#168: Social Media | How to Make Instagram Work for B2B with Jenn Herman

Dave sits down with Jenn Herman, an expert in Instagram marketing, who shares the untapped potential of Instagram for B2B marketers. With over a decade of experience, Jenn has become a go-to resource for brands looking to leverage Instagram's vast user base to build brand awareness and foster long-term customer relationships.Jenn and Dave cover:Why Instagram is a goldmine for B2B marketers and how to capitalize on its 2 billion monthly active usersHow to create educational content for Instagram to build trustWhy you need to tailor your content for Instagram and your audience specificallyTimestamps(00:00) - - Intro to Jenn (04:36) - - Setting Goals for B2B Brands for Instagram (08:13) - - Adapting Content Strategy for Instagram (10:07) - - Focusing on Quality Over Quantity (13:13) - - Using Educational Content to Build Your Brand (18:05) - - TikTok Experts vs Short Form Video Experts (21:11) - - TikTok, Instagram, and Content Unique to Platforms (24:09) - - How to Use Instagram Carousels (27:35) - - How to Use Instagram Highlights (30:06) - - Strategies to Find Underpriced Attention (32:24) - - Aligning Brand Image with Social Media Presence (36:23) - - Understanding Reach Metrics (39:02) - - Revisiting and Optimizing LinkedIn and Instagram Strategies Join 50,0000 people who get Dave's Newsletter here: https://www.exitfive.com/newsletterLearn more about Exit Five's private marketing community: https://www.exitfive.com/***Brought to you by:Optimizely - the AI platform for marketers. Build your own AI agents or pull from a directory of 50+ pre-built ones for marketing use cases. Their new Virtual Teammates can join meetings, complete tasks, support campaigns, and keep your website optimized. Learn more at optimizely.com/exitfive.Webflow - A website platform built for the agentic web, letting modern marketing teams build fully custom sites that perform in AI search with no developer needed. Learn more at webflow.com/for/exitfive.Zoom Webinars & Events – The virtual event platform built to help B2B marketers run webinars that actually drive pipeline, with branded registration pages, live engagement features, and built-in tools to repurpose sessions into clips and content. Learn more at zoom.com/exitfive.Compound Growth Marketing - A full-funnel demand gen agency helping high-growth cybersecurity and enterprise software companies show up earlier in the buying journey, combining AEO, modern paid advertising, and a dedicated go-to-market engineering team. Podcast listeners get two free media planning sessions to find out what channels are driving the best ROI. Learn more at compoundgrowthmarketing.com/exitfive. ***Thanks to my friends at hatch.fm for producing this episode and handling all of the Exit Five podcast production.They give you unlimited podcast editing and strategy for your B2B podcast.Get unlimited podcast editing and on-demand strategy for one low monthly cost. Just upload your episode, and they take care of the rest.Visit hatch.fm to learn more