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

Convince & Convert

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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No marketing tactic works well Forrester says, it’s all about strong content

Vidyard

Forrester has been following marketers to ask them how those efforts were going, and the answer is… not so well. Most tactics received a thumbs up from 30% or fewer of those surveyed.” Read on for solutions to the content funk such as: Putting content investment ahead of media and program choices.

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Getting smarter together: Trends in AI for B2B marketing

SmartBrief - Marketing

They frequently don’t understand or trust AI, so they’re hesitant to employ it to automate important tasks such as gathering audience and program insights, tactic orchestration, conversation automation and content creation. Let’s take a look at three trends in AI for B2B marketing that Forrester sees.

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How Atlassian uses Sprout to enhance Social Media ROI

Sprout Social

The customers I speak to daily, especially those in the B2B space, are always concerned about proving their return on investment for social media. There are no impulse buys in the B2B SaaS industry and quantifying the impact of social media within the buyer’s journey is not always straightforward. in savings over three years.

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10 B2B Marketing Infographics Outlining Strategies & Tactics for the New Year

KoMarketing Associates

In 2012, Forrester indicated that buyers could be up to 90 percent through their buyer’s journey before even reaching out to a vendor. B2B marketers are becoming more savvy with content marketing, embracing more channels and investing in new content and tactics. We would love to hear more via comments below. Hope you enjoy!

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Reaching the Peak of LinkedIn Ad ROI With Bizible

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

If you manage a marketing budget, you know how much money goes into two critical areas: paid media and marketing technology. Results certainly vary and different advertising tactics work better at different times, but Bizible benchmark data showed that, on average, LinkedIn Ads provided the #1 ROI among major paid media platforms.

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Best Email Marketing Strategies and Tactics of 2009

Webbiquity

While social media marketing gets the headlines, email marketing remains an effective and increasingly used tool in marketer’s toolboxes. What tactics should email marketers be using today to grow subscriber lists, maximize deliverability and generate click-throughs and conversions? Why do email marketing?

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