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How Facebook Ads Have Evolved [+What This Means for Marketers]

Hubspot

According to a recent study from Statista , Facebook has an estimated 2.7 A well-maintained Facebook presence is central to many — if not most — companies' social media strategies. The History of Facebook Ads. 2004: Facebook first starts generating ad revenue with its "Flyers" project. Image Source: Business 2 Community.

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B2B Blogging Trends for 2011

Webbiquity

Facebook, Twitter and even newer tools like Quora may be sexier and get more attention, but blogs are the workhorses essential to making social media marketing work. Research from HubSpot shows that small businesses with blogs have twice as many Twitter followers as those who don’t. Share this on Facebook.

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Facebook vs. YouTube: Which is Better for Live Video?

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Businesses aren’t standing on the sidelines either because they are aware of all the benefits live video content can provide. Second, live video is great for engaging your followers, increasing awareness about your business and brand, and ultimately, generating leads and driving more customers your way. Both are massive.

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How to Create a Conversion-Driven Image SEO Strategy

Webbiquity

Moz did that eye-tracking study back in 2011 when Google was just starting to show video thumbnails in search results when there were fewer of those than we see today. This can be effectively achieved by using a collaborative sharing dashboard like Agorapulse to handle multi-level social media sharing on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

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4 Trends Shaping B2B Marketing in 2011

ViewPoint

Today's guest blogger, Ann Handley, is the Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs and the co-author of the brand-new book, Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business. Wiley, 2011). How do you foster engagement on Facebook? Why is that?

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Best Quora Guides and Insights of 2011

Webbiquity

According to Compete.com, traffic to the site did fall off sharply in February and March of 2011 after an initial surge, but has rebounded to new highs since then (though half a million unique visitors per month isn’t particularly impressive for a social media site). Then they began to taper off and disappear.

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B2B Marketing Insider Top Posts Of 2011

Marketing Insider Group

Whatever the reason for humanity’s obsession, here’s my simple objective: to share with you the B2B Marketing posts that generated the most traffic, conversation and sharing in 2011. Here were some other top posts from 2011 in case you missed them: The Biggest Mistake Marketers Make. 5 Steps To A Better Business Plan.