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In this post I will review a whitepaper produced last month by Toolbox.com in conjunction with PJA Advertising + Marketing called “ Top 5 Trends in B2B Social Media Usage: What Every Marketer Should Know “ (registration required) on social media usage. You are most certainly not the only one.
In social media content is not necessarily about creating whitepapers or videos. Context: this is important because some traditional marketing assets like whitepapers or product demos do not perform very well in social media. It can include 140 character tweets, photos, brief product updates or FAQs.
In this article I will summarize a whitepaper Robert wrote on the 11 reasons why outbound telemarketing fails. Sometimes, inbound demand generation isn’t enough to fill our funnels. And so we turn to good old-fashioned cold calling to drive leads, identify new contacts or even clean our lists.
I especially was glad to see content programs listed under your insight-driven marketing comment. I think that too often content planning is still more than an after-thought rather than part of an overall customer engagement strategy.
Use the key insights from your surveys to create whitepapers on the top pain points. Remember the tip from yesterday about surveying and interviewing your customers? Videotape your interview and post it online. You don’t need to sell your solution if you can engage your prospects and demonstrate that you understand their needs.
Using social media as a direct response vehicle - The reason for much of the success from B2C marketers is that the majority of their products are impulse purchases (i.e. For B2B companies, social media is more about interaction and knowledge sharing (think whitepapers, videos, thought leadership blogs, etc.).
Include thought leadership whitepapers, customer videos, podcasts, case studies, demos and product comparison guides. One trick is to compile a list of all the best content from previous campaigns that you already have on hand. Make sure you cover each buying stage.
Read: Trade show leads, Whitepaper downloads etc, etc) Alternatively, my recommendation for my clients is go where their buyers are and develop a demand generation program (not lead gen) where you engage potential prospects throughout the whole decision making process and always be present. In fact in the long run it costs a lot more.
Some people prefer whitepapers, demo’s, trial offers, benchmarking studies, so we must be sure we have these ready as it will aid us in increasing our lead count and subsequent ROI. The representative needs to have many assets at the ready, as people like to view products or services in various ways.
Gather Sales’ Marketplace Insights: which starts with information gathering and ends with sales validation of any marketingplan. I would add that the first meeting for any new marketing person is to sit down with the head of sales and ask “what do you need?” These are all great tips. First, I did their job for 1 day per month.
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