B2B Marketing News: B2B Video ROI Climbs, Google Updates Audience Manager, Rising Social Network Usage Forecast, & Qualtrics Files For IPO

Social networks will experience a pandemic-driven boost in 2020—but not equally
Greater than predicted numbers of users have flocked to social media this pandemic year, according to recently-released survey data of interest to digital marketers, with 150 million more global users for 2020 than previously estimated. eMarketer

Snapchat Shares New insights into Consumer Behavior and Trends
Mobile eCommerce, augmented reality (AR) campaigns and an uptick in video are among the key shifts in consumer trends and behavior, according to a newly-released user insight report from Snapchat. Social Media Today

Twitter expands API features for developers tracking the public conversation
Better integration of Twitter’s new tweet reply privacy control features are among an array of new API inter-connectivity changes, the social media platform recently announced. TechCrunch

Google Ads Estimated List Size Now In Audience Manager
Handy list size estimates have been added to Google Ads’ Audience Manager for audience lists of 20K or more, along with other new features, the search giant recently announced. SEO Roundtable

How to Keep Your Team Motivated, Remotely
The Harvard Business Review takes a look at the changing roles of experimenting, adapting, and growing remote team productivity and motivation that have arisen during the pandemic. Harvard Business Review

Google Short Videos Carousel Displays TikTok & Instagram Videos
Google has expanded a test that previously only included YouTube videos within Google mobile search results, now also including videos from both Instagram and TikTok, Google recently revealed. SEO Roundtable

SAP-owned Qualtrics files for U.S. IPO
Online survey specialist software firm Qualtrics has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S., for up to $100 million, the SAP-owned company recently announced. Reuters

Creative Tech Platform Runway Raises $8.5 Million to Make AI Tools More Accessible
With a new funding round of $8.5 million, creative technology platform Runway — which hosts an app-store-like variety of creative tech — takes aim at a transition into a full-fledged serious creative tool firm. Adweek

Vimeo is becoming a standalone company after booming during the pandemic
IAC/InterActiveCorp plans to spin off its popular Vimeo video streaming service during the second quarter of 2021, after seeing particularly successful user growth during the global health crisis. The Verge

B2B Video ROI Reportedly Improving; Use in Sales Conversations Climbs
79 percent of mostly B2B marketers said that video was an important form of video for their organization, an increase from the 71 percent recorded in 2019, according to recently-released survey data of interest to online marketers. MarketingCharts

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE:

A lighthearted look at “marketing resolutions” by Marketoonist Tom Fishburne — Marketoonist

The Secret History of the First Microprocessor, the F-14, and Me — Wired

TOPRANK MARKETING & CLIENTS IN THE NEWS:

• Lee Odden — Total Annarchy Newsletter 76: Brand Storytelling Template; My 2 Proven Ways to Increase Open, Click Rates — Total Annarchy

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