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Seven Ways to Use Social Media for Business

Webbiquity

From a pure lead generation / ROI standpoint, this skepticism isn’t entirely unjustified; research from earlier this year showed that branding metrics (increased brand exposure, webs traffic, email subscribers partnerships)—not strict revenue or ROI measures—topped the list of benefits that b2b marketers realized from social media activities.

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The One Effective Use of Facebook for B2B Marketing

Webbiquity

And as one more bit of anecdotal evidence, I have my Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook badges all displayed in the left column of this blog. I pick up a lot of new Twitter followers here, and a fair number of LinkedIn connection requests, but rarely a Facebook invitation. Share this on del.icio.us. Post this on Diigo. Share this on Mixx.

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The Ultimate Guide to Sales Prospecting: Tips, Techniques, & Tools to Succeed

Hubspot

The end goal is to move prospects through the sales funnel until they eventually convert into revenue-generating customers. What's the difference between leads and prospects? Prospects: Leads become prospects if they are qualified as potential customers, meaning that they align with the persona of our target buyer.

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Five Social Media Marketing Reports and Guides Worth Checking Out

Webbiquity

Substituting thought-leadership content for ad copy— telling rather than selling —should benefit both buyers and sellers, by increasing the knowledge of buyers and shortening sales cycles (though this latter effect may be masked by current economic conditions). 2010 Lead Generation Marketing ROI Study (32 pages).

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Online Advertising Metrics: A Simple Framework

Digital B2B Marketing

We cannot measure the ultimate outcome (sales) with a long sales cycle and be agile marketers. It takes too long and there are not enough sales to provide meaningful insight into each element of a program. Step One: Choose Measurements Select one or two activities that are good early proxies for future sales.