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Why your small business SHOULD care about social media

Jeff Esposito

Here are some industry statistics that might ease some of your concerns: 150 million Facebook users ( socialbakers ). These are all good questions that would regularly require an extensive – and possibly intrusive – survey to gain insight about. This is a very valid question, so we wanted to answer it with this post.

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UMASS Dartmouth Study Shows Social Media Reduces Recruiting Costs for Higher Ed

Jeff Esposito

Below are some additional statistics that I found interesting: Social media has reduced traditional marketing costs: 33% reduction on print advertising. It shows that social media allows these institutions to more effectively target candidates while reducing marketing spend by up to 33 percent on certain mediums. 17% less in radio/TV ads.

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Small businesses optimistic for 2011[INFOGRAPHIC]

Jeff Esposito

On top of the graphic, here are some other interesting statistics from the survey respondents: 34% said they would be expanding their use of social media/networking (e.g. Earlier today, we launched our first Infographic on the latest study that looks at optimism in the small business space. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.)