Why Use Social Media For Business?
Entrepreneur, you’re not still asking, “why use social media”, to actively promote your small business, product or service, are you? Hopefully, you recognize that “social media” in some form or another, is here to stay! And thank goodness for that!
Because, it allows any savvy business owner and or service provider, but especially a cash starved struggling savvy business owner and or service provider to “leverage” your extremely limited dollars and other extremely valuable (but limited) resources!
Stop Asking Why Use Social Media!
(And Get On With It!)
Entrepreneur, do you realize that Facebook alone is has over one billion registered users! And growing! That’s huge! And according to recent stats,
on average about 20% of them are the actual business owners and part of the ownership! That translates into about 200 million potential contacts and or cross promotion or potential joint venture partners! On one social media platform alone!
Introducing Seven Incredibly Powerful Reasons Why You Should Be Using Social Media!
(To Help You Inexpensively And Strategically Grow Your Business!)
1.) Reason # one: Entrepreneur, do you know or realize that as of 2011, so called “Generation Xer’s” (Gen X) for short, they have officially surpassed the “Baby Boomers” generation!
2.) Reason # two: And guess what else? A staggering 96% of them, as of last count, are active on one or more of the major social media platforms, such as twitter, FB or linkedin etc!
3.) Reason # three: And according to a recent survey, at least 78% of all your potential customers and clients, actively research the one or more of the major social media platforms, before making any final buying decisions!
(You still think “social media” is simply for bored HS or college students, with nothing better to do!)
4.) Reason # four: Currently the fastest growing segment on FB is women between the ages of 55-65! Move over sorority girls!
5.) Reason # five: There currently over one hundred ten million active users on twitter alone!
6.) Reason # six: At least fifty percent of all active registered users of linkedin, are the actual small business and or service provider owners!
7.) Reason # seven: At least 80% of all recently surveyed employers, acknowledged that they actively search linkedin, before they make any final decisions!
My friend, hopefully you have been exposed to enough powerful information, that you no longer have to ask, “why use social media?”
Please list at least two simple spin off concepts (in the comments section below) that you can apply to your business, product or service in the next 30 days or less!
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