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30+ Word-of-Mouth Marketing Statistics You Must Know

EveryoneSocial

Word-of-mouth marketing (WOM) is when people gain interest in your brand, product, or services through their peers’ influence. Nielsen ] 92% of global consumers trust UGC and WOM more than advertising. [ 91% of B2B buyers are influenced by word-of-mouth when making buying decisions. [ What Is Word-of-Mouth Marketing?

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How B2B Buyers Really Use Social Media: Insights from the 2012 Buyersphere Report

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

by Jon Miller The annual Buyersphere report from BaseOne , in conjunction with B2B Marketing, Research Now, and McCallum Layton, consists of interviews with B2B buyers who have made actual business purchases in the last 12 months. Instead, what buyers really trust are the recommendations and referrals from their peers and friends.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Using thought leader content as a lead generation tool

markempa

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. They said they were thought leaders.

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Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the.

Industrial Marketing Today

In Needs Awareness and Research phases, the first two stages of the industrial buy cycle (see my earlier post Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle ) your prospects and customers use a variety of online content to find solutions to their current problems and needs.

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5 Shared Traits Among Today’s B2B Buyers

KoMarketing Associates

With this challenge in mind, I’m going to share some of the traits (backed by data) that I believe will help paint a clear picture (one that will hopefully be more accurate than Tom Brady’s courtroom sketch ) of today’s B2B buyer. B2B Buyers Do More Research Than Ever Before. B2B Buyers’ Time is Precious.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Yes, social media applies to B2B. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. This is because B2B has a smaller potential customer base, a higher average price point, and a customer decision funnel that is more influenced by word of mouth and reputation.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

In Search of Mass Influencers In a fascinating new Forrester Research study about online peer influence, Augie Ray and Josh Bernoff determine that consumers generated more than 500 billion online impressions about products and services in 2009. Fly more miles, get priority seating on an airline. Eat 10 sandwiches, get the 11th free.