Small Business & Social Media

A new survey was conducted to 600 small business owners across the United States regarding social media and of the 600 small businesses, 90% say they are using social media. Adding the research, 74% of business owners perceive social media to be effective and/or more valuable than networking in-person. 42% of owners say that 25% of new customers discovered them through sites such as Facebook and Foursquare, it is crucial for your business to be online. This is great information but unfortunately with good news sometimes there is bad news and this one comes from 58% of business owners saying its very difficult to keep up with social media and maintain their brand pages.