Below are a collection of B2B social media statistics collected from various sources covering a wide range of topics. We B2B firms aren’t as active in their social media activity with only 32% engaging on a daily basis compared with 52% of B2C firms. More than half (53.5%) of marketers surveyed said they currently use social media as part of their marketing strategy. This is up from 2009, when 45.0% of marketers said they used social media for marketing. Online accounted for 7% of the B2B marketing mix in 2008. MORE >>

If 2009 was the year many marketers puzzled over, poked at and pondered incorporating social media into their marketing mix, 2010 was the year of diving in. According to a HubSpot study, 71% of marketers viewed Twitter as a useful marketing tool last year, up from just 39% in 2009. 500 companies now call social media “very&# or “somewhat&# important to their marketing or business strategy. Now that social media has advanced from the “should we do it?&# Social Media Tips, Tactics and Techniques. MORE >>

While social media marketing gets the headlines, email marketing remains an effective and increasingly used tool in marketer’s toolboxes. How has email marketing changed in the last few years? What tactics should email marketers be using today to grow subscriber lists, maximize deliverability and generate click-throughs and conversions? How can email and social media marketing be combined to increase the effectiveness of both? Email’s new role in digital marketing by iMedia Connection. Why do email marketing? MORE >>

As we have learned by writing posts for this site, people are interested in examples of what other B2B companies large and small are doing with social media. UPS launches a B2B social media marketing campaign. from Social Media Influence. UPS, the global shipping firm, is launching a new “logistics” ad campaign in the coming days to boost its credentials with small businesses by leveraging social media networking power. Catchy ad music aside, this could be one of the best examples to date of social media utilization for B2B. from Social Media Examiner. MORE >>

Data junkies, stats addicts, web trivia buffs rejoice — here are a deluge of social media, search and other marketing research facts and figures from 50 articles and blog posts published so far in 2010. How are marketers planning to allocate budgets this year? Which social networking site is used by 92% of senior marketing executives? What social media tool helps small business double their reach on Twitter? How do B2B social media marketing practices differ from B2C companies? How much do small businesses spend on search engine marketing? MORE >>