Learn how Social Media Marketing can boost your Business

'Social Media' - It's a phrase we hear everywhere we go these days, but what exactly is it?

Wikipedia defines it this way: Social media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communications into interactive dialogue."




Here are some incredible facts about social media you may not be aware of:

Every 60 seconds on the web this is happening (in regards to social media):

* 320+ new Twitter accounts created
* 98,000+ Tweets
* 100 new LinkedIn accounts created
* 1 new Article published by Associated Content (Yahoo owned company)
* 6,600+ new photos uploaded to Flickr
* 50+ WordPress downloads, 125+ WordPress plugin downloads
* 695,000 Facebook Status updates – 79,000+ Wall updates – 510,000+ comments
* 1700+ Firefox downloads
* 690,000+ Google search queries
* 168 Million emails sent
* 60 new blogs created – 1500+ blog posts made
* 70+ new domains registered
* 600+ new videos uploaded to YouTube (25+ hours viewing time)
* 40 new questions asked on Yahoo Answers
* 100 new questions asked on Answers.com
* 13,000+ iPhone applications downloaded
* 20,000 new posts on Tumblr
* 370,000 minutes of people chatting over Skype


These are really incredible stats that are hard to comprehend initially.

Considering a majority of the worlds population is not yet on the internet, but expected to come on over the next 5 years these incredible statistics are sure to explode even further.

Some benefits of marketing your business using Social Media:

1. Reach – With social media you have the capability to reach small or large
audiences. You may reach no people, or you may reach millions of people. If Facebook was a country it would have the highest population in the world. That’s a market you wouldn’t want to ignore.
2. Accessibility - social media tools are generally available to the public at little or no cost.
3. Usability - Most social media production does not require extensive specialized skills and training. In theory, anyone with access can operate the means of social media production.
4. Immediacy – traditional media can take time to edit, print, distribute, etc. Advertising on Social media can be set up in a short space of time with a few simple steps giving you the potential for virtually instantaneous responses.
5. Instant Editing – if you have an article in a magazine, once printed it cannot be altered. Social media can be altered almost instantaneously by comments or editing.


What do you think of Social Media? Do you think social media such as facebook, twitter, skype, google, etc, are for personal use only, or would you like to use it to promote your business?

You might already be dabbling with social media advertising but not really sure if you are doing the right thing to really get the best out of it. Or you may like to use it for business purposes, but really don't know where to start.

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