Today's B2B marketers are constantly tasked with generating more leads and then proving the value of their campaigns. But it isn’t always that easy when it comes to social media as a channel. During this webinar, you’ll learn how to interact with your audience on social in an effective and personalized manner, accurately track engagement and more!
Join Marketo, Oktopost, and FIS Global as they explore why social attribution is important in the Engagement Economy and the tools you’ll need to succeed.
7. We have high
expectations
of buyers
measure all brands
against a select few –
think Amazon, Netflix,
and Starbucks.
(Wunderman)
87%
We’re overwhelmed
by the noise
of
buyers feel
annoyed when
they’re blasted
with generic
marketing.
(Marketo)
63%
9. More Informed Buyers
of buyers conduct
research online during
the buying process.
(Accenture)
94%
10. Growing Customer Expectations
only consider brands that
show they understand and
care about ‘me.’
(Wunderman)
79%
say customer experience
is more important than
price in buying decisions.
(Forrester)
64%70%
of buying experiences are
based on how customers feel
they're being understood.
(McKinsey)
Intro to Oktopost
Ben - deeper overview of why you created the product, etc…
I think we all can agree that it’s a challenging and thrilling time to be in marketing – we see this in our every day interactions
Think about yourself… how you are as a customer…
You and your buyers have sky-high expectations. They’ve been set by the likes of Amazon, Netflix, and Uber… even in the B2B space. They now expect better from the companies they work with… to be treated like individuals… and tune out the rest. Or worse, we get a little bit annoyed.
Does this sound like you? What about your own customers?
It seems like us as marketers can reach people like never before. There are so many more touchpoints with which to reach people – many channels – and even massive audiences that might’ve been prohibitively expensive, or simply unreachable, are now available.
You’ve read this stat before, 94% of buyers conduct research to help influence their buying process. – and this number just keeps going up.
Customers are savvy.
They are creating their own journey - doing all the leg-work on their own, without your sales team. Without making direct contact.
Which means you, as a brand have to cultivate demand where sales can’t go.
In fact: 55% of B2B buyers search for information on social media (AdWeek, 2015)
The relationships between customers and brands has fundamentally changed
Customers only want to work with brands that care about them.
These days, they value experiences more than price, and feel that the best brands are delivering above their expectations across the whole customer journey.
It’s no longer about transactions with brands; consumers demand meaningful experiences that connect with them personally and wherever they are.
And, today there are more channels to communicate with your customer than ever before:
Email, Web, Mobile, Social, Ads (not to mention events and other offline channels).
Customers move freely across these channels expecting you to deliver meaningful, consistent and personalized interactions throughout. And this is really the fundamental elements of the Engagement Economy.
And now I’d like to turn it over to Daniel to discuss why Social is so important in this new engagment economy.