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Five Ways to “Get Real” With B-to-B Social Media

Biznology

Today, 89% of B-to-B marketers in the U.S. are using social media, says a study conducted by iTracks and the Business Marketing Association (BMA). In fact, B-to-B use of social media may have even eclipsed that of consumer marketers, according to another report from White Horse Productions.

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Study: B-to-B Marketers Lagging With Social Media

Online Marketing Institute

Study: B-to-B Marketers Lagging With Social Media. Data shows about 40 percent of b-to-b brands aren’t using social marketing. Business-to-business marketers are underutilizing social media and its potential, according to new data from Eloqua , a marketing automation company.

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Five Ways B-to-B Marketers Need to Change Their Game

Biznology

The so-called Buying Circle in large enterprise B-to-B—the influencers, specifiers, users, decision-makers—comprises as many as 21 people, according to Marketing Sherpa. Here’s where marketing automation becomes an important resource for B-to-B marketers. Active social media outreach. But there’s more.

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

ViewPoint

Social media marketing is now precariously ensconced as a more-or-less mainstream marketing channel. Companies try to dutifully engage with customers and prospects on all the main social channels, plus as many of the secondary ones as possible. After all, content is the “fuel” that drives the social media engine, right?

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To Gate or Not to Gate, That Is the B-to-B Content Marketing Question

Biznology

There’s a spirited debate in B-to-B marketing about whether it’s best to give away information (aka “content,” like white papers and research reports) to all comers, versus requiring web visitors to provide some information in exchange for a content download. So that’s my argument for gating content in B-to-B marketing.

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Using Buying Groups to Accelerate Your Sales Process

InsightSquared

For example, one campaign involved sending ads to the kids of the family on their social media feeds highlighting fun activities. According to SiriusDecisions , “B-to-b purchase decisions are rarely made by one person – multiple individuals are involved in a variety of buying scenarios that can exist within an organization.

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The Need for a Demand Center

eTrigue

Marketers at even the smallest companies are now equipped to leverage online strategies including email, banner ads, search, and social media. Digital marketing has transformed how most organizations market today. What’s Driving this Change?

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