Should B2B brands embrace the metaverse, BeReal, and other developing social communication channels, and if so, when is the right time to start becoming involved?

Part of what keeps the online world indispensable for marketers is the fact that social media platforms are forever either being created — in the form of new ones — or seeing their flames dim and eventually extinguish, in the case of those that don’t make it.

The web graveyard is littered with the digital skeletons of so many formerly promising social platforms, including some that were once seemingly poised to rise to the echelon of the most-used forms of online communication.

This social media platform churn is also what helps keep the web interesting and alive, yet there’s no doubt the turnover has made it harder for B2B marketers to invest in new and developing social channels.

The most frequently heard social channel of the future has over the past several years been the metaverse, while other new platforms have already taken off in earnest, such as BeReal, which recently supplanted TikTok as the most-downloaded mobile social media app.

Let’s take a look at how B2B marketers and brands can best assess new social channels, and in particular what they need to know about the metaverse and BeReal.

1 — BeReal: Enhancing The Human Face of Brands

BeReal — the mobile social media app that recently overtook TikTok as the most-downloaded among users worldwide — features posts that simultaneously capture front and back camera photos that are published at differing times each day on the up-and-coming platform.

One element BeReal offers that could prove particularly useful for B2B markets is its inherent aim of showing the more slice-of-life human side of its users — something brands have increasingly sought to reveal.

B2B marketers can consider utilizing B2Real in efforts that take advantage of the platform’s humanizing element, with just a few examples being:

• Behind-the-scenes double-image looks at company team-members, from corporate executives to freshly-hired interns.
• Candid looks at how customers are using a firm’s products and services in their day-to-day lives, showing both how they interact with on-screen or other physical elements and how these interactions make customers feel.
• At industry events B2B brands can offer up unique daily BeReal looks at conference activity and learning.
• B2B influencers and creators have a new canvas on which to share their ongoing efforts in creating and sharing content that answers key questions, in a new format that keeps things different.

Those are only a few of the many ways that savvy B2B marketers can experiment with BeReal content, and as with most rapidly emerging social media platforms, a great deal can be tested out and accomplished with relatively little cost or effort.

„If BeReal ends up going the mega-platform route, it could start attracting big-name brands, too,“ Lizzy Lawrence and Sarah Roach recently suggested for Protocol in „BeReal wants close connections. Can it stay that way forever?“

[bctt tweet=““One element BeReal offers that could prove particularly useful for B2B markets is its inherent aim of showing the more slice-of-life human side of its users — something brands have increasingly sought to reveal.” — @lanerellis“ username=“toprank“]

2 — Marketing Maneuvers In The Dark: Metaverse B2B

The metaverse — a term coined in a 1992 novel — is presently a disconnected hodgepodge of holographic hopes and digital dreams that may or may not eventually reach the sustainable velocity to capture the hearts, minds, and wallets of the public and private sectors.

A key danger the metaverse faces is falling into the siloed social media platform trap, with walled gardens of many metaverse-like instances each owned by separate entities and all not being able to — whether on purpose or otherwise — talk to one another, or even willfully trying to stop people from leaving their particular slice of metaverse pie.

The metaverse — as with a search engine — is lifeless without content, in the same way that social media platforms and web properties would be empty wastelands without the digital lifeblood of the digital information we call content, yet whether B2B brands will make it a staple in their social plans remains uncertain.

Brands not quite ready to enter one of the currently available metaverse test-beds can also hold tight and keep tabs on how the technology plays out as we head towards 2023, while keeping potential metaverse-friendly content in mind to eventually begin trying out in the format.

While the metaverse is primarily still in its wild west stage, savvy B2B marketers will want to keep on top of the developments it’s currently going through, and keep informed about the changes that it will inevitably see as it evolves.

For a closer look at what the metaverse may mean for B2B marketers, check out our „5 Timely Ways B2B Brands Can Conquer Metaverse Marketing.“

[bctt tweet=““The metaverse is still in its wild west stage, and savvy B2B marketers will want to keep on top of the developments it’s currently going through as it evolves.” — Lane R. Ellis @lanerellis“ username=“toprank“]

3 — Humanize With B2B Influencer Marketing

Those B2B brands possessing an understanding of the role they want to play in the metaverse will have a strong advantage over those that have taken a purely wait-and-see approach.

Similarly, some B2B marketers who are seeking to increase the human side of today’s brands are already testing out emerging social media platforms such as BeReal and others.

Another way that more marketers than ever are shifting to tap into the people-powered and humanizing side of marketing is through the strength of B2B influencer marketing.

“Skeptical of leadership, brands, and conventional authority, buyer perceptions have changed making relationships a critical piece of the marketing ROI equation,“ Tamara McCleary, CEO at Thulium recently observed.

„People make purchasing decisions based on recommendations and perceptions of people (not brands) they respect and trust. Influencers will be essential for humanizing B2B brands in 2022,” Tamara added, as one of many insights and predictions shared in our recently-published 59-page 2022 B2B Influencer Marketing Research Report, as we covered in „10+ B2B Influencer Marketing Predictions From Top Experts & Influencers.“

[bctt tweet=““People make purchasing decisions based on recommendations and perceptions of people (not brands) they respect and trust. Influencers will be essential for humanizing B2B brands in 2022.” — Tamara McCleary @TamaraMcCleary“ username=“toprank“]

Learn more in our all-new 2022 B2B Influencer Marketing Report preview, or jump right in and download the full data-packed report PDF.

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Thankfully, you don’t need a time machine to know that great content can be seamlessly adjusted to succeed in virtually any medium or format, so brands that are presently crafting winning content are already poised for doing well in the metaverse or on BeReal — especially when it’s specifically tailored for each and incorporating B2B influencer marketing.

We hope that you’ll find the information and tips that we’ve shared about BeReal and the metaverse — along with our look at how B2B brands and marketers can embrace new social channels in general — to be helpful in your own marketing efforts.

Creating award-winning B2B video marketing that elevates, gives voice to talent, and humanizes with authenticity takes considerable time and effort, which is why an increasing number of firms are choosing to work with a top digital marketing agency such as TopRank Marketing. Reach out to learn how we can help, as we’ve done for over 20 years for businesses ranging from LinkedIn, Dell and 3M to Adobe, Oracle, monday.com and others.

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B2B marketers can relate to customers who’ve rapidly shifted into all-out digital mode in their daily professional lives. That’s because so many of us have done the same, with numerous departments and agencies transitioning to remote or hybrid work in the wake of COVID.

At TopRank Marketing, we’ve been fully remote since March of 2020. And while that setup brings with it plenty of welcome perks and advantages, there are undeniably things that go amiss from a distance. We were reminded of some during our first in-person TopRank Summit in Minneapolis earlier this month.

Having an opportunity to see coworkers face-to-face drove home for me the relative challenges of engaging people, developing rapport, and creating emotional connections through a screen.

This dilemma is one that the B2B marketing industry is grappling with at large. Just as the day-to-day rhythm of Zoom meetings and Slack conversations can become monotonous, so too does the daily drumbeat of digital ads and content that buyers and decision makers are exposed to.

How can marketers deliver customer experiences that differentiate, drive growth, and delight in today’s digital-first brand landscape?

A session during the aforementioned TopRank Summit inspired me to put the first of those terms at the forefront.

Dare to (B2)Be Different

During our agency get-together, we had the privilege of being joined by world-class speaker and author of Fascinate: How to Make Your Brand Impossible to Resist, Sally Hogshead. She gave a talk centered on this idea: different is better than better.

Yes, we should always aspire to be the best, and that mandate has been ingrained in many of us throughout our careers. But simply aiming to be better means we’re trying to improve upon an existing model or archetype. Is that the path to standing out in an increasingly crowded digital space, amid changing customer expectations?

[bctt tweet=““Simply aiming to be *better* means we’re trying to improve upon an existing model. Is that the path to standing out in a crowded digital space? Brands need to be DIFFERENT.” — Nick Nelson @NickNelsonMN #B2BMarketing“ username=“toprank“]

Drawing from the perspectives of Sally and other visionaries, let’s explore the elements of a customer experience that differentiates in a digital-first world.

1 — Button up the basics

Before you can start breaking new ground, you’ve got to make sure you have your bases covered. I recently wrote here about three essential components of impactful B2B marketing content:

• Influential
• Authentic
• Credible

While there is tremendous flexibility within these parameters, you want to be sure that any brand experience conveys this trio of qualities. Every time a customer or prospect interacts with your brand you want them to perceive it as leading industry conversations, staying true to itself, and demonstrating expertise.

2 — Figure out what your audience likes about you, and wants from you

One exercise we did with Sally was a Fascinate Test, designed to help us understand our skills and strengths through the eyes of others. The idea is to move past our own assumptions (and perhaps self doubts) to more objectively recognize the value we bring to the team.

Brands can benefit from a similar exercise. You might have an idea of how your company is viewed by customers, or how you want it to be viewed. But what do people actually see as unique and fascinating about your brand, compared to others in the same space?

There are many ways to go about investigating this. You might review past content to look for high performers with notable creative characteristics. Or, you might dive into your search performance data to find any distinct or unexpected keywords that are bringing people to your website. You might even simply ask customers what they mentally associate with your brand!

In the complex, competitive, and interconnected world of B2B, identifying your actual points of differentiation is not always straightforward. But doing so holds the key to capitalizing on them.

[bctt tweet=““In B2B, identifying your brand’s actual points of differentiation is not always straightforward. But doing so holds the key to capitalizing on them.” — Nick Nelson @NickNelsonMN #B2BMarketing“ username=“toprank“]

3 — Build creativity into the heart of your processes

Ty Heath recently wrote for the LinkedIn Collective* about the science of creativity in B2B marketing, illustrating the urgent need for a greater industry focus on creatively effective advertising.

Research from leading authorities like the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute and WARC underscores the immense long-term value of creating emotional and memorable experiences that build mental brand associations. There’s clear evidence that these investments are more, not less, important during a recession.

(Source: LinkedIn Collective)

Creativity doesn’t happen on its own. It needs to be fueled, nurtured, and incentivized. It needs to be sought out as a specialization – a focal point of agency selection and talent acquisition.

LinkedIn points out that the growth of technical skills has vastly outpaced creative skills over the past five years on their Economic Graph. Is your team fully equipped to devise, develop and deliver experiences that differentiate?

4 — Invest in strategic experimentation

Creativity is about experimentation at its core. You can’t be different by endlessly sticking to the same fundamental playbook. This is why Harvard Business Review, in a recent article on Closing the Gap Between Digital Marketing Spending and Performance, makes a case that marketers should “double down on strategic experimentation.”

“We recommend companies increase these investments with an eye toward more strategic-level experimentation that can offer opportunities for breakthrough growth,” they wrote. “Too often marketers get bogged down in tactical experiments, such as whether customers like green or yellow, instead of testing the relevance of new offerings, innovations, or customer segments.”

These times call for bold and audacious thinking, not a timid allegiance to the status quo. To truly elevate your customer experiences, lean hard into those points of brand differentiation you’ve identified, even if it takes you in new directions.

[bctt tweet=““These times in #B2Bmarketing call for bold and audacious thinking, not a timid allegiance to the status quo.” — Nick Nelson @NickNelsonMN“ username=“toprank“]

These types of experiments could be perceived as risks, but I’d argue (and so would Sally, I bet) that the biggest risk lies in stagnating. So long as you’re tethering your experimentation to broader customer-driven movements like these, you can be confident your brand won’t be left behind:

• Use emerging technologies and platforms to deliver dynamic interactive experiences that engage users.
• Incorporate inclusive messaging and creative to reflect increasingly diverse audiences.
• Tap into the community-building power of social and influencers. (According to a recent report, B2B marketers cite social media as the most effective digital channel.)
• Optimize your experiences for mobile and remove accessibility barriers.
• Put your brand’s purpose and values forward.

The bar is raised for breaking through with customer experiences in this densely populated digital brand landscape. Ready to meet the challenge?

* Disclosure: LinkedIn Marketing Services is a TopRank Marketing client

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Meta Launches New B2B Advertising Audiences to Help Marketers Reach Key Decision Makers
Facebook-parent company Meta has implemented an array of new advertising campaign enhancements, including targeting segments for technology and other business decision-makers, aimed specifically at B2B users on its platform, Meta recently announced, as the firm seeks to ramp up its B2B advertiser base. Social Media Today

B2B Purchasers Are Speeding Up Their Journeys: Study
Some 55 percent of B2B executives have said that the length of their purchase timeline had increased either somewhat or significantly on average in 2022 compared to 2021, while six percent said their B2B purchasing timeline had decreased, with 38 percent reporting no change from last year — several of numerous findings of interest to B2B marketers contained in newly-released buyer behavior survey data. MediaPost

LinkedIn Goes All-In on B2B Marketing
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn (client) has launched a comprehensive new B2B marketing community on its professional social network, with the release of the LinkedIn Collective — a resource for business marketing insights and inspiring „what B2B can be,“ LinkedIn recently announced. Content Marketing Institute

The Creator Economy: Making Dollars and Sense Out of Social Partnerships [Report]
62 percent of marketers work with creators to build engagement and 60 percent to reach new audiences, according to newly-released creator survey data, which also shows that the top challenges marketers face when working with creators include budget, lack of resources to manage relationships, and difficulties in finding creators who align with brand values. Sprout Social

The Average Brand Invests 3.8% of Revenues into Media. Is That Enough?
Digital display and social media were the top media channels for revenue and brand metrics, according to recently-published media return-on-investment (ROI) report data from Nielsen, which also found that only 36 percent of channels were seen as delivering on both brand and revenue goals. MarketingCharts

Meta is testing a new livestreaming platform for influencers called ‘Super‘
Instagram and Facebook parent Meta has ramped up testing of its standalone live-stream platform for creators and influencers — named Super — which the social giant has been developing over the past two years, incorporating an array of features similar to Twitch along with its own takes on live-streaming and engagement options, Meta recently announced. TechCrunch

Instagram Takes Inspiration from BeReal with New Test Features
The front-and-rear camera post feature of the recently-popular BeReal app has been added to Instagram, along with a QR code location-finding option test. Social Media Today

BeReal wants close connections. Can it stay that way forever?
BeReal — the mobile social media app that recently overtook TikTok as the most-downloaded among users worldwide, features posts that simultaneously capture front and back camera photos that are published at differing times each day, and Protocol takes a look at the up-and-coming platform and whether more brands will begin utilizing it. Protocol

[bctt tweet=““If BeReal ends up going the mega-platform route, it could start attracting big-name brands, too.” — Lizzy Lawrence @LizzyLaw_ & Sarah Roach @Sarahroach_“ username=“toprank“]

Google Updates Searches With Quotes To Show Location Of Page That Contains Quoted Words
Search giant Google has implemented a search refinement that brings an extra level of highlighting to its precise-match searching, in an effort to help those power searchers who typically use quotes around words and phrases more easily locate the exact matches found on webpages, Google recently announced. Search Engine Roundtable

Instagram Moves to Next Stage of Development with its Native Scheduling Tools
Instagram has moved closer to including the ability to schedule post content natively within its mobile app, as it has been performing increasing tests of the scheduling functionality, which will be a helpful addition for B2B marketers who use the platform when eventually rolled out. Social Media Today

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE:

A lighthearted look at “Generation Alpha” by Marketoonist Tom Fishburne — Marketoonist

New Study Finds 15% of US Economy Just Subscriptions You Forgot to Cancel — The Hard Times

TOPRANK MARKETING & CLIENTS IN THE NEWS:

• Lee Odden / TopRank Marketing — UMortgage lifts the lid on its influencer marketing strategy — Mortgage Professional America Magazine
• Lee Odden / TopRank Marketing — The 7 Best Influencer Marketing Resources — Planetic

Do you have your own top B2B marketing news item this week that we haven’t mentioned? If so, please don’t hesitate to let us know in the comments below.

Thank you for taking the time to join us for this week’s TopRank Marketing B2B marketing news, and we hope that you will return again next Friday for another array of the most up-to-date and pertinent B2B and digital marketing industry news. In the meantime, you can follow us on our LinkedIn page, or at @toprank on Twitter for even more timely daily news.

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Everyone is talking about creating and marketing videos these days. The marketing benefits are clear: Videos spread well, generate engagements on social media and are able to still attract attention in our world of information overload.

But can videos also enhance your SEO strategy?

Well, we don’t know everything about Google’s ranking signals, so we cannot be sure if there’s a direct factor there. Whether Google “likes” pages with videos on them more than pages without videos remains a secret.

But there are more indirect SEO benefits that are contributing here:

1. SERP real estate

Videos are taking a lot of real estate within Google’s search result pages, both on mobile and desktop. Google uses so-called “video carousels” to display related videos for many search queries.

In fact, on a mobile device, a video carousel takes the whole screen, and for many search queries it takes quite some time to scroll past:

Image source: Screenshot by the author

According to Mozcast, video carousels appear for the third of search queries. That’s a lot of SEO opportunities to dominate your target SERPs!

If you brand your video well and optimize your video Youtube page, one of these videos in a carousel will remind your target customer of your brand and increase your chances of conversion.

2. Rich snippets

A video-rich snippet is an enhanced search snippet that displays a video thumbnail next to your link. It is a good way to make your search snippet stand out.

Image source: Screenshot by the author

Video rich snippets are also surprisingly easy to get.

Unlike video carousels, video rich snippets send traffic to your site, versus the YouTube video page. To make this easier:

	Video rich snippet	Video Carousel
Does it need a video?	Yes	Yes
Is it part of organic results?	Yes	No
What does it generate?	Clicks to your site	Video views (clicks to the video page)

The best-case scenario is when you manage to grab both: A rich video snippet on page one of organic results and your video inside the video carousel on the same page:

Image source: Screenshot by the author

This will help you generate more brand awareness through a video thumbnail and generate both video views and clicks.

To increase your odds of getting a video rich snippet, you need to:

• Embed a video on your page. This doesn’t really have to be your video but mind that Google will display the channel name below your snippet om desktop, so it makes sense to use your brand’s channel
• Use video schema. Here’s a handy video schema generator for you to do that. There are also quite a few plugins that make this step easier.

Image source: Screenshot by the author

For desktop video rich snippets, mind that they also pull the date when you uploaded the video, so make sure your video is fresh to avoid your snippet looking outdated.

When embedding a video on your page, don’t forget to double-check your page load time. Surprisingly, Youtube videos do negatively impact page performance when you embed them, even though Youtube belongs to Google (so publishers usually assume it is optimized for Google by default).

To demonstrate the impact, here’s my page score without a YouTube video embedded on it:

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And here’s the same page with a Youtube video added:

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You can cope with this by using the trick described here which worked wonders in my case above.

One of the unexpected benefits of using that method was the related videos Youtube shows at the end of each video when you embed it. Using the steps in that tutorial, I found those related videos disappear and my own video showing up instead.

Finally, don’t forget to use Google’s Search Console to find out how your video rich snippets are behaving.

In your “Performance” section, create a new filter “Search Appearance: Videos” to see which queries are triggering rich snippets for your site and monitor your CTR for those queries.

3. On-page engagement

There’s no official confirmation that Google uses on-page engagement as a direct ranking signal. In fact, I believe they denied using such a signal.

And yet, getting people to take a pause and do something on a page has a lot of marketing benefits that are normally part of an SEO strategy. These include:

• Higher chances of a conversion
• Lower chances of them bouncing or returning to search results (which, again, may or may not be a direct ranking signal)

Videos make great on-page engagement boosters, so if you feel like your page is failing to trigger some sort of action, try embedding a video on it. Again, mind your core web vitals when you do.

4. Referral traffic

Just like on-page engagements, referral traffic has never been confirmed to be a direct SEO signal. We know that Google likes when a link is clicked but we don’t know whether a page with 0 referral traffic from external sources has lower authority in Google’s eyes than a page with high-quality referral traffic.

And yet, referral traffic increases a page’s chances to get backlinks and shares. And well-converting traffic is always good, whether it is coming from organic search or another site.

Youtube doesn’t make it easy to build referral traffic from your videos. You can have your clickable link in the video description which is rarely read or even seen (especially on mobile).

You can also link build direct traffic using Youtube by giving your domain name in the video intro and outro. Here’s how to create an engaging Youtube outro.

But then again, one should really find your video relevant and/or awesome to type your domain name in the address bar after seeing it in the outro.

That being said, Youtube does send traffic to a site but only if you are doing a great job creating outstanding videos and then using verbal CTAs inside the video to encourage clicks from the video description or direct type-ins.

A great thing about Youtube traffic is that, while it is hard to get, it’s highly relevant, so you will see highly engaged clicks that become your subscribers and customers:

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Conclusion

Using videos is a solid way to help your SEO strategy. While there may be no confirmed direct signals involved here, there are a few indirect SEO benefits of investing into video creation and marketing.

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Google Data Studio is a powerful and versatile reporting tool that can be used to create insightful and visually appealing reports for your clients.

The “old school” way of reporting and sharing analytics with clients typically entails the long and tedious process of manually downloading analytics and search data, then filtering and formatting the data in a spreadsheet, creating visuals from scratch, and typing out insights.

A few hours later, you have a bunch of data that you then have to make presentable and easy-to-understand for clients.

With Google Data Studio, you can easily create reports that are visually appealing and easy to understand.

You can even match all your colors and fonts to give your reports a more polished look.

It’s easy to see, whether you’re an agency or freelancer, that the old way of reporting is not only time-consuming, but it’s also prone to extra confusion and questions from clients.

So much so, that you may even limit reporting altogether to top clients or retainers above a certain threshold.

Google Data Studio offers a much easier and faster way to create and even automate reports.

With Google Data Studio, you have a free and versatile dashboard to transform boring and confusing data into meaningful, presentable, and interactive reports your clients will love.

With Google Data Studio, you can easily create reports that are visually appealing and easy to understand. You can even match all your colors and fonts to give your reports a more polished look.

This way, you can spend more time on strategy and analysis, and less time on data crunching.

1. Report on almost anything

First and foremost, google data studio allows you to connect to a variety of data sources, including google sheets, google analytics, and google ads.

Focusing on google analytics data, Google Data Studio gives you the ability to report on almost anything you can think of from your client’s website.

This includes website traffic, conversions, ecommerce transactions, and even custom events.

The possibilities are endless!

Featured Google and partner connectors

• Google Ads
• Google Analytics
• Google Search Console
• Youtube Analytics
• Facebook Ads
• Google Trends
• TikTok
• SEMRush
• Mailchimp
• DCM (Campaign Manager 360)
• SA360
• DV 360 (Display and Video)
• And 600+ more

2) Add custom graphs and charts that impress

Another great feature of google data studio is the ability to create custom graphs and charts.

This can be extremely helpful in conveying complex information in an easy-to-understand visual format.

Your clients are sure to appreciate being able to see the data that they care about most presented in a visually appealing way.

Create interactive and filterable reports

Another great feature of google data studio is the ability to create interactive and filterable reports.

This means that your clients can easily filter the data that they want to see and interact with the reports in a way that makes sense for them.

This is a huge step up from traditional reporting!

3) Seamlessly share and control access

Gone are the days of having to send large and unwieldy Excel files back and forth between you and your clients.

With google data studio, you can easily share reports with your clients in just a few clicks. You can also limit what data your clients have access to, so that they only see the information that is relevant to them.

Google data studio offers a variety of ways to share reports with your clients.

Reports can be easily exported as PDFs, images, or they can be shared directly through google drive. This makes it easy for your clients to access their reports from anywhere, at any time.

With just a few clicks, you can share your reports with anyone, privately, or through a link, without having to worry about large file sizes or compatibility issues.

Need to give someone edit access? No problem.

Google Data Studio makes it easy to add and remove users from your reports.

Don’t sweat the price – it’s free!

One of the best things about google data studio is that it’s free to use!

Your clients won’t be billed to access their reports, no matter how often they view or download them.

This makes google data studio an extremely cost-effective solution for report creation and sharing.

4. Utilize done-for-you templates

Google data studio offers a variety of templates that you can use to create your reports.

These templates are great for getting started, or for creating reports in a hurry.

All you need to do is select the template that you want to use and then customize it to match your needs. It’s really that simple.

There are currently over 100 templates available, with more being added all the time.

Whether you’re looking for a simple report template or something more complex, google data studio has you covered.

Templates include:

• Google Ads Search Performance
• YouTube Channel Report
• All-in-one Search Console
• Ecommerce Revenue
• Facebook Ads Performance
• And a whole lot more!

5. Add custom branding for you (and your clients)

One of the best things about google data studio is that you can easily add your own branding to your reports.

This is a great way to make your reports stand out and to show your clients that you’re serious about your business.

With google data studio, you can easily add your own logo, color scheme, and even custom fonts. This makes it easy to create reports that are truly unique and that reflect your brand.

6. Answer questions ahead of time with built-in insights

It’s not always possible to be available to answer your clients‘ questions 24/hours a day. But with google data studio, you can be!

Google Data Studio offers the ability to add built-in insights to your reports.

Worried about your clients not understanding something?

With google data studio, you can add text or video annotations to your reports. This is a great way to explain complex concepts, or to provide additional information that might be helpful to your clients.

7. Make your reports stand out with powerful cross-channel comparisons

Get the whole picture with a 360-degree view!

Google data studio gives you the ability to see all of your data in one place.

This is a great way to get a complete picture of your business, and to identify any potential areas of improvement.

Easily connect to multiple sources of data, including google ads, google analytics, google search console, facebook, and more.

You can then use this data to create reports that show how your business is performing across all channels.

This is a great way to identify any areas of improvement, and to make sure that your clients are getting the most out of their data.

8. Save time by automating your reporting process

Emails, texts, and social media posts can be a great way to keep your clients up-to-date on your business. But what if there was an easier way?

You can easily automate and schedule reports.

This is a great way to make sure that your clients always have the most up-to-date stats.

Embed on your website

Google data studio makes it easy to create reports that can be embedded on your website.

There are a number of reasons why embedding a google data studio report on your website can be beneficial for your clients.

First, it can help to increase transparency and trust.

By displaying reports on your website, you’re giving your clients easy access to all of the data they need in one place under your brand name.

Second, assuming your client is sharing your report with relevant stakeholders, they will be sharing your website link instead of a Google link.

This can in turn, improve traffic to your website and increase the likelihood that they will return.

9. Get important feedback from your clients

Additionally, by embedding a Google form survey url at the end of your google data studio report, you can gather important feedback from your clients.

This can help you to identify any areas of improvement and ensure that you’re providing the best possible service to your clients.

Final thoughts

This is a powerful reporting tool that can be used to create stunning reports for your clients.

By taking advantage of the features and tips listed above, you can create reports that are truly unique and that will impress your clients.

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Alex Medawar is Senior Media Manager at Performics and creator of Alex Medawar.com. As a seasoned digital media expert, Alex Medawar focuses on B2B paid search campaign management and strategy for global brands in the tech space. Utilizing a data-driven approach, Alex believes that both small businesses and large enterprises alike can speak to their audience and drive results within the digital media landscape.

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