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8 Tips by B2B Marketers for LinkedIn Lead Generation

Oktopost

When Microsoft bought the site in 2016, many joked that this was the first time someone had actually accepted a LinkedIn request. LinkedIn’s cost per click is higher, but the conversion rate makes it a much better value for B2B marketers—and the numbers and case studies bear this out. The leads are better.

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What’s Trending in Marketing for October 2019

Stevens & Tate

The previous record breaki ng number was 47% in 2016. What is CPM Advertising and Should You Use It? . One of these metrics is CPM , or cost per mille, which translates into cost per thousand impressions. CPM indicates how much you’re paying for every thousand impressions the ad is earning.

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The 8 Things You Must Do to Improve Your Sponsored Social Ads

Convince & Convert

In fact, social advertising budgets doubled from $16 billion in 2014 to $31 billion in 2016. The question is, how can you ensure your campaigns generate clicks and revenue? By paying per impression, you can optimize your CPM to just $0.02 But to achieve this low cost, your video must abide by a few principles.

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Social Media Stories Should Be the Focus of Every Digital Storytelling Strategy. Here’s Why.

Content Standard

Regardless, Instagram followed suit a few years later in 2016. This past year, TechCrunch reported that the use of social media Stories has grown 842 percent since 2016. But the allure of Story advertising is currently as strong as it is thanks to relatively cheap average CPM and CPC rates.

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How B2B marketers can strategize LinkedIn Advertisement in 2019

Valasys

According to Hootsuite, from having 467 million users in Q3 2016, the platform surged to 590 million users by the end of 2018 (which means a whopping addition of 123 million users in two years). Text Ads: These relatively simpler ad campaigns can be used to create pay-per-click (PPC) or cost-per-impression (CPM) ads.

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Can You Drive Facebook ROI Without Resorting to Paid Reach?

Content Standard

billion ad impressions found that the average CPM for Facebook ads jumped by 37 percent between the third and fourth quarters of 2017, while the average CPC improved by 14 percent, and the average CTR rose by 25 percent. The number of brand lift tests conducted on ads in 2017 was 40 percent higher than the numbers in 2016.

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Why Brands and Influencers Are Leaving Snapchat for Instagram Stories

Hubspot

When Instagram Stories launched in August 2016 , Snapchat had already been the first mover in the ephemeral, or disappearing, messaging space since Snapchat Stories were created in 2013. He said ads on Instagram Stories were particularly successful and achieved a "higher CPM (cost per impression) rate than usual."