B2B Marketing News: What Makes B2B Buyers Decide, Twitter’s New Multimedia Tweets, Brand Trust Study, & LinkedIn’s Record Engagement

LinkedIn Continues to See ‘Record Levels’ of Engagement and Sessions Growth
Microsoft’s latest performance report revealed that its LinkedIn professional social network had topped 850 million members, with the number of user sessions expanding by 26 percent, accompanied by revenue that grew by 26 percent during the most recent quarter year-over-year, increasing by $768 million, Microsoft recently announced. Social Media Today

Google, Microsoft Report Slowest Revenue Growth In Two Years
Google-parent Alphabet saw revenue that grew by 13 percent during the second quarter of 2022, reaching $69.7 billion, the search giant’s slowest growth since the same quarter in 2020, while revenue from the search portion of the firm’s business climbed by 14 percent year-over-year, while Microsoft reported revenue up 12 percent, also its slowest growth in two years, the firms recently reported. MediaPost

Twitter’s new tests allow you to post images, videos and GIFs in one tweet
Twitter has begun testing a multimedia tweeting option that allows individual tweets to contain up to four digital assets, including images, videos, animated GIFs, and other supported media types on the platform, presently being tested on Twitter’s mobile app, the firm recently announced. TechCrunch

Social Media Users Expect Quick Responses to Messages Posted on Brands’ Digital Channels
Some 52 percent of U.S. social media users have said that they expect brands to respond to social queries within one hour, with 27 percent who want brands to respond within 30 minutes, while 10 percent expected five minutes, according to newly-released survey data on interest to B2B marketers. MarketingCharts

IAB Finds Second-Half Ad Spending Better Than Planned, Full-Year Significantly Worse
During the second half of 2022 marketing executives are expecting to spend some seven percent more on advertising, while overall spending for the year is expected to come in some 31 percent lower than expected, with the most growth being driven by the technology category, according to recently-published Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) survey data. MediaPost

Apple to introduce new App Store ad placements: the industry reacts
Apple is rolling out new advertising options for its App Store, expanding on the search tab and results ads that the firm has previously offered, providing B2B marketers with new options for increasing brand exposure in the popular Apple App Store environment, Apple recently announced. The Drum

Which Data Capabilities Are Still Out of Reach for Marketers?
42 percent of marketing leaders have said that real-time access to insight data was their most-sought data capability, with 40 percent pointing to predictive analytics, and 26 percent seeking data supply chain and governance, according to newly-released survey data of interest to digital marketers. MarketingCharts

Twitter tests a ‘tweets per month’ counter
Twitter’s latest test could provide B2B marketers and brands helpful insight when considering which accounts are active enough to follow, as the platform has begun testing a visible count showing the number of tweets that …read more

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