We’re asking everyone “How Do You Measure Marketing ROI?”
Our team is doing this everyday for customers, but we want to hear from you on how you’re doing it for your company.
We created a simple 3 question survey to learn how You are are measuring ROI.
Are you struggling to understand how B2B Social Media and B2C Social Media are Different?
Some marketers believes that there is no difference, but if you’re in the the B2B space then you know that is completely wrong.
But what is it about B2B Social that is so different from B2C?
John Bracamontes of Acumen Studio breaks down the strategic & tactical differences between the two in this video.
In general it’s about providing different types of information.
But more importantly it’s about understanding your business goal and what you want Social Media Marketing to do for you.
For most Mid-Size B2B Companies the goal for Digital ( and B2B Social Media ) is to generate leads.
This is where most B2C marketers fail because they don’t think like lead generators and sales closers!
Watch the Full Video to learn Exactly How they are different and HOW YOU can do this well for your company.
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At it’s core Remarketing is the ability to show ads to individuals who engaged with one of your digital properties.
How most people are familiar with Remarketing is with B2C ecommerce. The perfect example is when someone looks at a product on Amazon.com and then sees the ad on other websites they visit (the ad follows them around).
The premise is that those who visited and didn’t purchase will see again what they were looking at and will choose at that moment to complete their purchase by clicking on the ad and finishing the checkout process.
In theory the idea is the same where you targeted those who previously engaged with you to turn them into customers or get them to buy more from you.
Listed here are the ways you can retarget individuals:
When using the Tagging & Tracking method you are using a pixel or cookie (code the browser uses to track the visitor) that will allow you to show ads to those same visitors across the internet.
Uploading email lists and/or physical mailing lists let the platforms (Facebook, LinkedIn, Google) run a matching algorithm to find those users in their target pool to show those contacts on your list, your ads.
This is one of the easiest ways to get in front of leads and existing customers at the lowest cost.
And this targeting method is highly effective as the leads & customers already have some affinity for your company.
One of the most compelling ways we use remarketing for B2B is to use the targeting capabilities of one platform to extend that criteria across onto other platforms.
Not all ad platforms have the same targeting criteria available to choose from, so we will use the targeting criteria of one platform to drive in visitors and them remarket to those same visitors on other platforms that don’t have the targeting criteria we need. This way we know the audience being targeted on the 2nd platform is specific to our campaign needs.
For Example:
LinkedIn will allow us to target a job title within a specific industry at companies with a specific number of employees.
Facebook does not give you this capability.
So we will target on LinkedIn, Retarget those same visitors on Facebook where you cannot target the industries and size of the company accurately.
Do this to increase your lead gen and revenue generation results when building our our B2B Content Marketing Strategy.
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Did you know that nearly ALL CEO’s, Executives and Marketers answered YES when asked if they could come up with good blog topics. But when they were immediately asked to give one good topic only 2 out 10 were able to give any topic at all!!!
Then when asked if they could prove if that was a good topic, 0% could prove it or even tell how they would prove the validity of the topic.
That is BAD NEWS for these companies.
What this typically leads to is inaction, meaning Nothing gets published.
We believe that something is better than nothing.
But having the knowledge to research and create Good High Converting Blog Topics is best.
Doing this research is easier than you think and will deliver 10X or more on your current content efforts.
The three important steps we’ll cover are…
The easiest advice we give to everyone on blog topic research is to start with what YOU Think is a good topic. Typically you’ll come up with a decent topic that can be refined through the steps we’ll share with you here.
But if you are truly stumped to come up with even 1 blog topic idea then keyword research will also be your guide to choose a good one.
Using this blog topic research model we would go with this topic: “Top 3 Printing Finishing Options for 2018”
You can see how we modified our original topic to include what / how customers are searching for this product / service.
Social Media is the greatest place to find real conversations for the topic you will be writing on.
These conversations will help you form supporting statements, rebuttals to arguments, and new questions or needs you hadn’t even thought of.
Now that you have refined your blog topic through this comprehensive research and identified inclusions for the body of the blog post itself, it’s time to go back to the search engine to refine even more if necessary by manually looking at the search results to ensure you will show up, beat the competition and provide Massive Value to potential customers.
For example: Search in Google the term Printing Finishing Options
You need to identify if this search is bringing up relevant results to make sure that the search engines believe that the search term should result in pages that are listing options (or answers) to the term itself. If you see results that don’t make sense to you then it may be that the term is not the best to be using as a blog topic and you should start over. Google for example uses behavior to rank results and if more people want to see results of a certain type that is what the search engine will show.
The other things to look for are..
All of these things can affect if this is a good topic.
Each of the above listed elements can all be optimized for but for now just know that if the results are relevant then you have a good topic and your research will set you up for success.
Will This Really Help?
Yes!!!
Having done this research will give you the opportunity to be found first in the search engines, will get more potential customers clicking through from social media & email and will provide Huge Value to the people you want to do business with.
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90% of marketers say that Segmenting Your B2B Content Marketing is important.
BUT only 45% of marketers are actually doing this!
We’re not surprised by this because we know it’s not that easy.
The thing is that by doing this level of market segmentation will provide BIG Results.
It’s not our opinion, This is a Fact!
Here is a real example of how we’ve seen this work (and it’s really simple)
An Engineering company had a service that was specific to servicing public parks.
They wanted to get their offering in front of the decision makers who could hire them to do this work.
They wanted to run ads in specific cities to promote their service.
But that was it, run ads targeting all people in those cities.
BAD IDEA!
While targeting specific cities is a level of segmentation, it’s not even close to good enough.
They would have wasted a ton of money.
So we investigated with them further and found that the people they really needed to get in front of were Parks and Recreation Directors, City Managers and Mayors.
And guess what? We can target those people!
We put a campaign in place targeting All Three of those job titles on LinkedIn and Facebook. Created ads that messaged directly to them and led them to a landing page that again spoke directly to them.
City + Job Title = Winning Combination
“To be honest we went even deeper with them but we’ll keep it simple for our example.”
This is a perfect example of how this works. Especially when this campaign was generating 5 – 15 leads per day for months!
Takeaways are to Know Your Audience / Customer / Buyer / Investor demographics, traits and characteristics so they can be targeted and Know their Pain Points, Questions and Philosophies so you can message them correctly.
This is the MOST IMPORTANT part of all because it will maximize your effort. It’s getting in front of the right people.
These elements allow you to target very specifically, not waste ad spend and generate way more leads than you ever have in the past.
Saying what they want to hear and need to hear.
For us message segmentation is more about solving a problem and speaking very clearly about how that is done. We don’t fluff it up with ambiguous words that will leave people confused as to what you actually do.
Answering these questions leads to clear and compelling messaging for your campaign and content strategy.
If you have been struggling to create a content marketing strategy that actually delivers results, leads, customers and revenue then follow the steps we outline in this post or call us with questions if you need help.
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Do you know what channels produce the leads you get?
Do you know if Social Media is even helping your company grow?
Do you know if your Ad Spend is being Wasted?
Of course you don’t.
Not to be mean, but 53% of CEO’s and Marketing Leaders claim they don’t actually know how their marketing efforts are performing across all channels and when we surveyed these same people it was 87% who didn’t actually know how their efforts were truly performing.
Simply Knowing what efforts are delivering you performance leads to a 35% boost in results!
This is due to better decision making guided by these results and findings.
It is important to establish integrated tracking across all of your efforts and ensure that everything you do is attributable so it can be accounted for.
This is simple. If you aren’t tracking it then it doesn’t exist.
What we are saying is that YOU MUST track everything.
Knowing what parts of your efforts led to traffic, leads, customers and revenue is critical to making sound marketing and sales decisions. And it mitigates wasted ad spend.
The thing to remember is that all digital marketing is trackable and attributable so if you want to understand how your marketing is performing allowing for better decisions, better results and spend more efficiently then audit your digital marketing with a focus on tracking and attribution then set it up!
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Do you value getting “The Work” done?
It’s one of the things we constantly talk about in our office. If you’re not getting the work done, you are accomplishing nothing.
Sounds like an obvious statement right? It is.
BUT…
Many companies do not hold true to this philosophy when it comes to their content marketing. They Literally DO NOTHING!
Why?
Putting together a strategic content strategy based on what your customers and prospects are looking for and talking about online is much easier than you think, costs less than you probably imagine and returns greater results than you would expect.
Simply Attack the Content Marketing Process
Here’s a good video we like to share by our friend Ben Newman on Attacking the Process.
Want to learn more about Strategic Content Marketing?
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We are Excited to Announce the Newest Acumen Team Member Lauren Lowe!
Lauren is coming on as an Associate Account Manager to help us be even more Awesome for the companies we work with.
We ask her a few questions so that you can get to know Lauren a little better.
Where are you from?
I am from Guam. I have lived in Illinois and Missouri for the past 8 years, but my home is Guam.
What are some things you enjoy doing (besides working)?
I enjoy my down time with my dogs and friends. If the weather is nice, I like to be outside hiking, biking, and doing photography. If its not, then I cook. I make a really good banana bread.
Favorite Movie Genre?
Action and Superhero. Growing up my dad got me really into movies that have some historical base and I have been a huge fan of super hero movies. I am excited for the next Avengers movie to come out.
Favorite Type of Music?
Place you’d like to visit?
I’d like to visit Switzerland.
Drink of Choice?
Coffee. Lots of coffee.
Favorite Restaurant?
That’s a tough one. I love food. Hands down right now my favorite restaurant is the Sushi Station in Webster Groves. They offer other Japanese cuisine aside from sushi.
It’s Official!
We’d like to give a big Welcome to Scott Foster for joining the team as the new Sr. Acquisition Partner.
We always like to get a little more info to share with you about our team so keep reading to learn more about Scott.
Where are you from?
Born in Myrtle Beach South Carolina but now reside in the beautiful St. Charles Missouri
What are some things you enjoy doing (besides working)?
I enjoy hanging out with my awesome soon to be 5 year old son. He keeps me pretty entertained! Besides him I enjoy golfing and being with family.
Favorite Movie Genre:
I enjoy action/suspense films. Something to keep you guessing.
Favorite Type of Music:
I listen mostly to different podcast but when it comes to music it would be more country than anything other
Place you’d like to visit?
Australia would be a fun adventure!
Drink of Choice?
During the day I enjoy coffee and water but when it comes to a little fun I enjoy a nice vodka sprite!
Many marketers for years have wasted the time of other marketers and cost businesses countless dollars from unproductive time spent on tasks that won’t produce results.
This isn’t some in-depth piece on the details of how this happens.
This is a Public Service Announcement to all business and marketing professionals to stop letting under performing marketers waste your time. Demand efficiency and demand results.
We don’t waste time, We get work Done!