Best Social Media Tools For Business
Posted: April 24th, 2010.
It goes without saying that Twitter and Facebook are among the most popular social media tools for businesses. A survey of marketing professionals by Social Media Examiner saw these two platforms racing neck-to-neck in popularity and usage.
However a good chunk of the marketers also use other social media channels including blogging, Youtube and the likes. Here are the results from the survey ranked by the percentage of marketers who used the platform
1. Twitter : 88%
2. Facebook : 87%
3. LinkedIn : 78%
4. Blogs : 70%
5. YouTube : 46%
6. Social Bookmarking Sites : 27%
7. Forums : 26%
8. Social news aggregators : 22%
9. Ning : 17%
10. MySpace : 11%
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Comments
Comment from Anand Srinivasan
Time April 27, 2010 at 3:53 am
Personally, I would suggest both Facebook and Twitter. But the value they bring differ. If your business is looking for a lot of user visits, then you may give Twitter a higher priority. But if branding, networking with your customers is the primary factor, I would suggest Facebook.
Comment from Theron Coleman
Time April 27, 2010 at 1:21 am
Which networks would you encourage a small business to invest time in initially?