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Social PPC: 17 Tips for Successful Ads on Twitter, LinkedIn & Facebook

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Foremost amongst the competition are the big three social networks: Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook, all of which, to varying degrees, rely on advertising to monetize their huge user bases. However, it also drives much higher conversion rates (up to 7x, in our experience) compared to Twitter and Facebook.

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No Leads from Social Media? No Excuses.

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In a recent post , the folks over at Silicon Angle applied their usual insightful analysis to the results of an industry survey by marketing automation company Pardot , a survey that reports fully 42 percent of respondents (all B2B Marketers) have failed to generate any leads from their social media campaigns. Here they are, in a nutshell: 1.

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Integrating Social Leads into the Demand Generation Funnel

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Social media may be a hot topic in B2B marketing circles, but most of that buzz focuses on the role of social media advertising. After all, as earned media, the “cost” of organic social is basically zero. I spoke to Daniel Kushner, CEO of B2B social media management platform company Oktopost , for his perspective. (HS)

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Maker’s Mark: PR Debacle or Social Media Genius?

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A mere week later, after a firestorm of protest erupted on social media and the Internet in general, the company reversed course. And I began to ask the question: what if the whole affair were not a mistake at all, but instead, a masterstroke of social media marketing? We Listened.”

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Is Social Media Wasted on PR Agencies?

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I’m ready to conclude that many PR agencies don’t really get it when it comes to social media. Either that, or they’re just choosing to frame the discussion in such a way as to greatly limit the potential of their clients’ social media initiatives. Recently I was made privy to a social media plan authored by a client’s PR agency.

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6 B2B Demand Gen Predictions for 2020

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The demand for better attribution will also pressure the big ad platforms – Google, Bing, Facebook, LinkedIn – to create more robust reporting options. – Ashley Kennedy, Digital Media Director. “I

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Segmentation, Social Media Drive Lead Nurturing Success for iDirect

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Leveraging social media to help maintain mindshare, keep prospects informed. This served a number of purposes: introducing greater interactivity through functionality like comments and social sharing (Facebook, Twitter), but also leveraging newsletter content to drive increased search traffic and ultimately, more inbound inquiries.