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The Impact of Social Media on B2B Marketing

Social media is considered one of the major components of B2B marketing. For some reason most of the B2B companies have lagged behind B2Cs in the adoption and effective use of social media. It remains a surprise to see that a lot of the companies still underestimate this important marketing component. Social media marketing is more than adding Twitter and Facebook buttons to your website, but a planned comprehensive social media marketing strategy can boost your business better than any other marketing technique.

How Can B2Bs Benefit From Social Media?

Social media marketing may not exactly be for converting leads into sales or to demonstrate the ROI per post. Rather, it focuses on how B2Bs can utilise the social media platform to inform the content it creates, and deliver content that is relevant to its market needs, and the latest trends. Also to utilise its own employees to boost its media exposure, and the way it is perceived by the market at a more personal level.

Here are some ways social media presence benefit a B2B brand:

Brand Awareness and Loyalty

Social media is an effective way to get your brand name out in front of people who are your potential target. Companies that are not using social media to popularize their brands are missing out on a valuable opportunity to connect with the mass. Social media strategies for B2Bs are slightly different from that for a B2C. Hence content sharing and interactions should be catered based on the targeted business industry you are serving.

Search Engine Traffic

Search Engine Optimization is the best way you could drive more traffic to your website, but social media sure plays its role. SEO requirements always change and it needs more than regular update of blogs, optimizing title tags and meta-descriptions. Google and other search engines also take into account the social presence of a brand. The rankings are influenced by strong social media presence as most of the top brands use social media. A good brand identity in the social media will give your brand a legitimate and trustworthy face among the target, also bringing good traffic to your website.

Social media help in better conversion of leads. It is mainly because of the humanisation effect. Brands are more humanized by social media interactions, which make other users to interact with the company and share their thoughts, suggestions, complaints and business proposals. Social media also has higher lead-to-close ratio than outbound marketing. A high number of social media followers improve your brand value and trust.

Social media also has other benefits. Social media is a far cost effective marketing method. It also enriches customer experiences and insight. The Power of Social Media is evident from the recent news ‘How Elon Musk’s Tweet Made Panasonic $800 mn. Richer’. A simple tweet from the Tesla CEO has earned share values of Panasonic Corp to rise by 6.4% making it richer by $800 million and a subsequent loss of $580 million to rivals Samsung.

 

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Visual Marketing Statistics You Need – 2016

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Over the last few years, digital marketing has taken the Internet by storm. And, one of the most important aspects of online marketing is visual content, which impacts sales and consumer decisions, the most. The creation of apt and powerful visual content is among the top priority for marketers in the coming years.

Visual content can be of various types – images, audio, video, and many more. Not all visual content suits all brands or businesses. It is very important to research on the type of visual content that will make your brand successful and move ahead with a proper visual content strategy to maximize ROI. Creation of the right visual content is a tedious task and might go through several iterations. We have seen many examples of visual content campaigns failing due to lack of market insight and proper analysis. Visual marketing is cost sensitive, hence budget also plays an important role.

Visual Marketing Statistics You Need - 2016

With more and more businesses moving online, marketers need to adapt to new visual marketing trends to keep up with the competition. Since, visual content is a creative sector and appeals more the emotional quotient of consumers, it has to be crisp, clear, precise and up-to-date to be effective.

Here are some of the visual marketing statistics, which worked in the last year and marketers need to be aware of, for successful campaigns in the future.

These are a few important statistics as per HubSpot:
  • Coloured images increase the willingness of a viewer to read by 80%.
  • People can recollect 65% of the information after 3 days, if it has an image.
  • Content with relevant images get 94% more views than those with irrelevant images.
  • Online shoppers who watch videos are likely to purchase 1.81X more than non-viewers.
  • Mobile Marketing has increased by 44%.
  • In the second quarter of 2015, mobile phones and tablets combined for 49% of video ad impressions.
  • 9% of marketers feel that video content fetches the best ROI.
  • Infographics are liked and shared 3X times more than normal content.
  • People follow instructions with text and illustrations 323% better than without these.
  • Visual content is 40X more likely to be shared than regular text.
  • Facebook posts with images are 2.3X more engagement than those without images.
  • 46% of marketers say photography is critical to their current marketing and storytelling strategies.

According to Digiday and Chute, around 20.3% of marketers feel that visual content is 3X more effective than text content. According to Moz, posts with videos are likely to attract 3X more links than text-only posts and statistics from Invodo tell that people are 85% more likely to purchase a product after they view a product video.

How are marketers using the information?
  • 34% of marketers consider visual content as their most important asset.
  • 65% of senior marketing executives feel that visual content is most important in communicating their brand.
  • 39% of marketers feel that more budget should be going towards the creation of visual assets.
  • 73% of B2C content creators will prioritize creating more engaging content by 2016, while 55% of them will prioritize creating visual content.
  • 60% of marketers feel that there will be an increase in the use of Infographic in 2016.
  • Visual content budget increased by 3 to 5% in 2015 and it will likely to increase by the same figure in 2016.
  • 5% feel that lack of time and skilled staff is the biggest challenge in creating effective visual content.
  • 49% feel that over a quarter of a day is spent on visual content; more than creating, managing, distributing and reporting takes more time.

There are more of these insightful statistics in the links provided. As we see that, visual marketing is the growing trend and will keep influencing business growth and sustainability. So, keep a track on these market trends and keep evolving to be able to deliver the best on the web.

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Digital Marketing Trends 2016

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The Internet has evolved over time and now it caters to almost every other need of both consumers and marketers. Digital Marketing has been around for quite sometime now, but it changes so dynamically that marketers need to keep an eye on the market and adapt accordingly.

According to a recent survey, 80% of marketers feel that their spending on digital marketing will significantly increase in 2016, than what it was in 2015.The way data and information is presented and shared on the web has changed the way businesses reach and engage their customers.

The New Year brings new challenges and innovations, new trends and tricks of the trade. Digital Marketing was at a high in 2015, but 2016 opens up a new perspective altogether. Some of the Digital Marketing Trends to watch out for in 2016 has been discussed below.

Content is King:

According to Managing Digital Marketing report by Smart Insights, marketers feel that content marketing will have the greatest impact in 2016, followed by Big Data and Marketing Automation. Hence, relevant yet personalized content over different channels will be of utmost importance in the coming years. Your content should be able to build your brand identity through website, social media, blogs and much more.

Multimedia Matters:

Mobile marketing is the next big thing. With more and more users shifting to mobile devices, it will be one of the major channels for digital marketing. Research shows that time spent per day on mobiles has increased and it is more than a laptop or other connected devices. This will keep rising in the coming years, so marketers need to be updated with their mobile marketing strategies. Moreover, it has been found that 25% of consumers shift between at least three devices to interact with different digital channels on a daily basis. So, multichannel presence and coveragewill be the next big strategy.

Video Marketing:

Videos are everywhere.They have been integrated into social media, websites and across other platforms as well. Facebook streaming, Snapchat, Periscope and similar apps have taken the web by storm. Video marketing will keep evolving and revolutionizing everything.Video streaming and sharing will take digital marketing to a next new level.

Marketing Analytics:

As mentioned earlier, Big Data is set to become the next thing, which includes market and customer insights and predictive analytics. There will be smarter machine learning from all the data available over the Internet. Marketers will be able to channelize their digital marketing strategies, based on online analytics and implement required changes. This will also lead to better automation of processes and reaching the customer in a new way.

Consumer Experience over Social Media:

Social Media will keep getting more engaging for consumers. Marketers need to focus on ways and tools to give a seamless experience to the consumer over the web. The more they engage and interact with them over digital channels, the more the chances of brand awareness, reach and prospective sales.

With more and more consumers shifting to the web, digital marketing is an important business strategy. According to Gartner survey, digital marketing is now mainstream and digital e-commerce is now the main focus for marketers. 61% of marketers intend to increase their marketing budgets in 2016. Businesses need to strategize, incorporate and implement changing digital marketing trends to grow and sustain themselves.

 

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