Aim First, Shoot Second:
Mastering the complexity of
B2B digital marketing
#socalbma
Chris Bennett
CEO/Founder
97thFloor.com
@chrisbennett - @97thfloor
SoCalBMA.org
@socalbma
#socalbma
Marketing Agency of the Year
2014 Stevie Awards
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What we are Going to Cover
Where to start with content for social
Promotion tips on social
Get more mileage with repurposing content
Interactive marketing apps
How the World Sees B2B
How You See B2B
B2B is Complex
B2C Marketing
B2B Marketing
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B2C Customer
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B2B Customer
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you’re anxiety
Social Sites We Will Be Covering
Social Sites We Will Be Covering
What We Are Not Going to Cover
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“80% of publications about our company were the
result of InMail enquires (Forbes, PCMag, PCWorld,
ZDNet, etc). And probably at least 50% of our biggest
leads were the result of using LinkedIn InMails.”
- Dmitry Davydov, Chief Marketing
Officer at Bitrix24
http://medialeaders.com/public-relations-tips-brands/
Bet you didn’t know that
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submit your slides on Wed/Thur
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http://www.slideshare.net/BlueCoat/mobile-securityrisks/
Use the custom Tweet button to “trend
in social media” and get on the SlideShare
Homepage.
https://www.bluecoat.com/company-blog/2014-02-20/why-your-mobile-device-isn%E2%80%99t-secure-you-think
Use a custom button to entice
people to click through to your site.
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Thats Good
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The newly launched Autoplay
feature has helped short form
videos perform really well.
Use what you are making on
Instagram or Vine and post on
FB. We are seeing really good
engagement for no extra
effort.
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Very few, if any of you will
want to use Vine.
If you do, start by repurposing
existing videos.
Integrate with your Twitter
campaigns.
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But 100% of the
Internet gets news
from Reddit.
Altruistic content
WINS on Reddit.
Altruistic content
WINS on the Entire
Internet.
You’re working harder than a T-Rex making a bed
Make your Social
Consistent With
Social Mark UP
Start by making your Social Consistent with Open Graph
http://time.com/2863227/ending-the-war-on-fat/
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Where’s the Pic?
Should of…
http://pixartheory.com
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<title>The Pixar Theory</title>	

<meta property='og:locale' content='en_US'/>	

<meta property='og:type' content='article'/>	

<meta property='og:title' content='The Pixar Theory an Interactive Story, by @97thfloor
#pixartheory'/>	

<meta property='og:description' content='Every Pixar movie is connected. This interactive
graphic tells the story of how and why.'/>	

<meta property='og:url' content='http://www.pixartheory.com'/>	

<meta property='og:site_name' content='The Pixar Theory'/>	

<meta property='og:image' content='http://www.97thfloor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/
The-Pixar-Theory-share-1.jpg'/>	

<meta property='og:image' content='http://www.97thfloor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/
The-Pixar-Theory-share-2.jpg'/>	

<meta property='og:image' content='http://www.97thfloor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/
kitty.jpg'/>	

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraph
https://dev.twitter.com/docs/cards
https://dev.twitter.com/docs/cards/validation/validator
Get more mileage out of your existing efforts
Find your top performing content
PixarTheory.com
It can be anything
A Video
Infographic
Blog Post
White Paper
Case Study
Interactive Marketing App
https://www.discover.com/student-loans/majors/
Then…
Blog Post
https://www.bluecoat.com/company-blog/2014-04-29/most-advanced-cyber-threats-come-seemingly-innocent-places-0
To SlideShare
http://www.slideshare.net/BlueCoat/ss-the-most-advanced-cyber-threats-1
Make your images dance for more flavor
https://www.bluecoat.com/company-blog/2014-04-29/most-advanced-cyber-threats-come-seemingly-innocent-places-0
Use what you are
already doing.
http://www.digicert.com/news/increasing-online-trust-infographic.htm
and squeeze every
last drop.
http://www.slideshare.net/DigiCertCom/increasing-onlinetrust
Interactive Marketing Apps
Get on the Bandwagon
https://turbotaxcpaselect.intuit.com/history-of-taxes/
Interactive's are engaging.
Calls to action convert.
https://turbotaxcpaselect.intuit.com/history-of-taxes/
Useful, Altruistic Content WINS!
Useful, Altruistic Content WINS!
http://techpageone.dell.com/big-data-powering-world/
Useful, Altruistic Content WINS!
https://www.discover.com/student-loans/majors/
Useful, Altruistic Content WINS!
https://www.discover.com/student-loans/majors/
Recap
Where to start with content for social
Promotion tips on social
Get more mileage with repurposing content
Interactive marketing apps
Chris Bennett
CEO/Founder
97thFloor.com
@chrisbennett - @97thfloor
https://www.linkedin.com/company/97th-floor
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SoCalBMA.org
@socalbma
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Aim First, Shoot Second: Mastering the complexity of B2B digital marketing