21 Places to Share Your B2B Case Studies

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Case studies are one of the most powerful B2B sales and marketing tools.

Today’s B2B buyers want social proof before they purchase a product or service. Customer testimonials and case studies can give them this proof. According to hawkeye, 71% of B2B buyers in the awareness stage and 77% in the evaluation stage cited testimonials and case studies as the most influential types of content.

However, not everyone is going to find your success stories on your website. Here are 21 ways to get your case studies in front of a wider audience:

1. Host a Twitter chat and feature your customer.

Host a Twitter chat and invite your customer to be the featured guest. Tell your customer’s story and discuss a key problem that both your customer and others on the chat are facing.

World map with connected Twitter birds symbolizing hosting a twitter chat — Twitter chats can highlight your customer’s story and facilitate conversations.

2. Tweet about it.

You can send a single tweet, or you can even schedule a series of tweets that tells the story in its entirety. For example, start the series with a tweet that describes the problem your customer faced.

Follow it with a tweet about how they tried to solve the problem on their own but couldn’t. Then, tweet about why they selected you and how they implemented your product.

Finish with a few tweets highlighting their best results. Each tweet should link to the full case study and contain relevant hashtags. You can also number these tweets, so people will know they’re part of a series.

Cartoon twitter bird with cartoon tweets. — Share your case study as a series of tweets, linking back to the full story on your website.

3. Upload the case study on LinkedIn Publisher.

Using LinkedIn Publisher is a great way to expand your reach on the top B2B social network. Just be sure to re-word your story before you publish it, so Google doesn’t think you’re posting duplicate content.

Cloud representing Linkedin Publisher with different devices — Grab your LinkedIn connection’s attention! They’ll receive a notification when you upload your case study to LinkedIn Publisher.

4. Share the case study on LinkedIn.

In addition to sharing it on your company page, ask some of your employees to share it in their personal status updates.

Gold alarm clock — Queue your case study to post multiple times to your LinkedIn profile. This ensures that more of your connections will see your success story.

5. Mention it in LinkedIn groups that your target audience participates in.

It’s even better if the customer that you profiled is active in these groups and can respond to comments and questions.

LinkedIn groups can be a great way to reach new people in your target audience.

6. Tell the story on Quora if it will answer someone’s question.

Just watch that you’re not too promotional, or your answer will get voted down.

a man standing facing a wall with question marks — Use Quora to answer questions, and include the case study in your answer.

7. Share the story with your Facebook community.

Ask your friends to comment on it.

cartoon image of computer and social networking icons — Use Facebook to share your customer’s success with your community.

8. Turn your case study into a SlideShare presentation.

Insert a lead generation form in the presentation, so you can collect leads directly from SlideShare.

9. Post the case study in industry-specific forums and social networks.

Getting active in industry-specific social networks is a great way to engage with your target audience.

Use industry-specific forums to engage your target audience.

10. Feature your customer in a webinar.

You can tell the story and take questions from the audience.

hands on an apple computer keyboard with a yellow watch beside it — Webinars are a great way to feature your case study while demonstrating your expertise.

11. Ask if your customer will speak at an event.

Conference organizers are always looking for relevant success stories.

Hands of people clapping at a conference. — Have your customer speak at an event.

12. Empower your sales team.

Give sales reps your latest case studies. They can work these stories into their conversations to get prospects interested in your products and services.

Finger pointing with explosions coming out of it. — Give sales reps your latest case studies, so they can use them to persuade new customers to work with you.

13. Make your voicemails memorable.

Sales reps can cite a result from a case study when they leave voicemails with prospects. This can help them get more return calls.

Rotary phone and message book — Make your voicemails memorable by highlighting your success stories.

14. Hand them out at meetings.

Design a 2-page, front-and-back version of your case studies. This makes it easy for sales reps to hand them out at meetings.

Hands writing in a book in front of a computer. — Design a hand out of your case study and leave it with potential customers.

15. Email case studies to prospects.

A new case study gives sales reps a reason to reach out to a prospect.

Super hero breaking out of business attire with envelope on shirt underneath — A new case study gives sales reps a reason to reach out to a prospect.

16. Email case studies to your marketing lists.

Success stories are a great addition to your e-newsletters and other email communications.

vintage mailboxes representing email with mountains in the background — Add case studies to your e-newsletters and other email communications.

17. Post case studies on your blog.

Turn your case study into a “how-to” article, where your customer shares tips on how to overcome a challenge.

Picture of man's hand on a keyboard and a computer screen that says add your text here — Turn your case study into a “how-to” article.

18. Promote your case studies on your website.

Create ads that link to your case studies and place them throughout your site. You can also highlight a case study on your home page.

Man drawing a wireframe on a window — Highlight case studies through out your site.

19. Quote your customers.

Insert customer quotes throughout your site to enhance your credibility.

Woman wearing red glasses with 2 thumbs up to symbolize how teams can win at content marketing — Insert customer quotes throughout your site to enhance your credibility.

20. Add credibility to your mailers.

Include highlights from a case study or a quote from a customer in your next direct mail campaign.

businessman carrying two heavy boxes over grey background — Use highlights from case studies in your next direct mail campaign.

21. Beef up your proposals.

Include a few case studies in your next proposal to increase your odds of winning the project.

Woman flexing her muscles — Include a few case studies in your next proposal.

These are just a few of the places where you can share your success stories. Try experimenting with how you format and share your case studies, so you can reach a wider audience and turn more leads into customers.

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