Tom Platt

Tom Platt

We know video is the most popular form of content consumption for B2B – but with marketers planning to use more video in 2025 and beyond, it may prove harder to make that video content really stand out among the noise. What to do…? According to research from…
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Paid social media is taking off across all social channels – so for B2B marketers, who see organic social as the go-to – how can they combat the challenges of organic suppression? And how best can paid be tackled to ensure the best budget spend? We’ve all heard the saying,…
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News seems to follow Meta wherever it goes – mostly for worse. So, when it was revealed this week that Meta is considering a paid-for experience for its UK users to remove ads – we thought we’d give it a once over. Off the back of Meta…
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We all knew it was for a while – but now the suppression of organic reach has hit new levels for B2B. Facebook business pages are pushing organic reach down and LinkedIn is giving you a time limit to make your post impactful. Yes, organic B2B content is going…
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LinkedIn newsletters have exploded in popularity – over 500 million people have subscribed to at least one newsletter, but what are the best ways to use them – and are they actually being viewed? As with anything on social media, if used effectively, serious engagement is possible. But the news we’re getting…
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Platforms like LinkedIn and Meta are looking to AI for the enhancement of ad targeting for users. But there are serious questions to be asked about whether this is helping brands deliver their messaging to the optimal groups, or whether it’s just a way of farming clicks for the platforms…
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While the US has carried out its threat to ban TikTok – experts believe more countries could be next. What’s the impact for influencers and content creators…and how much will other platforms benefit? A recent article by the BBC suggests TikTok may be turned off in other…
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LinkedIn’s recent research into what its audience is looking for shows a cry for more creativity from CMOs – they see marketing for what it really is, and they aren’t overly impressed. While voices on the platform want to network, others want to learn and be entertained.
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For B2B marketers, organic social is ever-present. Whether it’s X in accounting or Y in HR, there is constant badgering for departments to share content on social to promote their activities. Unfortunately, this is screaming into the void at the expense of better spent time and resources. There’s the adage…
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The obsession for B2B lead gen via social continues – but it looks like brands might need to shake things up a bit to keep that momentum rolling! Here are a few hurdles B2B brands might face with trying to fill that sales funnel via lead gen forms: Users being…
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In 2024, paid social media is expected to lead all platforms in advertising spend. For B2B brands, this raises the question: how can they effectively organise their paid social strategies to get the most out of their advertising budgets? Additionally, which platforms should they focus on to optimise their investment?…
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Whether you’re posting it or consuming it, short-form content for social is winning on every platform. Videos that seem to be decreasing in length and copy that’s becoming more and more brief are telling us one thing; ‘I just don’t have the patience’. As marketers, it’s not easy telling an…
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Every social platform is utilising AI in some way – actually, they always have – but now in the way of generating comments and campaigns themselves. Helpful to some, perhaps – but when digging into it, on LinkedIn specifically, the whole notion of quick fix engagement and campaign generation falls…
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They say that every 5 seconds, a CXO of a B2B brand somewhere in the world is asking the marketing team if they can make a company’s organic social post ‘go viral’. You can almost feel the dread – the heart-sinking feeling. “I’ll see what I can do” basically means,…
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OK, so you already know that video is king on social, right? Good – well we’re not going to tell you why, you already know. But you may wonder how you can make it most effective for B2B social campaigns so your clicks, engagements, video views and web traffic all…
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