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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. So, I did what any demand generation marketer would do in my situation: DIY’d some LinkedIn ads using the platform’s native tools. After a few months, my cost per lead (CPL) was $3k, and I was in a frenzy.

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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. So, what’s working in social advertising for B2B marketers?

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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. You might be asking this question: Which ones should I use on Facebook and LinkedIn? of company revenue in 2022 to 9.1% As your executive team asked you to maximize your smaller budget , your paid ad strategies likely evolved.

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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. So, what’s working in social advertising for B2B marketers?

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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. LinkedIn’s edge in CPC and CPL supports that as well.

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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. Fast forward a few months, and I was more convinced than ever that LinkedIn wasn’t the answer.

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3 Ways to Maximize Your Demand Gen Budget Fast

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A study found that companies that focused on aggressive recession marketing grew during the 1980s recession by 256%, unlike those who slashed or eliminated their budget. They shared the following on LinkedIn : “Those who indiscriminately cut marketing budgets actually performed worse than peers who invested in key channels.