How social listening paves the way for a winning social strategy

Radically Transparent Published: April 06, 2023
How social listening paves the way for a winning social strategy

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Episode summary

Social listening is the practice of monitoring social media platforms to gather insights and understand customer behavior and sentiment. By identifying customer needs, preferences, and pain points, social listening can help businesses improve their marketing and sales strategies.

In the B2B world, social listening is an essential practice for B2B organizations that want to create an effective B2B social strategy.

By identifying and understanding audiences, monitoring industry trends, improving customer service, monitoring brand reputation, finding influencers, and measuring and improving ROI, businesses can create a social media strategy that drives engagement, increases brand awareness, and ultimately leads to increased sales and revenue simply by starting with effective social listening.

Joining the Radically Transparent podcast is Sarah Emmott, Head of Brand for Work Management by Atlassian, one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Companies in the Workplace”. She reveals how a deep dive into social listening paved the way for her organization’s marketing milestones and successes. As well as how a social listening audit discovered why YouTube should be included in their social strategy, and how Sarah is using it to be strategic with her influencer campaigns.

Throughout the episode, Sarah reveals some of Atlassian’s social strategies that are contributing to their fast-growing and impressive social presence, as well as the difference between “share of voice” and “share of mind” and where both fit into a content marketing strategy.

Hot topics of this episode include:

  • How Social Listening paved the way for a winning social media strategy
  • Measuring the impact of social media in a product-led growth organization to prove value and keep budgets
  • Why YouTube is a powerful channel for influencer marketing and why it’s often the most overlooked by B2B marketers

Meet Sarah

Sarah is the Head of Brand for Work Management by Atlassian, one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Companies in the Workplace. ” She leads brand, campaign, content, comms, creative, and social teams across Trello, Confluence, and Atlassian Together.

Confluence’s first large integrated marketing campaign, including the brand’s first debut with an influencer program, was runner-up in the Campaign US BIG Awards for the B2B category.

Over the last 15 years, Sarah has led marketing teams both in-house for companies like Square, and on the agency side as the brand agency of record for Salesforce. As a career brand marketer in product-led growth companies, she’s well-versed in proving out brand-first marketing programs’ success.

Sarah serves as an advisor for several fintech and SaaS startups, is on philanthropic Boards, and regularly volunteers as a mentor for First Round Capital’s Fast Track program and a classroom art docent for her children’s school. She has a Communications degree from the University of Arizona and has won awards from the American Marketing Association, Campaign US, and the Product Marketing Alliance.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is B2B social listening and its primary purpose for organizations?

B2B social listening involves monitoring social media platforms to gather insights and understand customer behavior and sentiment. Its primary purpose for B2B organizations is to create effective social strategies that drive engagement, increase brand awareness, and ultimately lead to increased sales and revenue.

How does social listening contribute to improving B2B marketing and sales strategies?

Social listening helps B2B organizations by identifying customer needs, preferences, and pain points. This insight allows them to refine marketing and sales strategies, better understand audiences, monitor industry trends, improve customer service, monitor brand reputation, and identify key influencers.

How can B2B social listening help demonstrate the value of social media and secure marketing budgets?

Social listening is essential for measuring the impact of social media, particularly in product-led growth organizations. It provides the data needed to prove the value of social initiatives, justify investments, and secure budgets for ongoing marketing and social media strategies.

Why is YouTube a powerful yet often overlooked channel for B2B influencer marketing?

YouTube is a powerful channel for B2B influencer marketing due to its reach and engagement potential, yet it's often overlooked by B2B marketers. Social listening audits can reveal its strategic importance, helping organizations like Atlassian integrate it effectively into their social and influencer campaigns.

What strategic insights can B2B organizations gain from social listening beyond basic monitoring?

Beyond basic monitoring, B2B organizations can gain strategic insights into audience understanding, industry trend identification, and improved customer service. It also facilitates finding relevant influencers, better managing brand reputation, and obtaining metrics to measure and improve the ROI of social media efforts, which paves the way for a winning social media strategy.

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