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Is paid social advertising still worth it in 2023?

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Like almost every B2B company on the planet, I knew my success would hinge largely on paid social advertising. After a few months, my cost per lead (CPL) was $3k, and I was in a frenzy. I hired an agency. If it still isn’t working, I’ll grab a shovel and help you bury paid social for good.”

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B2B Paid Social Benchmarks: What We Learned From $15M in Spend on Facebook and LinkedIn

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And targeting your audience with paid social media campaigns is one of the best ways to do that. When you hit the sweet spot of the right audience, right social channel, right ad and right offer, there really isn’t a better advertising medium for B2B. So, what’s working in social advertising for B2B marketers?

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More Than a Button: The Best CTAs for Paid Social Advertising (Based on $130M in Ad Spend)

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We’re talking about calls to action (CTAs) and how they make or break paid social campaigns. You might be asking this question: Which ones should I use on Facebook and LinkedIn? We don’t have to tell you that marketing budgets took a hit this year , with average budgets falling from 9.5% What about CTAs on Facebook?

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B2B Paid Social Benchmarks: What We Learned From $15M in Spend on Facebook and LinkedIn

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And targeting your audience with paid social media campaigns is one of the best ways to do that. When you hit the sweet spot of the right audience, right social channel, right ad and right offer, there really isn’t a better advertising medium for B2B. So, what’s working in social advertising for B2B marketers?

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3 Ways to Maximize Your Demand Gen Budget Fast

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A study found that companies that focused on aggressive recession marketing grew during the 1980s recession by 256%, unlike those who slashed or eliminated their budget. CMOs for companies with more than 500 people? Fresh-faced Directors just starting at a new company? What the heck is a “good” CPL?

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What Are Experts Prioritizing in 2018 B2B Marketing Budgets?

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Their answers ranged depending on their industry, but we found that most were interested in attempting new strategies and techniques for the B2B market, like artificial intelligence, paid social media campaigns, and virtual reality, while others wanted to focus budget dollars on tried-and-true tactics that work.

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How Metadata Fundamentally Changed My Approach to B2B Marketing

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After a few years, I decided it was time for a change, so I made a big one and started my career in marketing at a company called Influitive , which is the technology behind the customer communities at companies like Adobe, ADP, and IBM. I wasn’t any less skeptical of paid social, I knew a test run of Metadata wouldn’t hurt.