Why should TikTok be included in your B2B marketing plan?

Why should TikTok be included in your B2B marketing plan?

TikTok’s popularity has grown rapidly in Latin America and in countries such as the United States, and it appears that the application’s growth will continue in the near future, as the way in which businesses use the application for everything related to B2B has become extremely relevant. According to data presented by ByteDance Ltd. in January of this year, TikTok is the fastest growing social network in recent years, with more than 105 million monthly active users over the age of 18 worldwide. In this context and given the growth of a valued social network among  50 and 75 billion dollars, the following concern arises: how can TikTok help companies develop an optimal B2B marketing plan? From Isource Marketing, as an agency specialized in B2B, we offer you 5 key recommendations so that companies decide to invest in this important social network that continues to be a trend in the market:

1.Human Centric Marketing: One of the new trends in marketing that continues to grow is theHuman Centric Marketing, which consists of not only treating the client only as a consumer, but also as a person. In this way, Tik tok is presented as an important resource that demonstrates this trend with more humane and informal actions. The most recent statistics of Data Reportal show that B2B Companies on TikTok have a higher engagement and ROI rate than other brands, and this has led 58% of B2B marketers to increase investment within this platform. Likewise, the same study indicates that the average engagement rate on TikTok isof the 5.96%; the highest of all social networks.

2.Creative participation: Since TikTok is an entertainment social network, the content must attract users in a natural and creative way. So it is very useful to use the new trending hashtags that are published every week, as long as they are related to your content or you know how to relate them to your marketing efforts. It is also essential to upload content regularly to your profile, that will make users enter more times to see if you have news. To reinforce that creativity there are numerous viral videos that can be used to your advantage with a little imagination. These audios can be songs or dialogues from reality shows, series or movies that have gone viral. According to “tiktokers”, recording over short and viral audios makes you have a better chance of appearing on the recommendations page. Another option is to upload videos showing the infrastructure of your company, or work team, create short tutorials about your products or services. Finally, you can take quizzes through Tik Tok to engage potential customers in your content.

3.Success stories: This is a good tool to attract potential customers without advertising directly to them. a good start to create this type of content is finding stories in your industry and bringing the benefits to your audience. For example, Adobe is renowned for effectively handling B2B marketing on TikTok, as the company regularly posts some pretty eye-catching how-to videos, giving its customers the knowledge to get the most out of its tools and actively supporting the community they serve they try to sell. Additionally, Adobe launched in 2022 a campaign that connected creators with small businesses, awarding $10,000 to the finalist.

4.Find influencers on tik tok: If you’re not sure how to start creating content for your B2B business on TikTok, we recommend looking for influencers in your niche to get you off to a good start. The influencers of this social network are very familiar with the platform, the audience and the algorithms that consume content onTikTok. Using this information, you can create creative and exciting content that gets a large audience. Therefore it is key to find an influencer who understands your B2B product or service and invest monthly to create content for your company page.

5.First Party: This social network solution will allow companies to share details and information about those products and services that may be attractive to your customers, since it allows your company to create fluid interactions to reach your audience, in order to convert them in potential customers. Likewise, the tool allows the creation of customizable messages applicable to multiple customer segments. Leads can be downloaded manually or can be integrated into your company’s CRM, as they can be activated immediately. For businesses using TikTok, the information from these forms is vital to making sure they are reaching their potential customers in an effective and prudent manner.

TikTok continues to support and empower companies on the platform with simple solutions that allow them to connect closely with their customers while maintaining the privacy and security of all platform users, allowing brands to tell their story safely while user data is protected and they can optimally attract new customers.

What are you waiting for to incorporate tik tok into your B2B strategy?

We know the importance of branding in your company, and we also know that a correct positioning strategy is one of the first steps to achieving success. At Isource Marketing we have 2 regional offices and a local presence in Miami, Florida-USA and in the rest of the main countries of Latin America, so we are always ready to help you create that B2B strategy in tiktok for your company regardless of the place in the one you meet.

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Lead generation: The key to success in sales

Lead generation: The key to success in sales

Lead generation: The key to success in sales

Lead generation is a process in the marketing area, which involves capturing and stimulating people’s interest in a specific service or product, with the intention of developing a sales channel. Therefore, the generation of potential clients can be part of B2B and B2C marketing, since this process is developed through an active approach oriented to the growth of your company. Lead generation tactics allow your business to focus on building business relationships with qualified prospects, rather than dispersing communication to a group of consumers who are not potential customers and therefore will not become end customers.

However, in such a competitive environment, the work of generating leads becomes challenging for companies, since one of the first milestones when starting to work is to determine the key performance indicators or KPI’s, since choosing them is essential. to be able to keep track of the evolution of the demand generation strategy during and after its implementation. On the other hand, many companies have to deal with the difficulty of building a message that covers the entire target audience, since the challenge is knowing what type of information and format to send to each segment of the contact base. In addition, detecting what stage they are in is vital to generate a content map and thus add value at each key moment in a strategic way.

To create a lead generation campaign, the first action you must take is to analyze the needs and resources of your company. After this first step, let’s review the two paths and their tools in B2B and B2C campaigns to achieve good results in this competitive world of demand generation:

1. B2B campaigns

To start a B2B campaign, the first fundamental strategy is to have a good team of sales representatives, since thanks to the technological infrastructure itself and the people on the team, the process of capturing leads is easy to optimize and streamline. In addition, these sales representatives are trained in call management, so their work will undoubtedly be very agile, in addition to validating and qualifying leads.

This direct contact strategy must have a clear and defined objective. In the case of capturing leads, the objective will be the generation of valuable information for the brand, always based on its needs with respect to its customers. To do this, it is possible to start from the brand’s own databases or those acquired by it.

Another of the tasks of this team is to record all the interactions carried out in the process of capturing leads. Through this information that is generated in the interaction with the potential client, it will be possible to find out very useful information for the brand, which can give us data on the behavior of potential clients, their opinion regarding the brand, disagreements, availability of products and services, what are their current needs in the market, etc.

A fundamental support for the sales team is the pre-sales engineer. A professional who is in charge of explaining to the client which products or services are the ones that best meet their needs and expectations and locate the opportunities to improve a project; since there are clients who are unaware of the need to apply a specific solution to meet their corporate goals.

BANT: Quality vs. Price

The BANT methodology is the most proactive and effective way to find out if a potential client is really interested in the product or service you offer and was developed by IBM. But let’s see what this acronym means and its requirements:

  • Budget (Budget): Does the client have an assigned budget for the project?
  • Authority (Authority): Is the contact a decision maker or an influencer?
  • Need: Is there a real customer need for our product/service/solution?
  • Time (Time): Does the client have a project implementation deadline defined?

It must be taken into account that this methodology takes into account the budget and also explores in greater depth and interest the problem that has motivated the decision to evaluate a B2B solution. 

2. B2C: Digital Tools on the Path to Success

According to a survey of marketing leaders that generated HubSpot’s State of Marketing, 50% of professionals surveyed consider lead generation campaigns to be a priority in their marketing strategies. marketing. Likewise, in said report, the specialists were asked to name their main priority during the next 12 months. 34% mentioned lead generation as the most common answer. Lead generation outpaced increased customer satisfaction (22%), increased brand awareness (19%), and more deals closed (14%).

Given the above scenario, it is essential to be clear about the essential tools to take into account, and thus obtain that long-awaited success in the lead generation campaign, but let’s review as a second strategy what are those 4 key digital tools in lead generation :

4 key digital tools in lead generation

Email

Email is an excellent starting point to reach people who know your brand, since it is easier to ask them to complete a specific action, because they have previously subscribed to a certain list. Compared to global email marketing campaigns, lead nurturing will help you get to know your contacts or leads little by little, so that when the time is right you will be able to send the right message to the right person. Email marketing messages must follow a certain logic, not only being optimized for direct conversions, but also for engagement. The commitment can be divided into emotional towards the brand and behavioral (with a present or future action).

Active recipients must demonstrate interactive engagement with emails (click on emails, read, reply). This activity is taken as a signal that the messages are interesting and cause a reaction. Each action should represent a step towards conversion.

Memorable Ads

If you want people to be moved to take your product or service, it’s critical to make sure your landing page and offer are clear and accurate about what you promised in the ad, and that the action is detailed. what do you want them to do

Content

A good starting point is to create a blog, because if it is eye-catching and with relevant and current content, it will arouse the interest of the user and, as a result, generate successful leads. Companies like  Impact found that 70% of the population prefers to learn about products through an article instead of an advertisement.

Social networks 

It is essential and key to decide in which social network the company will have a presence. It’s important to be strategic and only invest effort in networks that fit your industry and marketing goals. Aspects such as the dynamics of users in the social network, the brand and business objectives, the type of segmentation, the tone and language that we will use for our brand in digital media, in addition to conducting research on the industry and the metrics it offers the social network, will guide us to decide which are the best options to continue the course of the lead generation campaign.

Based on our experience in demand generation campaigns with our clients, we have reached the countries of the Latin American and Central American regions developing effective campaigns in which we have found:

  • Qualified potential clients: In one quarter we have managed to capture 100 qualified leads for our B2B clients in Latam.
  • Data management: We captured more than 2,386 quarterly companies around the regions of Latin America and Central America.
  • We have generated around 120 quarterly appointments with potential clients and 180 scheduled appointments.
  • The success rate of our demand generation campaigns averages 10% over an updated universe of accounts nurtured by marketing.

 What are you waiting for to implement a lead generation campaign in your company?

We know the importance of lead management in your company, and we also know that a correct strategy is one of the first steps to success. At Isource Marketing we are ready to help you start that campaign towards your business goals and a successful closing of sales. We have a highly qualified team and more than 15 years of experience as a strategic partner. Contact us!

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