Over the past 3 years, we've delivered millions of marketing interactions - and millions of dollars in revenue - through social content marketing alone. This report shares what we've learned along the way, together with some more B2B best practice from other third-party brands we admire. Read the full story at http://wearesocial.sg/blog/2014/07/5-tips-b2b-social-marketing-success/
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B2B SOCIAL
SIMON KEMP • WE ARE SOCIAL
A GUIDE TO POWERFUL SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING FOR B2B BRANDS
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ABOUT THIS REPORT
We’ve used social marketing
to build a multi-million dollar B2B
brand in less than three years. This
document explains how we did it,
along with best-practice examples
from other leading B2B brands.
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5 TIPS FOR B2B SOCIAL SUCCESS:
1. MAKE YOUR PROSPECTS’ LIVES EASIER
2. MAKE CONTENT THAT PEOPLE WILL REUSE
3. FOCUS ON THEIR GOALS, NOT YOUR OWN
4. CONVERT CONTENT INTO CONVERSATION
5. USE ANSWERS TO RAISE NEW QUESTIONS
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1. MAKE PEOPLE’S LIVES EASIER
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Create informative, educational
content that saves your prospects
time, effort, or money. What can
you provide people that helps
them to do their job better, or
that makes their job easier?
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OUR FREE DATA AND TREND REPORTS MAKE IT EASIER
FOR MARKETERS TO JUSTIFY THEIR DIGITAL PLANS
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AMEX’S OPEN FORUM OFFERS VALUABLE RESOURCES
TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS
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TIP #1: USE CONTENT TO DELIVER A ‘FREE
SAMPLE’ OF YOUR BRAND EXPERIENCE
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2. MAKE CONTENT THAT PEOPLE WILL REUSE
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Help others to retell your story for
you. Create content that they will
want to repurpose for their own
needs. Present information and
insights in visually engaging
formats that they can easily
copy-paste into their own content.
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OUR DIGITAL STATS COMPILATIONS ARE EMBEDDED
IN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BLOGS AND WEBSITES
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KPCB’S WIDELY ‘RECYCLED’ TRENDS REPORTS
HELP BUILD BRAND AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY
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TIP #2: MAKE CONTENT AS ‘RECYCLABLE’ AS
POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO DRIVE ADVOCACY
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3. FOCUS ON THEIR GOALS, NOT YOURS
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Create marketing assets that
help your prospects to market
their own brands and achieve
their organisation’s goals.
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BRANDS ALL OVER THE WORLD USE WE ARE SOCIAL’S
CONTENT FOR THEIR OWN MARKETING ACTIVITIES
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AMEX CREATES A WEALTH OF RESOURCES TO HELP
SMALL BUSINESSES PROMOTE THEIR OWN ACTIVITIES
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TIP #3: DON’T JUST PROMOTE YOUR BRAND;
DEMONSTRATE HOW YOUR BRAND CAN HELP
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4. CONVERT CONTENT INTO CONVERSATION
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Word of mouth helps to maximise
the efficiency of your marketing.
Nurture conversations around
your content in order to increase
your reach without needing to
increase your media spend.
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TWEET BUTTONS WITHIN OUR CONTENT MAKE IT EASY
FOR PEOPLE TO START THEIR OWN CONVERSATIONS
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IBM’S VIBRANT LINKEDIN COMMUNITY ACTIVELY
DISCUSSES THE BRAND’S SMARTER CITIES CONTENT
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TIP #4: ENGAGE PEOPLE IN SOCIAL MEDIA
CONVERSATIONS AROUND YOUR CONTENT
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5. USE ANSWERS TO RAISE NEW QUESTIONS
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Create content that answers your
prospects’ basic questions, so
that you can quickly progress
the conversation on to higher-
value issues and opportunities.
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HELPING MARKETERS BUILD CORE SKILLS ENABLES
US TO TALK WITH THEM ABOUT THE BIGGER ISSUES
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HUBSPOT SHARES VALUABLE TIPS WITH MARKETERS,
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM IN THE PROCESS
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TIP #5: POSE HIGHER-VALUE QUESTIONS IN
YOUR ANSWERS TO MORE BASIC ONES
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WE ARE SOCIAL IS A GLOBAL CONVERSATION AGENCY.
WE HELP BRANDS TO LISTEN TO, UNDERSTAND,
AND ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS IN SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE’RE ALREADY HELPING MANY OF THE WORLD’S
TOP BRANDS, INCLUDING ADIDAS, UNILEVER,
DIAGEO, NESTLÉ, HEINZ, AND LVMH.
IF YOU’D LIKE TO CHAT ABOUT US HELPING YOU
TOO, CALL US ON +65 6423 1051, OR EMAIL
US AT SAYHELLO@WEARESOCIAL.SG.
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WE ARE SOCIAL SINGAPORE
SIMON KEMP, REGIONAL MANAGING PARTNER
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