How Social Media Can Help Small Business

by Karen Wylie

in Small Business, Social Media

social media small businessAre you using social media yet?

Have you tried Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook?

How about writing a blog, or even commenting on some?

If not, don’t wait too long to start your learning and determine what’s right for you.

Business owners who have taken the leap into soap media are finding benefits, and lots of them according to a recent industry report.

Most of the business owners doing some marketing using social media have only been doing so for a few months.

But here are the benefits they found:

81% said social media generated exposure for their business

61% saw an increase in their web traffic or e-mail newsletter subscribers

56% said their participation lead to new partnerships

52% felt using social media generated qualified leads

48% said they were able to reduce their marketing costs

35% felt social media helped them close business deals

For more reading on this survey and the benefits business owners saw when they used social media, click here.

And for some tips on how business owners use Twitter for very practical purposes, like a restaurant posting their daily specials or a real estate agent posting new house listings, click here.

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