Lane Ellis

How and Why B2B Marketers Are Using Intent Data [Report]
56 percent of B2B marketers use intent data to identify new target accounts, while 51 percent use this data to align sales and marketing, according to recently-released report data of interest to digital marketers. MarketingProfs

Post Engagement Rates Remain Far Higher on Instagram Than Facebook or Twitter
Across industries, Instagram saw an average engagement rate more than four times that of Facebook during 2020, according to a recently-released report that examined more than 22 million business page posts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. MarketingCharts

Microsoft Bing updates search results interface to make it more visually immersive
Microsoft’s Bing has augmented its search result experience to include expanding image carousels and infographic-like knowledge panels, in addition to several other new additions, Bing announced recently. Search Engine Land

New Channels, Better Targeting: How B2B Tech Marketing Is Changing [Survey]
54 percent of global B2B marketers plan to use more marketing channels during 2021, and 51 percent say they are seeking out new ways to tell their brand’s stories — two of several statistics of interest to digital marketers in newly-released report data from Spotify and WARC. MarketingProfs

New Report Looks at the Rising Influence of Online Communities
77 percent of consumers say that online groups are the single most important communities in their lives, a trend that has increased during the pandemic, according to recently-released global survey data. Social Media Today

Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you charge for tweets
Twitter has announced a selection of payment tools that will allow online publishers to provide exclusive content on the social platform, while a new Twitter Communities feature will bring topic-specific groups to the platform. The Verge

Brand marketers stick to trust-building strategies forged in 2020’s fires, study finds
91 percent of brand marketers will keep focusing on the strategies aimed at building trust they developed in 2020 as a response to the pandemic, according to recently-released survey data of interest to digital marketers. Marketing Dive

Ad Prices Forecast To Inflate 3% This Year
Digital display ad price inflation for 2021 is expected to be 3.4 percent, with digital video slightly higher at 3.6 percent, while this year is expected to hold some recovery from the impact of the pandemic in 2020, according to newly-released forecast data. MediaPost

In Engagement Shift, Friday Proves Top Day for Email Response Rates in 2020
With an 18.9 percent click-to-open (CTO) rate, marketing emails sent on Friday lead the way when it comes to engagement levels, according to recently-released survey data, with Saturday coming in as having the lowest engagement rates. MarketingCharts

LinkedIn Provides New Tips on How to Create Engaging B2B Content [Infographic]
LinkedIn (client) has launched a new 17-page guide offering B2B marketers tips, statistics and a variety of insight and examples surrounding the production of successful B2B creative on the Microsoft-owned platform, the firm recently announced. Social Media Today

2021 Social Media Industry Benchmark Report
Overall social media posting frequency has fallen, while engagement has declined on Instagram, according to newly-released report data from Rival IQ, which also found that platform-specific hashtags have seen growing success. Rival IQ

Dentsu Finds ‘Social Good’ Branding Attitudes Index High Among Most Nations, Less So In Japan
Brands that actively promote a variety of social good initiatives garner positive attitudes towards those brands, according to recently-released global survey data of social media users, examining how social media user attitudes differ in various nations. MediaPost

COVID-19’s Impact on B2B Tech Marketers’ Channel Strategies in 2021
Among B2B marketers, webinars, search engine optimization (SEO), email marketing and LinkedIn ads have grown in importance the most during the pandemic, according to recently-released survey data. The data also shows that the top challenges faced by B2B technology marketers in 2021 are balancing quantity with quality, digital fatique, and measuring the right key performance indicators (KPIs). MarketingProfs

LinkedIn Announces New Measures to Tackle Inherent Bias as Part of Black History Month
LinkedIn (client) has launched an array of new initiatives that are part of a push towards systemic change to increase the Microsoft-owned professional social platform’s value to people in underrepresented groups, the firm recently announced. Social Media Today

Most CMOs expect role to change as a result of Covid-19, finds LinkedIn
Nearly 75 percent of chief marketing officers believe their role as CMO will change due to the pandemic, to include more branding and greater internal communications, according to recently-released survey data of interest to digital marketers. The Drum

6 Ways COVID-19 has Impacted B2B Influencer Marketing
During the pandemic social media users increased their engagement levels with content from industry influencers, lead by the technology industry, which saw a 440 percent increase from 2019 to 2020 — one of several findings of interest to online marketers in recently-released Onalytica report data. Onalytica