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5. Reaching Customers With Content
influencers on Instagram and TikTok. A TopRank Marketing survey found most B2B marketers believe this strategy changes minds, improves the brand experience, and yields better campaign results.
Content marketing through blog posts and newsletters was touted as a vital piece of every B2B brand’s marketing puzzle this year. Statistics gathered by Convince & Convert found 71% of B2B respondents reviewed a blog during their buying journey, 65% of them prioritized credible content from industry influencers more than the previous year, and content marketing cost 41% less than paid search and generated three times more leads per dollar than other channels. All five of these B2B marketing strategies were hot in 2021, and if you had a positive experience with one or more of them, do yourself a favor and keep that strategy in place for 2022. Do the same with any other trends that worked for you, and you’ll have a head start on next year’s playbook.
2. Advertising on Podcasts
Apple Podcasts crossed the one million show mark in April 2021, and in 2020, 37% of Americans ages 12 and up listened to at least one podcast each month. These factors made podcast advertising a major trend in 2021, especially for B2B marketers aiming to reach a younger audience.
3. Automating Everything
COVID-19 forced us all to reevaluate how we spend our time, and it turns out many of us don’t want to put those minutes toward sending texts and emails! Still, text and email marketing are both vital B2B channels. The trendy way to get the best of both worlds in 2021 was through automation. Within those messages, Odden called out a trend for a “greater focus on storytelling, personalization, and more informal content versus explicit sales offers.”
4. Leveraging AI
The importance of artificial intelligence (AI) for B2B marketing became crystal clear recently when a Salesforce study reported that 80% of business buyers expect the companies they reach out to will talk to them “in real time,” regardless of the hour. This statistic highlights how important chatbots and other AI solutions are for customer conversion.
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