7 Ways to Make Your Social Media Marketing Work Harder

Social media has reached a tipping point; it's now a part of every marketer's arsenal. However, while roughly eight out of 10 marketers use social media, only three of them believe that it's effective, according to Junta42/Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs' just released B2B research. Social media accounts for roughly one out of every five minutes spent online, as tracked by Nielsen. Put together with ExactTarget's consumer-focused findings, which show that Twitter followers are more likely to purchase and recommend brands once they follow them than are consumers on Facebook, and you've made the case to add social media to your marketing mix.Since integrating social media into your marketing mix helps expand your reach, increase sales, and build your fan base, it's important to maximize your social media marketing's efficiency.
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