Social Media Ranks Low for Small Business

SOCIAL MEDIA RANKS -LOW FOR SMALL BUSINESSES L Vivi's Bakery Connie's Clothiers HMMNUEFCIURI BOB's Café Auto Shop TTT Small Business Marketing Word of mouth and advertising ranked ahead of social media for most small businesses. 79% Social Media Advertising Word of Mouth 44% 35% 42% IT/media services and business services were 31% twice as likely to use social media as auto repair shops. 18% IT/Media Services Business Services Auto Shops Twenty-three percent of small businesses would use social media, but aren't sure how, or don't have the time 35% 35% actively use social media for business 16% 7% 7% would like to use it but don't have the time 16% would like to leam how to use social media Thirty-three percent of small businesses don't think social media is useful for their business 19% 14% don't know if social media is useful for promoting their business 14% 10% 19% don't believe social media is useful for promoting their business 10% don't understand social media enough to have an opinion For more information about the study, visit http://hiscoxusa.com/USEDNA2012 HISCOX The sarch was conductad for HsEax by The Survey Shop. 500 owrers or partners of SME, In the USA tookpart via ontine panals batwin 17-2Eth July 2012 GET THE RIGHT INSURANCE, RIGHT NOW SOCIAL MEDIA RANKS -LOW FOR SMALL BUSINESSES L Vivi's Bakery Connie's Clothiers HMMNUEFCIURI BOB's Café Auto Shop TTT Small Business Marketing Word of mouth and advertising ranked ahead of social media for most small businesses. 79% Social Media Advertising Word of Mouth 44% 35% 42% IT/media services and business services were 31% twice as likely to use social media as auto repair shops. 18% IT/Media Services Business Services Auto Shops Twenty-three percent of small businesses would use social media, but aren't sure how, or don't have the time 35% 35% actively use social media for business 16% 7% 7% would like to use it but don't have the time 16% would like to leam how to use social media Thirty-three percent of small businesses don't think social media is useful for their business 19% 14% don't know if social media is useful for promoting their business 14% 10% 19% don't believe social media is useful for promoting their business 10% don't understand social media enough to have an opinion For more information about the study, visit http://hiscoxusa.com/USEDNA2012 HISCOX The sarch was conductad for HsEax by The Survey Shop. 500 owrers or partners of SME, In the USA tookpart via ontine panals batwin 17-2Eth July 2012 GET THE RIGHT INSURANCE, RIGHT NOW