b2bmarketing Archives - Miller Media, Digital Marketing Agency, PPC, Industrial Web Design, WordPress https://millermediadev.cloudaccess.host/tag/b2bmarketing/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:45:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.millermediainc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/favicon.png b2bmarketing Archives - Miller Media, Digital Marketing Agency, PPC, Industrial Web Design, WordPress https://millermediadev.cloudaccess.host/tag/b2bmarketing/ 32 32 5 Trends in B2B Marketing https://www.millermediainc.com/5-trends-in-b2b-marketing/ https://www.millermediainc.com/5-trends-in-b2b-marketing/#respond Mon, 30 Jan 2023 14:35:56 +0000 https://www.millermediainc.com/miller-blog/?p=3112 Companies that participate in Business-to-Business sales will notice that changes are arising in how to market your products or services to clients. It is important that you clean out any old practices and replace them with what the current trends that indicate will be the new norm. Here are 5 B2B marketing trends to start …

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Companies that participate in Business-to-Business sales will notice that changes are arising in how to market your products or services to clients. It is important that you clean out any old practices and replace them with what the current trends that indicate will be the new norm. Here are 5 B2B marketing trends to start incorporating into your advertising plans:  

1. Data-Driven Marketing

Data is always important when making informed decisions, but reports are not always brought to marketing meetings. This is changing in 2023. Successful marketing involves research and numbers as well as creativity and uniqueness. Using tools like Google Analytics to track and collect data from your website, Google Ads, PPC ads, email surveys, social media, and other digital marketing avenues helps inform what areas your marketing team needs to focus on. Going into meetings with reports and findings can create better connection between your design and sales time. It can also save time during meetings because the data will guide the conversation so your marketing team can create item truly tailor for you target market. 

2. A Rise in Video Content 

Long-form video such as tutorials, essays on industry topics, or webinars are becoming popular amongst b2b communications. They are a great way to show off your topical knowledge and build your industry authority. Going live through video platforms, such as YouTube helps foster community and allows you target audience to know that there are real people behind your company. You can answer any questions clients have about your product or service and discover knowledge from other experts in your industry. Short-form videos are good for business quick tips, sneak peaks, and announcements. These are good to post on social media to quickly grab the attention of your audience. They also do not take too much time out of your day, which is important for busy business owners and employees. 

3. Dark Social Prevention 

Dark social refers to when people share website links through email, SMS, and private messages on social media. These links do not have tracking codes automatically appended, so it is not possible to know how the website visitor found the content. As a result, it hard to measure attribution which can make hard to know which platform needs marketing attention or is effective. It can also make it difficult to educate your buyers about your product or service. B2B buyers like to research and self-discover before contacting a sales agent. They want to learn, compare, and review product options well before speaking to sales. You want marketing to drive funnel conversions through smart use and encouraging of direct contact instead of platform avenues. 

4. AI Utilization 

While AI technologies are controversial in terms of art creation and body copy creation, there are other ways to use AI tech that are timesaving.

  • Personalized shopping creates recommendation engines through which you can engage better with your customers. 
  • Virtual assistants and chatbots help improve the user experience while shopping online. 
  • AI can help reduce the possibility of credit card frauds taking place.
  • On Instagram, AI considers your likes and the accounts you follow to determine what posts you are shown on your explore tab. 
  • Facebook AI is used along with a tool called DeepText.  It can understand conversations and can be used to translate posts from different languages automatically.
  • AI can deliver highly targeted and personalized ads with the help of behavioral analysis, and pattern recognition, etc. It also helps with retargeting audiences.
  • AI chatbots can effectively resolve customer issues, respond to simple inquiries, improve customer service, and provide 24/7 support on your website and social media. 

5. Lead Nurturing 

The process of engaging potential customers and helping them become a sale requires nurturing, especially if you are in an area where the economy is in a tight spot. Drip marketing campaigns in the form of sending out automated emails over the course of several weeks or months is one way to nurture a potential client relationship. With business clients being every busy it is important to stay in contact with potential client to close the sale. When the sale is done, you are still not finished. Add them to your email list and offering deals or notifying them about sales will help them keep your company top of mind for other product and services. 

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18 Ways to Celebrate New Year’s with Your Marketing  https://www.millermediainc.com/18-ways-to-celebrate-new-years-with-your-marketing/ https://www.millermediainc.com/18-ways-to-celebrate-new-years-with-your-marketing/#respond Mon, 26 Dec 2022 15:34:54 +0000 https://www.millermediainc.com/miller-blog/?p=3086 2023 is almost here! Here are some marketing ideas to kick off the New Year: 1. Create a New Year post for social media  2. Launch a new product or service  3. Use Google Ads to help with specific marketing goals 4. Update your branding & website 5. Sponsor a charity event  6. Offer a …

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2023 is almost here! Here are some marketing ideas to kick off the New Year:

1. Create a New Year post for social media 

2. Launch a new product or service 

3. Use Google Ads to help with specific marketing goals

4. Update your branding & website

5. Sponsor a charity event 

6. Offer a New Year’s sales discount 

7. Promote referral programs

8. Create a gift guide based on new year’s resolutions

9. Participate in festivals & events

10. Create a snappy email marketing campaign 

11. Launch a giveaway

12. Share popular purchases from the previous year

13. Host a New Year Event 

14. Highlight loyal customers 

15. Run a contest 

16. Share company New Year’s resolutions 

17. Blend digital marketing with traditional marketing campaigns 

18. Partner with complementary businesses

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Your Business Needs a Brand Style Guide https://www.millermediainc.com/your-business-needs-a-brand-style-guide/ https://www.millermediainc.com/your-business-needs-a-brand-style-guide/#respond Fri, 18 Nov 2022 09:11:55 +0000 https://www.millermediainc.com/miller-blog/?p=3052 A brand style guide is an essential tool for your business. It usually comes in the form of a pdf, PowerPoint, or physical booklet. It contains all the graphic elements you need for your company including but not limited to logo rules for usage, typography rules, graphic element samples, color pallet color codes for digital …

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A brand style guide is an essential tool for your business. It usually comes in the form of a pdf, PowerPoint, or physical booklet. It contains all the graphic elements you need for your company including but not limited to logo rules for usage, typography rules, graphic element samples, color pallet color codes for digital and print media, photo or illustration guidelines, and inspiration board on how you want your company’s brand to feel to customers. This guide can be used by both internal and external marketing teams. It will ensure consistency and alignment amongst your marketing material. Here are some more important elements that are often forgotten to include in your Brand Style Guide: 

✍A Mission Statement 

What is the goal that you want your company to achieve? What value does your products or services have for the public? This should be a statement the drives your company to continue to function. Think about what problem your company solves and how would you make lives or society easier with your product or service. This statement can be broad.

👁A Vision Statement 

How do you see your company maneuvering with the business word? What type of business do you appear as? Your vision statement should be purposeful. This is what keep stakeholders and employees interested staying with your company. Think about where your business will be long term. This statement often relies on internal goals for your company and helps drive decision making. Keep this statement specific and short. 

🎯A Target Audience Description

Who is your product or service for? A useful way to narrow down who you want to sell to is to use one or more Buyer Persona profiles. The most common way to use buyer personas is to break it up into Primary Buyer (person who will love your product and recommend it frequently), Secondary Buyer (person who likes your product, but is less like to recommend your product and may return on rare occasions) and Negative Buyer (someone who does want, like or need your product). The profile usually consists of:

  • Sex or gender identity (optional) 
  • Income (helps in pricing)
  • Lifestyle
  • Daily tasks
  • Likes & dislikes
  • Other brands they are interested in 

😎Your Brand Personality 

How do you want the feel of company to come off to potential clients? Are you chilled and laid-back or are you serious and urgent? Look up adjectives that others would use to describe your company. The goal is to stand out in the market. Your brand personality will help inform your packaging, photos or illustrations, color pallet and other graphic elements to help market your product or service. 

🤚Your Core Values 

Break down the beliefs your company has into simple words. These words are guide for behavior you want your employees to follow and brand to extrude. For example, you are gym and your company’s goals are to make exercise fun. Some core values you might come with are:

  • Friendliness
  • Humility 
  • Humor 
  • Optimism 
  • Encouraging 

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Does Clickbait Marketing Work? https://www.millermediainc.com/does-clickbait-marketing-work/ https://www.millermediainc.com/does-clickbait-marketing-work/#respond Mon, 10 Oct 2022 13:01:48 +0000 https://www.millermediainc.com/miller-blog/?p=3006 We all want to create content that draws our audience to our website, but there are some techniques that could be hurting your SEO. If your webpage title, headings, and URL are not relevant to its content promised, Google might penalize you, which could severely impact your rankings. Using clickbait titles with outrageous claims to …

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We all want to create content that draws our audience to our website, but there are some techniques that could be hurting your SEO. If your webpage title, headings, and URL are not relevant to its content promised, Google might penalize you, which could severely impact your rankings. Using clickbait titles with outrageous claims to lure users can negatively affect your digital PR, brand reputation, and increase your bounce rate. Also using sketchy backlinks from less reputable sites can hurt your Page Authority score and page rank. In short, you want to avoid clickbait on your business’s website. 

What are Some Best Practices to Avoid Clickbait? 

Google’s algorithms can understand the content on your site and will check if it matches its headline and page title, so it is vital that you pay attention to your word structure. Google’s Page Title Update back in 2001 enables the search engine to display a “replacement” title tag when your page’s title does not accurately match its content. Make sure to check your page title and headers that they accurately represent what your content is about.

How to Create SEO-Friendly Titles & Headings

Start by doing keyword research. This can help you discover target keywords that you can include in your web page’s title, headings, and body copy. Using your target keywords throughout your content signals to Google that your page is relevant to your target keyword. You can use Google’s Keyword Planner to discover relevant or related keywords to target with your content and ads or hire a digital marketing agency with SEO services. Once you have your keywords, it’s important to implement them into your content. Include your target keywords in your page title and headings. Make sure you proofread to find and fix keyword stuffing in your content. Your goal is to make it friendly to web crawlers and readers. Pretend that you are a 5th grade teacher and write your article in a simple manner. For your content’s semantically related keywords make sure to also check readability, page title meta descriptions, and backlinks.  

Successfully Match the User’s Search Intent

There are 4 types of user intent you can tailor your content to. Let’s take a look:

  • Navigational Intent

When a user wants to navigate to or around a specific website of a specific company, they will likely add branded keywords in their search (ex. “Starbucks website”). Target these branded keywords with ads to increase brand awareness.

  • Informational Intent

When users want more information on a certain topic. They might ask questions or use keywords that indicate they’re looking for help (ex. “Where can I get a pumpkin spice latte?”). Target keywords with informative content, like videos, lists, infographics, blog, and tutorials. Focus on creating useful, actionable content that answers your readers’ questions. This also may help lessen the number of common questions your potential client needs to ask, quickening the path to purchase.

  • Commercial Investigation Intent

Once a user decides they want to purchase a product or service from your company, they will likely perform a search to compare the different options available (ex. “Starbucks vs Tim Hortons.”) Target keywords with comparison articles of your competition, reviews of the use of similar products/services, and how-to guides to capture web traffic. 

  • Transactional Intent

Certain keywords or phrases signal that a user is ready to buy (ex. “Add to Order”). Users are ready to buy and are now searching for the best price value or deal. They are more likely to be susceptible to clickbait while looking for the best deals. Be extra careful when creating discounts or being transparent with your pricing. Make sure if it has an expiration date it is easily readable or if it is a subscription the yearly or month payment is accurate. Target keywords with strong, SEO-friendly content that highlights your unique selling proposition. Also target these keywords with ads, but make sure your CTA is clear, precise, and your landing page reflects what is in the ad. 

Avoid clickbait SEO practice and call us at 248.528.360. 

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9 Overlooked PR Tips for Businesses  https://www.millermediainc.com/9-overlooked-pr-tips-for-businesses/ https://www.millermediainc.com/9-overlooked-pr-tips-for-businesses/#respond Fri, 30 Sep 2022 12:39:24 +0000 https://www.millermediainc.com/miller-blog/?p=2990 Daily operations of your business can sometimes lead to neglect of marketing side. Without self-promotion this can lead to new customers to overlook your business and previous customers to forget about your brand. To help keep up with the important PR side of your business here are 11 tips that you may have not thought …

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Daily operations of your business can sometimes lead to neglect of marketing side. Without self-promotion this can lead to new customers to overlook your business and previous customers to forget about your brand. To help keep up with the important PR side of your business here are 11 tips that you may have not thought to incorporate into your monthly or quarterly marketing strategy:

1. Send a Pitch to a Journalist

Writing an email that includes your bio and a link to your website is the bare minimum. Think about what the journalist might want to write about in relation to your company or industry. For example, if Halloween is coming up, you might they be considering content themed around the getting ready for the holiday or Fall/Autumn? Say you sell furniture, you could pitch a few of your own creations as suitable additions to shopping guides the journalist might be pull together for the season.

2. Research the Publication & See What They Typically Feature

Do you have a favorite magazine or news outlet you subscribe to? Get to know the magazine or piece of media you can see content about your product or service in. Certain publications have inspiration pieces. Think about how they write them and match the tone. Journalists are busy and juggling lots of items, so make their life easier by sending them a text-rich, well-informed pitch deck along with everything they need like photos and logo files. If they have a submission page, follow their instructions to a “T”. The less correcting they have to do the more likely they will work with you now and in the future. 

3. Make Your About Page “Journalist & New User Friendly”

When trying to find out about a business to write about, one of the first things users do is click on the About page of their website. If they can’t find the information, they need they will back out of your website altogether. Here are the items that put users and potential journalist off and that you need to fix right away: 

  • Not including your full business name
  • Not including your location or locations you serve
  • Not having a professional photograph of your business or its work 
  • Not including an email address and/or contact form
  • Not making it obvious that media enquiries are welcome (encourage questions)
  • Not providing enough information about your background or history (how did your business come to be)

Make sure to add in details to make life easier for anyone hoping to write or interview you. If need to deliberately avoid some of the above features due to privacy concerns have a FAQ section or add a sentence that says, “For media enquiries, a professional bio, and a full portfolio please email us directly.”, then add a way for them to contact you. 

4. Become “Podcast Ready” 

Podcasts continue to grow in popularity for all kinds of industries. Buy a half-decent microphone and headphones. Let your internal marketing team up with your sales team to create media and graphic content. Also, on your About page say how you have everything needed for a quality broadcast and that you are open to podcast interviews with others in your industry or any media outlets willing to talk about your product or service. 

5. Add a Case Study Page  

Say your company launched a new product or service for a client and it was a complete success.  Create a nice case study that goes in dept about the problem and how your product or service solved it. Bonus if you can add a client testimonial. Then add it to your website. Make sure to create the visuals for all your social media accounts and link them to your new case study page. This help builds credibility and authority to your business. Potential clients have more reasons to trust you vs other companies that don’t have case studies. 

6. Spend 15 Minutes a Day Engaging with People

Social media gets a bad rep when it comes to discourse, but it doesn’t have to be a war zone. Take as few as 15 minutes liking or sharing people’s tweets, commenting on clients’ updates, and reaching out to brands you’d love to work with. This helps to build a network as well as raise your own profile. By being active on social media, you are opening doors and creating more avenues for brand awareness. 

7. Optimize When You Post 

Know when it is the right time to tweet, add an Instagram post or share a LinkedIn update. The algorithms are difficult to figure out because they are always changing. So, the best way to approach this is by analyzing your own feeds and seeing when you have had the best engagement. It is also a good idea to research when your target demographic in on the platform. For example, if you are selling to mothers. Avoid posting at early hours when they are taking their kids to school. To make life easier, schedule updates during the best times for you. Use an automation tool to schedule and publish your tweets and posts whilst you are doing something else or hire an agency that provide social media marketing services. 

8. Ask Clients if They Want to Stay Informed Via a Newsletter

Build your own subscriber list. Never rely on social media platforms alone. People take breaks or leave social media all the time. If a platform disappears, you still have connection to loyal customers. If you have your own newsletter to send out to people, you are in control. Create a well-designed monthly newsletter and include things like your latest product, service, or industry news. Include links to recent blog posts that demonstrate your wealth of knowledge. People are more likely to check email daily and there is a high chance they will open it every month. Include spaces on your website where they can sign up. WordPress has widgets and tools you can use. Mailchimp is also a good option to get start with due to it being free based on 2,000 contacts. 

9. Write a Blog

Speaking of a blog, add a blog to your domain and not as a separate site. Each blog post is a new landing page, enticing potential clients to you. Write about problems or questions potential clients might have. Users like to Google questions and if create a great piece of informative long-form content Google might show your business directly to them. Use it to educate, compare to competitors, and share industry insights with viewers. You can also use it to foster b2b relationships. You can share and interview other complementary businesses. This will strength your relationship and if you need to partner up on a project, they are more likely to say yes with enthusiasm. 

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6 Easy Steps to Start Email Marketing  https://www.millermediainc.com/6-easy-steps-to-start-email-marketing/ https://www.millermediainc.com/6-easy-steps-to-start-email-marketing/#respond Tue, 27 Sep 2022 12:54:19 +0000 https://www.millermediainc.com/miller-blog/?p=2966 According to the Digital Advertising Network, email marketing is 40% more effective than social media advertising. Email marketing is great for accessibility, easy of use, and an affordable alternative to other forms of marketing. The company Barillance found a 15.11% conversion rate for users making purchases through websites. Ecommerce websites should incorporate email into their marketing plan …

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According to the Digital Advertising Network, email marketing is 40% more effective than social media advertising. Email marketing is great for accessibility, easy of use, and an affordable alternative to other forms of marketing. The company Barillance found a 15.11% conversion rate for users making purchases through websites. Ecommerce websites should incorporate email into their marketing plan to maintain brand awareness and customer loyalty. With email, your online store can track purchases and make suggestions for future purchases through birthdays vouchers, extending special offers for subscribers only, and produce valuable and newsworthy content. Now, let’s help you get started with these 6 easy steps to begin email marketing:

1. Build Your Mailing List

Your email must be shared by users of their own free-will. Forms such as “subscribe”, “contact”, “become a member” are good examples to have on your website. When you collect their data include name, date, email, birthday or month, and any more pieces of info tailored to benefit them. Be careful not to violate privacy policies. To not come off as a scam, it best to give something in return for the info. Examples include discount codes, free eBook, or member-exclusive video. Remember to ALWAYS have an option of unsubscribing from your email list. It is illegal to send marketing emails without the opportunity to disengage.

2. Select an Email Service Provider (ESP) 

The old-fashioned way is to collect email addresses, add them to your contacts list under a label, and send email newsletters that way. This is time-consuming, inefficient, and you could be missing out on some fantastic online services that will increase your business efficiency. Here is the top 7 ESP used according to wpbeginner:

  • Constant Contact
  • SendinBlue
  • HubSpot
  • Omnisend
  • Drip
  • ConvertKit
  • MailChimp 

3. Create a Marketing Strategy

There needs to be goals that you aim to accomplish in your email marketing plan. First start with your audience. Who are you going to be emailing? Who are you targeting to grab details to send your emails to? Knowing your audience can help you build your customer base and make sure you aren’t sending it to people who don’t need your product or service. Once you have your list and have been emailing for a while, segment your email info into groups. Organize by who engages, who opens the emails, and who clicks through. This will allow you to tailor different campaigns to your most engaged viewers. Speaking of content and goals. Are you trying to get the people who engage less to click through more? Do you want to reward the most active people on your list? Do you have news to give or a new product or service to market? Your campaigns should focus on answering these questions and be designed to accomplish these tasks.

4. Design Your Emails

Plan text on a white background won’t cut it. These emails usually end up in someone’s spam box or worse you email is reported and banned. You must add you brand colors and imagery to the email, so you look legitimate. Most modern email software in use, will also allow you to include HTML links, embed videos, and more, making it much more desirable to the end-user. Interactivity should help the potential client through the sales process. If you are struggling hirer a graphic designer or a digital marketing agency with designers to help you. 

5. Test the Email Systems

Before you send ANYTHING, test that it works. This also includes any automation you’ve set up. Here is a checklist of items to go through before you send to customers:

✅ Subscribe to your service and see if your free offer works.

✅ Set a test list with five or so emails with different browsers or different email software systems.

✅ Send the emails and then read them to find spelling or grammatical errors you may have missed.

✅ See if the emails work on mobile devices as well.

6. Implement Email Automation

If everything is working and you are quickly gaining more emails, it is time to start automating simple tasks. Have a welcome email, thank you email, the gift, and the multi-step EDM campaign all automated. This will free you from micro-managing email marketing and open up your time schedule to work on other more productive and profitable things with your business.

Too busy for email marketing? Let us do it for you! Call 248.528.360 

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25 Creative Video Marketing Ideas for Your Business  https://www.millermediainc.com/25-creative-video-marketing-ideas-for-your-business/ https://www.millermediainc.com/25-creative-video-marketing-ideas-for-your-business/#respond Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:44:50 +0000 https://www.millermediainc.com/miller-blog/?p=2959 Long-form and short-form videos are a great way to generate new clients as well as build an audience for your brand. Whether you post them on YouTube, TikTok, other social platforms, or your business’s website, it can be difficult to come up with ideas that are relevant to what you are selling. Here are 25 …

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Long-form and short-form videos are a great way to generate new clients as well as build an audience for your brand. Whether you post them on YouTube, TikTok, other social platforms, or your business’s website, it can be difficult to come up with ideas that are relevant to what you are selling. Here are 25 ideas to help you determine what kind of video to create: 

1. Instructional Videos

2. Live Video Streaming 

3. Mini TV Skit

4. How It Is Made Videos

5. Preview of New Product/Service

6. Host a Webinar/Class

7. Create an Inspiration Series/Playlist 

8. Interview Industry Experts

9. Promotional Videos

10. Interview Customers/Clients

11. Thank You/Customer Appreciation Videos

12. Live Q & A 

13. Host Contest Videos

14. Conference/Event Highlights 

15. Industry News Report

16. Tour of Your Store/Office/Location

17. Appealing Static Visuals 

18. Time-Lapse Videos 

19. Holiday Special Videos 

20. Top 10 (Industry Topic) Videos 

21. FAQ Videos

22. Charity/Give Back to the Community Videos

23. Industry Tools Videos

24. History/How We Started Video

25. Unboxing New Equipment 

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5 Ways Brands Can Make Money on Instagram  https://www.millermediainc.com/5-ways-brands-can-make-money-on-instagram/ https://www.millermediainc.com/5-ways-brands-can-make-money-on-instagram/#respond Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:17:49 +0000 https://www.millermediainc.com/miller-blog/?p=2946 You don’t need to be a massive influencer to make money from Instagram. Many Instagram business users make money with Instagram as an extra avenue in addition with their website and in-store experiences. Building an audience takes drive, time, and commitment. Use the existing marketing material you have to help build your profile. Once you …

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You don’t need to be a massive influencer to make money from Instagram. Many Instagram business users make money with Instagram as an extra avenue in addition with their website and in-store experiences. Building an audience takes drive, time, and commitment. Use the existing marketing material you have to help build your profile. Once you have built a good size following, check out the 5 additional ways to make money on Instagram: 

1. Team Up with Another Brand

Your competition isn’t always your enemy. Sometimes they are the complementary brand or company you could partner up with. If you have a committed base of followers that regularly engage with your posts, a company may reach out to you to include one of their products or services post. The reverse is also true. If the company has an engaged audience reach out to them to see if they would be interested guest posting. Make sure the content benefits both parties. This can come in form of sharing industry news, swapping similar products, creating a fun game with each product or service, and more fun ideas. 

2. Instagram Live Badges

Audiences can use badges to show their support for creators during a live stream. Think of them like a tip jar for creators. Enable badges within your creator Instagram account, and the option will be presented to viewers within the comments section of a live stream. Remember to remind views occasionally to draw attention if they want to give their support. If they donate show videos of how their donation improved the product or service. This will make your audience feel like they are part of the creation process and indicate that your business listens, cares, and learns from their audience. 

3. Enable Subscriptions

While still in the trial phase, the ability for creators to allow subscribers access to unique content is available. Unlock a ‘subscribe’ button on your profile that lets you create custom, access-only content for Stories and Lives behind a paywall. This is a great way to engage more deeply with your audience. Content could be a sneak peak of a new product, a backstage look of what it takes to prepare for a product or service, or in-depth detail about your brands story that may interest your audience. 

4. Affiliate Marketing 

Instagram Affiliate brings a more direct recommendation service to Instagram. Are there any tools or services you want to recommend to your audience? Potential clients go to creators they admire for recommendations on products and brands to support. Once enabled, you can simply share a link to a product or service you want them to view. If your audience purchases something through the link, you gain a commission. Make sure whatever you recommend does not conflict with your product or service and does not conflict with why you audience follows you. For example, your business sells home-made soaps. A good affiliate product would be a soap dish by a different company. It is natural for someone shopping for soap to need something to place it in and would not be put off by that product being sold to them as well. Use Instagram Stories to showcase products and click through to other sites. 

5. Merchandising

If you are business that sells products you are already doing this, but if you sell services, it might interest you to sell products. If you have a group of committed followers with an authentic brand that they absolutely love, consider setting up your own shop. Branded merchandise like mugs, t-shirts, and books requires a bit of an initial investment, but the rewards can be significant. It can act as a bonus for your customer, and you may gain free marketing if they share it organically. Look at Starbucks for example. They sell coffee, but they also sell mugs and tumblers, and more. Make sure to choose what feels right for your brand and audience. If it feels like monetization for the sake of it, you may end up losing followers, so make sure it something they would enjoy having. 

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7 Underrated Methods to Upgrade Your B2B Marketing Strategy   https://www.millermediainc.com/7-underrated-methods-to-upgrade-your-b2b-marketing-strategy/ https://www.millermediainc.com/7-underrated-methods-to-upgrade-your-b2b-marketing-strategy/#respond Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:45:42 +0000 https://www.millermediainc.com/miller-blog/?p=2931 B2B marketing is not as simple as B2C marketing, and it can be hard keeping a solid plan in motion. Your plan needs to be flexible enough to account for chaotic sales cycles and the ever-expanding marketplace. Here are 7 underrated methods businesses need to use to develop an effective marketing strategy:  1. Live Videos  …

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B2B marketing is not as simple as B2C marketing, and it can be hard keeping a solid plan in motion. Your plan needs to be flexible enough to account for chaotic sales cycles and the ever-expanding marketplace. Here are 7 underrated methods businesses need to use to develop an effective marketing strategy: 

1. Live Videos 

Videos are great at communicating emotions and demonstrating a skill.  A study by Livestream found that 80% of people prefer watching live videos more than reading blog posts from brands. The same study also found that 82% of people prefer live videos more than social media posts. When you convey information through visual demonstration, they can be better received and retained. Viewers can pause or fast forward at their discretion. Collaborate with similar or complementary businesses to discuss industry news, opinions, and other information that could be useful to your audience. 

2. Brand Storytelling 

Telling the story about the history of your brand may be difficult if the original owner is no longer the face of the company or if you are just starting out. That doesn’t mean you can’t tell small micro stories about your business and its employees. To sell to people, your product or services must be relatable to people. Talk about challenges and how your employees came to together to solve it. If you partner up with another local business, highlight similar or complementary company goals or beliefs benefit the community you are trying to serve. 

3. Employee Advocacy 

Your employees are also brand ambassadors. Let your employees have the spotlight on social media. Also give them the option to share industry posts on their business profiles on LinkedIn or on other business forums. If an employee does an exceptional job, acknowledge it, maybe have a certificate, or award system. Remember to form a budget for raises or if you have none for a meeting to discuss how much increase in sales to need for everyone to receive a raise. If you are in the US have robust healthcare options for your employees. 

4. Influencer Marketing 

Influencers are not just young Youtubers or acting celebrities. Think: can your product or service be useful to entrepreneur, small businesses, or large corporate entities? Are well known successful businessperson or salesperson willing to recommend you to others? Form a relationship with employees at other companies. See if there are any kinks in their process or workflow your product or service could help improve. Working on internal improvements leave the companies to focus on their clients which in turn will help them profit. This will make you an asset in their eyes and will recommend you to other businesses that may need you. 

5. Mobile-Friendly Content 

 Over 50.3% of global web traffic was generated from mobile devices. Most of your target audiences (decision makers of businesses) are always on the go. Mobile is the medium through which they consume content. This includes your website, social media, video, and advertising content. Make sure fonts are easy to read and button or links are prominent enough for people with different hand sizes to touch. You can use tools like Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test to check whether your website’s pages are mobile-friendly or not. If not, work with your developers or a web agency to make sure that you’re able to deliver a pleasant experience to your mobile users.

6. Customer Testimonials & Case Studies 

A study by Koyne according to a study of B2B brands, word-of-mouth is known to influence purchase decisions of 91% of buyers. The same study found that 62% of B2B marketers use customer testimonials as their main marketing strategy. Video testimonials are extremely credible and more trustworthy in consumer eye. Not every testimonial has to be a video, but if you can get 1 or 2 of your best customers to make one, you highlight it on your website and digital marketing avenues. In addition to testimonials, do in-depth case studies of how your company solved a complex problem. Case studies help with product or services that don’t have fast tangible results.  

7. Analytics & Automation 

Use Google analytics to view what type of content on your website gets the most views. You can also keep track of your target demographic or location. Analyze the buyer personas of people who have visited your website using. Then ask, “is there any administrative task that can be automated?” Simple confirmation emails or frequently ask question chat bots can help cut down on wasted time asked by viewers that are just window-shopping.  Send thank you notes after events or trade shows with automated email features or email campaign services. WordPress has a lot of free options when it comes to plugin for this task. Gather feedback using survey automations during the testing phase.

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4 Ways B2B Influencer Content Builds Better Marketing Reach & ROI https://www.millermediainc.com/4-ways-b2b-influencer-content-builds-better-marketing-reach-roi/ https://www.millermediainc.com/4-ways-b2b-influencer-content-builds-better-marketing-reach-roi/#respond Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:14:52 +0000 https://www.millermediainc.com/miller-blog/?p=2902 Most people are familiar with B2C influencer marketing. Celebrities promote a product you want to sell, and you gain more clients. However most don’t know that B2B influencer marketing is a huge opportunity for companies of all sizes the generate better ROI from their content. B2B influence is more focused on practicality and relevance rather …

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Most people are familiar with B2C influencer marketing. Celebrities promote a product you want to sell, and you gain more clients. However most don’t know that B2B influencer marketing is a huge opportunity for companies of all sizes the generate better ROI from their content. B2B influence is more focused on practicality and relevance rather popularity like you see in B2C marketing. Working with other industry experts elevates your brand’s profile and the swap of information help builds your company’s authority and trustworthiness. Here are 4 more ways building a B2B influencer marketing plan is something you company should pursue:

✅ Find & Share Highly Qualified Audiences

The main benefit of any influencer marketing is that influencers have loyal followers that are predisposed trust whatever that influencer recommends. They built a relationship by sharing their thoughts and expertise with the audience that follow them. B2B audiences are especially highly qualified and highly motivated. These potential buyers are often on the hunt for product or services that help their business. Co-creating content with the correct complementary business influencer can help build a better product and service. This content usually comes in the form of a podcast, demonstration video, or blog post. Not only will you reach new audience segments who may not have known about you before, but those audience members will be suited to understand the unique value proposition of your organization relative to your industry as well as give intelligent and construct feedback on your product or service. 

📣 Demonstrate Social Proof

75% of B2B sales are made before the company’s sales team gets involved. B2B buyers devote a lot of time researching a company before reaching out, making the content you create very important. They are judging every element of your website, buyer reviews, and social media profiles. They are also reading your case studies, researching your former clients and competition, and looking up your employees. All this before they even respond to your email or call one way or another! B2B buyers want social proof that you are who you say you are and that your company is real. They want to get it from someone other than your own marketers or salespeople. Influencers can help with this form of proof. When an influencer works with you, they’re staking their reputation on you as well. Working with a highly respected influencer shows that, at least according to them, you are credible. If your buyers follow and respect that certain influencer, that means they’ll respect you, too.

📰 Become Newsworthy

Business tends to move fast. Some acquire other businesses, develop new products and services, or come up with new innovations. It is important to look ahead and predict what’s next. B2B Influencers almost do this instinctively. They are constantly finding a way to stay at the forefront of their industry whether it be with latest technological advancement or the best new way to communicate with their target market. Their audience follows them because they are quick to experiment and relay their findings. Partnering with a B2B brand that isn’t afraid create and share content that is experimental gives you the opportunity to try out content may be too risky to try out alone, but if successful benefits both companies. 

🤝 Foster Lasting Relationships

Achieving marketing ROI takes place on a longer timeline in B2B than when selling B2C consumer products. In most cases, B2B buyers are not one-time-only customers. Instead, they are long-term clients you may enjoy a working relationship with for years. You want these clients to look to you as a trusted service provider and subject matter expert. Influencer content can help facilitate this by fostering a knowledge swap in your industry or to cover the hot topics of today. You are not just extending your reach or enticing highly qualified new prospects, you are also showing existing (and former) clients that you are relevant and leading the competition. Ongoing content collaboration relationships with B2B brands develop long term relationships with customers as well. New and old clients alike often see influencer content as proof that you’re still looking out for them. You are still engaged and actively working on finding new and better client experiences.

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