Why Social Demand Generation is a Must Have in Your Marketing Toolkit

With $5.4 billion spent on social media marketing in the U.S. alone in 2016, it’s clear that social media is being cemented in B2B marketing organizations. Yet, according to recent research, over 40 % of B2B marketers say that measuring ROI is their number one challenge (source: Demand Metric 2016 Social Media Marketing Survey). Over 30% say that tying social to business goals is a challenge, and only 9% are able to quantify the impact of social on revenue.Why is social media’s ROI so elusive, despite marketers’ increased focus on this function and despite the proliferation of social marketing tools?

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whitePaper | December 10, 2019

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whitePaper | August 5, 2021

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whitePaper | October 31, 2022

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whitePaper | November 30, 2019

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whitePaper | September 20, 2022

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whitePaper | October 13, 2022

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