Social media marketing Honiton, Devon - Maybe something you should consider for your business!

Social media marketing is often overlooked by many businesses when planning their marketing strategy. The likes of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google + is not just for people telling us what they had for dinner last night! When used correctly these can help build invaluable exposure for your business and business websites.

Social networking has always be a great way of getting your business and services known. Social media is this but on a much far reaching scale, plus the biggest benefit, it's FREE!

AG Signs & Print Ltd will be running Social Media workshops in the near future to help you get the most out of all social media channels and show you how a little time and effort can pay big dividends for your business! contact us to register your interest. We also offer Social media marketing service for your business where we undertake this for you and help build your social media presence and exposure for your business - contact us if you would like some more information.

Don't just take our word for it, below is an extract from Social Media Today, their researched figures should be a real eye opener for you.

Big-Picture Statistics

Social media use is now widespread, mainstream, and more influential than ever.  With social signals increasingly influencing search rankings, expanding and enhancing your social media presence can significantly amplify your reach and rate of lead generation.

    72% of all Internet users are now active on social media

    89% of those between 18 and 29 years old are social media users

    72% of individuals aged 30 to 49 are engaged in social media

    60% of people between 50 to 60 years old are active on social media

    43% of those 65 years old and above are engaged in social media

    71% of users access social media from a mobile device

Facebook Statistics

Many prospects may not even take a company seriously, if it does not have a presence on Facebook.  Sharing captivating, relevant and information-rich content—full of deep industry insight and valuable solutions—on your Brand Page is the primary way to increase traffic and leads to your website via Facebook.  Although Facebook still dominates in terms of sheer size and rate of social sharing, Twitter and Google+ may very well be nipping at Facebook’s heels in 2014.

    Facebook now has over 1.15 billion users
    One million webpages can be accessed with the “Login with Facebook” feature
    23% of Facebook users login at least 5 times daily
    47% of Americans say Facebook is the top influencer of their buying decisions
    On average, Americans spend %16 of each online hour on Facebook.
    70% of marketers acquire new customers through Facebook

Twitter Statistics

As the fastest growing social network, Twitter can seriously impact your business.  Twitter now captures the power of images and video—making it even more influential.  Strategic use of Twitter can significantly enhance social engagement, amplify brand exposure, increase lead generation, help you gain status as an industry thought leader, and achieve more new business.

    Twitter now has over 550 million registered users and 215 million monthly active users
    Between 2012 and 2014, Twitter achieved a growth rate of 44%
    34% of marketers use Twitter for lead generation

Google+ Statistics

Google+ is the social network powered by Google—the most influential and important search engine around.  When Google changes its search algorithms, marketers, content creators and any company with a website should take notice and update their content and SEO strategies accordingly.  Google+ is all the more powerful due to its increasing influence on search rankings with the social signals of +1s and AuthorRank.  With only three years on the social media scene, Google+ has made a huge impact and changed the nature of content marketing.

    Google+ now has over 1 billion enabled accounts and 359 million active monthly users
    Google+ is has a growth rate of 33% per year
    People aged 45 to 54 years old have increased their Google+ usage by 56% since 2012