Why You Need Social Media To Help Your Business Grow

·         Facebook usage is up 40% from last year.

·         96% of 18-35 year olds are on a social network.

·         25% of search results for the World's Top-20 largest brands are links to user-generated content.

·         78% of consumers trust peer recommendations.

·         1 in 5 Americans age 18-35 use Twitter.

·         Twitter adds 300,000 users daily.

·        The average Facebook user has 120 friends.

How can Social Media help your company grow and make money?

  The more supporters you have in the social media universe, the faster word spreads about a company and your particular brand of product. Social media marketing is an excellent way to get people to come into your website, your Facebook page, or pick up the phone to call you. You will grow when there are a group of loyal followers ready to act upon what you have to offer.

  Social media marketing would be a valuable tool for increasing awareness and credibility of your business among your target audience. As with any other type of marketing (print ads, mail outs, phone book, etc.) it's all about building your brand.

  If you look around the internet at the decline of print advertising, you will see that newspaper advertising sales have declined by 7% during the past year, and printed phone book usage has decreased drastically over the past five years due to developments of Google and social media.