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2022 CMOs Don’t Want 2010 Solutions: Why The Forrester Wave™ Misses the Mark

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When the Metadata Marketing Team read through the Forrester Wave : B2B Advertising Solutions report, we were…a little surprised. Here’s our hot take on where Forrester got it right and where they missed the mark with B2B advertising. What Forrester got right. What Forrester got wrong. Number 1: The state of B2B Marketing.

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Forrester: Advocate Marketing Is Critical To B2B Success

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The most powerful tool B2B marketers have in today’s hyper-connected world is genuine word of mouth from their customers—such as reviews, social media shares and recommendations. The rise of social sharing has made leveraging word of mouth and social proof a must for B2B companies. Higher brand reach at lower cost.

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Forrester thinks Content Marketing Isn’t Working – They’re Half Right

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Over at Forrester Research, Vice President Laura Ramos recently talked to Advertising Age (“ Marketers Still Struggling to Get Results from Content Marketing “) about what she perceives as a general lack of return from the investment so many companies are making in content marketing.

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How Participation Marketing Elevates Your Social Media Strategy

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But don’t take my word for it. Credible research and data validate the proposition that mobilizing employees as media is a good thing: Peer recommendations drive business value. Technologists are active on social media. They should also understand the best practices for engaging in social media. They have no agenda.

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Social media ROI sucks! (Or, you can prove anything if you send out a survey)

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Social media marketing is now precariously ensconced as a more-or-less mainstream marketing channel. After all, content is the “fuel” that drives the social media engine, right? But things can get murky when marketers are asked to rate social media in terms of contributing to business goals.

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Why Does Most B2B Content Marketing Suck?

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In looking at some research, I found an interesting study from Forrester every B2B content marketer should see. Some more complex words are necessary at times, but if you’re using words that don’t sound like your audience, you need to simplify. From eBooks to video to social media posts, you are creating a narrative.

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Social Media is a Terrible Ecommerce Tactic – or is it?

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There is a ton of interesting insights in the report, which I emphatically recommend you download for free : Here’s some of what I wrote in my analysis: Social media is categorically NOT a meaningful source of direct traffic to ecommerce websites or of direct purchase conversions on those sites. that would be a viable hypothesis.

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