By Lane Ellis

Almost Half of B2B Orgs Say It’s Become More Difficult to Close Deals
Finalizing B2B deals has become more difficult since the pandemic began, with some 46 percent of B2B organizations citing buying decisions being placed on hold as the primary cause, while 43 percent said that their organization viewed buyer re-prioritization as the top reason, followed by budget cutting, according to recently-released survey data. MarketingCharts

Marketing’s Tech-tonic Shift: 90% Have Changed Their Digital Strategies [Salesforce Study]
66 percent of marketing leaders expect revenue growth in the coming 12 to 18 months, with the top portions of B2B marketing budgets being spent on advertising, tools and technology, account based marketing (ABM), content, and staffing, according to newly-released survey data of interest to digital marketers. MediaPost

LinkedIn Adds Ratings & Reviews to User Profiles
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has begun offering both reviews and ratings to user profiles, with a new services profile element that can now include a range of past client review and ratings features, and users initially receiving 20 review invitation credits, LinkedIn (client) recently announced. Search Engine Journal

Marketers Come Up Short In Perceived Value, Study Shows
Marketers see their department as coming in sixth when it comes to experiencing a lack of respect within their organization, behind sales, production, operations, human resources, and accounting, according to recently-released study data. MediaPost

TikTok Announces New Partnerships with Vimeo and Canva to Streamline Content Creation
Short-form social video platform TikTok has released new integration to its TikTok Ad Manager that expands ad-building options to more easily incorporate content from creation platforms Canva and Vimeo, the firm recently announced. Social Media Today

Google Removes The Rich Result Type From The Performance Reports
Google has removed the more generic form of its rich result search appearance data from its Search Console programming API — finalizing a move first mentioned in May, as the search giant has moved to providing more refined and less general breakout data, Google recently announced. SEO Roundtable

Twitter is Testing a New Option Which Would Enable You to Remove Specific Followers from Your Audience
Twitter has begun testing a method for users to less conspicuously remove unwanted followers from an account’s audience — an alternative to a brute force blocking approach that may offer digital marketers a more subtle solution, the firm recently announced. Social Media Today

LinkedIn Launches Native Video Meetings
LinkedIn has released new options for users to hold one-on-one video meetings directly within its platform, utilizing parent company Microsoft’s Azure Communication Services technology to provide a slew of powerful video conferencing features, with additional functionality such as screen sharing and virtual backgrounds planned for future updates, the firm recently announced. Search Engine Journal

SMT Expert Series: Keren Baruch Discusses LinkedIn Content Trends and Creator Tools [Interview]
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