B2B Companies Should Focus Social Media Efforts On LinkedIn

Most companies are making strong pushes on Facebook and Twitter to generate leads via the social networks. While those two networks are great for B2C companies, a recent study by HubSpot shows that B2B lead generation is a lot stronger on LinkedIn. Social networks are made for customers, but every social platform isn’t for every company. For instance, B2B companies can’t possibly acquire leads and enhance client acquisition by simply creating a Facebook page or thinking like a publisher using Twitter. While social networks can boost brand awareness, such approach is too casual for a B2B company. A B2B company can’t gauge the efficiency of their social accounts in drawing leads by simply having a presence on Facebook or Twitter.

HubSpot reported that LinkedIn generates the highest visitor-to-lead conversion rate at 2.74%. HubSpot used over 5,000 businesses for the study, and reveals that LinkedIn conversion rate is actually 3 times higher than both Facebook (.77%) and Twitter (.69%). It’s also interesting that LinkedIn’s conversion rate overwhelmed social media as a channel overall. This means that the traffic that came to the business’ websites via social media resulted to a mere .98% conversion rate compare to LinkedIn’s 2.74%. These are surprising figures considering that more businesses are using Facebook’s advertising platform.