Why Should You Care about Social Media?
Posted by SiMedia | Filed under Online Marketing
Social media allows you to communicate, share information, and network with other individuals. It provides a means to an end when it comes to marketing your products via the web to increase sales revenues. Furthermore, Social Media allows marketers to reach larger local and global audiences at a lower cost compared to traditional offline marketing techniques.
If you are online, then you have most likely interacted with social media. The following statistics show how people are using and interacting with information: The numbers continue to grow exponentially and the people are there waiting for you to share engaging content:
1. On Feb 5th, 2010 Facebook announced 400mm users.
2. To date, there are over 300,000 Facebook users from Trinidad and Tobago.
3. LinkedIn currently has over 60mm users.
4. Twitter reports that they see an average of 50 million tweets per day (600 tweets per second).
5. 80% of Twitter usage and updates is done via mobile devices.
6. YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine in the world.
7. 70% of bloggers are organically talking about products and brands on their blog.
8. 78% of social media users trust peer reviews and recommendations.
9. 91% of people use their mobile web to socialize and network online.
10. Wikipedia has an excess of 14m articles, meaning that its 85,000 contributors have written nearly a million new posts in six months.
11. If Facebook were a country, it would be the 4th largest between USA and Indonesia.
So, again, the question is: Why Should You Care?
If you are a business owner, marketing manager, or have a vested interested in a company, Social Media can help build your brand online. Social Media has proven to be not just a trend but a lasting phenomenon that continues to develop rapidly. It’s time you take the leap into the future of online marketing and get your brand noticed by those with most influence.
Digital Media firms such as Si are new-age web design and development companies that specialize in the progression of online media. Let us help you explore the world of Social Media and other digital media initiatives that will help elevate your brand and reward you with a healthy ROI.
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