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More Companies Should Use Social Media Marketing, Numbers Say [INFOGRAPHIC]

July 7, 2011 By Lindsey Perkins Wade

As social media sites gain real estate on the Internet, more and more businesses are signing up for Facebook and Twitter accounts, creating an Internet presence for their brand. Not only can private businesses market their products and services through social media, they can also engage and interact with customers, solving problems and answering questions in real time.

While the reasons to utilize social media marketing might be more obvious for businesses that sell to consumers, some might think that the same doesn’t apply to business-to-business, or B2B, companies. But as the infographic below shows, 86% of B2B firms are including social media marketing in their promotion strategy.

The chart gives a breakdown of why: Facebook and Twitter each have exponentially more active users than the traditional USA Today print newspaper. But it goes beyond those numbers. The majority of social media users believe that companies should be using it to connect with customers.

If that’s not enough to sway you, small to medium sized B2B business owners with over 50 twitter followers generated twice as many online leads. Since everyone ultimately is looking for new sales contacts, generating that many leads via Twitter is something that you simply can’t ignore as a potential new lead source.

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Filed Under: In the News, Sales & Marketing Tagged With: b2b companies, cool infographic, facebook, social media marketing, twitter

About Lindsey Perkins Wade

Lindsey Perkins Wade is managing editor of The Private Business Owner.

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