Sprout Social

MARCH 29, 2021

Getting started with paid social media feels like a big leap for most businesses. That’s because we’ve become so used to social being totally free. A staggering three-fourths of all marketers run paid social campaigns. Paid social gives your business guaranteed reach.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

While many companies believe broader advertising coverage will increase revenue, this often leads to poor quality of leads. A year ago, our agency fell into this trap and, as a result, got very few qualified contacts at a much higher cost than usual. During high-traffic times, you can try paid social advertising.

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SmartBug Media

JULY 14, 2021

Paid media is a great way to supplement your inbound marketing efforts. Whether you’re in the beginning phases of your strategy or you’ve been executing a plan for some time, paid media can help you generate qualified leads quickly for your organization. What's the point of having a paid media budget?

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SmartBug Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Paid media and inbound marketing are often considered at odds or even opposite approaches to marketing. In fact, no intelligent inbound marketing plan is truly complete without the right paid media ad strategy. What Is Paid Media Advertising? Paid Media versus Free Media.

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Biznology

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Organic social media is the use of social networks like Facebook , Twitter , YouTube , Pinterest , Instagram , and Snapchat along with the use of free publishing tools like Hootsuite and Buffer to build a social community and interact with it—publishing posts, sharing others’ posts, and engaging in conversations and comments.

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Brandpoint

JUNE 24, 2021

So go ahead and Ctrl + F or Command-F and search the acronym you’re looking for. AVE: Ad-value equivalency. Ad-value equivalency, or AVE, is a PR tool for measuring the success of a given earned media campaign or placement. If you spent $1000 in a year on marketing efforts and acquired 500 customers, the CAC is $2.

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SmartBug Media

MAY 6, 2020

The most effective SaaS marketing departments employ paid, owned, and earned media channels. For growing SaaS organizations that are doing inbound marketing , paid marketing channels can give you the awareness to put all of that great content to work. Paid Search. Display Ads.

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Sprout Social

MAY 24, 2022

Achieving a balance between paid, owned and earned media strategies is an ever-evolving skill. Most communications professionals would say we’re in the midst of a major shift in media mix effectiveness. Now, social strategies apply to more than just owned media. Defining paid, owned and earned media.

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Some marketers think there is a big difference between B2C (business to consumer) and B2B (business to business) marketing, but the fact is, there are facets of both that have similar qualities. Because of this, B2B marketers can employ many “traditional” B2C strategies of marketing into their own campaigns.

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Anyword

JANUARY 17, 2020

The reason social media is such a strong marketing tool, apart from the massive reach it offers, is the versatility of ads that marketers can create to engage with their audiences. How can you make sure that you’re getting the best performance out of your ads? What is A/B Testing? the answer is no.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

To thrive and grow, it needs a constant influx of supporters who buy into its perspectives, points, and purposes, and customers who purchase its products. If you want your #content discovered at scale, amplify its power through paid promotion, says @joderama. Click To Tweet. Native advertising. . Image source.

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The Point

MARCH 18, 2020

Most B2B marketers we talk to are continuing to plan, develop and execute campaigns and other initatives, for the time being at least. Consider shifting net new investment to inbound strategies: SEM, paid social, content syndication. Offer free information on how to cope, certainly. If nothing else, lead nurturing.

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Content Standard

JANUARY 28, 2019

Social is changing, and the stakes for getting your online strategy right are rapidly rising. Thanks to paid media’s advantageous targeting abilities and wide reach, more marketers are investing in their social media strategy than ever before. In 2017 alone, Facebook generated $40 billion in ad sales.

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Single Grain

MARCH 3, 2023

There are two pillars that SaaS marketers usually focus on: owned marketing channels and paid social advertising. To stand out from the competition (there are 17,000 SaaS companies in the U.S. SaaS brands are exploring alternative marketing methods — like native advertising.

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Single Grain

AUGUST 24, 2023

And to be better than the rest usually requires the help of an agency. So understanding how to choose a digital marketing agency is crucial. With a plethora of online marketing strategies like social media, PPC, email, content and SEO, it’s easy to get overwhelmed as to which to focus on.

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ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Social media has been around since 1997 , but it didn’t explode in popularity until 2006. Business-to-consumer (B2C) companies have harnessed social media in a huge way. There are some common misconceptions about social media in B2B marketing that I’ve found prevent teams and leaders from even trying.

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Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Top of Funnel 147

Metadata

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For demand marketers focused on driving sales and business growth, revenue is the ultimate KPI. And targeting your audience with paid social media campaigns is one of the best ways to do that. How to look at the data LinkedIn vs. Facebook for B2B marketing What are the best CTAs? How long should your ad text be?

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The Point

OCTOBER 7, 2014

It seems only yesterday that “PPC advertising” was synonymous with Google AdWords. Google still dominates search advertising – at last count, it handles roughly two-thirds of all Web search queries , a market share that won’t be decreasing any time soon. Ready to take the plunge into Social PPC?

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SmartBug Media

JUNE 24, 2020

Deciding where to invest your business’s media dollars is never easy. Now, in the middle of a health and financial crisis, it’s harder than ever to choose the right paid media investments. Wondering which paid media channels are poised to help you attract more business during the current crisis ?

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Martech

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Search Engine Optimization remains the stalwart mainstay of digital marketing, with search driving around 50% of website traffic on average, according to an analysis of SimilarWeb data by Growth Badger. Learn more about search marketing at MarTech’s sister site Search Engine Land.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 2, 2018

That was the click-through-rate of the first ever banner ad , purchased by AT&T on HotWired.com in 1994. Nowadays, this ad would be considered the scum of clickbait. No sane person would ever click on it. You can create engaging ads in multiple formats and target people who actually need your product or service.

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Paid Content Advertisements Advertising Lead Scoring 101

Hubspot

MAY 25, 2016

Have you ever had any formal or informal paid advertising training or education? Most marketers are presented with a chunk of their company’s marketing budget one day and told to “run some ads.” Don’t let the costs scare you, paid social advertising is incredibly measurable, and can produce real ROI.

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Single Grain

JUNE 21, 2023

As a B2B business, how do you create an effective LinkedIn marketing strategy? Many advertisers start by reading LinkedIn advertising statistics to know which tactics will benefit their marketing efforts. We’ve curated 100+ LinkedIn ad stats to inspire your next B2B ad campaign. adults are on LinkedIn.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2012

by Jon Miller One question we hear all the time from customers is how to measure the ROI of social media. While I won’t talk here about the ROI of all social media, I do want to drill into the return on paid social media advertising. Facebook Advertisements. Here’s what we’ve learned!

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2016

When it comes to demand generation, even the most seasoned B2B marketers have fallen into this trap and sabotaged their success without knowing it. Hopefully, I can help you avoid this disaster by shining a light on the most common pitfalls that demand generation marketers may run into. cost per click, cost per acquisition, etc.),

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Hubspot

MARCH 6, 2017

With all that time invested, you can't stop at just embedding the video on a homepage or sharing it on social media and hoping someone watches. While great content is bound to be found, it's also important to be proactive about gaining the attention of and educating prospects and those unfamiliar with your brand.

Paid Content 101

Paid Content Youtube Advertising Agencies Advertisements 101

SocialPilot

JANUARY 30, 2025

If you want to succeed in social media marketing, you dont just randomly post your content and hope for the best. Instead, you create a successful social media campaign. Dont think whipping together a few social media posts is enough to drive traffic, generate leads, or boost sales.

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Social Media Campaigns Top of Funnel Media 52

SocialPilot

JANUARY 30, 2025

If you want to succeed in social media marketing, you dont just randomly post your content and hope for the best. Instead, you create a successful social media campaign. Dont think whipping together a few social media posts is enough to drive traffic, generate leads, or boost sales.

Social Media 52

Social Media Campaigns Top of Funnel Media 52

Single Grain

MAY 24, 2023

Social media advertising statistics can help you better understand your target audience, which allows you to make data-driven decisions that will, ultimately, improve your ranking. In this piece, we’ve curated thirty of the most important data points to help you form your social media marketing strategy.

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Single Grain

AUGUST 18, 2023

Finding the right digital marketing agency isn’t easy. But the digital marketing case studies they showcase on their site can offer invaluable insights for businesses looking to hire an agency. That said, there are a number of marketing strategies that will accomplish your goals while making your ROI.

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Contently

APRIL 24, 2019

This is an excerpt from The Content Marketer’s Playbook: Grow Your Content Program. Click here to read the entire e-book. Brands are creating more content than ever before. According to CMI’s 2019 benchmark report , a majority of both B2B and B2C marketers increased content creation budgets from 2018.

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Budget Programs Top of Funnel Ad Building Content 152

Metadata

JULY 21, 2022

Paid social ads can guarantee exposure, drive traffic, and encourage revenue. Organic social media is often positioned as the be-all and end-all of social media marketing. However, to really maximize your social media efforts, you need both organic posts and a paid social media strategy.

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Tomorrow People

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

What’s the right go-to-market (GTM) approach for a startup and how do you go about creating one? Some of the reasons for this are straightforward—like a lack of funding or market research. However, this is a mistake, as startups and mature companies have very different goals and priorities. What is a go-to-market (GTM) strategy?

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Tomorrow People

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

What’s the right go-to-market (GTM) approach for a startup and how do you go about creating one? Some of the reasons for this are straightforward—like a lack of funding or market research. However, this is a mistake, as startups and mature companies have very different goals and priorities. What is a go-to-market (GTM) strategy?

Marketing Analytics Tools 156

Marketing Analytics Tools Startups Paid Content Sales Management 156

Martech

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

To get ahead, marketers should be well on the way to migrating to the preferred version, Google Analytics 4. After completing numerous UA to GA4 migrations, one issue that appears in almost all instances relates to categorizing existing marketing links into Google’s newly defined channels. utm_medium : The marketing medium (i.e.,

Tagging 118

Tagging Cost Per Click CPC Campaigns 118

Sprout Social

MAY 28, 2020

Social media campaigns are focused and coordinated efforts that generate measurable results across social media platforms. Campaigns are a chance to switch things up, reach your audience in a new way, create memorable content and make a real impact on top-line business goals.

Social Media 117

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Sprout Social

MARCH 21, 2017

These days, it’s a given that anyone involved in digital marketing understands the importance of social media, from a content and engagement perspective. Developing a social media marketing funnel “mindset” so that you can think like a conversion optimizer when planning and executing your social media campaigns!

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