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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

Study: B-to-B Marketers Lagging With Social Media. Data shows about 40 percent of b-to-b brands aren’t using social marketing. Business-to-business marketers are underutilizing social media and its potential, according to new data from Eloqua , a marketing automation company.

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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. Companies try to dutifully engage with customers and prospects on all the main social channels, plus as many of the secondary ones as possible. After all, content is the “fuel” that drives the social media engine, right?

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Oracle’s Social Media Policy

Paul Gillin

With the acquisition of Sun complete, Oracle distributed its social media policy to employees this week, and I was forwarded a copy. Chris Boudreaux has assembled an amazing database of 167 social media policies from businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations that you may also find useful. REQUIREMENTS.

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Meeting IRL Makes Social Media More Meaningful

MLT Creative

reminded me that social media marketing – regardless of whether its B-to-B or B-to-C – is all about relationships. Billy Mitchell and I traveled to Memphis a few weeks ago to join fellow marketers at a social media seminar led by best-selling author, blogger and marketer, Chris Brogan.

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Before Deep Diving Into B2B Social Media Marketing.

MLT Creative

As a B2B marketing agency, we encourage our clients to work on their website content before diving in too aggressively in social media. To be successful in social media, it helps to be human. There is no shortage of social media options available but we recommend starting with those three.