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Five Ways to “Get Real” With B-to-B Social Media

Biznology

Today, 89% of B-to-B marketers in the U.S. are using social media, says a study conducted by iTracks and the Business Marketing Association (BMA). In fact, B-to-B use of social media may have even eclipsed that of consumer marketers, according to another report from White Horse Productions.

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Five Ways B-to-B Marketers Need to Change Their Game

Biznology

The so-called Buying Circle in large enterprise B-to-B—the influencers, specifiers, users, decision-makers—comprises as many as 21 people, according to Marketing Sherpa. Here’s where marketing automation becomes an important resource for B-to-B marketers. Active social media outreach. But there’s more.

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Study: B-to-B Marketers Lagging With Social Media

Online Marketing Institute

); E-Mail Alert Sign-Up. --> Subscribe Now. --> Media Kit. --> About FOLIO. B2B: Business Media. Consumer Media. E-Media Summit -->. Study: B-to-B Marketers Lagging With Social Media. Data shows about 40 percent of b-to-b brands aren’t using social marketing. MediaPRO Community.

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Social media ROI sucks! (Or, you can prove anything if you send out a survey)

ViewPoint

Social media marketing is now precariously ensconced as a more-or-less mainstream marketing channel. After all, content is the “fuel” that drives the social media engine, right? But things can get murky when marketers are asked to rate social media in terms of contributing to business goals. And YouTube in 10th place?

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Advertising Leaders: Consider Content Over Advertising

Marketing Insider Group

Content marketing and social media that seeks to meet customer needs is now more important than ever! It’s great to see a B to B brand not taking itself too seriously and having a bit of fun. Customers continue to tune out promotional marketing in traditional channels.

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A B2B Marketing Idea Takes Flight On Twitter

MLT Creative

I like to see a good idea keep getting better, and The B2B Twitterer of the Year Awards are a great example. If you’re in B2B marketing and new to Twitter, there are many industry experts for you to follow and, because most of them follow back, everyone gets smarter as a result. So what makes one B2B Twitterer the best?

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Show Me the Numbers: Hard Data on Internet Use and Media Spend

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: Here are links to about twenty studies with statistics on online media consumption and advertising spend. Many are contradictory, but it's clear that marketers need to invest in social media, which might eventually replace search as the primary way that customers find them. The Twitter figures are surely much higher by now.)

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