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Is paid social advertising still worth it in 2023?

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Like almost every B2B company on the planet, I knew my success would hinge largely on paid social advertising. After a few months, my cost per lead (CPL) was $3k, and I was in a frenzy. I hired an agency. Either way, I was ready to launch paid social into the sun—until I met my now-teammate Joe Hill.

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More Than a Button: The Best CTAs for Paid Social Advertising (Based on $130M in Ad Spend)

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We’re talking about calls to action (CTAs) and how they make or break paid social campaigns. In the context of paid social advertising , a call to action encourages someone in your target audience to do something next, such as download an ebook, request a demo , or learn more about your product. CPO N/A $21,378.29

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B2B Paid Social Benchmarks: What We Learned From $15M in Spend on Facebook and LinkedIn

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And targeting your audience with paid social media campaigns is one of the best ways to do that. When you hit the sweet spot of the right audience, right social channel, right ad and right offer, there really isn’t a better advertising medium for B2B. platform ran in 2020 to find paid social media benchmarks.

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B2B Paid Social Benchmarks: What We Learned From $15M in Spend on Facebook and LinkedIn

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And targeting your audience with paid social media campaigns is one of the best ways to do that. When you hit the sweet spot of the right audience, right social channel, right ad and right offer, there really isn’t a better advertising medium for B2B. platform ran in 2020 to find paid social media benchmarks.

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How Metadata Fundamentally Changed My Approach to B2B Marketing

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After a few years, I decided it was time for a change, so I made a big one and started my career in marketing at a company called Influitive , which is the technology behind the customer communities at companies like Adobe, ADP, and IBM. I wasn’t any less skeptical of paid social, I knew a test run of Metadata wouldn’t hurt.

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The Best Offer Types for Facebook and LinkedIn Campaigns

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What did $42M in spend on Facebook and LinkedIn tell us about successful paid social ads? A lot—but mainly, it showed us the four elements of paid social ads —the ad format, channel, audience and offer type—must work in harmony to drive leads, pipeline and ROI. Offer types: Demo. This also makes sense.

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How To Make Big Demand Gen Bets That Beat the House (and Deliver ROI)

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As efficiency takes center stage, companies are shifting from a grow-at-all-costs mindset to one that involves growth with…very few resources. Where the axe comes down will vary based on factors like company maturity, but more than likely, “hot channels” feel it. We’re in the era of efficiency. The pivot itself wasn’t surprising.