10th July 2007

Social Media Marketing for B2B

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By : Admin

B2B is more complex that is why it is often termed as the ugly child of the marketing in comparison to B2C as the golden child. However, B2B marketing makes up a significant portion of overall marketing activity. Roughly one-third of all commercial searches on Google are B2B in nature, more than 50 percent of Google’s target advertisers are B2B, and almost 38 percent of Yahoo’s target advertisers are B2B. To B2B marketers, social media is one tactic in a portfolio of techniques that best practice companies use to generate awareness, drive leads, and nurture relationships. Social media has a lot to offer to B2B as it has ability to foster communities and build relationships. There are a handful of simple rules for Social Media Marketing in Business to Business (B2B) Markets.

  1. Get time to read for all social media marketing, it is a prerequisite! All the concepts are not new and believe me there is very little real process. Get on to the Clue Train!

  2. Don’t be an idiot blogger. Just because you win a game of whip it out, doesn’t mean people will like you. Always research before writing and give time to your articles.

  3. Make attempts to experience emotions and feel more human. Try not to be professional!

  4. Have a personality! Not a personality according to the company bylaws and mission statement, but, a real personality!

  5. Social media applies to everyone even B2B! There is no direct correlation to productivity or efficiency. Moreover, there is no solution that will raise revenue in a quantitive fashion for next quarter. However, there is the opportunity to speak to other humans like humans, and have them appreciate you doing so.

  6. Speak to your audience. Talk with them. Give them something to talk about. Speak to them on a personal level. Remember, you have to pandering the audiences the audience that is your distribution point and your usual audience.

  7. Lack of creativity and willingness to stretch relevance are the two top reasons that make people fail at social media marketing. If you have no creativity, you will fail at social media marketing. Lack of creativity kills social media potential.

  8. Internet gives people a fighting chance to compete on big playing field if they use the assets of internet to their advantage. If you’re worried about getting fired, you will never create anything important. In order to escape a long, painful decline, just don’t be afraid of failure!

  9. This is the most important part of social media marketing. I am talking about stretching the relevance. It works greatly, and it is an amazing thing.

Lots of B2B companies don’t know what to do with social media, it’s growing everyday but it’s still a pretty narrow niche of expertise. You can use social media marketing in the B2B realm, but only if you aren’t afraid to take some chances!

There is not a process for social media marketing. There are only opportunities. How you approach and execute on the opportunities will determine your success. How well you understand link baiting will determine how many links you get.

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