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Breaking Down Social Listening for B2B: The Full Guide

Oktopost

There is no shortage of imperative marketing tactics that if you don’t do right now, your B2B organization will crash and burn. In this piece, we’ll break down social listening, how it’s different from social monitoring, and the benefits and ways to use social listening for your B2B brand. What is Social Listening?

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30 Remarkable Content Marketing Facts and Statistics for 2013 (and 2014)

Webbiquity SMM

Content marketing has become ubiquitous, with 93% of B2B marketers now using it. 93% of B2B marketers are using content marketing—but only 44% have a documented content strategy. ( B2B Marketing Insider ). 87% of B2B buyers say content has an impact on vendor selection; more than a quarter (27%) say it has a “major impact.”

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20 Ways to Generate ROI from a Corporate Blog

Webbiquity SMM

The “ROI of social media&# (or lack thereof) is a hot, and still hotly contested, topic. I summarized arguments from both sides a few months ago in The Social Media ROI Debate. Promote white papers / eBooks / reports for lead generation. All of the old measurements are moot.&#. Here are 20 ideas.

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10 Best Posts of 2010

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Far and away one of the best blog posts I wrote this year was on the new 4′c of B2B Marketing – it was read over 15,000 times and 3X more popular than the next most read blog post of the year. Is The White Paper Dead for B2B Marketing? 4 C’s of B2B Marketing. Fire your Director of Social Media!

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Not Tracking Social Media ROI is Your Fault

Convince & Convert

Last week, Susan Etlinger from Altimeter Group published the Social Media ROI Cookbook. click here to view and download the Social Media ROI Cookbook on Slideshare). If you’re looking to place blame for why you can’t measure social media ROI in your company, grab a mirror. Is social media ROI attainable?

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Calculate Your Blogging ROI in 9 Steps

Convince & Convert

Let’s assume your monthly blog hosting is $19, and you spend $19 per month on Inbound Writer to help with you blog’s SEO, and you spend $19 per month on Formstack to create and manage landing pages to convince people to download your white paper. That often takes the form of lead generation, especially in B2B circumstances.

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How the Sprout Social Salesforce integration strengthens your team

Sprout Social

Looking at the top challenges of B2B marketers , the growing need for social media CRM integrations is clear. This rings true for B2B and B2C alike. Let’s assume that the typical B2B buyer’s journey is around eight months. Reports, white papers and other lead magnets. This includes: Blog posts.

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