This is the presentation used by Sanjay Mehta, our Jt. CEO, for a webinar conducted by TechGig.
Focuses on the use of Social Media by B2B businesses.
The actual recording of the live webinar can be found at http://www.techgig.com/webinar.php?webinar_id=120
4. B2C vs B2B
• Smaller audience base
• Potentially connected offline
• Vulnerability vs Opportunity
• Smaller number of connections could mean larger impact
• Very focused approach, even on Social Media
• Know exactly where to look for audience, generally
5. Objectives of a B2B business?
• Brand awareness
• Reaching new markets
• Sharing achievements, capabilities
• Thought Leadership
• Leads
• Anything else..?
• Also are these much different from B2C again?
6. Brand Awareness, New Markets
• Where are the prospects?
• How do we make them AWARE of the brand?
• The awareness must translate to POSITIVE
• When we look for “where” they are, we can also find
geographically spread communities
8. LinkedIn
• Profile – Beefed up
• Connections
• Groups
• Questions
• Company Page
• Testimonials
• Advertising
9. Blogs / YouTube
• That larger space for making a point
• More knowledge focused
• Subject Matter Expertise
• Case studies make for great stories
• Unusual, unique – better
• Support with diagrams, charts, images
• Videos are very important now
• SEO benefits – being discovered later too
11. Influencer Outreach
• Middlemen, Consultants, Reviewers
• Identifying them
• Connecting
• Inviting them to plant etc.
• Treating them with kid gloves
• Including them in product suggestions, early stage of launch,
getting and respecting their opinions
12. Importance of Monitoring
• Small community
• Changing trends
• Industry developments
• Brand mentions, of course
• Inflexion points?
• Leads..direct or indirect