) Start testing, seriously.

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Oktopost

JULY 30, 2020

So many B2B deals closed, and so many connections made. Between January and April 2020, the number of brands running webinar ads has more than doubled from 223 to 463. Back in the B2B world, companies are increasingly shining a spotlight to online lead generation and engagement. Remember conferences and meetups?!

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 30, 2020

Building a brand is more important than ever. Your brand is what differentiates you from your competitors. A solid brand identity can help you get more people to trust your products and/or services. A solid brand identity can help you get more people to trust your products and/or services. Guest post by Shane Barker.

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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

MAY 9, 2023

Goal-setting is the foundation of any successful social media (or any other type of) marketing campaign. With 93% of marketers leveraging social media for increased brand exposure, it’s vital for businesses to identify ways to stay ahead of the curve. What types of tools will be leveraged for execution and analysis?

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Oktopost

OCTOBER 28, 2019

If you don’t eat, sleep, and breathe marketing, the idea of building a personal brand online can seem trivial. How is becoming a minor internet celebrity going to help you close big B2B contracts with serious, technically-minded buyers? . We do not recommend the approach of just putting yourself out there and hoping for the best.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 13, 2019

If you’re a B2B brand, chances are you already have plenty on your plate. Customers and competitors are sounding off like never before on social media, especially in the ever-so-opinionated B2B space. And so the rules of succeeding with B2B social media are changing. Think about it. Harsh, but we get it.

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