Lots of New Social Networks Out There, But Which Ones Matter: Pinterest, Google Plus, Instagram, etc?

New Social Networks May Have The Audience You Seek

There are hundreds of social networks out there, where a business might have a social media presence. Which ones matter and why. All our clients are on the big social networks, which we find are Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube. But, what about all the others?

Make A Splash with Social Media

In today’s society, the news is traveling at the speed it takes for one to hit the enter key. Is social media the main reason that the speed of news travel has increased? It sure is!

Social Media platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, and many others offer the potential for free media attention and press coverage.

The main reason many small businesses aren’t utilizing social media is that they believe it doesn’t work, when in fact it does!

Instagram Explodes – Allowing More Exposure for Brands

Instagram Getting More Exposure for Brands

As picture editing and sharing becomes more and more popular, Instagram has boomed from 15 million to 80 million users since the merge with Facebook back in April.

With such a huge boom in members, it is no wonder that brands are now using Instagram as a marketing tool. There are so many perks to using Instagram as a marketing tool:

  • It is a social network and photo editing tool

  • Encourages visual storytelling

Today, Marketers Must Execute Across Many Channels

Marketing today requires that you execute across many frontline channels.

Many of these are competitive fronts are present across the internet and Web. Content marketing, social media, electronic commerce, and other marketing activities that were once stand-alone, now require integration.

Marketing Automation has integrated these activities as online visitors are attracted more effectively through search, social media, effective branding, and other factors now drive traffic to and through websites.

Gartner Analysts Research The Social Media Market – Grows to $7.25B

According to a Gartner Analyst report, the size of the Social Media market grew to $7.25B, with a B! If you aren’t using social media, you need to be. Per Gartner, “In the next two years, the growing demand for advertising on social networking sites will bridge the gap between the cost per click on Facebook and that on other websites.”